Paul McCartney

Sir James Paul McCartney, MBE is the most successful songwriter in the history of popular music. McCartney gained worldwide fame as a member of The Beatles, 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 music. 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. His song "Yesterday" (credited to Lennon/McCartney, but composed entirely by McCartney) is listed as the most covered song in history by over 3,500 artists so far and has been played more than 7,000,000 times on American television and radio. His band 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.According to britishhitsongwriters.com he is the most successful songwriter in UK singles chart history, based on weeks that his compositions have spent on the charts. Sir Paul McCartney has announced a European tour amid speculation it could be his last.