Paul McCartney
Sir James Paul McCartney, MBE (born 18 June 1942) 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.
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The Simpsons
1989
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
The Daily Show
1996
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
The Graham Norton Show
2007
Late Show with David Letterman
1993
Saturday Night Live
1975
Top of the Pops
1964
Golden Globe Awards
1944
Doctor Who
1963
30 Rock
2006
BoJack Horseman
2014
Great Performances
1971
Leute heute
1997
Mentiras verdaderas
2011
Champs-Elysées
1982
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
60 Minutes
1968
V.I.P.
1998
Wogan
1982
Sacrée soirée
1987
Wetten, dass..?
1981
Bambi
1948
Omnibus
1967
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975
The Oscars
1953
Midi Première
1975
Click
2000
Thriller 40
2023
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
Die Drehscheibe
1964
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
2022
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
2017
MTV Unplugged
1989
The South Bank Show
1978
Parkinson
1998
Timewatch
1982
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
2001
Bread
1986
History 101
2020
Legends
2006
Fridays
1980
Disco
1971
Musikladen
1972
This Is Pop
2021
The Beatles Anthology
1995
Morecambe & Wise
1961
Harty
1983
The Beatles: Get Back
2021
George Harrison: Living in the Material World
2011
Brüno
2009
The Beatles
1965
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
2021
Watch the Sound with Mark Ronson
2021
Al TV
1984
Elvis Presley: The Searcher
2018
Soundbreaking
2016
The Kenny Everett Video Show
1978
A Hard Day's Night
1964
Billy Joel: And So It Goes
2025
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
2025
McCartney 3, 2, 1
2021
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
2025
Spinal Tap II: The End Continues
2025
In Their Own Words
2015
Man on the Run
2026
Saturday Night Live: A Tribute to Chris Farley
1998
America's Top 10
1980
The Concert for New York City
2001
Quincy
2018
Help!
1965
The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years
2016
High in the Clouds
2027
One World: Together at Home
2020
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Chris Farley
2003
Frost on Sunday
1968
Yellow Submarine
1968
12-12-12 | The Concert for Sandy Relief
2012
Mike Yarwood In Persons
1976
TFI Unplugged
2026
Stax: Soulsville USA
2024
Live Aid
1985
Live 8
2005
Naqoyqatsi
2002
Twiggy
2025
20th Century Greats
2004
WHAM!
2023
Imagine: John Lennon
1988
The Movie Orgy
1968
The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute to the Beatles
2014
David Frost Vs
2025
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
2022
Live Aid: 20 Years Ago Today
2005
Concert for George
2003
London 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremony: Isles of Wonder
2012
Coachella: 20 Years in the Desert
2020
It's Never Over, Jeff Buckley
2025
Britain's Got the Pop Factor... and Possibly a New Celebrity Jesus Christ Soapstar Superstar Strictly on Ice
2008
Larger than Life: Reign of the Boybands
2024
Beatles '64
2024
The BRITs at 40
2020
Palme
2012
Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars
2018
Give My Regards to Broad Street
1984
In Search of James Bond with Jonathan Ross
1995
Television: The First Fifty Years
1999
James Bond: The First 21 Years
1983
Let It Be
1970
The 60s: The Beatles Decade
2008
Holiday Greetings from 'The Ed Sullivan Show'
1992
The Grammys
1959
Squaring the Circle (The Story of Hipgnosis)
2023
I Wanna Hold Your Hand
1978
Kenny Dalglish
2025
Return of the King: The Fall and Rise of Elvis Presley
2024
Lady Gaga Presents: The Monster Ball Tour at Madison Square Garden
2011
The Sound of 007
2022
Big World Cafe
1989
If These Walls Could Sing
2022
Evolver 62
2026
Eat the Rich
1987
The Beach Boys
2024
Living Is Easy with Eyes Closed
2013
I Can't Give You Anything But Love: The Jimmy McHugh Story
2024
George Michael: Freedom Uncut
2022
Linkin Park and Friends Celebrate Life in Honor of Chester Bennington
2017
Paul McCartney: Back in the U.S.
