Forbes - The World's Most Powerful Celebrities

Oh, uh huh, right.

Just touring over the span of 2 months - on the second leg of her Sticky and Sweet Tour, that didn't touch American soil, and that Glee episode - has landed Madonna at number 10 on the 2009 Forbes 100 Most Powerful Celebrity list.

A total of 27 nights on tour ($6 million a night) and a television episode - in which she didn't even appear - that's Power.

For the list - Click HERE.

Madonna unreleased Nike Commercial 1990

I wear what I want and I do what I want. Ask Pepsi.

In 1990, there was a rumored Nike commercial with Madonna and her Blond Ambition dancers - it never materialized...until now! It fell through because Madonna refused to wear the product.

Legendary.

America's Smartest Business Woman - Forbes October 1, 1990

Forbes: Madonna - #1 Highest Earning Musician

According to America's Forbes magazine, the Queen of Pop earned a staggering $110 million from June 2008 to June 2009.

The top 10 list
1. Madonna $110 million
2. Celine Dion $100 million
3. Beyonce Knowles $87 million
4. Bruce Springsteen $70 million
5. Kenny Chesney $65 million
6. (tie) Coldplay $60 million
6. (tie) Rascal Flatts $60 million
6. (tie) AC DC $60 million
9. The Eagles $55 million
10. Toby Keith $52 million

Forbes - #3 Madonna - The 2009 Celebrity 100

Power Rank 3
Pay $110 mil
The queen of pop's Hard Candy album tour became the top-grossing international tour of 2008, bringing in $280 million on 58 concerts in 17 countries. Keeping the 50-year old star's name in the papers: a reported love affair with allegedly juiced baseball slugger Alex Rodriquez, the end of her eight-year marriage to director Guy Ritchie, and trouble with her latest attempt to adopt a second African baby.

http://www.forbes.com/lists/2009/53/celebrity-09_Madonna_KMJ4.html