Paul McCartney
Biography
Sir James Paul McCartney, MBE is an English musician, singer-songwriter and composer. Formerly of The Beatles (1960–1970) and Wings (1971–1981), McCartney is the most commercially successful songwriter in the history of popular music, according to Guinness World Records.
McCartney gained worldwide fame as a member of The Beatles, alongside John Lennon, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr. McCartney and Lennon formed one of the most influential and successful songwriting partnerships and wrote some of the most popular songs in the history of rock music. After leaving The Beatles, McCartney launched a successful solo career and formed the band Wings with his first wife, Linda Eastman, and singer-songwriter Denny Laine. McCartney is listed in Guinness World Records as the "most successful musician and composer in popular music history", with 60 gold discs and sales of 100 million singles in the UK.
BBC News Online readers named McCartney the "greatest composer of the millennium", and BBC News cites his Beatles song "Yesterday" as the most covered song in the history of recorded music—by over 2,200 artists—and since its 1965 release, has been played more than 7,000,000 times on American television and radio according to the BBC. Wings' 1977 single "Mull of Kintyre" became the first single to sell more than two million copies in the UK, and remains the UK's top selling non-charity single. Based on the 93 weeks his compositions have spent at the top spot of the UK chart, and 24 number one singles to his credit, McCartney is the most successful songwriter in UK singles chart history. As a performer or songwriter, McCartney was responsible for 32 number one singles on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart, and has sold 15.5 million RIAA certified albums in the US alone.
McCartney has composed film scores, classical and electronic music, released a large catalogue of songs as a solo artist, and has taken part in projects to help international charities. He is an advocate for animal rights, for vegetarianism, and for music education; he is active in campaigns against landmines, seal hunting, and Third World debt. He is a keen football fan, supporting both Everton and Liverpool football clubs. His company MPL Communications owns the copyrights to more than 3,000 songs, including all of the songs written by Buddy Holly, along with the publishing rights to such musicals as Guys and Dolls, A Chorus Line, and Grease. McCartney is one of the UK's wealthiest people, with an estimated fortune of £475 million in 2010.
Personal info
Gender
Male
Birthday
1942-06-18
Place of birth
Liverpool, England, UK
Images
Cast
A Hard Day's Night
1964
7.30
The Movie Orgy
1968
6.50
El Rey en Londres
1966
0.00
The Music of Lennon & McCartney
1965
0.00
I Wanna Hold Your Hand
1978
6.32
Let It Be
1970
7.60
There's Only One Paul McCartney
2002
0.00
Paul McCartney: In Red Square
2003
5.50
The Society of the Spectacle
1974
6.69
Under the Volcano
2021
7.00
Magical Mystery Tour
1967
6.51
Paul McCartney: Back in the U.S.
2002
6.59
Jimi Plays Monterey
1987
7.40
Imagine: John Lennon
1988
6.90
Beatles Stories
2011
7.60
Paul McCartney At The BBC
2021
7.00
Give My Regards to Broad Street
1984
4.70
Concert for George
2003
8.10
Little Richard: I Am Everything
2023
6.44
The Real Buddy Holly Story
1985
6.00
The Day the Music Died
1977
0.00
Live 8
2005
7.40
Help!
1965
6.84
The Beatles: Let It Be
2021
0.00
Things They Said Today
2002
0.00
Live Aid
1985
7.90
The Lost Weekend: A Love Story
2023
6.00
Beatles chronology (1962-1970)
2016
0.50
The Trials of Heather Mills
2023
0.00
Live Aid Against All Odds
2005
0.00
Louder Than Rock
2023
4.00
Take Your Pills
2018
6.50
Paul Simon: Under African Skies
2012
7.20
Wingspan
2001
6.90
The Love We Make
2011
7.20
The Beatles and India
2021
6.30
The Stones and Brian Jones
2024
7.10
All You Need Is Klaus
2010
7.25
Sounds of Liverpool at the BBC
2023
9.00
Back to the Egg
1979
0.00
The Beatles at Shea Stadium
1977
7.70
Rare and Unseen: The Beatles
2008
6.00
The Beatles: Help!
2007
6.50
The Concert for New York City
2001
4.80
The Beatles Unauthorized
1996
0.00
The Beatles: Watching Rainbows
2004
0.00
The Queen: 70 Glorious Years
2022
0.00
Help! War Child
1995
0.00
Fun with the Fab Four
1986
0.00
The Beatles on Record
2009
6.40
Paul Newman: The Restless
2023
8.10
The Mersey Sound
1963
8.00
The Beatles - Unsurpassed Promos
2011
0.00
God Bless Ozzy Osbourne
2011
7.80
All Together Now
2008
6.90
WHAM!
2023
7.41
Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars
2018
7.40
The Diamond Jubilee Concert 2012
2012
8.20
Paul McCartney: Put It There
1989
8.00
George Michael: Freedom Uncut
2022
7.30
Paul McCartney's Get Back
1991
9.20
Paul McCartney: Live Kisses
2012
4.80
Produced By George Martin
2012
7.44
Our World
1967
0.00
Sound City
2013
7.33
Rockshow
2013
8.00
Parkinson at 50
2021
10.00
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
1982
6.00
Good Ol' Freda
2013
7.10
Go Cat Go!
1997
0.00
Killing John Lennon
2019
0.00
The Beatles Come to Town
1963
7.00
The Beatles: Something
1969
7.70
The Beatles: Revolution
1968
9.30
...Sings the Beatles
2009
0.00
Mighty Good: The Beatles
1977
4.00
The Beatles Explosion
2007
6.50
The Beatles – Ready Steady Go!
