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Jay Z, Beyonce highest-paid celeb couple

Jay-Z and Beyonce top Forbes list
Jay-Z and Beyonce top Forbes list

Jay-Z and Beyonce Knowles have topped Forbes' Highest-Paid Celebrity Couples list for 2012.

The pair, who welcomed their first daughter Blue Ivy last year, moved up from second place on the list after earning a combined total of $78 million between May 2011 and May 2012.

They knocked last year's winners supermodel Gisele Bundchen and American footballer Tom Brady off the top spot, who earned $72 million between them in the past 12 months.

In third place were David and Victoria Beckham who reached combined earnings of $54 million, while Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie came in fourth place with earnings of $45 million.

Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith rounded off the top five with combined earnings of $40 million.

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