10 MOST POWERFUL WOMEN IN THE WORLD

Forbes is the most highly acclaimed magazine worldwide and it is best known for the listings of popular figures that it does in its annual issue. In its last issue, the list of 100 Most Powerful Women was highly appreciated by everyone because most of the readers commented that the listing is accurate and free from any kind of bias. The list is made after evaluation of the various women on various factors and the major ones are the money, media presence and entrepreneurship; hence, the list is a proper blend of wealth, creative influence and entrepreneurship. As a result, many pop stars and politicians are ranked side by side at the top. All these powerful women collectively control £18.5 trillion and have an average age of 54; twenty-nine women are chief executives, eight are heads of state and twenty-two are single as well.

According to Forbes, the top 10 World’s Most Powerful Women, in descending order are and I agree with the listing as well are Angela Merkel, Hillary Clinton, Dilma Rousseff, Indra Nooyi, Sheryl Sandberg, Melinda Gates, Sonia Gandhi, Michelle Obama, Christine Lagarde and Irene  Rosenfeld. Ms. Merkel is the German Chancellor and is well-known for being the undisputed leader of Europe and has taken the number one rank from First Lady Michelle Obama who is now on the eighth position.

 

Hillary Clinton, the United States Secretary of State, is well-known for excellent and hardworking performance and spectacular service for the country. Dilma Rousseff is President of Brazil and is among the first ladies to bring a revolution in Brazil. Indra Nooyi who is the Chief Executive of PepsiCo in United States is the most affluent ladies in the business world. Sheryl Sandberg is Chief Operations Officer of Facebook in United States and is well-known for the introduction of the highly acclaimed social network i.e. Facebook. Melinda Gates is the Cofounder and Co chair of Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in United States. Sonia Gandhi is the President of Indian National Congress Party in India. The First Lady, Michelle Obama is given the eighth ranking and is well-reputed for the exceptional services that she is rendering for her nation. Christine Lagarde is rendering exceptional service for non-profit organization i.e. International Monetary Fund as its Managing Director in France. Finally, at the tenth position is Irene Rosenfeld who is the Chief Executive Officer of Kraft Foods.

Lady Gaga: Has she made it into the Forbes list of most powerful women??

Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta who is well-known as Lady Gaga has been ranked among the list of World’s Most Powerful Women by Forbes magazine in 2011. Although the list constituted of a bit of shuffling from the 2010 catalog but none of the women were more noticeable than Lady Gaga who was given the eleventh ranking and she even topped the Forbes’ Celebrity 100 list which was released in May. Besides these accomplishments, Lady Gaga also topped the Forbes’ list for social and web reach as she was the first person to reach 12 million Twitter followers and more than 36 million fans on her Facebook page; trumping teen dream Justin Bieber and President Obama.

Lady Gaga is by profession a songwriter, singer, businesswoman, activist, record producer and dancer. She began her career by performing in the rock music scene of Manhattan’s Lower East Side and by the end of 2007 she was signed with Streamline Records for songwriting. Akon captured the attention of the lady’s vocal abilities and signed her to his label Kon Live Distribution. As a recording artist, Lady Gaga became prominent after the release of her debut album The Fame in 2008; it was a huge success as the album topped the charters all over the world and included the top rated number-one singles i.e. Just Dance and Poker Face. The success of Lady Gaga hit a much higher level when she released her second album The Fame Monster in 2009, followed by Born This Way in 2011; both of these albums were both a critical and commercial success which helped the singer earned lots of fame.

Besides her musical career, she has even boasted promotional deals with Gilt, Zynga and Google and raised more than $202 million to fight AIDS through her endorsement of MAC’s VIVA GLAM lipstick and lip gloss. According to Forbes, Lady Gaga earned more than $90 million from May 2010 to May 2011. The lady has sold more than 23 million albums and 64 million singles internationally which makes her one of best-selling music artists of all time and her singles some of the best selling worldwide. Lady Gaga has been awarded five Grammy Awards and thirteen MTV Video Music Awards. Hence, Lady Gaga is well-reputed for her diverse and extravagant contributions to the music industry through her performances, music videos and fashion.