SIMON COWELL JOINS RICH LIST
MUSIC TOP 10 WITH £200m FORTUNE
KATHERINE JENKINS WITH £13m FORTUNE PIPS CHERYL COLE, WITH £12m, TO HEAD YOUNG MUSIC MILLIONAIRES TOP 20
ADELE AT £6m, FLORENCE WELCH £5m, TAIO CRUZ £5m, ARE NEW ENTRIES IN YOUNG TOP 20
U2 HEAD IRISH MUSIC CHART WITH £455m
X-Factor judge Simon Cowell has amassed a personal fortune of £200m to place him at number six in the annual Music Millionaires Top 50, published in The Sunday Times Rich List 2011 this weekend.
The 23rdannual Sunday Times Rich List – the definitive guide to wealth in Britain and Ireland – is published as an extra 104-page magazine, free with the paper on Sunday.
The Music Millionaires Top 50 is headed by Clive Calder, with a £1,300m fortune made from the sale of Zomba Records in 2002. New entries include AC/DC’s lead singer Brian Johnson, born in Gateshead, who is worth £50m, and Moya Doherty and John McColgan, worth £70m, who own the Irish dance show Riverdance.
Katherine Jenkins, worth £13m – up £2m on 2010, tops the young music millionaires chart of people aged 30 and under ahead of Cheryl Cole, Leona Lewis and Katie Melua, who all have £12m fortunes. The top new entry in the young music millionaires chart is Adele at ninth equal with a £6m fortune. Two more new entries are Taio Cruz and Florence Welch, each worth £5m.
U2 with a combined fortune of £455m, up by £26m from last year – see table below, head the list of Irish music millionaires who appear among Ireland’s Richest 250 in The Sunday Times Rich List 2011.
THE SUNDAY TIMES RICH LIST 2011
TOP 50 MUSIC MILLIONAIRES
Music rank 2011
Music rank 2010
Name
2011 wealth
2010 wealth
Difference
(+/-)
Clive Calder
£1,300m
£1,300m
No change
Lord Lloyd-Webber
£680m
£700m
-£20m
Sir Cameron Mackintosh
£675m
£635m
+ £40m
Sir Paul McCartney
£495m
£475m
+ £20m
Simon Fuller
£375m
£350m
+ £25m
Simon Cowell
£200m
£165m
+ £35m
Sir Elton John
£195m
£185m
+ £10m
Sir Mick Jagger
£190m
£190m
No change
Sting
£180m
£180m
No change
Keith Richards
£175m
£175m
No change
Olivia and Dhani Harrison
£170m
£160m
+ £10m
David and Victoria Beckham
£165m
£145m
+ £20m
13=
Jamie Palumbo
£150m
£150m
No change
13=
15=
Ringo Starr
£150m
£140m
+ £10m
15
15=
Sir Tim Rice
£143m
£140m
+ £3m
Sir Tom Jones
£140m
£135m
+ £5m
Eric Clapton
£125m
£125m
No change
Roger Ames
£120m
£120m
No change
19=
Phil Colins
£115m
£108m
+ £7m
19=
Rod Stewart
£115m
£105m
+ £10m
Barry and Robin Gibb
£110m
£110m
No change
26=
Roger Waters
£105m
£85m
+ £20m
David Bowie
£100m
£100m
No change
Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne
£95m
£95m
No change
25=
George Michael
£90m
£90m
No change
25=
26=
Robbie Williams
£90m
£85m
+ £5m
27=
David Gilmour
£85m
£78m
+ £7m
27=
33=
Brian May
£85m
£75m
+ £10m
27=
26=
Charlie Watts
£85m
£85m
No change
30=
29=