2002
Live Aid
2004
Take Your Pills
2018
The Beatles: Get Back - The Rooftop Concert
2022
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
1982
Taylor Hawkins Tribute Concert
2022
Reinventing Elvis: The 68' Comeback
2023
How the Beatles Changed the World
2017
The Love We Make
2011
Party at the Palace: The Queen's Concerts, Buckingham Palace
2002
Like a Rolling Stone: The Life & Times of Ben Fong-Torres
2021
The Lost Weekend: A Love Story
2023
Doctor Who: Origins
2006
The Beatles - Free As A Bird: A Song Reborn
2025
It Was Fifty Years Ago Today! The Beatles: Sgt. Pepper & Beyond
2017
The Beatles: The First U.S. Visit
1991
Little Richard: I Am Everything
2023
60 Songs: BBC Two at 60
2024
Under the Volcano
2021
Now and Then - The Last Beatles Song
2023
Magical Mystery Tour
1967
Ringo & Friends at the Ryman
2025
I Was There: When the Beatles Played the Cavern
2011
Beatles Stories
2011
Rockshow
2013
Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions
2017
This Is Elvis
1981
Manson: Music from an Unsound Mind
2019
Beatles Biggest Secrets
2004
The Nation's Favourite Beatles Number One
2015
Goodnight Moon & Other Sleepytime Tales
1999
Muhammad Ali, the Greatest
1974
The Diamond Jubilee Concert 2012
2012
Children in Need Rocks the Royal Albert Hall
2009
Live Aid Against All Odds
2005
Tony Bennett: Duets - The Making of an American Classic
2007
Stevie Van Zandt: Disciple
2024
Monument
1967
The Bannfoot Ferry
2024
Ringo Starr’s Big Birthday Show
2020
Paul McCartney: The Space Within Us
2006
Jimi Hendrix: Hear My Train a Comin'
2013
The Rise & Fall of WCW
2009
Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice
2019
The Rolling Stones - The First 20 Years
1982
The 4 Complete Ed Sullivan Shows Starring The Beatles
2010
My Generation
2017
The Compleat Beatles
1982
The Beatles: The Making of Sgt. Pepper
1992
Billy Connolly: It’s Been a Pleasure...
2020
Braverman's Condensed Cream of the Beatles
1974
Music for Montserrat
1997
The Stones and Brian Jones
2024
The Dave Clark Five and Beyond: Glad All Over
2014
Mr. Blue Sky: The Story of Jeff Lynne & ELO
2012
Sunday Best: The Untold Story of Ed Sullivan
2023
The Best British Rock Concert of All Time: Live at Knebworth
2010
Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em Sport Relief Special
2016
Jimi Plays Monterey
1987
Jealous Guy: The Assassination of John Lennon
2020
Paul McCartney: In Performance at the White House
2010
Parkinson at 50
2021
Meeting the Beatles in India
2020
The Day the Music Died
1977
Tina Turner : Celebrate!
1999
Paul McCartney & Wings: Wings Over the World
1979
Sound City
2013
Paul McCartney Really Is Dead: The Last Testament of George Harrison
2010
Inside John Lennon - Unauthorized
2003
The Brian Epstein Story
1998
THE BEATLES in HELP!
