Beyonce, Jay Z are top-earning couple; Gisele, Tom Brady follow

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Singer Beyonce and husband Jay-Z perform on stage at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, CA. Sunday, January 26, 2014.

(Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

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Jay-Z and Beyoncé sang her single “Crazy in Love,” which featured Jay-Z at the 2003 MTV Video Music Awards at Radio City Music Hall on August 28, 2003, in New York City.

When she broke off from Destiny’s Child, she was first featured on Jay-Z’s single “03 Bonnie & Clyde” about a runaway love affair. Later the two collaborated on her “Crazy in Love,” which gave rise to her alter-ego, Sasha Fierce.

“You know we were friends first for a year and a half before we went on any date on the phone for a year and a half,” she told Oprah Winfrey. “And that foundation is so important in a relationship. And just to have someone that you just like is so important and someone that is honest.” (Frank Micelotta / Getty Images / Courtesy)

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Singer Beyoncé Knowles and rapper Jay-Z pose for a photo at the 2004 MTV Video Music Awards at the American Airlines Arena Aug. 29, 2004, in Miami. (Frank Micelotta / Getty Images / Courtesy)

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The rapper and singer talk with R&B singer Usher at his private Grammy Awards party held at the Geisha House on Feb. 13, 2005, in Hollywood. Jay-Z’s 2004 album “99 Problems” won the Grammy for solo performance that year. (Frank Micelotta / Getty Images / Courtesy)

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Beyonce and Jay-Z arrive for the 77th Academy Awards on Feb. 27, 2005, at the Kodak Theater in Hollywood. (Gerard Burkhart / AFP/Getty Images/Courtesy)

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Beyoncé Knowles and Jay-Z attend her 25th birthday and “B’Day” album release party at the 40/40 Club on Aug. 31, 2006, in New York City. (Frank Micelotta / Getty Images / Courtesy)

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Singer Beyoncé Knowles and rapper Jay Z pose for a photo at the NBA All-Star basketball game in Las Vegas on Sunday, Feb. 18, 2007. (Kim Johnson Flodin / Associated Press / Courtesy)

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The hip-hop artist/entrepreneur and the singer-actress attend the premiere of “Cadillac Records” in New York. The rap mogul put a ring on it in 2008 after six years of unconfirmed dating. They got married in his Manhattan apartment and tried to keep the fancy party under wraps. (Evan Agostini / AP / Courtesy)

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Singer Beyonce Knowles and husband Jay-Z arrive on the inaugural stage ahead of the inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th president of the United States on Jan. 20, 2009, in Washington, D.C. (Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images / Courtesy)

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Beyonce and Jay-Z attend the 58th NBA All-Star Game at US Airways Center on Feb. 15, 2009, in Phoenix. (Jason Merritt / Getty Images / Courtesy)

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Jay-Z and Beyonce watch Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic play in the men’s final of the U.S. Open in 2010 in New York City. (Al Bello / Getty Images / Courtesy)

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Beyoncé and Jay-Z during the 52nd Grammy Awards held at Staples Center on Jan. 31, 2010, in Los Angeles. Beyoncé took six awards that night, a record for a female artist, and Jay-Z took three. (Larry Busacca / Getty Images / Courtesy)

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Beyonce arrives at the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards on Aug. 28, 2011, with a big surprise to share. The singer and actress caused a frenzy as she walked the black carpet revealing a definite baby bump. (Jason Merritt / Getty Images / Courtesy)

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The couple have a secretive moment during the 2011 NBA All-Star game at Staples Center on Feb. 20, 2011, in Los Angeles. (Jason Merritt / Getty Images / Courtesy)

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Both singers have their own fashion lines Rocawear and House of Dereon, respectively. Here, they attend the “Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty” Costume Institute Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 2, 2011, in New York City. (Larry Busacca / Getty Images / Courtesy)

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Beyonce and Jay-Z at the 2012 BET Awards at the Shrine on July 1, 2012. (Christopher Polk / Getty Images / Courtesy)

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On January 7, 2012, she gave birth to their daughter, Blue Ivy Carter, at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York.

