Paul McCartney Net Worth

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Hailed as one of the most famous English musicians, Paul McCartney is known to be a member of the world-renowned group, The Beatles. This English composer, songwriter, singer, and multi-instrumentalist is estimated to be worth $1.28 billion.

Before his solo career, people recognized Paul McCartney as one of The Beatles members with John Lennon, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr. However, there was an enormous impact on his career after he collaborated with the famous John Lennon. McCartney started a solo career after the group disbanded. With his wife, Linda and Denny Laine, he was able to form the band called Wings.

Paul McCartney has more than 100 singles sales, 100 million album sales, and 60 gold discs. The Guinness World Records considers him as the most successful recording artist and composer of all time. In the history of the UK Charts, people also named him as the most successful songwriter in the UK Charts history. They can best associate him with the song Yesterday. The solo artist Paul McCartney is now an inductee to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame last 1999.

Paul McCartney is the oldest member of Celebrity 100. However, he is still one of the most active members. The former Beatle still sells out arenas and collects checks from his Beatles back catalog and solos.

Earnings & Financial Data

Date	Category	Description	Amount
2018	Asset	Purchase value of Paul McCartney's Lexus LS	$73,000
2018	Asset	Purchase value of Paul McCartney's home in the United Kingdom	$1,500,000
2017	Others	Sales of the video Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales as Uncle Jack	$30,180,000
2017	Box Office Sales	Worldwide box office sales of the movie Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales as Uncle Jack	$794,860,000
2015	Asset	Purchase value of Paul McCartney's Manhattan Triplex	$15,500,000
2015	Record Sales	Record sales of the single All Day with Kanye West, Theophilus London and Allan Kingdom (approximately 500 thousand copies sold)	$650,000
2015	Sale of Asset	Selling price of Paul McCartney's old Liverpool home at an auction	$203,000
2015	Record Sales	Record sales of the single FourFiveSeconds with Barbadian singer Rihanna (approximately 5,136,000 copies sold)	$6,680,000
2014	Record Sales	Record sales of the single Only One with Kanye West (approximately 500 thousand copies sold)	$650,000
2014	Ticket Sales	Total ticket sales of Paul McCartney’s Out There Tour (approximately 1,236,325 tickets sold)	$165,000,000
2013	Record Sales	Record sales of the album New (approximately 303 thousand copies sold)	$393,900
2013	Record Sales	Record sales of the album Old Sock with Eric Clapton (approximately 27,035 copies sold)	$35,000
2012	Sale of Asset	Sale of Paul McCartney's Aston DB5 finished in sierra blue	$344,000
2012	Ticket Sales	Total ticket sales of Paul McCartney's 2012 tour according to Billboard	$18,600,000
2012	Record Sales	Record sales of the album Kisses on the Bottom (approximately 243 thousand copies sold)	$315,000
2011	Earnings	Earnings from live solo gigs and music publishing for the year 2011	$16,850,000
2010	Record Sales	Record sales of the album Y Not with English musician, songwriter, singer, and actor Ringo Starr (approximately 30 thousand copies sold)	$39,000
2009	Record Sales	Record sales of the album Good Evening New York City (approximately 560 thousand copies sold)	$728,000
2009	Ticket Sales	Ticket sales of Paul McCartney's tour Summer Live '09 (approximately 281,529 tickets sold)	$31,920,000
2007	Record Sales	Record sales of the album Memory Almost Full (approximately 779,573 copies sold)	$1,010,000
2006	Record Sales	Record 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)	$3,000,000
2006	Record Sales	Record 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)	$1,610,000
2005	Record Sales	Record sales of the album Chaos and Creation in the Backyard (approximately 2,086,794 copies sold)	$712,830,000
2004	Ticket Sales	Ticket sales of Paul McCartney's The 'US' Tour (approximately 569,611 tickets sold)	$77,040
2003	Record Sales	Record sales of the album Back in the World (approximately 100 thousand copies sold)	$130,000
2002	Others	Sales of the video Back in the U.S. (approximately 390 thousand copies sold)	$507,000
2002	Record Sales	Record sales of the album Back in the U.S. (approximately 1,202,000 copies sold)	$1,560,000
2001	Ticket Sales	Total ticket sales of Paul McCartney's Driving World Tour (approximately 1,012,947 tickets sold)	$125,890,000
2001	Record Sales	Record sales of the album Driving Rain (approximately 650 thousand copies sold)	$845,000
2001	Record Sales	Record sales of the album Wingspan: Hits and History (approximately 1,198,500 copies sold)	$1,560,000
1999	Record Sales	Record sales of the album Run Devil Run (approximately 120,202 copies sold)	$156,260
