Every year, the Russian version of Forbes publishes a list of the 50 most popular stars of cinema, television, theater, pop and sports. This year’s rating feature is that it has more athletes, musicians and less comedians.
The main criterion for inclusion in the list is the frequency of references in the media and the number of queries in the Yandex search engine. Today we offer Top 10 most famous Russians in 2014Top Forbes
10. Evgeni Malkin
In the top ten most popular Russians there are three hockey players at once. Both the Olympics and the 2014 World Cup contributed to such success. Malkin is a two-time world champion; in the last championship, it was he who owned two goals.
9. Ksenia Sobchak
New television projects, shootings in commercials, provocative blog entries - all this returned Ksenia to the peak of popularity. Sobchak is also the face of the American Dream development project and is actively meeting with potential buyers of cottages in the village under construction under the project.
8. Alla Pugacheva
Last year, Pugacheva spurred the attention of the whole country, announcing the birth of twins carried by a surrogate mother. In 2014, Alla Borisovna was awarded the Order for Merit to the Fatherland for her contribution to the development of culture.
7. Evgeni Plushenko
Plushenko’s performance at the Olympics and his “retirement” due to spinal problems made Eugene the most popular skater on the planet. According to the number of references in the media, the athlete took third place.
6. Ilya Kovalchuk
The popularity of the hockey player contributed a lot to the Winter Olympic Games. Ilya actively collaborates with well-known brands, willingly demonstrating the virtuoso technique of the game in commercials.
5. Philip Kirkorov
According to VTsIOM, Kirkorov is the most popular domestic musician. Philip is a welcome guest at the celebrations of dignitaries. So, in June last year, the singer performed at the birthday of the President of Turkmenistan in the company of Jennifer Lopez.
4. Valery Gergiev
During the year, the famous conductor gave more than 270 concerts around the world. The largest projects of the year for Gergiev were the Stars of the White Nights festival, as well as the Moscow Easter Festival.
3. Gregory Leps
By the number of queries on Yandex, Leps was in first place among all the dozens of participants - he was searched more than 5.5 million times. Popularity of the singer is promoted not only by music awards and grandiose concerts, but also by the fact that Leps is included in the notorious sanctions list by the US Treasury.
2. Alexander Ovechkin
Last season, Ovechkin scored 51 goals, and at the World Cup he became not only the captain of the national team, but also a three-time champion. Alexander’s face is “promoted” not only on sports channels, but also in commercials by Nike, Procter & Gamble and Coca Cola.
1. Maria Sharapova
In 2014, Maria won the Roland Garros and took second place in the WTA ranking in terms of prize income, earning $ 30.3 million in her entire career. Sharapova succeeds in business, is actively acting in commercials, and is also involved in charity work.
