Paul McCartney
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.
Filmography (455 Appearances)
High in the Clouds
Paul Mccartney Live at Desert Trip
The Beatles - 1967-1970
McCartney: The Hunt for the Lost Bass
Man on the Run
Evolver 62
The Beatles - Free As A Bird: A Song Reborn
Kenny Dalglish
A Love Letter to the Beatles
As Aventuras de Will e Mike no jardim do Éden
Spinal Tap II: The End Continues
The Beatles: The Sound of a Revolution
It's Never Over, Jeff Buckley
Billy Joel: And So It Goes
Borrowed Time: Lennon's Last Decade
TWST / Things We Said Today
The Beatles
Ringo & Friends at the Ryman
Twiggy
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
La Historia del Fan Project Paul McCartney MX 2024
No Hamburg, No Beatles
Beatles '64
Larger than Life: Reign of the Boybands
Return of the King: The Fall and Rise of Elvis Presley
Paul McCartney: Got Back – Live in Bogotá at Estadio El Campín
Here Today
Paul McCartney: Got Back Argentina
Paul McCartney: Got Back - Live at River Plate Stadium
Paul McCartney & Wings: One Hand Clapping
Paul McCartney: The Backyard
I Can't Give You Anything But Love: The Jimmy McHugh Story
The Bannfoot Ferry
Stevie Van Zandt: Disciple
The Beach Boys
Stax: Soulsville USA
The Stones and Brian Jones
60 Songs: BBC Two at 60
Paul McCartney: Got Back
Now and Then - The Last Beatles Song
Thriller 40
The Beatles and the BBC
Reinventing Elvis: The 68' Comeback
WHAM!
Sunday Best: The Untold Story of Ed Sullivan
Squaring the Circle (The Story of Hipgnosis)
Sounds of Liverpool at the BBC
Louder Than Rock
The Trials of Heather Mills
The Lost Weekend: A Love Story
Little Richard - I Am Everything
The Sound of 007
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
The Beatles: 1964 US Tour Reconstruction
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
Taylor Hawkins Tribute Concert
If These Walls Could Sing
Ringo Starr: One of Them
George Michael: Freedom Uncut
Paul McCartney - Eine Beatles-Legende
Behind the Lyrics: The Beatles
The Queen: 70 Glorious Years
The Beatles: Get Back - The Rooftop Concert
How much LSD did The Beatles do in the 1960s?
The Beatles: Get Back
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Paul McCartney At The BBC
The Beatles and India
Parkinson at 50
Watch the Sound with Mark Ronson
McCartney 3, 2, 1
Like a Rolling Stone: The Life & Times of Ben Fong-Torres
Best of the 60s: The Story of Ready, Steady, Go!
The Queen Carries On: A Gayle King Special
Under the Volcano
This Is Pop
Billy Connolly: It’s Been a Pleasure...
Paul McCartney Live at the Cavern Club
Jealous Guy: The Assassination of John Lennon
Idris Elba Meets Paul McCartney
Meeting the Beatles in India
Ringo Starr’s Big Birthday Show
Understanding McCartney
History 101
The Shadows At Sixty
One World: Together at Home
Coachella: 20 Years in the Desert
The BRITs at 40
Lennon & McCartney: Hello From Liverpool
Paul McCartney: Wings of a Beatle
Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice
Manson: Music from an Unsound Mind
Deconstructing the Beatles' Abbey Road: Side 2
The Cavern Club: The Beat Goes On
Deconstructing the Beatles' Abbey Road: Side 1
Killing John Lennon
Understanding Lennon/McCartney
Paul McCartney & Wings: Wild Life
Paul McCartney: Live at Austin City Limits Music Festival, 2018
Paul McCartney: Under the Staircase
Quincy
Paul McCartney: Live from NYC
Carpool Karaoke: When Corden Met McCartney Live From Liverpool
The Beatles – Ready Steady Go!
Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame: In Concert 2014-2017
Elvis Presley: The Searcher
Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars
George Harrison - All Things Pass
Take Your Pills
Grammy's Greatest Stories: A 60th Anniversary Special
Linkin Park and Friends Celebrate Life in Honor of Chester Bennington
How the Beatles Changed the World
My Generation
Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions
The Summer of Love
Sgt Pepper's Musical Revolution
It Was Fifty Years Ago Today! The Beatles: Sgt. Pepper & Beyond
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
Free to Rock
Året var 1967
Deconstructing the Beatles' White Album
Soundbreaking
The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years
Jim Carter: Lonnie Donegan and Me
Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em Sport Relief Special
Stupor Mundi: Livre 1, Rituel de décapitation du pape
Bang! The Bert Berns Story
Beatles chronology (1962-1970)
The Nation's Favourite Beatles Number One
The Beatles 1
The Beatles 1+
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
In Their Own Words
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Paul McCartney - Out There at Budokan
Biggest Band Break Ups and Make Ups
Paul McCartney: Something NEW
BoJack Horseman
The Dave Clark Five and Beyond: Glad All Over
Paul McCartney: Out There Tokyo
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute to the Beatles
Beatles på Sverigeturné
Elvis Costello: Mystery Dance
Jimi Hendrix: Hear My Train a Comin'
P!NK: Staying True
Living Is Easy with Eyes Closed
Paul McCartney - BBC Radio 2 in Concert
Good Ol' Freda
Rockshow
Sound City
Året var 1963
Paul McCartney - Live on Hollywood Boulevard
Genius
12-12-12 | The Concert for Sandy Relief
Magical Mystery Tour Revisited
Mr. Blue Sky: The Story of Jeff Lynne & ELO
Palme
Produced by George Martin
Paul McCartney: Live Kisses
The Beatles: In Chicago 1964-1966
London 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremony: Isles of Wonder
The Beatles: Their Golden Age
Wings - First Flight 1969-1974
The Diamond Jubilee Concert 2012
Paul Simon: Under African Skies
Paul McCartney Live at Zócalo
Paul McCartney On the Run Tour - Estadio Azteca
A MusiCares Tribute To Paul McCartney
The Winged Beetle
Becoming the Beatles
Paul McCartney à Manchester
George Harrison: Living in the Material World
Beatles Stories
Mentiras verdaderas
The Love We Make
Annie Nightingale: Bird on the Wireless
Lady Gaga Presents: The Monster Ball Tour at Madison Square Garden
The Beatles: Recovered Archives Vol. 4
The Beatles: Recovered Archives Vol. 1
The Beatles: Recovered Archives Vol. 3
The Beatles: Recovered Archives Vol. 2
God Bless Ozzy Osbourne
Billy Joel - Live at Shea Stadium
I Was There: When the Beatles Played the Cavern
Composing Outside The Beatles: Lennon & McCartney 1973-1980
The Beatles - Unsurpassed Promos
The Beatles: A Magical History Tour
Paul McCartney & Wings: Band on the Run
All You Need Is Klaus
The 4 Complete Ed Sullivan Shows Starring The Beatles
Paul McCartney Really Is Dead: The Last Testament of George Harrison
John Lennon: Love Is All You Need
Paul McCartney: In Performance at the White House
Hard Rock Calling 2010
The Best British Rock Concert of All Time: Live at Knebworth
David Wants to Fly
The Beatles: Fifty Fabulous Years
Paul McCartney: Up and Coming Brasil
The Beatles: The Complete Story
Rock Legends (The Best Of 50's 60's 70's From The Ed Sullivan's Show) VOL. 2
The Rise & Fall of WCW
Children in Need Rocks the Royal Albert Hall
The Beatles - Composing Outside The Beatles: Lennon & McCartney 1967-1972
Paul McCartney: Good Evening New York City
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Live - The Concert for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Live - Whole Lotta Shakin'
The Beatles: Here There and Everywhere
...Sings the Beatles
The Beatles: The Mini Documentaries
How the Beatles Rocked the Kremlin
The Beatles on Record
Paul McCartney - Live in Halifax, Nova Scotia
Al's Brain
Brüno
The Motown Invasion
The Beatles: Parting Ways
All Together Now
Britain's Got the Pop Factor... and Possibly a New Celebrity Jesus Christ Soapstar Superstar Strictly on Ice
The Beatles: Magical Mystery Tour Memories
Elvis | Viva Las Vegas
The 60s: The Beatles Decade
Fêtons nos 400 ans avec Paul McCartney
Paul McCartney: Independence Concert - Live in Kyiv
Paul McCartney: The Liverpool Sound
Rock Milestones: The Beatles: The Red Album 1962 - 1966
Rare and Unseen: The Beatles
Rock Milestones: The Beatles: The Blue Album 1967 - 1970
Composing the Beatles Songbook: Lennon & McCartney 1966-1970
Paul McCartney: Ecce Cor Meum
The Beatles: Turn Left at Greenland
Composing the Beatles Songbook: Lennon and McCartney 1957 - 1965
The Beatles: Up Close and Personal
The Beatles: Destination Hamburg
Paul McCartney: The McCartney Years
THE BEATLES in HELP!