2007
Paul McCartney: Good Evening New York City
2009
The Abbey Road Story
1998
Queen: Champions of the World
1995
Magical Mystery Tour Revisited
2012
The Real Buddy Holly Story
1985
The Music of Lennon & McCartney
1965
The Society of the Spectacle
1974
Al's Brain
2009
P!NK: Staying True
2013
TWST / Things We Said Today
2025
Good Ol' Freda
2013
Rare and Unseen: The Beatles
2008
Concerts for the People of Kampuchea
1981
Rupert and the Frog Song
1985
Paul McCartney: The McCartney Years
2007
What's Happening! The Beatles in the USA
1964
The Beatles - The Get Back Chronicles 1969 Volume One
1969
The Beatles - 1967-1970
—
Deconstructing the Beatles' Abbey Road: Side 2
2019
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
2015
The Beatles at Shea Stadium
1977
Ed Sullivan Presents: Rock 'N' Roll Revolution: The British Invade America, America Fights Back
2003
Paul McCartney: In the World Tonight
1997
Naked and Free - The History of Free Body Culture
1999
The Beatles: The Complete Story
2010
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Live - Whole Lotta Shakin'
2009
The Beatles and India
2021
Paul Simon: Under African Skies
2012
Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame: In Concert 2014-2017
2018
The Paul McCartney Special
1986
The Beatles: Live at the Washington Coliseum
1964
Silver Clef Award Winners Show, Knebworth Park
1990
Composing the Beatles Songbook: Lennon and McCartney 1957 - 1965
2008
Året var 1963
2013
The Beatles Explosion
2007
Free to Rock
2017
The Beatles 1+
2015
Billy Joel - Live at Shea Stadium
2011
The Beatles In Australia: 30th Anniversary
1994
Best of the 60s: The Story of Ready, Steady, Go!
2021
Jim Carter: Lonnie Donegan and Me
2016
Paul McCartney: The Complete Up Close Rehearsal
1992
The Beatles: A Celebration
1999
Carpool Karaoke: When Corden Met McCartney Live From Liverpool
2018
Paul McCartney: Wings of a Beatle
2019
You Can't Do That! The Making of 'A Hard Day's Night'
1995
The Queen: 70 Glorious Years
2022
The Beatles: Love Me Do - A Documentary
2005
Paul McCartney: From Rio to Liverpool
1990
The Beatles: In Japan (7/1/1966)
1966
God Bless Ozzy Osbourne
2011
Help! War Child
1995
Composing the Beatles Songbook: Lennon & McCartney 1966-1970
2008
Paul McCartney - The Music and Animation Collection
2004
How the Beatles Rocked the Kremlin
2009
The Beatles: Abbey Road
1969
The Beatles - The Get Back Chronicles 1969 Volume Two
1969
Paul Is Live In Concert – On the New World Tour
1994
Paul McCartney & Wings: The Bruce McMouse Show
1972
No Hamburg, No Beatles
2024
Paul McCartney: Put It There
1989
The Summer of Love
2017
Mighty Good: The Beatles
1977
Paul McCartney's Get Back
1991
Paul McCartney: Chaos and Creation at Abbey Road
2005
George Harrison - All Things Pass
2018
McCartney: The Hunt for the Lost Bass
2026
Paul McCartney: Movin' On
1993
Elvis Costello: Mystery Dance
2013
The Beatles: Turn Left at Greenland
2008
Paul McCartney - Live in Halifax, Nova Scotia
2009
All Together Now
2008
Paul McCartney: Out There Tokyo
2014
Paul McCartney - Out There at Budokan
2015
Paul McCartney: Live Kisses
2012
The Beatles: 1964 US Tour Reconstruction
2022
Wingspan
2001
The Cavern Club: The Beat Goes On
2019
Rock 'N' Roll Goldmine: The Sixties
1986
The Mersey Sound
1963
The Beach Boys: It's OK
1976
Paul McCartney - Eine Beatles-Legende
2022
The Beatles: Destination Hamburg
2007
The Beatles
2025
Produced by George Martin
2012
The Beatles - Live at The Empire Theatre Liverpool
1963
Bill Monroe: Father of Bluegrass Music
1993
Annie Nightingale: Bird on the Wireless
2011
There's Only One Paul McCartney
2002
Biggest Band Break Ups and Make Ups
2015
Yoko Ono: Then and Now
1984
Deconstructing the Beatles' Abbey Road: Side 1
2019
The Beatles: A Magical History Tour
2010
Sgt Pepper's Musical Revolution
2017
The Beatles: Live at Circus-Krone-Bau, Munich, Germany
1966
The Beatles: Here There and Everywhere
2009
The Beatles - In Germany 24-26 June, 1966
1966
Doctor Who: The Chase
1965
Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! The Beatles in New York
1964
Paul McCartney: Live at the Cavern Club
1999
Beatles på Sverigeturné
2014
The Beatles: Get Back...Winter of Discontent
2005
Tropic Island Hum
1997
Paul is Live in Concert on The New World Tour
1994
Deconstructing the Beatles' White Album
2016
Paul McCartney Live at Zócalo
2012
24 Hours: The World of John and Yoko
1969
James Paul McCartney
1973
Murderers, Mobsters, & Madmen: Volume 2: Assassination in the 20th Century
1992
Brian Wilson: On Tour
2003
Our World
1967
El Rey en Londres
1966
The Beatles: Their Golden Age
2012
Paul McCartney & Wings: One Hand Clapping
2024
Around the Beatles
1964
Paul McCartney: In Red Square
2003
Wings - First Flight 1969-1974
2012
Sounds of Liverpool at the BBC
2023
Go Cat Go!
