Adele, Cheryl Cole Top Rich Young Musicians List
11:04, Thursday, 11 April 2013
Adele and Cheryl Cole have been named as the richest young musicians in Britain and Ireland on the Sunday Times' Rich List.
The Someone Like You hitmaker came out on top of the list of music millionaires under the age of 30 with her fortune of 30 million - 20 million of which was made last year.
Girls Aloud babe Chezza came second with 14 million - an increase on 2012 by two million - with Leona Lewis placed third with 12 million.
Climbers on the list include Florence Welch with 9 million, Jessie J - who is said to have pocketed 8 million - and Cheryl's GA bandmate Nadine Coyle, who came joint eighth with JLS star
The Beatles legend Sir Paul McCartney was crowned the country's wealthiest musician by the newspaper, with his fortune estimated at 680 million.
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