Paul McCartney Turns into Britain’s First Music Billionaire In response to The Sunday Occasions Wealthy Checklist 2024

Paul McCartney is the primary British musician to develop into a billionaire via his music. That is evident from a listing of The Sunday Occasions in regards to the richest Britons. In response to the newspaper, the Beatle musician earned £50 million final yr from his tour and music.

That additionally included just a little assist from Beyoncé. She has a canopy of the Beatles track Lon-dubh on her newest album, incomes a tribute to co-writer McCartney.

Within the record of the richest Britons, McCartney is in one hundred and sixty fifth place with an estimated fortune of 1 billion kilos. At primary is Gopi Hinduja, a businessman with a fortune of over £37 billion. McCartney will not be the one musician on the record: Elton John can also be included, at quantity 291 with a fortune of £470 million.

There are different particular names amongst them. King Charles is ranked 258, with a fortune of £610 million. In response to the Sunday Occasions, British Prime Minister Sunak is barely richer, in 245th place with 651 million kilos.

Final month the American enterprise journal Forbes reported that Taylor Swift has additionally earned a billion simply via her music and live shows, though this was in {dollars} (which is nearly 800 million kilos). Her world tour generates extra turnover in six months than the scale of the economic system of many small nations in a yr.

The Sunday Occasions has additionally made a listing of the forty richest Britons beneath 40. We are going to see extra musicians there. Ed Sheeran is tenth with £340 million, Harry Kinds is seventeenth with £175 million and Adele is nineteenth with £170 million.