1997
John Lennon: Love Is All You Need
2010
The Beatles Sing for Shell
1964
Composing Outside The Beatles: Lennon & McCartney 1973-1980
2011
The Beatles: Parting Ways
2009
The Beatles: Live in The Netherlands
1964
Borrowed Time: Lennon's Last Decade
2025
Brian Epstein: Inside the Fifth Beatle
2004
Elvis | Viva Las Vegas
2008
Stupor Mundi: Livre 1, Rituel de décapitation du pape
2016
The Beatles: Something
1969
The Beatles: Chronology Vol. 1 y 2
2005
Pop Gear
1965
Desert Island Discs
1982
Elvis: King of Entertainment
2002
The Beatles 1
2015
Killing John Lennon
2019
All You Need Is Klaus
2010
The Beatles: Fifty Fabulous Years
2010
Beatles chronology (1962-1970)
2016
Paul McCartney - Take It Away
1982
Ivor Cutler: Looking For Truth With a Pin
2005
The Beatles - Unsurpassed Promos
2011
Bang! The Bert Berns Story
2016
The Beatles In America
2007
The Beatles: Magical Mystery Tour Memories
2008
Will the Real Mr Sellers.....?
1969
The Beatles and the BBC
2023
Paul McCartney: Live at Austin City Limits Music Festival, 2018
2018
Grammy's Greatest Stories: A 60th Anniversary Special
2017
Paul McCartney On the Run Tour - Estadio Azteca
2012
British Rock: The First Wave
1985
Understanding Lennon/McCartney
2018
The Beatles: In Japan (6/30/1966)
1966
Paul McCartney: Got Back
2023
Behind the Lyrics: The Beatles
2022
Paul McCartney: Got Back – Live in Bogotá at Estadio El Campín
2024
The Beatles: The Mini Documentaries
2009
Paul McCartney At The BBC
2021
The Beatles: Around the World
2003
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Live - The Concert for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
2009
Alf Bicknell's Beatles Diary
1996
The Trials of Heather Mills
2023
A Love Letter to the Beatles
2025
The Beatles Story
1996
How much LSD did The Beatles do in the 1960s?
2022
Paul McCartney - Live on Hollywood Boulevard
2013
The Beatles Come to Town
1963
The Beatles Unauthorized
1996
Ringo Starr: One of Them
2022
Fun with the Fab Four
1986
Hard Rock Calling 2010
2010
Paul McCartney: Got Back Argentina
2024
Prince's Trust Rock Gala - Volume 1
1986
David Wants to Fly
2010
A MusiCares Tribute To Paul McCartney
2012
Understanding McCartney
2020
The Beatles: Watching Rainbows
2004
Paul McCartney: Unplugged
1991
Paul McCartney Live at the Cavern Club
2020
Beatles: Big Beat Box
2001
Idris Elba Meets Paul McCartney
2020
Rock Milestones: The Beatles: The Blue Album 1967 - 1970
2008
Paul McCartney - BBC Radio 2 in Concert
2013
Paul McCartney: Live at the Olympia Paris 2007
2007
Genius
2012
The Beatles - Composing Outside The Beatles: Lennon & McCartney 1967-1972
2009
...Sings the Beatles
2009
La Historia del Fan Project Paul McCartney MX 2024
2024
The Beatles: In Chicago 1964-1966
2012
The Beatles: Recovered Archives Vol. 1
2011
Paul McCartney & Wings: Wild Life
2018
Rolling Stone 25: The MTV Special
1992
Video AID
1985
The Beatles – Ready Steady Go!
