Michael among the top ten newsmakers of 2004

Access Hollywood has released the list of the top ten stars of 2004. This ranking is based on the number of news items published by this network about each star. Michael ranks fourth in this list. The names of the ten newsmakers are as follows: (119 news) Britney Spears .1 (102 news) Beyonce .2 (94 news) Donald Trump .3 (84 news) Michael Jackson .4 (72 news) Tom Cruise .5 (69 news) Jessica Simpson .6 (63 news) Paris Hilton .7 (62 news) Nicole Kidman .8 (54 news) Jennifer Lopez .9 (52 news) Whitney Houston .10 Source: Access Hollywood