Andrew Lloyd-Webber
It looks like music is the place to be if you want your pockets filling these days after Sunday Times British Music Millionaires unveil the industries current top earners.
Edgar Bronfman, the chairman and chief executive of the Warner Music Group, goes straight to the top of the millionaires chart, with a fortune of £1,640m, pushing former Zomba record company owner Clive Calder into second place in the Sunday Times Music Millionaires Top 50.
In terms of musicians themselves, the fortune of the evergreen Sir Cliff Richard returns to its pre-credit crunch level of £50m whilst Rolling Stone Ronnie Wood, after a difficult year including divorce from his wife Jo, has dropped out of the Music Top 50. Wood is now worth £20m.
Simon Cowell jumps four places in the music millionaires list and 40 in the Rich List overall after seeing his fortune rise by 38% in the past year from £120m to £165m. He has earned £86m in the past two years alone from his television work, according to Forbes, and in January he signed a six-year deal with Sony that will earn him millions more, starting with the US launch of X Factor next year.
THE TOP 50 SUNDAY TIMES RICH LIST MUSIC MILLIONAIRES
1 - Edgar Bronfman and family
2 - Clive Calder
3 - Lord Lloyd-Webber
4 - Sir Cameron Mackintosh
5 - Sir Paul McCartney
6 - Simon Fuller
7 - Sir Mick Jagger
8 - Sir Elton John
9 - Sting
10 - Keith Richards
11 - Simon Cowell
12 - Olivia and Dhani Harrison
13 - Jamie Palumbo
14 - David and Victoria Beckham
15 - Sir Tim Rice
16 - Ringo Starr
17 - Sir Tom Jones
18 - Eric Clapton
19 - Roger Ames
20 - Barry and Robin Gibb
21 - Phil Collins
22 - Rod Stewart
23 - David Bowie
24 - Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne
25 - George Michael
26 - Roger Waters
27 - Charlie Watts
28 - Robbie Williams
29 - Chris Blackwell
30 - Judy Craymer
31 - Robert Plant
32 - David Gilmour
33 - Brian May
34 - Jimmy Page
35 - Roger Taylor
36 - Chris Wright
37 - Mark Knopfler
38 - John Deacon
39 - Engelbert Humperdinck
40 - Noel and Liam Gallagher
41 - Nick Mason
42 - Van Morrison
43 - Sir Cliff Richard
44 - John Paul Jones
45 - Chris Martin and Gwyneth Paltrow
46 - Bernie Taupin
47 - Pete Townshend
48 - Gary Barlow
49 - Ken Berry
50 - Mick Hucknall
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