2018
0.00
Wings - First Flight 1969-1974
2012
0.00
The Beatles: Parting Ways
2009
6.50
The Beatles and the BBC
2023
7.50
Desert Island Discs
1982
0.00
The Beatles: A Celebration
1999
0.00
Alf Bicknell's Beatles Diary
1996
0.00
This Is Elvis
1981
7.00
Spinal Tap II: The End Continues
2025
0.00
Paul McCartney: Got Back
2023
9.00
Taylor Hawkins Tribute Concert
2022
7.90
Paul McCartney: Out There Tokyo
2014
5.30
The Brian Epstein Story
1998
8.00
Understanding Lennon/McCartney
2018
0.00
The Sound of 007
2022
7.08
The Beatles: Hey Jude
1968
8.70
Beatles på Sverigeturné
2014
0.00
Reflections on Love
1966
0.00
Genius
2012
5.50
Hard Rock Calling 2010
2010
0.00
Brian Wilson: On Tour
2003
0.00
If These Walls Could Sing
2022
6.60
Tina Turner : Celebrate!
1999
8.70
Twiggy
2025
7.20
Thriller 40
2023
8.50
Video AID
1985
0.00
Eat the Rich
1987
6.24
Man on the Run
0.00
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
2022
6.60
Doctor Who: The Chase
1965
6.20
The Motown Invasion
2009
0.00
The Rise & Fall of WCW
2009
7.18
P!NK: Staying True
2013
6.00
The Beatles 1
2015
6.00
The Beatles - Abbey Road
1969
0.00
Paul McCartney Live at Zócalo
2012
7.00
The Beatles 1+
2015
8.50
The Beatles Mod Odyssey
1968
0.00
The Beatles: Around the World
2003
0.00
The Beach Boys
2024
6.60
Stevie Van Zandt: Disciple
2024
6.70
The Bannfoot Ferry
2024
0.00
Rockestra Documentary Special
1978
0.00
Music for Montserrat
1997
6.40
Paul McCartney: Something NEW
2014
0.00
Becoming the Beatles
2012
0.00
Elvis Costello: Mystery Dance
2013
5.70
British Rock: The First Wave
1985
0.00
Rupert and the Frog Song
1985
6.30
Bang! The Bert Berns Story
2016
5.50
Paul McCartney: Ecce Cor Meum
2008
0.00
Paul McCartney: Movin' On
1993
8.00
Paul McCartney: Unplugged
1991
4.00
The Paul McCartney Special
1986
0.00
The Beatles Sing for Shell
1964
0.00
The Beatles in Australia
1964
0.00
Mal Evans on Vacation
1966
0.00
The Abbey Road Story
1998
0.00
The Compleat Beatles
1982
7.50
Tuesday
2001
5.50
Beatles: The Journey
2003
5.00
Sgt Pepper's Musical Revolution
2017
7.70
Free to Rock
2017
6.40
My Generation
2017
7.08
Tropic Island Hum
1997
2.00
Quincy
2018
7.34
All You Need Is Love
1967
0.00
The Beatles: Destination Hamburg
2007
0.00
The Cooler
1982
5.00
Elvis | Viva Las Vegas
2008
7.30
Beatles: Big Beat Box
2001
0.00
James Paul McCartney
1973
0.00
Doctor Who: Origins
2006
8.50
The Beach Boys: It's OK
1976
8.00
David Wants to Fly
2010
6.97
The Beatles Story
1996
8.00
Brüno
2009
5.64
Magical Mystery Tour Revisited
2012
0.00
Yellow Submarine
1968
7.14
One World: Together at Home
2020
7.03
Paul McCartney - Take It Away
1982
0.00
Live Aid: 20 Years Ago Today
2005
0.00
Harry Benson: Shoot First
2016
6.59
Around the Beatles
1964
0.00
Pop Gear
1965
7.50
Ringo Starr’s Big Birthday Show
2020
0.00
The Beatles: Live in Paris
1965
0.00
Meeting the Beatles in India
2020
6.50
Beatles Biggest Secrets
2004
0.00
Live Aid
2004
9.19
The Beatles: Love
2006
10.00
Al's Brain
2009
7.00
The Winged Beetle
2012
0.00
Idris Elba Meets Paul McCartney
2020
0.00
Ballad of the Skeletons
1997
6.00
Muhammad Ali, the Greatest
1969
6.00
Monument
1967
0.00
Naqoyqatsi
2002
6.10
The Beatles: In Japan (7/1/1966)
1966
0.00
Beatles Electroniques
1969
8.00
Understanding McCartney
2020
0.00
Paul McCartney: The Backyard
2024
8.00
The Beatles: The Complete Story
2010
8.50
Paul McCartney: Got Back
2024
8.00
Beatles '64
2024
6.67
No Hamburg, No Beatles
2024
7.50
Ringo Starr: One of Them
2022
8.00
Året var 1967
2017
0.00
Året var 1963
2013
0.00
Elvis: King of Entertainment
2002
0.00
Abbey Road
1969
0.00
60 Songs: BBC Two at 60
2024
8.00
The BRITs at 40
2020
0.00
Paul McCartney à Manchester
2011
7.00
Paul McCartney : Live at Atlanta
2002
8.00
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
2025
6.70
Will the Real Mr Sellers.....?
1969
0.00
Palme
2012
7.60
Ringo & Friends at the Ryman
2025
0.00
The Beatles - Trilogy
2003
0.00
Yoko Ono: Then and Now
1984
0.00
The Beatles
2025
8.00
TWST / Things We Said Today
2025
6.00
Sunday Best
2023
8.00
Pipes of Peace
1983
0.00
James Bond: The First 21 Years
1983
5.00
A Carlton New Year
1993
0.00