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Outstanding Contribution Award
Sir Paul McCartney has achieved more in his 65 years than any other musical artist, ever. Don’t believe us, well here’s Macca by the numbers.
- 24 U.K number one singles and 29 U.S, number one singles makes Paul the musician with the most number one hits ever. Elvis only garnered a paltry 21 chart-toppers.
- He’s sold 100 million singles earning him five-dozen gold discs. Not impressed? Well the Guinness Book of Records was, inscribing him as the most successful musician in the history of popular music.
- There are nearly four thousand recorded versions of his 1965 hit ‘Yesterday’ making it the most covered song in the history of the world. More even than ‘Happy Birthday’.
- Nearly 200,000 people came to see him perform in Rio de Janeiro 18 years ago, the largest crowd ever to pay to see a musician.
- And finally, in 1983, when a new tiny planet was discovered in the solar system, with due deference the astronomers named it “McCartney”, a fitting tribute to his stellar career.
This year the BRITs have joined the likes of the Grammys and the Queen who awarded him a Lifetime Achievement Award and an MBE, respectively. Sir Paul will be conferred with a BRITs Outstanding Contribution Award, recognizing his incredible career and his outstanding charitable work. By the numbers and by the music, he’s certainly earned it.
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