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Music icon Paul McCartney has become the UK’s first billionaire musician, according to the Sunday Times Rich List published Friday, May 17, despite the country recording its largest fall in the billionaire count in the guide’s 36-year history.
The 81-year-old’s fortune was boosted by “strong touring, a valuable back catalogue and even a little help from Beyoncé,” who covered the Beatles song “Blackbird,” said the Rich List, considered the definitive guide of the UK’s wealthy.
McCartney, whose net worth was estimated at £1.0 billion ($1.26 billion), has bucked the trend, with the amount of billionaires in the UK falling from a peak of 177 in 2022 to 165 this year.
