Beyoncé leads Jay-Z to top of celebrity couple list

Jay-Z and Beyoncé Knowles have topped Forbes magazine’s world’s highest paid celebrity couples list for 2012 — and Beyoncé is the bigger earner.

The power pair are estimated to have made $78m (€63.1m) together in the financial year ending May 1, moving them from second place in last year’s list, behind American football star Tom Brady and supermodel Gisele Bündchen, to first.

According to Forbes, Beyoncé earned more in the past year than her husband, amassing $40m from sponsorship deals, album sales, and royalties from her back catalogue.