Similarly, in India, there is three-tier strategy, tier-1, tier-2 and tier-3, which are based on the saleability and box office collection capability of a star.
[2] In popular usage outside the film industry, an A-list celebrity is any person with an admired or desirable social status.
[3] Even socialites with popular press coverage and elite associations have been termed as A-list celebrities.
Similarly, less popular persons and current teen idols are referred to as B-list celebrities – and the ones with lesser fame as C-list ones.
[4] In 2000, Entertainment Weekly interpreted a C-list celebrity as "that guy (or sometimes that girl), the easy-to-remember but hard-to-name character actor".