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Rankings were determined by a combination of key factors including market share, exclusive Billboard chart data/boxscore information, and revenue. A team of 15 top Billboard editors then analyzed the value of these metrics to produce the final results. The list is U.S. based. As well, the Power 100 puts a premium on the top decision makers at each company. So, for example, the strong position of Interscope’s Jimmy Iovine’s is an argument against a high position for the number-two at that company, Steve Berman, who still makes the list.

1. Irving Azoff

2. Coran Capshaw

3. Lucian Grainge

4. Martin Bandier

5. Doug Morris

6. Michael Rapino

7. Rob Light

8. Len Blavatnik

9. Tim Leiweke

10. Jimmy Iovine

11. Eddie Cue and Robert Kondrk

12. John Hogan

13. Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter & Beyonce Knowles

Want to talk power? Less than a week after her birth, Jay-Z and Beyonce’s daughter, Blue Ivy Carter, made history as the youngest person to appear on a Billboard chart when Jay-Z’s “Glory,” which features their newborn’s cooing (Blue is credited as B.I.C.), hit Hot R&B-Hip Hop Songs. The song marked Jay’s 107th entry on Billboard’s charts, adding just one more record to the power couple’s already record-breaking career. Separately the stats are staggering: Jay-Z holds the record for most No. 1 albums by a solo artist in Billboard history-12-and has sold more than 28 million albums in his 15-year solo career, according to Nielsen SoundScan. (A number that climbs to 33 million if you count his collaborations with Kanye West, R. Kelly and Linkin Park.)

Beyonce, who started out in Destiny’s Child before going solo in 2003, has cumulative sales of more than 29 million, according to SoundScan (17 million with Destiny’s Child; 12 million solo). She has sent all four of her solo albums to the top of the Billboard 200, and scored nine No. 1 songs on the Billboard Hot 100. Beyonce is also a successful actress, with roles in “Austin Powers: Goldmember,” “Pink Panther” and Academy Award winner “Dreamgirls,” and an in-demand face for branding. Recent multimillion-dollar deals include L’Oreal, Coty and Target. And clothing line House of Dereon has an international presence.

Jay-Z, meanwhile, is one of the most celebrated and successful businessmen to emerge from entertainment. As a record exec he’s helped launch the careers of Kanye West, Rihanna and J. Cole. He’s served as CEO of Def Jam Records (a job he took largely because it allowed him to assume control of the masters of his earlier recordings with the label) and, in 2008, brokered a deal with Live Nation said to be worth $150 million to create Roc Nation, a management, music and entertainment company with a roster that includes Rihanna, Cole, Willow Smith and Ester Dean. His interests outside of music (Rocawear, Translation Advertising and stakes in 40/40 Club and the New Jersey Nets) have grabbed headlines and fed the bottom line. His recent collaboration with West, Watch the Throne, shot to No. 1 on the Billboard 200 last August and sold out U.S. arenas through the second half of 2011 to earn more than $20 million, according to Billboard Boxscore.

But it’s not just about what Jay-Z and Beyonce have done, but who they are: American icons and cultural inst*tutions, globally recognizable superstars who count billionaire Warren Buffett and Will Smith as family friends. And with the birth of Blue Ivy, they’ve added a new superstar on the team.

14. Lyor Cohen

15. Randy Phillips

16. Emmanuel Seuge

17. Frank Cooper

18. Barry Weiss

19. Rob Stringer and Steve Barnett

20. Arthur Fogel

21. Marc Geiger

22. Dan Mason

23. Bob Pittman

24. Roger Faxon

25. Ronald “Slim” Williams and Bryan “Baby” Williams

26. Rio Caraeff

27. U2 and Paul McGuinness

28. Julie Greenwald and Craig Kallman

29. Daniel Ek

30. Lukasz “Dr. Luke” Gottwald

A convincing case for Gottwald’s power could be made just by listing his smash hits: Kelly Clarkson’s “Since U Been Gone,” Taio Cruz’s “Dynamite,” Ke$ha’s “TiK ToK,” Britney Spears’ “Hold It Against Me,” Miley Cyrus’ “Party in the U.S.A.” and Katy Perry’s “California Gurls,” “Teenage Dream” and “I Kissed a Girl.” He was named Billboard’s No. 2 Hot 100 Songwriter of the last decade, despite not having a charting song until 2004, and the seeming effortlessness of his songs belies their complexity and fanatical focus. “He’s very anal about every sound on every record,” Universal Music Group head Barry Weiss (see No. 18) told Billboard in September 2010, and Gottwald is reputedly equally obsessive and encyclopedic about chart positions. Now Gottwald plans to spread his domination even further. Late last year, Sony Music CEO Doug Morris (No. 5), who has called Gottwald the next Jimmy Iovine (No. 10), announced that Gottwald’s Kemosabe imprint will become Sony’s fourth label division in a deal that also gives Sony exclusive rights to his production work for five years. Along with his thriving publishing interests, the move puts Gottwald in a position comparable to that of Iovine 20 years ago. “A hit song is the right song, with the right artist, at the right time,” Gottwald told New York magazine in 2010. His moves in 2011 put him in a position to control all three.