The music moguls haven’t offered a direct explanation of the name choice but Bey did share a limerick on her website that potentially clarified the choice. They added on “Ivy” because of the significance of the number 4 -- or IV. Both of them were born on the 4th of their respective birth months and the couple was married on April 4, 2008.

A few days after she was born, Jay-Z dedicated the song “Glory” to his daughter and the track featured her cries, so he credited her as “B.I.C.” ( Ed Burke for Beyonce.com / Associated Press / Courtesy)

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Singer Beyonce, rappers Jay-Z and Kanye West and television personality Kim Kardashian attend the 2012 BET Awards at The Shrine Auditorium on July 1, 2012 in Los Angeles. Jay-Z and West collaborated on their critically acclaimed “Watch the Throne” album, which garnered the rappers seven Grammy Awards. (Christopher Polk / Getty Images / Courtesy)

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Jay-Z, Beyonce, 2012 Sportsman of the Year LeBron James and Savannah Brinson attend the 2012 Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year award presentation at Espace on Dec. 5, 2012, in New York City. (Stephen Lovekin / Getty Images / Courtesy)

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The New York rapper and Beyoncé look over at LeBron James of the Miami Heat and the Eastern Conference during the 2013 NBA All-Star game at the Toyota Center on Feb. 17, 2013, in Houston, Texas. (Scott Halleran / Getty Images / Courtesy)

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This Jan. 21, 2013, photo shows the recording artists at the Capitol in Washington, D.C., for President Obama’s ceremonial swearing-in ceremony during the 57th Presidential Inauguration. Beyoncé infamously used a pre-recorded track during her performance of the national anthem, which piqued the interest of many leading up to her halftime show performance at Super Bowl XLVII.

She later kicked off a Super Bowl press conference in New Orleans belting out the national anthem. She then confirmed her use of the pre-recorded track during the inauguration because she was a “perfectionist,” adding that she “absolutely” planned to sing live during the Super Bowl halftime show. And she did. (Win McNamee / Associated Press / Courtesy)

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Beyoncé and Jay-Z attend the after-party following the premiere of the HBO documentary film “Beyoncé: Life Is but a Dream” at Christie’s on Feb. 12, 2013, in New York City. The documentary debuted the couple’s baby girl, Blue Ivy, and offered viewers a peek into the moguls’ hectic world.

While promoting the doc, she said “I would not be the woman I am if I did not go home to that man.” (Larry Busacca / Getty Images / Courtesy)

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Singer Justin Timberlake, actress Jessica Biel, singer Beyonce and rapper Jay-Z attend the 55th Grammy Awards at Staples Center on February 10, 2013, in Los Angeles. Timberlake and Jay-Z performed Timberlake’s “Suit & Tie,” which features the rapper. (Christopher Polk / Getty Images / Courtesy)

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The couple visited Cuba to celebrate their fifth wedding anniversary. It is unclear why they traveled to the island nation, which has had a half-century trade embargo with the United States. (Ramon Espinosa / Associated Press / Courtesy)

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Beyoncé and her husband, rapper Jay-Z have a lunch at a restaurant in the old downtown of Havana, Cuba. During the trip, the couple was mobbed by fans and police were called to break up the crowds. (Alejandro Ernesto / EPA / Courtesy)

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Beyoncé is seen in a balcony of the Saratoga Hotel in Havana next to her husband Jay-Z on April 5, 2013. The pop diva Beyonce and her rapper husband created a stir as they toured the streets of Old Havana, with hundreds of Cubans turning out to catch a glimpse of the power couple. (AFP / Getty Images / Courtesy)

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Jay-Z, Beyoncé and Pharrell Williams attend the 10th anniversary party of Billionaire Boys Club presented by HTC at Tribeca Canvas on June 4, 2013, in New York City. (Dimitrios Kambouris / Getty Images / Courtesy)

