Sunday Times Rich List reveals Britain's wealthiest musicians, including Rihanna and Ed Sheeran

The Sunday Times reveal their annual list of Britain's super-rich musicians.

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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