31. Lewis W. d**key, Jr

32. Peter Grosslight

33. Charles Attal, Charlie Jones and Charlie Walker

34. Robert Greenblatt

35. Van Toffler

36. Monte Lipman

37. Antonio “L.A.” Reid

38. Joel Katz

39. Mark Campana and Bob Roux

40. Tim Westergren

41. Peter Edge and Tom Corson

42. Tom Poleman

43. Chip Hooper

44. Hartwig Masuch

45. Rob Cavallo and Todd Moscowitz

46. Cliff Burnstein and Peter Mensch

47. Nathan Hubbard

48. Jay Brown

49. Evan Lamberg

50. Jon Bon Jovi

51. Lia Vollack

52. Jan Jeffries

53. Steve Bartels

54. Scott Borchetta

55. Blaise D’Sylva

56. Neil Portnow

57. Dennis Arfa

58. Cameron Strang

59. Cortez Bryant/Gee Roberson

60. Sean Parker

61. Steve Moore

62. Paul Rosenberg

63. Tifanie Van Laar

64. Ryan Seacrest

65. Robert Kyncl

66. Lorne Michaels

67. John Butcher

68. Clint Higham

69. Randy Spendlove

70. Rich Lehrfeld

71. Peter Luukko

72. John Branca

73. Melissa Lonner

74. Raul Alarcon, Jr.

75. John Frankenheimer

76. Cary Sherman

77. Larry Marcus

78. Taylor Swift

The humble approach Taylor Swift takes to her career has led her to achieve album sales of more than 20 million worldwide, according to Big Machine Records, and to rank No. 5 on Billboard’s top-grossing tours of 2011, pulling in $97.3 million from 89 concerts, according to Billboard Boxscore. In addition, Swift owns her management company, 13 Management, with Robert Allen serving as manager. With a significant presence overseas and a huge following on her website, Facebook and Twitter, the 22-year-old singer has become a branding powerhouse. Deals include a retail partnership with Target, a multimillion-dollar ad campaign and tour sponsorship with CoverGirl, a fragrance with Elizabeth Arden and a relationship with Sony Electronics. She’s also designed her own clothing line for Walmart, appeared in ads for the National Hockey League and co-created her own doll. She was named Woman of the Year at Billboard’s 2011 Women in Music ceremony, becoming the youngest artist to receive the award. Needless to say, she’s got staying power.

79. Kevin Mayer

80. PJ Bloom

81. James L. Dolan

82. Jesus Lopez

83. Martin Karl “Max Martin” Sandberg

84. Lady Gaga

As her record 18.4 million Twitter followers can attest, Lady Gaga has turned the idea of social marketing on its head. The provocateur/innovator isn’t simply a pop artist or a brand–she is a way of life. Without Gaga’s Little Monsters, there would be no Beliebers for Justin Bieber or Barbs for Nicki Minaj. That sort of influence with fans has been entirely transformed through Gaga’s branding deals. When Virgin Mobile sponsored her tour, she worked the company into the show itself by way of a nightly phone call to a fan in the audience. As creative director for Polaroid Grey Label, her presentation at the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show affirmed that she was an active participant in the creation of future products. All of which is merely a piece of the Gaga puzzle: She’s a singing, dancing, performing and producing visionary that’s reviving the pulse of dance music on the radio. She’s also a star who takes a stand and uses her notoriety for good. Her efforts on behalf of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community have arguably made her pop’s fiercest advocate for LGBT concerns. And her next major project is the nonprofit Born This Way Foundation, which aims to reach youth and creating a culture of kindness, bravery, acceptance and empowerment. Now that’s social standing.

85. Mike Dungan

86. Fred Wilson

87. Jon Platt

88. Willard Ahdritz

89. John Ivey and Alex Tear

90. Jody Gerson

91. Chris Tsakalakis

92. Nigel Lythgoe

93. Richard Busch

94. Debra Lee

95. David Israelite

96. Steve Berman

97. Rich Bengloff

98. Gary Overton

99. Daniel Glass

100. Simon Cowell

Wow @ Gaga being the only top40 pop artist to make it on her own. So glad my fave made the list and not just her producer(s). :)

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With superstars like Rihanna and Will and Jada Pinkett-Smith joining in on the reality show gravy train, it’s official — reality TV shows are the…

Rihanna really seems to be having the time of her life on this holiday she’s on. So far we’ve seen her on the beach, surfing and taking quiet solo strolls around town. Today, we find Rihanna going for a swim and doing a little snorkeling. As always, Rihanna looks incredible. I love the fact that

Another day, another journalist puts their foot in their mouth.

