Paul McCartney, regarded as one of the most well-known English musicians, is a member of the legendary band The Beatles. This multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, and composer from England is thought to be worth $1.28 billion.
Paul McCartney was a member of The Beatles together with John Lennon, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr before starting his solo career. However, his career was significantly impacted after working with the well-known John Lennon. After the band broke up, McCartney began a solo career. He was able to start the band known as Wings with the help of his wife, Linda, and Denny Laine.
Paul McCartney has sold more than a hundred singles, one hundred million albums, and sixty gold records. He is regarded as the all-time most successful recording artist and composer by Guinness World Records. People have also referred to him as the most prosperous songwriter in the UK Charts’ history. They most readily connect him to the song Yesterday. Paul McCartney, a solo performer, was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1999.
The oldest celebrity in the 100-member list is Paul McCartney. He remains one of the group’s most active members, nevertheless. The former Beatle continues to sell out arenas and earn money from his solo work and Beatles back catalogue.
STATISTICS
Source of Wealth:
Music
Age:
78
Birth Place:
Liverpool, England, United Kingdom
Height:
5′ 11″ (1.80 m)
Weight:
180 lbs (82 kg)
Marital Status:
Married (Nancy Shevell)
Full Name:
James Paul McCartney
Nationality:
British
Date of Birth:
18 June 1942
Ethnicity:
English, Irish, Welsh and Manx
Occupation:
Musician, Composer, Producer and Businessman
Education:
Liverpool Institute, Joseph Williams Junior School, Stockton Wood Road Primary School
Children:
5 (Stella, James, Mary, Heather and Beatrice)
Paul McCartney Earnings
Earnings 2018$47.5 Million
Asset Jan. 2018Purchase value of Paul McCartney’s Lexus LS
$73,000Asset Jan. 2018Purchase value of Paul McCartney’s home in the United Kingdom$1,500,000Earnings 2017$54 Million
Others Sep. 2017Sales of the video Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales as Uncle Jack$30,180,000Box Office Sales May. 2017Worldwide box office sales of the movie Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales as Uncle Jack$794,860,000Earnings 2015
Asset May. 2015Purchase value of Paul McCartney’s Manhattan Triplex$15,500,000Record Sales Mar. 2015Record sales of the single All Day with Kanye West, Theophilus London and Allan Kingdom (approximately 500 thousand copies sold)$650,000Sale of Asset Feb. 2015Selling price of Paul McCartney’s old Liverpool home at an auction$203,000Record Sales Jan. 2015Record sales of the single FourFiveSeconds with Barbadian singer Rihanna (approximately 5,136,000 copies sold)$6,680,000Earnings 2014$71 Million
Record Sales Dec. 2014Record sales of the single Only One with Kanye West (approximately 500 thousand copies sold)$650,000Ticket Sales Oct. 2014Total ticket sales of Paul McCartney’s Out There Tour (approximately 1,236,325 tickets sold)$165,000,000Earnings 2013$47 Million
Record Sales Oct. 2013Record sales of the album New (approximately 303 thousand copies sold)$393,900Record Sales Mar. 2013Record sales of the album Old Sock with Eric Clapton (approximately 27,035 copies sold)$35,000Earnings 2012$6.7 Million
Sale of Asset Nov. 2012Sale of Paul McCartney’s Aston DB5 finished in sierra blue$344,000Ticket Sales Mar. 2012Total ticket sales of Paul McCartney’s 2012 tour according to Billboard$18,600,000Record Sales Feb. 2012Record sales of the album Kisses on the Bottom (approximately 243 thousand copies sold)$315,000Earnings 2011$29 Million
Earnings Sep. 2011Earnings from live solo gigs and music publishing for the year 2011$16,850,000Earnings 2010$14.2 Million
Record Sales Jan. 2010Record sales of the album Y Not with English musician, songwriter, singer, and actor Ringo Starr (approximately 30 thousand copies sold)$39,000Earnings 2009$577 Million
Record Sales Nov. 2009Record sales of the album Good Evening New York City (approximately 560 thousand copies sold)$728,000Ticket Sales Aug. 2009Ticket sales of Paul McCartney’s tour Summer Live ’09 (approximately 281,529 tickets sold)$31,920,000Earnings 2007
Record Sales Jun. 2007Record sales of the album Memory Almost Full (approximately 779,573 copies sold)$1,010,000Earnings 2006$40 Million
Record Sales Nov. 2006Record sales of the album Twenty Five with the contribution of the single “Heal the Pain” with English singer, songwriter, record producer, and philanthropist George Michael (approximately 2,312 million copies sold)$3,000,000Record Sales Sep. 2006Record sales of the album Duets: An American Classic with the contribution of the single “The Very Thought of You” with American singer Tony Bennett (approximately 1,235 million copies sold)$1,610,000Earnings 2005$60 Million
Record Sales Sep. 2005Record sales of the album Chaos and Creation in the Backyard (approximately 2,086,794 copies sold)$712,830,000Ticket Sales 2005Ticket sales of Paul McCartney’s The ‘US’ Tour (approximately 569,611 tickets sold)$77,040Earnings 2003
Record Sales Mar. 2003Record sales of the album Back in the World (approximately 100 thousand copies sold)$130,000Earnings 2002$126 Million
Record Sales Nov. 2002Record sales of the album Back in the U.S. (approximately 1,202,000 copies sold)$1,560,000Others Nov. 2002Sales of the video Back in the U.S. (approximately 390 thousand copies sold)$507,000Ticket Sales 2002Total ticket sales of Paul McCartney’s Driving World Tour (approximately 1,012,947 tickets sold)$125,890,000Earnings 2001
