Paul McCartney
Biography
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.
Movies (369)
High in the Clouds
2027
Peter Asher: Everywhere Man
2026
The Boys of Dungeon Lane: In Conversation with Paul McCartney and Paul Mescal
2026
Man on the Run: Paul McCartney and Morgan Neville in Conversation
2026
McCartney: The Hunt for the Lost Bass
2026
Man on the Run
2026
Evolver 62
2026
The Beatles - Free As A Bird: A Song Reborn
2025
Kenny Dalglish
2025
A Love Letter to the Beatles
2025
Spinal Tap II: The End Continues
2025
The Beatles: The Sound of a Revolution
2025
It's Never Over, Jeff Buckley
2025
The Beatles: Here, There and Everywhere
2025
Borrowed Time: Lennon's Last Decade
2025
TWST / Things We Said Today
2025
The Beatles
2025
Ringo & Friends at the Ryman
2025
Twiggy
2025
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
2025
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
2025
La Historia del Fan Project Paul McCartney MX 2024
2024
No Hamburg, No Beatles
2024
Beatles '64
2024
Larger than Life: Reign of the Boybands
2024
Return of the King: The Fall and Rise of Elvis Presley
2024
Paul McCartney: Got Back – Live in Bogotá at Estadio El Campín
2024
Here Today
2024
Paul McCartney: Got Back Argentina
2024
Paul McCartney & Wings: One Hand Clapping
2024
Paul McCartney: The Backyard
2024
I Can't Give You Anything But Love: The Jimmy McHugh Story
2024
The Bannfoot Ferry
2024
Stevie Van Zandt: Disciple
2024
The Beach Boys
2024
The Stones and Brian Jones
2024
60 Songs: BBC Two at 60
2024
Paul McCartney: Got Back
2023
Now and Then - The Last Beatles Song
2023
Thriller 40
2023
The Beatles and the BBC
2023
Reinventing Elvis: The 68' Comeback
2023
WHAM!
2023
Sunday Best: The Untold Story of Ed Sullivan
2023
Squaring the Circle (The Story of Hipgnosis)
2023
Sounds of Liverpool at the BBC
2023
Louder Than Rock
2023
The Trials of Heather Mills
2023
The Lost Weekend: A Love Story
2023
Little Richard: I Am Everything
2023
Infamous Crime Scenes: John Lennon
2022
The Sound of 007
2022
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
2022
The Beatles: 1964 US Tour Reconstruction
2022
Taylor Hawkins Tribute Concert
2022
If These Walls Could Sing
2022
Ringo Starr: One of Them
2022
Paul McCartney at Glastonbury Festival
2022
George Michael: Freedom Uncut
2022
Paul McCartney - Eine Beatles-Legende
2022
Behind the Lyrics: The Beatles
2022
The Queen: 70 Glorious Years
2022
The Beatles: Get Back - The Rooftop Concert
2022
Paul McCartney at the BBC
2021
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
2021
The Beatles and India
2021
Parkinson at 50
2021
Like a Rolling Stone: The Life & Times of Ben Fong-Torres
2021
Best of the 60s: The Story of Ready, Steady, Go!
2021
The Queen Carries On: A Gayle King Special
2021
Under the Volcano
2021
Billy Connolly: It’s Been a Pleasure...
2020
Paul McCartney Live at the Cavern Club
2020
Jealous Guy: The Assassination of John Lennon
2020
Idris Elba Meets Paul McCartney
2020
Meeting the Beatles in India
2020
Ringo Starr’s Big Birthday Show
2020
Understanding McCartney
2020
One World: Together at Home
2020
Coachella: 20 Years in the Desert
2020
The BRITs at 40
2020
Lennon & McCartney: Hello From Liverpool
2020
Paul McCartney: Wings of a Beatle
2019
Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice
2019
Manson: Music from an Unsound Mind
2019
Deconstructing the Beatles' Abbey Road: Side 2
2019
The Cavern Club: The Beat Goes On
2019
Deconstructing the Beatles' Abbey Road: Side 1
2019
Killing John Lennon
2019
Understanding Lennon/McCartney
2018
Paul McCartney & Wings: Wild Life
2018
Paul McCartney: Live at Austin City Limits Music Festival, 2018
2018
Paul McCartney: Under the Staircase
2018
Quincy
2018
Paul McCartney: Live from NYC
2018
Carpool Karaoke: When Corden Met McCartney Live From Liverpool
2018
The Beatles – Ready Steady Go!
