Fan Bingbing tops Forbes list of Chinese celebrities
- By Zhang Rui
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Chinese actress Fan Bingbing topped Forbes magazine's annual ranking of Chinese celebrities for the third consecutive year, while nine teen idols also made their first appearance on the list.
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Chinese actress Fan Bingbing [File photo] |
Fan ranked No. 1 on the 2015 Forbes China Celebrity 100 List released on Monday with an annual income of 128 million yuan (US$20.62 million) in the past year. She was followed by Taiwan singer Jay Chou, who earned 101.5 million yuan (US$16.35 million) and Hong Kong actor Nicholas Tse, who earned 77.5 million yuan (US$12.48 million).
Two major indicators were used to determine the commercial value of each celebrity: income and exposure. Fan was quite literally the TV queen, starring in the popular TV drama "The Empress of China" and other TV shows. Her film "Ever Since We Love" also generated good box office revenues and high exposure for the actress.
Pop singer Jay Chou received a huge boost to his stardom and exposure when he married Taiwan model and actress Hannah Quinlivan in November 2014. His concerts and commercial endorsements also continued to bring in money throughout last year. Tse, who made a hugely successful gourmet food reality show in the past year, also got big publicity due to his reunion with his girlfriend, pop diva Faye Wong.
Actors Jackie Chan, Huang Xiaoming, Sun Li, Zhao Wei, and Andy Lau ranked fourth through eighth due to a booming Chinese film market, which is already the second largest in the world. Veteran singer Eason Chan ranked No. 10 in the top 10 list.
No. 9 on the list went to teenage idol, actor and singer Li Yifeng, who made 69 million yuan (US$11.11 million) in the past year. Li is the leading teen idol of the "fresh meat" (Chinese Internet slang for teen idol) fan frenzy phenomenon, which was a very hot topic in 2014. Among the 15 celebrities who made their first appearance on the Forbes China Celebrity 100 List, nine are currently beloved teen idols, including Lu Han (No. 37), Wu Yifan (No. 42), Chen Hao (No. 69), William Chan (No. 70), Lin Gengxin (No. 77), Zheng Kai (No. 86), Hua Chenyu (No. 91) and boy band TFBOYS (No. 92). They all primarily gained stardom through social networks and participation in many trending movies and variety or reality TV shows, while some also released albums and songs.
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