The Sale Of Beats By Dr. Dre Headphones Landed Him At #5

DR. DRE earned a reported $110 million last year, HOWARD STERN $95 million and SIMON COWELL at $90 million, making them the highest-paid celebrities from the radio and music industries on this year's FORBES list of top earners. DRE was #5, STERN was #7 and COWELL #10 on the list.

OPRAH WINFREY topped the list for the fourth straight year, earning an estimated $165 million.

The list was filled out by movie director MICHAEL BAY (2), STEVEN SPIELBERG (3), JERRY BRUCKHEIMER (4), TYLER PERRY (6), JAMES PATTERSON (8) and GEORGE LUCAS (9).

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