100 Hottest Celebrity Couples

Maxim has the "Hot 100." People has its "Most Beautiful People." But aside from sitting around a conference table arguing about celebs in bikinis, how do you actually decide who's the hottest? At Zimbio, we've found a foolproof, scientific method for rating a couple's hotness, based on four categories: Success, Attractiveness, Popularity and Staying Power.

For the first three, we've ranked each partner in a couple on a scale from one to 10, then added the two scores to come up with a final number (one to 20) in each category. We ranked Staying Power separately on a scale from one to 20 for each couple. The total of the scores in the four categories determined each couple's rank on our list. Numbers don't like, folks.

Here's more on how we break it down:

Success.
In a word: Money. Exceptionally hot celebrities are almost always exceptionally rich (and vice versa), so we've tapped into Forbes and other sources to discover their salaries and net worth. We've also considered factors like Oscar and Grammy nominations / wins, platinum albums and other honors they've received.

Attractiveness.
Our next ranking category is the most obvious in this often-superficial industry: Victoria's Secret model? Check. Ridiculously lucky God-given genes? Double check. But if someone's been on the cover of multiple glamour magazines and/or is under contract with a high-end, high-profile brand, it pushes up their numbers on our list.

Popularity.
Since looking good and making bank don't necessarily keep a couple on the public's radar, we've chosen to judge a couple's popularity by the number of times they've been Googled in the last month. Again, the numbers don't lie.

Staying Power.
This category takes into account all the factors that keep couples together: children, marriage, cohabitation and longevity. If either member of the couple has a history of short, stormy relationships, they get dinged in our point structure.

Yes, there were some ties. And since you can't rely on science for everything, we've turned to the ancient art of astrology to break them: Couples with high compatibility jumped ahead, while those doomed by the stars fell back a slot. In fact, as an extra bonus we've included a summary of each couple's astrological compatibility at the bottom of each article. In case you're superstitious or consider astrology a science.

See the full list of the 100 Hottest Celebrity Couples:

1. Angelina Jolie & Brad Pitt
2. Beyonce & Jay-Z
3. Victoria Beckham & David Beckham
4. Gisele Bundchen & Tom Brady
5. Faith Hill & Tim McGraw
6. Will Smith & Jada Pinkett Smith
7. Jessica Biel & Justin Timberlake
8. Gwen Stefani & Gavin Rossdale
9. Johnny Depp & Vanessa Paradis
10. Heidi Klum & Seal
11. Ellen DeGeneres & Portia de Rossi
12. David Bowie & Iman
13. Gwyneth Paltrow & Chris Martin
14. Halle Berry & Gabriel Aubry
15. Reese Witherspoon & Jake Gyllenhaal
16. Demi Moore & Ashton Kutcher
17. Jennifer Garner & Ben Affleck
18. Vanessa Hudgens & Zac Efron
19. Jennifer Lopez & Marc Anthony
20. Nicole Kidman & Keith Urban
21. Leonardo DiCaprio & Bar Refaeli
22. Tom Cruise & Katie Holmes
23. Anna Kournikova & Enrique Iglesias
24. Catherine Zeta-Jones & Michael Douglas
25. Eva Longoria Parker & Tony Parker
26. Jewel & Ty Murray
27. Fergie & Josh Duhamel
28. Penelope Cruz & Javier Bardem
29. Charlize Theron & Stuart Townsend
30. Nicole Scherzinger & Lewis Hamilton
31. Marc Jacobs & Lorenzo Martone
32. Kim Kardashian & Reggie Bush
33. Keira Knightley & Rupert Friend
34. Isla Fisher & Sacha Baron Cohen
35. Orlando Bloom & Miranda Kerr
36. Sarah Michelle Gellar & Freddie Prinze Jr.
37. Kanye West & Amber Rose
38. Amy Poehler & Will Arnett
39. Kelly Ripa & Mark Consuelos
40. Jessica Simpson & Tony Romo
41. Salma Hayek & Francois-Henri Pinault
42. Rebecca Romijn & Jerry O'Connell
43. Adriana Lima & Marko Jaric
44. Janet Jackson & Jermaine Dupri
45. Sarah Jessica Parker & Matthew Broderick
46. Jim Carrey & Jenny McCarthy
47. Miley Cyrus & Justin Gaston
48. Mark Wahlberg & Rhea Durham
49. Calista Flockhart & Harrison Ford
50. Ashlee Simpson-Wentz & Pete Wentz
51. Julia Roberts & Danny Moder
52. Howard Stern & Beth Ostrosky Stern
53. Zooey Deschanel & Ben Gibbard
54. Mariah Carey & Nick Cannon
55. Jessica Alba & Cash Warren
56. Sandra Bullock & Jesse James
57. Mila Kunis & Macaulay Culkin
58. Amy Adams & Darren Le Gallo
59. Rachel Weisz & Darren Aronofsky
60. Matthew McConaughey & Camila Alves
61. Pink & Carey Hart
62. Nicole Richie & Joel Madden
63. Jennifer Hudson & David Otunga
64. Katherine Heigl & Josh Kelley
65. Camilla Belle & Joe Jonas
66. Megan Fox & Brian Austin Green
67. Michelle Williams & Spike Jonze
68. Rachel Bilson & Hayden Christensen
69. Diane Kruger & Joshua Jackson
70. Maggie Gyllenhaal & Peter Sarsgaard
71. Alyson Hannigan & Alexis Denisof
72. Mel Gibson & Oksana Grigorieva
73. Avril Lavigne & Deryck Whibley
74. Scarlett Johansson & Ryan Reynolds
75. Ice-T & Coco
76. Blake Lively & Penn Badgley
77. Mandy Moore & Ryan Adams
78. Hilary Duff & Mike Comrie
79. Bruce Willis & Emma Heming
80. Rachel McAdams & Josh Lucas
81. Charlie Sheen & Brooke Mueller
82. Paris Hilton & Doug Reinhardt
83. Kendra Wilkinson & Hank Baskett
84. Tea Leoni & David Duchovny
85. Jennifer Love Hewitt & Jamie Kennedy
86. Kate Moss & Jamie Hince
87. Nick Lachey & Vanessa Minnillo
88. Julianne Hough & Chuck Wicks
89. Courteney Cox Arquette & David Arquette
90. Claire Danes & Hugh Dancy
91. Bijou Phillips & Danny Masterson
92. Mena Suvari & Simone Sestito
93. L'Wren Scott & Mick Jagger
94. Heidi Montag & Spencer Pratt
95. Christina Ricci & Owen Benjamin
96. Nicky Hilton & David Katzenberg
97. Abbie Cornish & Ryan Phillippe
98. Tori Spelling & Dean McDermott
99. Ronnie Wood & Ekaterina Ivanova
100. Kevin Federline & Victoria Prince