Hollywood actress Jennifer Aniston
is the No. 1 cover girl of celebrity
magazines, according to a ranking of
the top-selling faces by the
Forbes.com website.
Jennifer Aniston was followed by her
ex-husband and Hollywood actor Brad
Pitt, who came second. Brad Pitt is
the only man to appear in the
Forbes.com Top 10.
Hollywood actress Scarlett Johansson,
Brad Pitt’s current partner and
actress Angelina Jolie, Oscar-winning
actress Reese Witherspoon and Katie
Holmes rounded out the top six spots.
The website Forbes.com analyzed
the sales of six weekly magazines –
People, Star, US Weekly, In Touch, OK!
and Life & Style – over a six-month
period ending June 30, 2007.
Forbes.com said, “We eliminated
all non-celebrity and collage covers
as well as special issues with
exceptionally large rate bases. Then
we counted how many more-or-less
issues the celebrity’s cover sold, as
compared with the magazine’s average
newsstand sales.”
Forbes.com also took into
consideration the number of covers
graced by a celebrity and their
consumer appeal, which was rated by
E-Poll Market Research.
Carrie Underwood and Jennifer Hudson,
singers and ‘American Idol’
contestants, tied for seventh place.
They were followed by actress Valerie
Bertinelli and morning talk show host
Kelly Ripa.
Though pop star Britney Spears
appeared on 18 covers during the six
months, the collective sales were
about 600,000 below average,
Forbes.com said. This, combined with
her low appeal score of 3, placed her
last among the ‘cover subjects.’
The only celebrity to have a lower
appeal rating than Britney Spears was
Paris Hilton.
Here is the Forbes.com list of
top-selling famous faces:
1. Jennifer Aniston
2. Brad Pitt
3. Scarlett Johansson
4. Angelina Jolie
5. Reese Witherspoon
6. Katie Holmes
7. Carrie Underwood
8. Jennifer Hudson
9. Valerie Bertinelli
10. Kelly Ripa
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