The dust has hardly settled from the melee surrounding the Dutch magazine Jackie, after it referred to Rihanna as a "N-word b**ch." One would think that racial slurs and stereotypes would quickly be stricken from our vernacular (at least for a while) following that fiasco.

However, the French version of Elle magazine has found itself right smack in the middle of their own racially charged incident.

Just last week on the publication's website, writer Nathalie Dolivo penned a blog posted ent*tled "Black Fashion Power." And what initially seemed like Dolivo's attempt to praise the black community for their style prowess, unraveled into a string of controversial, stereotypical and insulting statements.

Dolivo points out Solonge Knowles, Janelle Monae and Nicki Minaj as sartorial stars and suggests that their style along with the rest of the black community have been significantly heightened thanks to Michelle Obama. She writes:

“For the first time, the chic has become a plausible option for a community so far pegged [only] to its streetwear codes.”

So, being chic and sophisticated beyond jeans and a t-shirt has only been an option for black people since 2008 when Michelle Obama became First Lady?

Such sweeping generalizations and misguided comments are what perpetuate the stereotypes we constantly fight to keep at bay.

Dolivo continues to dig herself into a deeper hole when she refers to blacks with style (and presumably money) as the "black-geosie." Oy!

"But if in 2012 the "black-geoisie" has integrated all the white codes [of fashion], they [do so not] literally. [There] is always a classic twist, with a bourgeois ethnic reference (a batik-printed turban/robe, a shell necklace, a 'creole de rappeur') reminiscent [of] the roots. It [has] shifted, [it is] new, desirable, powerful."

Did we read that correctly, "white codes of fashion?" Whether we accessorize with ethnic items or not, it is by no means a deviation from guidelines set by the white community–rather it's simply an interpretation of personal style.

Although the post was written in French and has since been translated to English, hundreds of comments from French readers on the blog's website suggest that nothing has been lost in translation–they are just as shocked by the rhetoric as we are.

It's hard to believe that there aren't any black journalists that could have written on this subject with intelligence, dignity and finesse. The lack of diversity on magazine staffs and in newsrooms has been an ongoing issue. Varying and appropriate perspectives are needed in order to avoid misguided articles such as these.

As of Wednesday January 24, Elle France has removed the blog post–but has not issued a statement.

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By Debbie Emery – Radar Reporter

Demi Moore is the latest star to cite “exhaustion” for her recent trip to the hospital, and she’s far from the first Hollywood A-lister to suffer from the ailment.

Life in the public eye must be so tiring, as countless others have used the same excuse for heading to the ER or rehab, and RadarOnline.com takes a look back at some of the high-profile victims of extreme tiredness.

PHOTOS: Demi Moore Joins A Slew Of Celebrities Suffering From ‘Exhaustion’

As RadarOnline.com previously reported, 49-year-old Ghost star was rushed to a hospital in Sherman Oaks, California on Monday night and is now seeking professional help “to treat her exhaustion and improve her overall health,” according to her publicist, Carrie Gordon.

Lindsay Lohan‘s career hit the rocks while filming I Know Who Killed Me in 2007, and after missing repeated days of work she checked herself into the Wonderland Treatment Facility. Instead of admitting her late night partying being to blame for skipping work, the actress said she was extremely exhausted, and “going through a really bad time then.”

Disney star and Justin Bieber‘s main squeeze, Selena Gomez, was rushed to the hospital after collapsing from a mysterious illness last June, in what was said to be a sickening combination of exhaustion and food poisoning.

Exhaustion struck Rihanna while she was touring in Sweden, causing the Umbrella singer to cancel her Stockholm show after she was hospitalized with flu-like symptoms.

Despite her high-profile drink and drug problems, even Rehab singer Amy Winehouse blamed exhaustion for cancelling tour dates in 2007. The now deceased star later confessed that she was hospitalized after overdosing on a mix of substances, including heroin, ecstasy, cocaine, ketamine and alcohol.

Lady Gaga seems super human, but even she wasn’t immune to the affects of exhaustion when she collapsed before a planned performance at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana in January 2010. The Poker Face singer apologized to her Little Monsters for letting them down, tweeting: “Paramedics came to take care of me, and told me my heart-rate was irregular — a result of exhaustion and dehydration.”

Whitney Houston proved she was a bad flier during a diva breakdown midair last October, when she exploded on a flight attendant and almost got thrown off the plane. “She was not drunk or on drugs, she is in the middle of filming a movie and flew across country to attend a charity event and return to filming. She was exhausted,” a source told E! about the incident.

From Eminem to Mariah Carey, check out Radar’s gallery of stars who’ve suffered from “exhaustion.”