Sunday Times Rich List reveals Britain's wealthiest musicians, including Rihanna and Ed Sheeran
The Sunday Times have revealed their annual list of Britain's richest musicians; and it's Rihanna who appears to have brought in the big bucks over the past year.
The star, who is currently based in the UK, catapults into the richest musicians list as a new entry at Number 3 with her 2020 wealth estimated at £468m, powered by her Fenty cosmetics brand, Savage lingerie line and eight hit albums.
Rihanna sits behind Andrew Lloyd Webber and Sir Paul McCartney, who rank joint first with £800m each to their name. Webber's wealth has reportedly taken a £20m tumble due to the impact of COVID-19 on his West End shows, while McCartney's is up £50m following his ongoing world tour and bestselling children's book Hey Grandude!
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Robert Watts, the compiler of The Sunday Times Rich List, said that Rihanna's entry "typifies the seismic change we’ve seen in the Rich List in recent years. Once dominated by inherited wealth, the bulk of our 1000 entries are now self-made people with modest and even troubled starts in life who are driven to work exceptionally hard.
“Still only 32, if Rihanna remains based in the UK she could well pip Sir Paul McCartney and Lord Lloyd-Webber to be The Sunday Times Rich List’s first billionaire musician."
Completing the Top 5 are Sir Elton John on £360m, up £40m thanks to his farewell tour, and Sir Mick Jagger on £285m.
At 29 years old, Ed Sheeran tops the list of the world's wealthiest young musicians under 30, with £200m, and places tenth on the overall list. The singer-songwriter is reported to have earned more than £600m from his 255-date world tour, selling nine million tickets.
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Meanwhile, every member of One Direction features in the Top 10 of the young musicians list, led by Harry Styles on £63m, while Little Mix collectively rank fourth on £48m.
New entries on the young musicians list are George Ezra and Dua Lipa, who share eleventh place with estimated fortunes of £16m.
View The Sunday Times' Top 40 richest musicians below. The full list of Britain's 1000 richest people will be published on Suday, May 17.
| POS | NAME | 2020 WEALTH | WEALTH INCREASE/DECREASE |
| 1= | Lord Lloyd-Webber | £800m | Down £20m |
| 1= | Sir Paul McCartney | £800m | Up £50m |
| 3 | Rihanna | £468m | New |
| 4 | Sir Elton John | £360m | Up £40m |
| 5 | Sir Mick Jagger | £285m | Up £10m |
| 6= | Olivia and Dhani Harrison | £270m | Up £20m |
| 6= | Keith Richards | £270m | Up £10m |
| 8 | Sir Ringo Starr | £260m | Up £20m |
| 9 | Michael Flatley | £206m | Up £2m |
| 10= | Ed Sheeran | £200m | Up £40m |
| 10= | Sir Rod Stewart | £200m | Up £10m |
| 10= | Sting | £200m | No change |
| 13= | Brian May | £190m | Up £30m |
| 13= | Roger Waters | £190m | No change |
| 15 | Robbie Williams | £185m | Up £10m |
| 16 | Calvin Harris | £180m | Up £15m |
| 17 | Eric Clapton | £175m | No change |
| 18= | Sir Tom Jones | £170m | Up £5m |
| 18= | Roger Taylor | £170m | Up £15m |
| 20 | Charlie Watts | £165m | Up £10m |
| 21 | Sir Tim Rice | £155m | Up £2m |
| 22= | Adele | £150m | No change |
| 22= | Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne | £150m | No change |
| 24= | Phil Collins | £140m | Up £10m |
| 24= | John Deacon | £140m | Up £10m |
| 26 | Jimmy Page | £127m | Up £2m |
| 27 | David Gilmour | £116m | No change |
| 28 | Nick Mason | £110m | Up £5M |
| 29 | Chris Martin | £105m | Up £3m |
| 30 | Robert Plant | £102m | Down £3m |
| 31= | Mary Austin | £95m | Up £6m |
| 31= | Ronnie Wood | £95m | Up £10m |
| 33= | Guy Berryman | £92m | Up £2m |
| 33= | Jonny Buckland | £92m | Up £2m |
| 33= | Will Champion | £92m | Up £2m |
| 36 | Pete Townshend and Rachel Fuller | £84m | Up £1m |
| 37 | Gary Barlow | £82m | Up £1m |
| 38 | Mark Knopfler | £76m | Up £1m |
| 39 | Sir Barry Gibb | £75m | No change |
| 40 | Engelbert Humperdinck | £73m | New |
Wealthiest Young Musicians
| POS | NAME | 2020 WEALTH | WEALTH INCREASE/DECREASE |
| 1 | Ed Sheeran | £200m | Up £40m |
| 2 | Harry Styles | £63m | Up £5m |
| 3 | Niall Horan | £50m | Up £1m |
| 4 | Little Mix | £48m | Up £3m |
| 5 | Louis Tomlinson | £45m | Up £1m |
| 6 | Liam Payne | £44m | Up £2m |
| 7 | Zayn Malik | £36m | No change |
| 8 | Sam Smith | £33m | Up £1m |
| 9= | Rita Ora | £20m | Up £2m |
| 9= | Stormzy | £20m | Up £4m |
| 11= | George Ezra | £16m | New |
| 11= | Dua Lipa | £16m | New |
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“Britain’s Wealthiest Musicians”... but Rihanna isn’t British, she’s from Barbados. And everyone else on the list is British too. So how does it work...?