Record Sales Nov. 2001Record sales of the album Driving Rain (approximately 650 thousand copies sold)$845,000Record Sales May. 2001Record sales of the album Wingspan: Hits and History (approximately 1,198,500 copies sold)$1,560,000Earnings 1999
Record Sales Oct. 1999Record sales of the album Run Devil Run (approximately 120,202 copies sold)$156,260Earnings 1997
Record Sales May. 1997Record sales of the album Flaming Pie (approximately 906 thousand copies sold)$1,180,000Earnings 1993
Record Sales Nov. 1993Record sales of the album Paul Is Live (approximately 1 hundred thousand copies sold)$130,000Record Sales Feb. 1993Record sales of the album Off the Ground (approximately 1,554,400 million copies sold)$2,020,000Earnings 1990
Record Sales Nov. 1990Record sales of the album Tripping the Live Fantastic: Highlights! (approximately 1 million copies sold)$1,300,000Record Sales Nov. 1990Record sales of the album Tripping the Live Fantastic (approximately 200 thousand copies sold)$260,000Earnings 1989
Record Sales Jun. 1989Record sales of the album Flowers in the Dirt (approximately 1,623,000 copies sold)$2,120,000Earnings 1987
Record Sales Nov. 1987Record sales of the album All the Best! (approximately 3,027,500 copies sold)$3,940,000Earnings 1986
Record Sales Aug. 1986Record sales of the album Press to Play (approximately 181 thousand copies sold)$235,300Earnings 1984
Box Office Sales Oct. 1984Box office sales of the movie Give My Regards to Broad Street as himself$1,400,000Record Sales Oct. 1984Record sales of the album Give My Regards to Broad Street (approximately 1,044,000 copies sold)$1,357,200Earnings 1983
Record Sales Oct. 1983Record sales of the album Pipes of Peace (approximately 1,631,000 million copies sold)$2,120,000Earnings 1982
Record Sales Nov. 1982Record sales of Michael Jackson’s album Thriller with the contribution of the song “The Girl Is Mine” (approximately 55,605,161 copies sold)$72,290,000Record Sales Apr. 1982Record sales of the album Tug of War (approximately 1,676,800 copies sold)$2,180,000Earnings 1980
Record Sales May. 1980Record sales of the album McCartney II (approximately 680 thousand copies sold)$884,000Earnings 1979
Record Sales Jun. 1979Record sales of the album Back to the Egg with The Wings (approximately 1,374,000 copies sold)$1,790,000Earnings 1978
Record Sales Nov. 1978Record sales of the album Wings Greatest (approximately 1,395,000 copies sold)$1,810,000Record Sales Mar. 1978Record sales of the album London Town with The Wings (approximately 1,801,800 copies sold)$2,340,000Earnings 1976
Record Sales Dec. 1976Record sales of the album Wings over America (approximately 1.18 million copies sold)$1,530,000Record Sales Mar. 1976Record sales of the album Wings at the Speed of Sound with The Wings (approximately 1,522,900 copies sold)$1,980,000Earnings 1973
Record Sales Dec. 1973Record sales of the album Band on the Run with The Wings (approximately 3,595,000 copies sold)$4,670,000Record Sales Apr. 1973Record sales of the album Red Rose Speedway with The Wings (approximately 680 thousand copies sold)$884,000Earnings 1971
Record Sales Dec. 1971Record sales of Wild Life with The Wings (approximately 540 thousand copies sold)$702,000Record Sales May. 1971Record sales of the album Ram (approximately 1.1 million copies sold)$1,430,000Earnings 1970
Record Sales Apr. 1970Record sales of the album McCartney (approximately 2.1 million copies sold)$2,730,000Earnings 1965
Record Sales Aug. 1965Record sales of the album Help! with the English rock band The Beatles (approximately 3,535,000 copies sold)$4,600,000Box Office Sales Jul. 1965Box office sales of the movie Help! as himself$12,070,000Record Sales Jun. 1965Record sales of the album Beatles VI with the English rock band The Beatles (approximately 1.05 million copies sold)$1,370,000Earnings 1964
Record Sales Dec. 1964Record sales of the album Beatles ’65 with the English rock band The Beatles (approximately 3.1 million copies sold)$4,030,000Record Sales Dec. 1964Record sales of the album Beatles for Sale with the English rock band The Beatles (approximately 1,540,500 copies sold)$2,000,000Record Sales Jul. 1964Record sales of the album Something New with the English rock band The Beatles (approximately 2.05 million copies sold)$2,670,000Box Office Sales Jul. 1964Box office sales of the movie A Hard Day’s Night as himself$12,300,000Record Sales Jun. 1964Record sales of the album A Hard Day’s Night with the English rock band The Beatles (approximately 4.1 million copies sold)$5,330,000Record Sales May. 1964Record sales of the album The Beatles’ Long Tall Sally with the English rock band The Beatles (approximately 50 thousand copies sold)$65,000Record Sales Apr. 1964Record sales of The Beatles’ Second Album with the English rock band The Beatles (approximately 2.1 million copies sold)$2,730,000Record Sales Feb. 1964Record sales of the album Twist and Shout with the English rock band The Beatles (approximately 300 hundred thousand copies sold)$390,000Record Sales Jan. 1964Record sales of the album Meet the Beatles! with the English rock band The Beatles (approximately 5.1 million copies sold)$6,630,000Record Sales Jan. 1964Record sales of the album Introducing… The Beatles with the English rock band The Beatles (approximately 1 million copies sold)$1,300,000Earnings 1963
Record Sales Nov. 1963Record sales of the album With the Beatles with the English rock band the Beatles (approximately 935 thousand copies sold)$1,220,000Record Sales Mar. 1963Record sales of the album Please Please Me with the English rock band the Beatles (approximately 1,185,000 copies sold)$1,540,000