Chris Blackwell
£80m
£80m
No change
30=
29=
Robert Plant
£80m
£80m
No change
30=
Roger Taylor
£80m
£70m
+£10m
33=
Jimmy Page
£75m
£75m
No change
34=
–
Moya Doherty and John McGolgan
£70m
_
_
34=
36
Chris Wright
£70m
£64m
+ £6m
38=
John Deacon
£65m
£60m
+ £5m
Noel and Liam Gallagher
£63m
£55m
+ £8m
38=
29=
Judy Craymer
£62m
£80m
– £18m
38=
Mark Knopfler
£62m
£62m
No change
38=
Engelbert Humperdinck
£60m
£60m
No change
41=
Nick Mason
£50m
£50m
No change
42=
–
Brian Johnson
£50m
–
–
42=
41=
Van Morrison
£50m
£50m
No change
42=
41=
Sir Cliff Richard
£50m
£50m
No change
44=
Chris Martin and Gwyneth Paltrow
£48m
£45m
+ £3m
44=
John Paul Jones
£45m
£45m
No change
47=
50=
Mick Hucknall
£40m
£35m
+ £5m
47=
50=
Kylie Minogue
£40m
£35m
+ £5m
47=
46=
Bernie Taupin
£40m
£40m
No change
47=
46=
Pete Townshend
£40m
£40m
No change
THE SUNDAY TIMES RICH LIST 2011
TOP 20 YOUNG MUSIC MILLIONAIRES (aged 30 and under)
Young
Music rank
2011
YoungMusic
rank
2010
Name
2011 wealth
2010 wealth
Difference
(+/-)
1=
Katherine Jenkins
£13m
£11m
+£2m
Cheryl Cole
£12m
£10m
+£2m
2=
1=
Leona Lewis
£12m
£11m
+£1m
2=
4=
Katie Melua
£12m
£10m
+£2m
Joss Stone
£9m
£9m
No change
6=
1=
Charlotte Church
£8m
£11m
-£3m
6=
Craig David
£8m
£8m
No change
9=
Paolo Nutini
£7m
£5m
+£2m
9=
New entry
Adele
£6m
_
9=
9=
Lily Allen
£6m
£5m
+£1m
9=
Natasha Bedingfield
£6m
£6m
No change
9=
9=
Duffy
£6m
£5m
+£1m
9=
9=
Amy Winehouse
£6m
£5m
+£1m
14=
9=
Nadine Coyle
£5m
£5m
No change
14=
New entry
Taio Cruz
£5m
_
14=
9=
Sarah Harding
£5m
£5m
No change
14=
9=
James Morrison
£5m
£5m
No change
14=
9=
Nicola Roberts
£5m
£5m
No change
14=
9=
Kimberley Walsh
£5m
£5m
No change
14=
New entry
Florence Welch
£5m
THE SUNDAY TIMES RICH LIST 2011
THE MUSIC MILLIONAIRES IN IRELAND’S RICHEST 250
Irish
Music rank
2011
Irish
Music
rank
2010
Name
2011 wealth
2010 wealth
Difference
(+/-)
U2
£455m
£429m
+£26m
Michael Flatley
£214m
£241m
-£27m
Denis and Caroline Desmond
£185m
£186m
-£1m
Enya
£85m
£85m
No change
Moya Doherty and John McColgan (Riverdance)
£70m
£72m
-£2m
Van Morrison
£350m
£50m
No change
7=
7=
Chris de Burgh
£32m
£31m
£1m
7=
New entry
Bob Geldof
£32m
_
7=
7=
Westlife
£32m
£31m
+£1
The 23rd annual Sunday Times Rich List – the definitive guide to wealth in Britain and Ireland – is published in a special 104-page supplement, which profiles the 1,000 richest people and families in the UK and the 250 richest across Ireland. The list is based on identifiable wealth (land, property, other assets such as art and racehorses, or significant shares in publicly quoted companies), and excludes bank accounts (to which the paper has no access).
The Sunday Times Rich List 2011 is compiled by Philip Beresford, the leading authority on British wealth, and edited by Ian Coxon. Ireland’s richest 250 is compiled by Colm Murphy.