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And Finally Artist News
Musical rich lists published
By Chris Cooke | Published on Thursday 15 May 2014
What, is it Sunday Times Rich List time already? Yes, it is. And ahead of this weekend’s big list of famous loot hoarders, here are the customary top tens of musical money bags.
While the super-rich musical youngsters are all pop stars you’ll know, in case you wondered about a couple of the names in the main list, Len owns Warner Music and Clive used to own one-time pop power house Zomba. Oh, and Russian model, reality TV star and steel-millionaire-spouse Kamaliya Zahoor supported Steps on their reunion tour in 2012. Which definitely qualifies her as a music person.
So here are the pop rich top tens in full, with each individual’s estimated fortune in brackets. You can decide for yourself who to hate the most.
Richest music types in the UK…
1. Len Blavatnik (£10 billion)
2. Clive Calder (£1.4 billion)
3. Cameron Mackintosh (£1 billion)
4. Paul McCartney and Nancy Shevell (£710 million)
5. Lord Lloyd-Webber (£640 million)
6. U2 (£428 million)
7. Simon Fuller (£382 million)
=8. Simon Cowell (£300 million)
=8. Mohammad and Kamaliya Zahoor (£300 million)
10. Elton John (£260 million)
Richest music types in the UK under 30…
1. Adele (£45 million)
2. Calvin Harris (£30 million)
3. Cheryl Cole (£16 million)
=4. Niall Horan (£14 million)
=4. Zayn Malik (£14 million)
=4. Liam Payne (£14 million)
=4. Harry Styles (£14 million)
=4. Louis Tomlinson (£14 million)
=9. Leona Lewis (£13 million)
=9. Marcus Mumford and Carey Mulligan (£13 million)
