BEYONCE | THE $80 MILLION WOMAN

Forbes recently released their annual Worlds Best-Paid Music Stars list. This is not the sameas the “Highest Earners” list we previously reported on. The top ten artists for the list include some pretty big names including Gwen Stafani (#10 with $27 million), Madonna (#5 with $40 million) and Justin Timberlake (#4 with $44 million). Coming in second place, Beyonce. She took in over $80 million dollars last year with her albums, shows, endorsement deals and movie appearances. Beating out the R&b/Hip-hop Queen for the top spot was Sting’s The Police who took in $115 million due to their farewell tour and album.

FORBES LISTS THE HIP-HOP CASH KING OF 2008

It's been some year for Jay-Z. In the past year, the hip-hop demigod released a platinum album, signed a 10-year deal worth $150 million with concert promoter Live Nation and finally got married to longtime girlfriend Beyoncé. He really did his thing. But with all that considered, it was still only good enough for a silver medal.

While Jay-Z topped Forbes.com's inaugural Hip-Hop Cash Kings list of the top-earning people in the business last year, in '08 he is dethroned by 50 Cent, who raked in $150 million over the past 12 months - almost twice what Jay made.

Here is the complete list:

1. Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson: $150 million
2. Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter: $82 million
3. Sean "Diddy"Combs: $35 million
4. Kanye West: $30 million
5. Timothy “Timbaland” Mosley: $22 million
6. Pharrell Williams: $20 million
7. Kasseem “Swizz Beatz” Dean: $17 million
8. Calvin “Snoop Dogg” Broadus: $16 million
9. André “Dr. Dre” Young: $15 million
10. Christopher “Ludacris” Bridges: $14 million
11. Clifford “T.I.” Harris: $13 million
11. Dwayne “Lil Wayne” Carter: $13 million
12. Marshall “Eminem” Mathers: $12 million
12. Lonnie “Common” Lynn Jr.: $12 million

12. Aliaune “Akon” Thiam: $12 million
13. Jermaine Dupri: $11 million
13. Jonathan “Lil Jon” Smith: $11 million (He's still alive???)
14. OutKast: $10 million
14. Hakeem “Chamillionaire” Seriki: $10 million (REALLY?!)
14. Jayceon “The Game” Taylor: $10 million