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Kylie Jenner, Kanye West, others make Forbes world's highest-paid celebrities list for 2020

Odion Okonofua

December 17, 2020 11:43 AM

Jenner and West top the list with $590M and $170M in earnings respectively.

Kylie Jenner and Kanye West [Instagram/KylieJenner] [Instagram/TeamKanyeDaily]

American business magazine, Forbes has released the list of the highest-paid celebrities of the year.

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Skincare mogul, Kylie Jenner, and rapper, Kanye West topped the list.

Jenner pulled in $590M while the billionaire rapper made a whopping $170M.

The world's youngest self-made billionaire, Kylie Jenner. [Instagram/KylieJenner] Pulse Nigeria

According to Forbes, Jenner’s payday came from selling a 51% stake in her cosmetics firm to Coty in January, while West made most of his earnings from his Yeezy sneakers deal with Adidas.

Movie mogul, Tyler Perry came 6th on the list with $97M while NBA star, Lebron James and movie star, Dwayne Johnson came 9th and 10th earning $88.2M and $87.5M respectively.

Tyler Perry [Instagram/TylerPerry] Pulse Nigeria

Three streaming giants doled out $300 million to stars on the list, including Ryan Reynolds (No. 18, $71.5 million), Billie Eilish (No. 43, $53 million), and Jerry Seinfeld (No. 46, $51 million), with Netflix paying out more than two-thirds of that.

Odion Okonofua Odion E. Okonofua is a Senior Entertainment reporter at Pulse. Odion is a passionate writer who stalks celebrities all day. He hopes to own a radio station some day if Arsenal FC doesn't give him a heart attack before then.

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