The Music Rich List 2015 is here – who’s rolling in dough?

Find out which music stars have got pots of cash

The Music Rich List 2015 is here - who\\\'s rolling in dough?

by Lauren Smith |
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The Sunday Times Rich List is about to be released - but they have already revealed which music stars are raking in the most cash. And the winner is...Sir Paul McCartney!

Yep, it should probably come as no surprise that the ex-Beatle is the UK and Ireland's richest musician - he added a whopping £20 million to his fortune over the past 12 months. His combined wealth of £730m with his wife Nancy Shevall has kept him at the top spot of the list.

Lord Andrew Lloyd-Webber is in second place with an estimated fortune of £650m, while Irish band U2 come in third place with a fortune of £431m.

Sir Elton John is in fourth position with £270m, and Sir Mick Jagger is fifth with a fortune of £225m.

Calvin Harris is the only new entry on this year's list at number 30, thanks to an estimated fortune of £70m. Yep, all that DJ-ing REALLY paid off.

The under-30 musician rich list has also been revealed - and Adele is the wealthiest, earning £5m over the past year, and taking her fortune up to £50m.

She's followed by One Direction stars Niall Horan, Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson and Liam Payne, who have £25m each, and Zayn Malik, who has the same amount.

Ed Sheeran comes in at number 7 with £20m, and then a load of celebs come in at joint eighth place, with £13m each: Ellie Goulding, Jessie J, Leona Lewis, Katie Melua, Marcus Mumford and Carey Mulligan, and Arctic Monkeys frontman Alex Turner.

Sam Smith is the only new entry on the list, with a fortune of £12m.

We're happy for all you guys, we really are - now, if you ever fancy lending us a few bob here and there, we'd be more than happy to take it off your hands...

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