Sir Paul McCartney (Photo: Live4ever Media)
Sir Paul McCartney has been named as the richest lead singer in the world by wealth calculator website CelebrityNetWorth.
According to the website McCartney, who generally shared lead duties with John Lennon in The Beatles and went on to front his next band Wings, has amassed £497m during his long career, with U2 frontman Bono in second place thanks to a personal fortune of £372m.
The same website published a similar list last month revealing the world’s richest drummers, which had Sir Paul’s former Beatles bandmate Ringo Starr in first place.
Top 20 richest lead singers:
1/ Paul McCartney – £497m
2/ Bono – £372m
3/ Jimmy Buffett – £248m
4/ Elton John – £199m
5/ Mick Jagger – £189m
6/ Gene Simmons – £186m
7/ Sting – £180m
8/ Phil Collins – £155m
9/ Dave Matthews – £155m
10/ Prince – £155m
11/ Dave Grohl – £140m
12/ Rod Stewart – £137m
13/ David Bowie – £133m
14/ Bruce Springsteen – £124m
15/ Don Henley – £124m
16/ James Hetfield – £109m
17/ Axl Rose – £93m
18/ Roger Waters – £90m
19/ David Gilmour – £81m
20/ Steven Tyler – £81m