Paul McCartney: Live at BBC Electric Proms
Paul McCartney: Live at the Olympia Paris 2007
The Beatles Phenomenon
Rock Milestones: The Beatles: Magical Mystery Tour
Tony Bennett: Duets - The Making of an American Classic
The Graham Norton Show
The Beatles In America
The Beatles Explosion
The Beatles: Love
Legends
Paul McCartney: The Space Within Us
30 Rock
Doctor Who: Origins
Paul McCartney and Wings - Lightspeed
Live 8
Who Buried Paul McCartney?
Paul McCartney: Chaos and Creation at Abbey Road
Live Aid: 20 Years Ago Today
Live Aid Against All Odds
Ivor Cutler: Looking For Truth With a Pin
The Beatles: Chronology Vol. 1 y 2
The Beatles: Love Me Do - A Documentary
Meet the Beatles
The Beatles: Get Back...Winter of Discontent
Beatles Biggest Secrets
20th Century Greats
Live Aid
Paul McCartney - The Music and Animation Collection
Retro Video Collection 1975-1999 vol3
The Beatles: Watching Rainbows
Brian Epstein: Inside the Fifth Beatle
Inside John Lennon - Unauthorized
The Beatles: Around the World
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Chris Farley
Concert for George
Paul McCartney: In Red Square
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Ed Sullivan Presents: Rock 'N' Roll Revolution: The British Invade America, America Fights Back
Beatles: The Journey
Brian Wilson: On Tour
The Beatles: A Long and Winding Road
The Beatles - Trilogy
Paul McCartney: Back in the U.S.
Things They Said Today
Naqoyqatsi
Party at the Palace: The Queen's Concerts, Buckingham Palace
There's Only One Paul McCartney
Paul McCartney : Live at Atlanta
Paul McCartney & Friends: The PeTA Concert for Party Animals
Elvis: King of Entertainment
Beatles: Big Beat Box
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
The Concert for New York City
Tuesday
Wingspan
Click
Paul McCartney: Live at the Cavern Club
Goodnight Moon & Other Sleepytime Tales
Tina Turner : Celebrate!
Naked and Free - The History of Free Body Culture
Here, There and Everywhere: A Concert for Linda
Television: The First Fifty Years
The Beatles: A Celebration
The Brian Epstein Story
V.I.P.
Parkinson
The Abbey Road Story
Saturday Night Live: A Tribute to Chris Farley
Music for Montserrat
Go Cat Go!