2018
Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame: In Concert 2014-2017
2018
Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars
2018
George Harrison - All Things Pass
2018
Take Your Pills
2018
Grammy's Greatest Stories: A 60th Anniversary Special
2017
Linkin Park and Friends Celebrate Life in Honor of Chester Bennington
2017
How the Beatles Changed the World
2017
My Generation
2017
Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions
2017
The Summer of Love
2017
Sgt Pepper's Musical Revolution
2017
It Was Fifty Years Ago Today! The Beatles: Sgt. Pepper & Beyond
2017
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
2017
Free to Rock
2017
Året var 1967
2017
Deconstructing the Beatles' White Album
2016
The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years
2016
Jim Carter: Lonnie Donegan and Me
2016
Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em Sport Relief Special
2016
Bang! The Bert Berns Story
2016
The Nation's Favourite Beatles Number One
2015
The Beatles 1
2015
The Beatles 1+
2015
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
2015
Paul McCartney - Out There at Budokan
2015
Paul McCartney: Something NEW
2014
The Dave Clark Five and Beyond: Glad All Over
2014
Paul McCartney: Out There Tokyo
2014
The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute to the Beatles
2014
Beatles på Sverigeturné
2014
Elvis Costello: Mystery Dance
2013
Jimi Hendrix: Hear My Train a Comin'
2013
P!NK: Staying True
2013
Living Is Easy with Eyes Closed
2013
Paul McCartney - BBC Radio 2 in Concert
2013
Good Ol' Freda
2013
Rockshow
2013
Sound City
2013
Året var 1963
2013
Genius
2012
12-12-12 | The Concert for Sandy Relief
2012
Magical Mystery Tour Revisited
2012
Mr. Blue Sky: The Story of Jeff Lynne & ELO
2012
Palme
2012
Produced by George Martin
2012
Paul McCartney: Live Kisses
2012
The Beatles: In Chicago 1964-1966
2012
London 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremony: Isles of Wonder
2012
The Beatles: Their Golden Age
2012
Wings - First Flight 1969-1974
2012
The Diamond Jubilee Concert 2012
2012
Paul Simon: Under African Skies
2012
Paul McCartney Live at Zócalo
2012
Paul McCartney On the Run Tour - Estadio Azteca
2012
A MusiCares Tribute To Paul McCartney
2012
Becoming the Beatles
2012
The Winged Beetle
2012
Paul McCartney à Manchester
2011
Beatles Stories
2011
The Love We Make
2011
Annie Nightingale: Bird on the Wireless
2011
Lady Gaga Presents: The Monster Ball Tour at Madison Square Garden
2011
The Beatles: Recovered Archives Vol. 2
2011
The Beatles: Recovered Archives Vol. 4
2011
The Beatles: Recovered Archives Vol. 1
2011
The Beatles: Recovered Archives Vol. 3
2011
God Bless Ozzy Osbourne
2011
Billy Joel - Live at Shea Stadium
2011
I Was There: When the Beatles Played the Cavern
2011
The Beatles - Unsurpassed Promos
2011
Composing Outside The Beatles: Lennon & McCartney 1973-1980
2011
Paul McCartney & Wings: Band on the Run
2010
All You Need Is Klaus
2010
The 4 Complete Ed Sullivan Shows Starring The Beatles
2010
Paul McCartney Really Is Dead: The Last Testament of George Harrison
2010
John Lennon: Love Is All You Need
2010
Paul McCartney: In Performance at the White House
2010
The Best British Rock Concert of All Time: Live at Knebworth
2010
David Wants to Fly
2010
Paul McCartney: Up and Coming Brasil
2010
The Beatles: The Complete Story
2010
Rock Legends (The Best Of 50's 60's 70's From The Ed Sullivan's Show) VOL. 2
2009
The Rise & Fall of WCW
2009
Children in Need Rocks the Royal Albert Hall
2009
The Beatles - Composing Outside The Beatles: Lennon & McCartney 1967-1972
2009
Paul McCartney: Good Evening New York City
2009
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Live - The Concert for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
2009
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Live - Whole Lotta Shakin'
2009
The Beatles: Here There and Everywhere
2009
...Sings the Beatles
2009
The Beatles: The Mini Documentaries
2009
The Beatles on Record
2009
How the Beatles Rocked the Kremlin
2009
Paul McCartney - Live in Halifax, Nova Scotia
2009
Al's Brain
2009
Brüno
2009
The Motown Invasion
2009
The Beatles: Parting Ways
2009
All Together Now
2008
The Beatles: Magical Mystery Tour Memories
2008
Elvis | Viva Las Vegas
2008
Paul McCartney: Independence Concert - Live in Kyiv
2008
Rare and Unseen: The Beatles
2008
Composing the Beatles Songbook: Lennon & McCartney 1966-1970
2008
Paul McCartney: Ecce Cor Meum
2008
The Beatles: Turn Left at Greenland
2008
Composing the Beatles Songbook: Lennon and McCartney 1957 - 1965
2008
The Beatles: Up Close and Personal
2008
Paul McCartney: The McCartney Years
2007
The Beatles: Destination Hamburg
2007
THE BEATLES in HELP!
