Entertainment / Diddy Highest-Paid Celeb Can Thank Vodka for the Honor Diddy tops 'Forbes' annual list By Evann Gastaldo, Newser Staff Posted Jun 12, 2017 3:40 PM CDT Copied In this Aug. 28, 2016, file photo, Sean "Diddy" Combs arrives at the MTV Video Music Awards at Madison Square Garden in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File) The highest-paid celebrity on Forbes' 2017 list managed to beat out Beyonce for the top spot—and he has vodka to thank for it. Sean "Diddy" Combs tops this year's annual list, having raked in $130 million pre-tax between June 2016 and June 2017. That's partially due to his partnership with Diageo Ciroc vodka, but there was also his Bad Boy Family Reunion Tour and his $70 million sale of one-third of his Sean John clothing line. The rest of the top 10: Beyonce: She brought in $105 million, the second-largest yearly amount of her career. JK Rowling: $95 million Drake: $94 million Cristiano Ronaldo: $93 million The Weeknd: $92 million Howard Stern: $90 million Coldplay: $88 million James Patterson: $87 million LeBron James: $86 million Click for the full top 100—which doesn't include any female movie stars, but does include Kylie Jenner. (More Diddy stories.) Report an error