Leute heute
Paul McCartney: In the World Tonight
Tropic Island Hum
The Daily Show
The Beatles Story
Alf Bicknell's Beatles Diary
The Beatles Unauthorized
In Search of James Bond with Jonathan Ross
The Beatles Anthology
Help! War Child
You Can't Do That! The Making of 'A Hard Day's Night'
Queen: Champions of the World
The Beatles In Australia: 30th Anniversary
Paul Is Live In Concert – On the New World Tour
Paul is Live in Concert on The New World Tour
Ready Steady Go! The Beatles Live
Paul McCartney: Movin' On
Late Show with David Letterman
Paul McCartney - Live in Charlotte
Bill Monroe: Father of Bluegrass Music
A Carlton New Year
Holiday Greetings from 'The Ed Sullivan Show'
Paul McCartney: The Complete Up Close Rehearsal
Rolling Stone 25: The MTV Special
The Beatles: The Making of Sgt. Pepper
Murderers, Mobsters, & Madmen: Volume 2: Assassination in the 20th Century
The Beatles: The First U.S. Visit
Paul McCartney's Get Back
Paul McCartney: Ghosts of the Past
Paul McCartney: Unplugged
Paul McCartney: From Rio to Liverpool
Silver Clef Award Winners Show, Knebworth Park
The Simpsons
MTV Unplugged
Paul McCartney: Put It There
Big World Cafe
Imagine: John Lennon
Eat the Rich
Jimi Plays Monterey
Sacrée Soirée
The Paul McCartney Special
Prince's Trust Rock Gala - Volume 1
Bread
Fun with the Fab Four
Rock 'N' Roll Goldmine: The Sixties
British Rock: The First Wave
The Real Buddy Holly Story
Live Aid
Rupert and the Frog Song
Video AID
Give My Regards to Broad Street
Yoko Ono: Then and Now
Al TV
Harty
James Bond: The First 21 Years
The Compleat Beatles
Timewatch
Paul McCartney - Take It Away
The Cooler
Wogan
Desert Island Discs
Champs-Elysées
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
The Rolling Stones - The First 20 Years
This Is Elvis
Concerts for the People of Kampuchea
Wetten, dass..?
A Very Lovely Party: On Tour With Paul McCartney & Wings
America's Top 10
Fridays
Back to the Egg
Paul McCartney & Wings: Wings Over the World
The Kenny Everett Video Show
I Wanna Hold Your Hand
Rockestra Documentary Special
The South Bank Show
The Beatles at Shea Stadium
Mighty Good: The Beatles
The Day the Music Died
Mike Yarwood In Persons
The Beach Boys: It's OK
Paul McCartney & Wings: Wings Over Australia
Saturday Night Live
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Midi Première
Braverman's Condensed Cream of the Beatles
The Society of the Spectacle
Muhammad Ali, the Greatest
James Paul McCartney
Musikladen
Paul McCartney & Wings: The Bruce McMouse Show
Disco
Great Performances
Let It Be
Will the Real Mr Sellers.....?
24 Hours: The World of John and Yoko
The Beatles: Something
The Beatles - Abbey Road
The Beatles - The Get Back Chronicles 1969 Volume One
The Beatles - The Get Back Chronicles 1969 Volume Three
The Beatles - The Get Back Chronicles 1969 Volume Two
Beatles Electroniques
The Beatles Mod Odyssey
60 Minutes
The Beatles: Revolution
Frost on Sunday
Yellow Submarine
The Movie Orgy
Magical Mystery Tour
Omnibus
All You Need Is Love
Our World
Monument
It's So Far Out, It's Straight Down!
Penny Lane/Strawberry Fields Forever
Mal Evans on Vacation
El Rey en Londres
The Beatles: Live at Circus-Krone-Bau, Munich, Germany
The Beatles: In Japan (7/1/1966)
The Beatles: In Japan (6/30/1966)
The Beatles - In Germany 24-26 June, 1966
Reflections on Love
The Music of Lennon & McCartney
The Beatles: Live in Paris
The Beatles
Help!
Doctor Who: The Chase
Pop Gear
What's Happening! The Beatles in the USA
The Beatles: Live in The Netherlands
A Hard Day's Night
The Beatles Sing for Shell
The Beatles in Australia
Around the Beatles
Die Drehscheibe
The Beatles: Live at the Washington Coliseum
Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! The Beatles in New York
Top of the Pops
The Beatles Come to Town
The Beatles - Live at The Empire Theatre Liverpool
Doctor Who
The Mersey Sound
Morecambe & Wise
The Grammys
The Oscars
The Ed Sullivan Show
Bambi
Golden Globe Awards