2007
Paul McCartney: Live at BBC Electric Proms
2007
Paul McCartney: Live at the Olympia Paris 2007
2007
The Beatles Phenomenon
2007
Tony Bennett: Duets - The Making of an American Classic
2007
The Beatles Explosion
2007
The Beatles In America
2007
The Beatles: Love
2006
Paul McCartney: The Space Within Us
2006
Doctor Who: Origins
2006
Paul McCartney and Wings - Lightspeed
2006
Live 8
2005
Who Buried Paul McCartney?
2005
Paul McCartney: Chaos and Creation at Abbey Road
2005
Live Aid: 20 Years Ago Today
2005
Live Aid Against All Odds
2005
Ivor Cutler: Looking For Truth With a Pin
2005
The Beatles: Chronology Vol. 1 y 2
2005
The Beatles: Love Me Do - A Documentary
2005
Rock 'N' Roll Forever: Ed Sullivan's Greatest Hits
2005
The Beatles: Get Back...Winter of Discontent
2005
Meet the Beatles
2005
Beatles Biggest Secrets
2004
Live Aid
2004
Paul McCartney - The Music and Animation Collection
2004
Retro Video Collection 1975-1999 vol3
2004
Brian Epstein: Inside the Fifth Beatle
2004
The Beatles: Around the World
2003
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Chris Farley
2003
Concert for George
2003
Paul McCartney: In Red Square
2003
Ed Sullivan Presents: Rock 'N' Roll Revolution: The British Invade America, America Fights Back
2003
Beatles: The Journey
2003
Brian Wilson: On Tour
2003
The Beatles: A Long and Winding Road
2003
The Beatles - Trilogy
2003
Paul McCartney: Back in the U.S.
2002
Things They Said Today
2002
Naqoyqatsi
2002
Party at the Palace: The Queen's Concerts, Buckingham Palace
2002
There's Only One Paul McCartney
2002
Paul McCartney : Live at Atlanta
2002
Paul McCartney & Friends: The PeTA Concert for Party Animals
2002
Elvis: King of Entertainment
2002
Beatles: Big Beat Box
2001
The Concert for New York City
2001
Tuesday
2001
Wingspan
2001
Paul McCartney: Live at the Cavern Club
1999
Goodnight Moon & Other Sleepytime Tales
1999
Tina Turner : Celebrate!
1999
Here, There and Everywhere: A Concert for Linda
1999
The Beatles: A Celebration
1999
The Brian Epstein Story
1998
The Abbey Road Story
1998
Saturday Night Live: A Tribute to Chris Farley
1998
Music for Montserrat
1997
Go Cat Go!
1997
Paul McCartney: In the World Tonight
1997
Tropic Island Hum
1997
The Beatles Story
1996
The Beatles Unauthorized
1996
Alf Bicknell's Beatles Diary
1996
In Search of James Bond with Jonathan Ross
1995
Help! War Child
1995
You Can't Do That! The Making of 'A Hard Day's Night'
1995
Queen: Champions of the World
1995
Paul Is Live In Concert – On the New World Tour
1994
Paul is Live in Concert on The New World Tour
1994
Ready Steady Go! The Beatles Live
1993
Paul McCartney: Movin' On
1993
Paul McCartney - Live in Charlotte
1993
Bill Monroe: Father of Bluegrass Music
1993
Paul McCartney: The Complete Up Close Rehearsal
1992
The Beatles: The Making of Sgt. Pepper
1992
Murderers, Mobsters, & Madmen: Volume 2: Assassination in the 20th Century
1992
The Beatles: The First U.S. Visit
1991
Paul McCartney's Get Back
1991
Paul McCartney: Ghosts of the Past
1991
Paul McCartney: Unplugged
1991
Paul McCartney: From Rio to Liverpool
1990
Silver Clef Award Winners Show, Knebworth Park
1990
Paul McCartney: Put It There
1989
Imagine: John Lennon
1988
Eat the Rich
1987
Jimi Plays Monterey
1987
The Paul McCartney Special
1986
Prince's Trust Rock Gala - Volume 1
1986
Fun with the Fab Four
1986
Rock 'N' Roll Goldmine: The Sixties
1986
The Real Buddy Holly Story
1985
Live Aid
1985
Rupert and the Frog Song
1985
Video AID
1985
Give My Regards to Broad Street
1984
Yoko Ono: Then and Now
1984
James Bond: The First 21 Years
1983
The Compleat Beatles
1982
The Cooler
1982
Desert Island Discs
1982
The Rolling Stones - The First 20 Years
1982
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
1982
This Is Elvis
1981
Concerts for the People of Kampuchea
1981
Back to the Egg
1979
Paul McCartney & Wings: Wings Over the World
1979
I Wanna Hold Your Hand
1978
Rockestra Documentary Special
1978
The Beatles at Shea Stadium
1977
Mighty Good: The Beatles
1977
The Day the Music Died
1977
The Beach Boys: It's OK
1976
Paul McCartney & Wings: Wings Over Australia
1975
The Society of the Spectacle
1974
Muhammad Ali, the Greatest
1974
James Paul McCartney
1973
Paul McCartney & Wings: The Bruce McMouse Show
1972
Let It Be
1970
Will the Real Mr Sellers.....?
