The top 50 richest people in music: Sunday Times Rich List

X-Factor judge Simon Cowell has beaten stars such as Sir Elton John and Sting to rocket into the top 10 of music millionaires.

Thumbs up: Cowell is sixth in the list of top music millionaire

The music mogul has seen his wealth grow by £35m to £200m in the last year, according to the Sunday Times Rich list.

Cowell's fortune pushes him up from eleventh place last year to sixth in the list of British millionaires from the world of music, just one place behind his rival Simon Fuller.
Cowell, 51, still remains one spot behind his 'frenemy' Simon Fuller who is at number five with an estimated fortune of £375m.


The two men rowed over who owned the rights to The X Factor, a spat which has since been resolved. However, Fuller is believed to be less than happy that Cowell is now launching the ITV talent show in the US this autumn.
In the past year Cowell - boss of production company Syco - has signed a new deal with ITV and is also preparing to launch a US version of The X Factor.

Earlier this week he announced plans to launch a new gameshow fronted by Ant and Dec called Red Or Black? and has talked of launching a global pop show in the future.
Clive Calder tops the UK music millionaire section of the 23rd Rich List, with a fortune of £1.3bn, made from the sale of his Zomba Records in 2002.

He has regained his position at number one after the 2010 list-topper Edgar Bronfman moved back to New York from his temporary home in London.

Made it: Adele is featured in the top 20 young artists for the first time.

In second position on the list is Lord Lloyd-Webber with £680n, while theatre producer Sir Cameron Mackintosh in third place, only £5m behind at £675m.

Former Beatles member, Sir Paul McCartney is ranked fourth in the league and new entries to the top 50 includes AC/DC singer Brian Johnson who is estimated to be worth £50m.

Noel and Liam Gallagher are listed together with a joint wealth of £63m despite their widely covered fall-out which saw guitarist Noel leave Oasis in August 2009. Liam has since relaunched his career in a new band called Beady Eye.

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.

TOP 50 MUSIC MILLIONAIRES

Music rank 2011	Music rank 2010	Name	2011 wealth	2010 wealth	Difference (+/-)
Source: THE SUNDAY TIMES RICH LIST 2011
1	2	Clive Calder	£1,300m	£1,300m	No change
2	3	Lord Lloyd-Webber	£680m	£700m	-£20m
3	4	Sir Cameron Mackintosh	£675m	£635m	+ £40m
4	5	Sir Paul McCartney	£495m	£475m	+ £20m
5	6	Simon Fuller	£375m	£350m	+ £25m
6	11	Simon Cowell	£200m	£165m	+ £35m
7	8	Sir Elton John	£195m	£185m	+ £10m
8	7	Sir Mick Jagger	£190m	£190m	No change
9	9	Sting	£180m	£180m	No change
10	10	Keith Richards	£175m	£175m	No change
11	12	Olivia and Dhani Harrison	£170m	£160m	+ £10m
12	14	David and Victoria Beckham	£165m	£145m	+ £20m
13=	13	Jamie Palumbo	£150m	£150m	No change
13=	15=	Ringo Starr	£150m	£140m	+ £10m
15	15=	Sir Tim Rice	£143m	£140m	+ £3m
16	17	Sir Tom Jones	£140m	£135m	+ £5m
17	18	Eric Clapton	£125m	£125m	No change
18	19	Roger Ames	£120m	£120m	No change
19=	21	Phil Colins	£115m	£108m	+ £7m
19=	22	Rod Stewart	£115m	£105m	+£10m
21	20	Barry and Robin Gibb	£110m	£110m	No change
22	26=	Roger Waters	£105m	£85m	+ £20m
23	23	David Bowie	£100m	£100m	No change
24	24	Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne	£95m	£95m	No change
25=	25	George Michael	£90m	£90m	No change
25=	26=	Robbie Williams	£90m	£85m	+ £5m
27=	32	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=	35	Roger Taylor	£80m	£70m	+£10m
33	33=	Jimmy Page	£75m	£75m	No change
34=	-	Moya Doherty and John McGolgan	£70m	_	_
34=	36	Chris Wright	£70m	£64m	+ £6m
36	38=	John Deacon	£65m	£60m	+ £5m
37	40	Noel and Liam Gallagher	£63m	£55m	+ £8m
38=	29=	Judy Craymer	£62m	£80m	-£18m
38=	37	Mark Knopfler	££62m	£62m	No change
40	38=	Engelbert Humperdinck	£60m	£60m	No change
41	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
45	44=	Chris Martin and Gwyneth Paltrow	£48m	£45m	+ £3m
46	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

TOP 20 YOUNG MUSIC MILLIONAIRES (aged 30 and under)

Young Music rank 2011	Young Music rank 2010	Name	2011 wealth	2010 wealth	Difference (+/-)
Source: THE SUNDAY TIMES RICH LIST 2011
1	1=	Katherine Jenkins	£13m	£11m	+£2m
2=	4=	Cheryl Cole	£12m	£10m	+£2m
2=	1=	Leona Lewis	£12m	£11m	+£1m
2=	4=	Katie Melua	12m	10m	+2m
5	6	Joss Stone	£9m	£9m	No change
6=	1=	Charlotte Church	£8m	£11m	-£3m
6=	7	Craig David	£8m	£8m	No change
8	9=	Paolo Nutini	£7m	£5m	+£2m
9=	New entry	Adele	£6m	_	_
9=	9=	Lily Allen	6m	£5m	+£1m
9=	8	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	_