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Adele’s best-selling
album “25” added 30 million pounds (43 million dollars) to the
London-born singer’s fortune, putting her top of the Sunday Times
newspaper’s Young Musicians 2016 rich list for performers under 30.
The worldwide hit which
was released last November, booted the 27-year-old singer to 85 million
pounds, lifting her to 30th place in the papers 2016 list of the
wealthiest performers and composers in Britain and Ireland.
Paul McCartney tops the musicians’ rich list for a second year in a row.
The former Beatles and his wife Nancy Shevell, had a combined fortune
of 760 million pounds, according to the Sunday Times on Thursday, a rise
of 30 million on last year.
McCartney was followed by composer Andrew Lloyd Webber, with 715
million pounds, while the Rolling Stones were Britain and Ireland’s
wealthiest band with the fortunes of its four members totaling 630
million pounds.
Irish band U2, whose fortune jumped to 500 million from 431 million
pounds, was the highest-grossing rock act last year selling 1.29 million
tickets worth 66 million pounds for 76 concerts.
Singer/songwriter, Ed Sheeran, had jumped five places making him the
second-richest young performer after Adele and propelling him into the
main music list for the first time.
The late David Bowie’s family, who inherited 70 million pounds from
his will, was also a new addition to the list with a combined fortune of
90 million pounds.
Although many musicians
climbed the wealthy ranks over the past year, a few dropped including
Cliff Richard, who fell four places in spite of a 3 million-pound
addition to his bank account.
Former Oasis band members, Noel and Liam Gallagher were the only
performers whose fortunes showed a marked decline, the paper said with a
loss of 12 million pounds, dropping them seven places.
The list ranks Britain
and Ireland’s richest musicians and performers and was published ahead
of the annual Sunday Times Rich List this weekend.