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The musicians celebrate the 40/40 Club’s 10-year anniversary party at the venue on June 17, 2013 in New York City. (Kevin Mazur / Getty Images / Courtesy)

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Jay Z and Beyonce join several hundred people at New York Police Department headquarters in Manhattan to take part in a rally for justice in protest of the verdict acquitting George Zimmerman of charges in the shooting death of Florida teenager Trayvon Martin. (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times / Courtesy)

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Jay Z and Beyonce backstage during the 2013 Budweiser Made in America Festival at Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia. (Theo Wargo / Getty Images / Courtesy)

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Los Angeles Clippers guard Chris Paul greets Jay Z and Beyonce before the start of an NBA game against the Oklahoma City Thunder in Oklahoma City. (Sue Ogrocki / Associated Press / Courtesy)

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Jay-Z and Beyonce look up at the scoreboard during an NBA game between the Oklahoma City Thunder and the L.A. Clippers in Oklahoma City.

(Sue Ogrocki / Associated Press / Courtesy)

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Just months after the surprise release of her self-titled album, Beyonce opens the 56th Grammy Awards on Jan. 26 with a steamy version of her single “Drunk in Love,” featuring her husband. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times / Courtesy)

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After winning the Grammy Award for rap-sung collaboration for “Holy Grail,” his track with Justin Timberlake from his “Magna Carta Holy Grail” album, Hova took the stage to praise his wife and daughter, Blue Ivy.

“I want to thank God, I mean, a little bit for this award, but also all the universe for conspiring and for putting that beautiful light of a young lady in my life,” the rapper said. Then he tipped his gilded gramophone on it side and added, “I want to tell Blue, ‘Look, Daddy got a gold sippy cup for you!’” (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times / Courtesy)

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Beyonce Knowles and rapper Jay Z attend the 56th Grammy Awards. (Christopher Polk / Getty Images / Courtesy)

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The pair, at an NBA playoff game between the Brooklyn Nets and Toronto Raptors at Barclays Center in Brooklyn on May 2, announced in late April that they would co-headline a stadium tour called “On the Run.” (Elsa / Getty Images / Courtesy)

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The couple attends the 2014 Met Ball in New York on May 5. The rapper mock-proposed to Beyonce, in Givenchy, on the red carpet when some bling came off her outfit. (Timothy A. Clary / AFP Getty Images / Courtesy)

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The couple is put under the microscope after footage leaks showing Beyonce’s sister Solange attacking Jay Z in an elevator after a Met Ball party. Days later, the couple issued a statement saying the “family has worked through it.” (Evan Agostini / Invision / AP / Courtesy)

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The pair join forces during their “On the Run” tour and share wedding videos and footage of daughter Blue Ivy during their opening night at Sun Life Stadium in Miami on June 25. (Jeff Daly / Invision for Parkwood Entertainment / AP / Courtesy)

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After months of speculation about alleged marital woes, the couple puts up a united front at the 2014 MTV Video Music Awards where Bey performed. Then Jay Z and their daughter, Blue Ivy, presented her with the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award onstage at The Forum in Inglewood. (Mark Davis / Getty Images / Courtesy)

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The couple attends Day 2 of the 2014 Budweiser Made in America Festival at Los Angeles Grand Park on Aug. 31. (Christopher Polk / Getty Images / Courtesy)

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Photos of the pair being lovey-dovey at the Made in America Music Festival seemingly put to rest speculation about the end of their marriage. Split rumors had swirled around them after footage of the elevator brawl hit the Web. (Michael Buckner / Getty Images / Courtesy)

By Nardine Saad

Sept. 20, 2013 11:35 AM PT

Jay Z and Beyonce can flaunt all they want -- the husband and wife have been named Forbes’ highest-earning celebrity couple for the second year in a row.

The music moguls, who married in 2008, locked in an estimated $95 million in earnings in the past year, the mag said.

