The 15 highest-paid celebrities in the world, ranked

Kylie Jenner was recently stripped of her title as a billionaire, after Forbes accused her of inflating numbers.Getty Images

• Forbes just released the 2020 edition of its Celebrity 100 list, ranking the highest-paid celebrities in the world.
• Topping the list is Kylie Jenner, who earned $590 million from June 2019 through May 2020.
• Most of Jenner's 2019 earnings came from selling a majority stake in her cosmetics company to Coty for $600 million. Forbes reports she earned $540 million (pretax) from that deal.
• Following Jenner is her brother-in-law, recently inducted three comma club member Kanye West, who earned $170 million during that period.

Though Forbes revoked Kylie Jenner's billionaire status less than a week ago, she still topped the publication's new list of the highest-paid celebrities in the world.

To determine which celebrities were paid the most, Forbes looked at what each earned, pretax, between June 2019 and May 2020, before deducting fees for agents, lawyers, and managers. The publication's figures are sourced from Nielsen Music/MRC Data, Pollstar, IMDB, NPD BookScan, and ComScore, in addition to information gathered from interviews with industry experts as well as from the stars themselves.

Jenner's brother-in-law Kanye West is in a fairly distant second place on the list, with $170 million in earnings. Tennis legend Roger Federer, who was recently ranked as the world's highest-paid athlete, follows in the third spot.

Keep reading to see the top 15 highest-paid celebrities on the Forbes Celebrity 100 list, ranked in ascending order of earnings.