Paul McCartney Becomes the U.K.'s First Billionaire Musician on Annual Rich List

The price of Paul McCartney just went up!

The 81-year-old Beatles legend and his wife, Nancy, appeared on the Times’ annual rich list on Friday, May 17, ranking 165th among the top 350 high-profile individuals and families. Last year, the singer of the song “My Love” took the 175th place on the list.

According to the publication, McCartney’s new milestone also makes him the first British musician to reach billionaire status, increasing his fortune by £50m thanks to the rising value of his back catalogue, his Got Back 2023 tour and Beyoncé’s recent cover of The Beatles’ “Blackbird” on it Cowboy Carter album.

The music icon praised the 32-time Grammy superstar’s “magnificent” rendition of his group’s 1968 classic a week after her country album dropped on March 29. He wrote on Instagram: “So happy with @beyonce’s version of my song ‘Kos’. I think she does a magnificent version and reinforces the civil rights message that inspired me to write the song.”

Paul McCartney performs at the Barclays Center in September 2017 in New York City.

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McCartney was joined on The Times’ list by celebrities such as King Charles, Sir Elton John, Salma Hayek, David and Victoria Beckham and Simon Cowell. Harry Potter author JK Rowling also appears.

The news of the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer’s increased wealth comes shortly after Disney+ added director Michael Lindsay-Hogg’s Beatles film Let it be — which was recorded during the making of the iconic group’s unforgettable 1970 album — to the streaming service on May 8. The film, now available to watch for the first time in 50 years, features McCartney alongside former band members Ringo Starr, the late John Lennon and George Harrison.

At the end of last year, Egyptian station the artist wrapped up the final leg of his Get Back tour, which originally began on April 28, 2022, in Spokane, Wash. That November, he also released the “last” Beatles song with Starr, 83, called “Now and Then,” which Lennon wrote and recorded in 1977. According to The Times, the song topped the charts in the U.K., Germany, Austria and the U.S. -in

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