The magazine compiled the list by talking to managers, agents, producers and other “in-the-know folks” to get the estimates between June 2012 and June 2013. However, the earnings do not take into account taxes, agents fees and other celebrity-releated expenses.

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Jay Z and Beyonce are up in the double digits from last year, when they reportedly earned $78 million between them but still held the No. 1 spot.

Music, obviously, was their main source of income. The Grammy-winning musicians saw success in the industry with the 43-year-old rapper’s “Watch the Throne” album going platinum and his world tour raking in $1.4 million a night in the U.S.

As for Mrs. Carter, 32, she hasn’t released new music in years, but her powerhouse Super Bowl performance sparked even more interest in her wildly successful world tour, “The Mrs. Carter Show,” which is said to have grossed an average of $2 million a night. The mag said she out-earned her husband by $11 million. All this after taking time off in early 2012 to give birth to their baby girl Blue Ivy Carter.

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Their business dealings certainly helped too. Hova, the hyphen-dropping rapper, was part owner of the Barclays Center in Brooklyn but recently sold off his stake to start his own agency, Roc Nation Sports. Bey, ever the fashionista, has her own clothing line, House of Dereon, and an accompanying fragrance.

Their little girl, Blue Ivy, who was born in January 2012, is already on track to be a top earner too. Her parents are have petitioned to trademark her unique name for use on baby clothes, toys, etc. and are making headway.

Football player Tom Brady and supermodel Gisele Bundchen come in as the No. 2 top-earning couple at a combined $80 million. The pretty pair, who married in 2009, was No. 2 last year and No. 1 the year before that.

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Brady, 36, earned a $30-million signing bonus after extending his contract with the New England Patriots until he’s 40. He also has endorsement deals wtih footwear giant Ugg and underwear brand Under Armour. The Brazilian beauty, 33, is the world’s top-earning model with an reported income of $42 million. She also has a stake in Grendene, a Brazilian footwear company.

The affianced Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie come in at No. 3 earning a combined $50 million to support themselves and brood of six. They’re up from $45 million last year, and the actors’ incomes come primarily from film pay, not their accompanying business dealings, though the two have branched out from being listed only as talent.

Pitt produced nearly every film he worked on this latest year including “Killing Them Softly” and “World War Z.” Jolie, also a UN Goodwill Ambassador and ultimate spokeswoman for preventative double mastectomies, is currently directing her next film in Australia and will star in Disney’s big budget film “Maleficient.” The pair did launch their own wine this year, and Pitt earned a $7 million paycheck from Chanel for his moody Chanel No. 5 fragrance commercial.

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“That ‘70s Show” costars Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher came in at No. 4, earning a combined $35 million. Kunis, of “Ted” fame, was named this year’s sexiest woman in the world by FHM magazine and had a starring role in Disney’s “Wizard of Oz” prequel, “Oz the Great and Powerful.” Kutcher, who is the highest paid actor in television thanks to a fat paycheck from “Two and a Half Men,” most recently starred in the Steve Jobs biopic “Jobs.” He also dabbles in several start-up tech companies.

And in fifth place, comes “Kimye.” The notorious pairing of reality star Kim Kardashian and rapper Kanye West earned a combined $30 million. Kardashian, who gave birth to their daughter North West in June, earned an estimated $10 millon a year and is squarely placed in TV’s highest paid actressses list with sisters Kourtney and Khloe Kardashian thanks to ther reality series “Keeping Up With the Kardashians” and its many spin-offs.

However, the former Mrs. Kris Humphries and her siblings have several fashion and beauty dealings that include their successful Kardashian Kollection for Sears clothing line and newly renamed Kardashian Cosmetics. The tabloid-ready couple likely could have been higher on the list, but West released his album “Yeezus” just after the magazine’s cut-off period. So we’ll be looking out for a Kimye comeback next year.

Dropping off the list this year are British power couple David and Victoria Beckham, who earned $54 million last year, and Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith, who earned $40 million last year from acting.

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