1997	Record Sales	Record sales of the album Flaming Pie (approximately 906 thousand copies sold)	$1,180,000
1993	Record Sales	Record sales of the album Paul Is Live (approximately 1 hundred thousand copies sold)	$130,000
1993	Record Sales	Record sales of the album Off the Ground (approximately 1,554,400 million copies sold)	$2,020,000
1990	Record Sales	Record sales of the album Tripping the Live Fantastic: Highlights! (approximately 1 million copies sold)	$1,300,000
1990	Record Sales	Record sales of the album Tripping the Live Fantastic (approximately 200 thousand copies sold)	$260,000
1989	Record Sales	Record sales of the album Flowers in the Dirt (approximately 1,623,000 copies sold)	$2,120,000
1987	Record Sales	Record sales of the album All the Best! (approximately 3,027,500 copies sold)	$3,940,000
1986	Record Sales	Record sales of the album Press to Play (approximately 181 thousand copies sold)	$235,300
1984	Box Office Sales	Box office sales of the movie Give My Regards to Broad Street as himself	$1,400,000
1984	Record Sales	Record sales of the album Give My Regards to Broad Street (approximately 1,044,000 copies sold)	$1,357,200
1983	Record Sales	Record sales of the album Pipes of Peace (approximately 1,631,000 million copies sold)	$2,120,000
1982	Record Sales	Record sales of Michael Jackson's album Thriller with the contribution of the song "The Girl Is Mine" (approximately 55,605,161 copies sold)	$72,290,000
1982	Record Sales	Record sales of the album Tug of War (approximately 1,676,800 copies sold)	$2,180,000
1980	Record Sales	Record sales of the album McCartney II (approximately 680 thousand copies sold)	$884,000
1979	Record Sales	Record sales of the album Back to the Egg with The Wings (approximately 1,374,000 copies sold)	$1,790,000
1978	Record Sales	Record sales of the album Wings Greatest (approximately 1,395,000 copies sold)	$1,810,000
1978	Record Sales	Record sales of the album London Town with The Wings (approximately 1,801,800 copies sold)	$2,340,000
1976	Record Sales	Record sales of the album Wings over America (approximately 1.18 million copies sold)	$1,530,000
1976	Record Sales	Record sales of the album Wings at the Speed of Sound with The Wings (approximately 1,522,900 copies sold)	$1,980,000
1973	Record Sales	Record sales of the album Band on the Run with The Wings (approximately 3,595,000 copies sold)	$4,670,000
1973	Record Sales	Record sales of the album Red Rose Speedway with The Wings (approximately 680 thousand copies sold)	$884,000
1971	Record Sales	Record sales of Wild Life with The Wings (approximately 540 thousand copies sold)	$702,000
1971	Record Sales	Record sales of the album Ram (approximately 1.1 million copies sold)	$1,430,000
1970	Record Sales	Record sales of the album McCartney (approximately 2.1 million copies sold)	$2,730,000
1965	Record Sales	Record sales of the album Help! with the English rock band The Beatles (approximately 3,535,000 copies sold)	$4,600,000
1965	Box Office Sales	Box office sales of the movie Help! as himself	$12,070,000
1965	Record Sales	Record sales of the album Beatles VI with the English rock band The Beatles (approximately 1.05 million copies sold)	$1,370,000
1964	Record Sales	Record sales of the album Beatles '65 with the English rock band The Beatles (approximately 3.1 million copies sold)	$4,030,000
1964	Record Sales	Record sales of the album Beatles for Sale with the English rock band The Beatles (approximately 1,540,500 copies sold)	$2,000,000
1964	Record Sales	Record sales of the album Something New with the English rock band The Beatles (approximately 2.05 million copies sold)	$2,670,000
1964	Box Office Sales	Box office sales of the movie A Hard Day's Night as himself	$12,300,000
1964	Record Sales	Record sales of the album A Hard Day's Night with the English rock band The Beatles (approximately 4.1 million copies sold)	$5,330,000
1964	Record Sales	Record sales of the album The Beatles' Long Tall Sally with the English rock band The Beatles (approximately 50 thousand copies sold)	$65,000
1964	Record Sales	Record sales of The Beatles' Second Album with the English rock band The Beatles (approximately 2.1 million copies sold)	$2,730,000
1964	Record Sales	Record sales of the album Twist and Shout with the English rock band The Beatles (approximately 300 hundred thousand copies sold)	$390,000
1964	Record Sales	Record sales of the album Meet the Beatles! with the English rock band The Beatles (approximately 5.1 million copies sold)	$6,630,000
1964	Record Sales	Record sales of the album Introducing... The Beatles with the English rock band The Beatles (approximately 1 million copies sold)	$1,300,000
1963	Record Sales	Record sales of the album With the Beatles with the English rock band the Beatles (approximately 935 thousand copies sold)	$1,220,000
1963	Record Sales	Record sales of the album Please Please Me with the English rock band the Beatles (approximately 1,185,000 copies sold)	$1,540,000