10 Richest Men In UK Music & 5 Young Millionaires
The UK Sunday will publish lists of the richest men in women in UK music this week, but have offered a sneak preview. The list of 10 Richest is a Whose Who of music’s old guard. but a partial look at the Top 20 Music Millionaires offers a few surprises:
- Clive Calder (Zomba,Jive) £1.3bn/US$2.14bn
- Andrew Lloyd Webber £680m/US$1.1bn
- Sir Cameron Mackintosh £675m/US1.1bn
- Sir Paul McCartney £495m/US$815m
- Simon Fuller £375m/US$617m
- Simon Cowell £200m/US$329m
- Sir Elton John £195m/US$321m
- Sir Mick Jagger £190m/US$313m
- Sting £180m/US$296m
- Keith Richards £175m/$US$281m
In the top 20 young music millionaires, most of the top earners are women:
- Classical-crossover singer Katherine Jenkins (£13m)
- Cheryl Cole, Leona Lewis and Katie Melua (all £12m)
- Joss Stone (£9m)
Charlotte Church (£8m) is in sixth place, with Adele, Lily Allen, Natasha Bedingfield, Duffy and Amy Winehouse a joint ninth with (£6m each).
Source: Hyperbot
