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Gisele Bundchen, Tom Brady top wealthiest celebrity couple list

Gisele Bundchen and Tom Brady at the 2011 Metropolitan Museum Costume Institute Gala, May 2, 2011, in New York. Getty Images

(CBS) - What happens when a top supermodel and a NFL quarterback marry? You get the world's wealthiest celebrity couple.

Thanks to her endorsement and fashion deals, and his four-year contract extension with the New England Patriots, Gisele Bundchen and Tom Brady collectively earned $75 million between May 2010 to May 2011, according to Forbes.

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Their joint income put them at the top spot of the magazine's "World's Highest-Paid Celebrity Couples" list, knocking music's power couple Jay-Z and Beyonce, who earned $72 million over the past year, to the No. 2 spot.

Placing in third are Hollywood stars Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt with earnings of $50 million. Jolie racked in $30 million from her films "Salt" and "The Tourist," while Pitt took home $20 million with the earnings from his Plan B production company. 

David and Victoria Beckham together pocketed $45 million, putting them in fourth, and "Twilight" stars Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson rounded out the top 5 with their combined $40 million salary.

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