Paul McCartney
Paul McCartney is the most commercially successful rock composer of all time, both as a solo performer (with his '70s band Wings) and, most notably, as a member of the Beatles. McCartney's songs have sold hundreds of millions of copies worldwide. He also holds the world record for largest paying audience at a concert given by a solo performer, drawing over 184,000 fans at a 1990 concert in Rio de Janeiro. |