Forbes highest-paid female musician: Beyonce top list with a whooping 115 million dollars

Beyonce Knowles is the highest-paid woman in the music industry in 2014, Forbes says. On a list published by the magazine on Tuesday, November 4, the singer comes at the top slot with estimated earnings of $115 million. That's more than double her earnings last year.

"Beyonce played 95 shows during our scoring period, bringing in an average $2.4 million per city," Forbes reports. "She added endorsement deals from the likes of H&M and Pepsi - plus her self-titled surprise album, which hit iTunes in December 2013 and quickly became one of the year's top sellers - to send her income into nine-figure territory."

Taylor Swift claims the second place on the list with around $64 million in earnings. The money came from her music as well as her endorsements for CoverGirl, Keds and Diet Coke. The sales of her new album "1989", which has just topped Billboard 200 with 1.287 million copies, aren't included.

Pink is another female musician who has secured a spot on the list. She's at No. 3 with estimated earnings of $52 million which mostly came from her tour. Rihanna takes the fourth place with estimated earnings of $48 million, while Katy Perry is ranked fifth with estimated earnings of $40 million.

The list is based on the artists' income from June 2013 through June 2014 according to data from Pollstar, the RIAA and Nielsen SoundScan, as well as interviews with managers, lawyers and executives.

1. Beyonce Knowles - $115 million
2. Taylor Swift          - $64 million
3. Pink                     - $52 million
4. Rihanna                - $48 million
5. Katy Perry           - $40 million

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Champions League: Jose Mourinho accuses officials for Chelsea draw with Maribor

 

Jose Mourinho bemoaned Chelsea's complacency and the officials as his side were made to wait to secure qualification from Champions League Group G after a 1-1 draw at minnows Maribor.

Nemanja Matic's close-range strike salvaged a draw for Chelsea after Agim Ibraimi's goal for Maribor, who were beaten 6-0 at Stamford Bridge two weeks ago.

Eden Hazard had a late penalty saved -- but Mourinho felt Chelsea should already have been in front by then, with substitute Diego Costa having seen a strike ruled out for offside.

"Many times surprises happen when people are not fully focused, when they believe the game can't be a difficult one," Mourinho said. "Only when Maribor scored did the players realise the game was in danger. After that, a fantastic reaction. We deserved to win, clearly.

"We scored two goals, two very good goals. The second goal, the referee [Italian Daniele Orsato] decided to disallow but it's a clear goal.

"Normally we should win because we scored two goals, but we have to accept it. We didn't reach the number of goals that we should have in the second half, but the team played well, and we scored a great second goal.

"And the referee's team did not have a good night."

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P. Diddy got a Brand-New Escalade as birthday gift from Khloe Kardashian and French Montana

Sean "P. Diddy" Combs gets special gift for his 45th birthday from Khloe Kardashian and her former boyfriend French Montana. Diddy took to Instagram on Wednesday, November 5 to thank the couple for a brand-new Escalade he received.

"@frenchmontana AND @khloekardashian gave me a PEARL WHITE ESCALADE for my BDAY THANK YOU FRENCH AND KHLOE. LOVE #DIDDYBDAYPARTY #DIDDYBDAYPARTYLIVE," he wrote, before adding in another post, "I HAVE A PEARL WHITE ESCALADE NOW!!! THANK YOU @frenchmontana @khloekardashian."

"Last year, French got Khloe a car for her birthday and gave it to her at a party Diddy hosted. This year, French and Khloe decided to buy Diddy a car and thought it would be fun to surprise him at his party," a source at Diddy's birthday party told E! News. "The car was parked out front and French walked Diddy outside for the surprise."

The "Keeping Up with the Kardashians" star and Montana, who recently split after a few months of dating, reportedly remained close at the lavish celebration. "Everyone at the party saw Khloe and French hanging out, no over the top PDA but touching here and there. It was obvious they were together," a source claimed. "They were holding hands a lot, very touchy-feely."

In addition to thanking his friends for the new ride, the birthday boy shared a photo of him and an apple pie decorated with candles. "All of my life all of the kids got birthday cakes all I wanted was a apple pie! So I never had birthday cakes. I never wanted a birthday cake. All I wanted was apple pie! And that's what I got tonight from my baby a apple pie ! Love you girl @cassie !" he wrote.

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Lionel Messi equalled Raul's Champions League goal-scoring record

Lionel Messi equalled Raul's Champions League goal-scoring record with the 71st of his career during Barcelona's 2-0 Group F win at Ajax on Wednesday.

Messi entered Barcelona's game against Ajax on 69 goals for his career and headed in his 70th in the 36th minute. Only four of Messi's Champions League goals have come on headers.

He then matched Raul's record with his second goal of the day in the second half after Ajax had gone down to 10 men.

The 27-year-old matched the record in just 90 games. Raul played in 142 Champions League games for Madrid and Schalke between 1995 and 2011.

Cristiano Ronaldo, 29, is also in the race for the record, with the Real Madrid star having scored 70 Champions League goals in 106 appearances in the competition. He failed to score against Liverpool on Tuesday.

Messi played down his achievement, claiming that the win for the team had been his major concern.

The blaugrana talisman told UEFA after the game that he was delighted to have reached the mark, but the most important thing had been getting the win which sends Barca through the last 16 and keeps them just a point behind group leaders Paris Saint-Germain.

"I am happy, the truth is this was not most important today," Messi said. "That was to the get the important three points to try and keep fighting with Paris to win the group. But I am happy to have achieved it."

Asked which was the best of his 71 goals in the competition, Messi said it was difficult to pick one out, but his favourites were probably either of those scored in the 2009 and 2011 finals, both against Manchester United.

"I cannot choose one, but the goals in the finals are the nicest to remember," he said.

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