1969
24 Hours: The World of John and Yoko
1969
The Beatles: Something
1969
The Beatles: Abbey Road
1969
The Beatles - The Get Back Chronicles 1969 Volume Three
1969
The Beatles - The Get Back Chronicles 1969 Volume One
1969
The Beatles - The Get Back Chronicles 1969 Volume Two
1969
Beatles Electroniques
1969
The Beatles Mod Odyssey
1968
The Beatles: Revolution
1968
Yellow Submarine
1968
The Movie Orgy
1968
Magical Mystery Tour
1967
Our World
1967
Monument
1967
It's So Far Out, It's Straight Down!
1967
Penny Lane/Strawberry Fields Forever
1967
Mal Evans on Vacation
1966
El Rey en Londres
1966
The Beatles: Live at Circus-Krone-Bau, Munich, Germany
1966
The Beatles: In Japan (7/1/1966)
1966
The Beatles: In Japan (6/30/1966)
1966
The Beatles - In Germany 24-26 June, 1966
1966
Reflections on Love
1966
The Music of Lennon & McCartney
1965
The Beatles: Live in Paris
1965
Help!
1965
Doctor Who: The Chase
1965
Pop Gear
1965
What's Happening! The Beatles in the USA
1964
The Beatles: Live in The Netherlands
1964
A Hard Day's Night
1964
The Beatles Sing for Shell
1964
The Beatles in Australia
1964
Around the Beatles
1964
The Beatles: Live at the Washington Coliseum
1964
Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! The Beatles in New York
1964
The Beatles Come to Town
1963
The Beatles - Live at The Empire Theatre Liverpool
1963
The Mersey Sound
1963
The Beatles - 1967-1970
Paul Mccartney Live at Desert Trip
Beatles
Inside the Beatles: 1962-1970
TV Shows (72)
TFI Unplugged
2026
Billy Joel: And So It Goes
2025
David Frost Vs
2025
Stax: Soulsville USA
2024
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
2022
Paul McCartney at Glastonbury Festival
2022
The Beatles: Get Back
2021
Watch the Sound with Mark Ronson
2021
McCartney 3, 2, 1
2021
This Is Pop
2021
History 101
2020
Elvis Presley: The Searcher
2018
Soundbreaking
2016
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
In Their Own Words
2015
BoJack Horseman
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
George Harrison: Living in the Material World
2011
Mentiras verdaderas
2011
Britain's Got the Pop Factor... and Possibly a New Celebrity Jesus Christ Soapstar Superstar Strictly on Ice
2008
The 60s: The Beatles Decade
2008
The Graham Norton Show
2007
Legends
2006
30 Rock
2006
20th Century Greats
2004
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
2001
Click
2000
V.I.P.
1998
Parkinson
1998
Leute heute
1997
The Daily Show
1996
The Beatles Anthology
1995
The Beatles Anthology
1995
Late Show with David Letterman
1993
The Simpsons
1989
MTV Unplugged
1989
Sacrée soirée
1987
Bread
1986
Al TV
1984
Timewatch
1982
Wogan
1982
Champs-Elysées
1982
Champs-Elysées
1982
Wetten, dass..?
1981
Fridays
1980
The Kenny Everett Video Show
1978
The South Bank Show
1978
Mike Yarwood In Persons
1976
Saturday Night Live
1975
Saturday Night Live
1975
Saturday Night Live
1975
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975
Midi Première
1975
Musikladen
1972
Disco
1971
Great Performances
1971
60 Minutes
1968
Omnibus
1967
The Beatles
1965
Top of the Pops
1964
Top of the Pops
1964
Top of the Pops
1964
Doctor Who
1963
Morecambe & Wise
1961
The Grammys
1959
The Oscars
1953
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
Bambi
1948
Golden Globe Awards
1944