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Beyoncé and Mr Knowles have been named the most powerful people in music

  • January 24, 2014
  • Brad O'Mance

Beyonce newBeyoncé and him indoors have 'topped' The 2014 Billboard Power 100 list, ahead of the likes of Scooter Braun, Simon Cowell, Dr Luke and Shed 7's Rick Witter.

Justifying their choice, Billboard said: "Leveraging their star power to release new albums in unpre­ced­en­ted ways—Jay Z through Samsung and Beyoncé through iTunes—they instantly changed how the industry and fans thought about inter­act­ing with music."

"In short, they proved that content truly is king. Or, in this case, king and queen."

Justin Bieber's manager, Scooter Braun — who we imagine has been having a quiet couple of days — is ranked at Number 33, Madonna's manager Guy Oseary is at 38, and Rihanna's manager Jay Brown is at 43.

Simon Cowell has to make do with Number 58 (two places below LA Reid), while Dr Luke is at Number 63.

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