2018
The Beatles: Recovered Archives Vol. 3
2011
A Carlton New Year
1993
Paul McCartney: Live at BBC Electric Proms
2007
Things They Said Today
2002
Beatles: The Journey
2003
Paul McCartney: Up and Coming Brasil
2010
Paul McCartney: The Backyard
2024
Paul McCartney: Ghosts of the Past
1991
The Beatles: Recovered Archives Vol. 2
2011
Louder Than Rock
2023
Mal Evans on Vacation
1966
The Beatles Mod Odyssey
1968
The Beatles in Australia
1964
The Beatles: Recovered Archives Vol. 4
2011
Retro Video Collection 1975-1999 vol3
2004
The Beatles: A Long and Winding Road
2003
The Winged Beetle
2012
The Cooler
1982
Paul McCartney & Friends: The PeTA Concert for Party Animals
2002
The Beatles - The Get Back Chronicles 1969 Volume Three
1969
Rock Milestones: The Beatles: Magical Mystery Tour
2007
Ready Steady Go! The Beatles Live
1993
Paul McCartney: Under the Staircase
2018
Becoming the Beatles
2012
Reflections on Love
1966
The Beatles on Record
2009
Rock Milestones: The Beatles: The Red Album 1962 - 1966
2008
The Beatles: The Sound of a Revolution
2025
The Shadows At Sixty
2020
Meet the Beatles
2005
The Beatles: Live in Paris
1965
Beatles Electroniques
1969
Here Today
2024
The Beatles: Up Close and Personal
2008
Paul McCartney: Independence Concert - Live in Kyiv
2008
The Motown Invasion
2009
Man on the Run: Paul McCartney and Morgan Neville in Conversation
2026
Rock Legends (The Best Of 50's 60's 70's From The Ed Sullivan's Show) VOL. 2
2009
It's So Far Out, It's Straight Down!
1967
Paul McCartney: The Liverpool Sound
2008
Året var 1967
2017
Paul McCartney and Wings - Lightspeed
2006
Here, There and Everywhere: A Concert for Linda
1999
Paul McCartney & Wings: Wings Over Australia
1975
Fêtons nos 400 ans avec Paul McCartney
2008
The Beatles - Trilogy
2003
Paul McCartney: Ecce Cor Meum
2008
Paul McCartney: Something NEW
2014
Lennon & McCartney: Hello From Liverpool
2020
The Beatles Phenomenon
2007
The Beatles: Revolution
1968
Back to the Egg
1979
The Beatles: Love
2006
Paul McCartney & Wings: Band on the Run
2010
Paul McCartney: Live from NYC
2018
Who Buried Paul McCartney?
2005
A Very Lovely Party: On Tour With Paul McCartney & Wings
1980
Tuesday
2001
The Boys of Dungeon Lane: In Conversation with Paul McCartney and Paul Mescal
2026
Paul Mccartney Live at Desert Trip
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Paul McCartney : Live at Atlanta
2002
All You Need Is Love
1967
Paul McCartney: St. Petersburg
2005
Penny Lane/Strawberry Fields Forever
1967
Paul McCartney - Live in Charlotte
1993
As Aventuras de Will e Mike no jardim do Éden
2025
Paul McCartney à Manchester
2011
Rockestra Documentary Special
1978
Rock 'N' Roll Forever: Ed Sullivan's Greatest Hits
2005
The Queen Carries On: A Gayle King Special
2021
