Sir James Paul McCartney is a British rock musician, singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and composer, and former member of The Beatles and Wings. "Guinness World Records" records Paul McCartney as the most successful composer in the history of pop music. As a member of the former Beatles, Paul McCartney, along with John Lennon, George Harrison and Ringo Star, achieved worldwide popularity, especially since he and Lennon formed a very successful and far-reaching influence. "Hey Jude" and "Let It Be" are often regarded as golden songs in the pop music industry; and "Helter Skelter" is regarded as history. The first heavy metal music on the previous page; "Yesterday" is the most covered song in history. It is known that it has been covered by more than 2,200 singers, and has been broadcasted up to 7 million times on American TV and radio. In 1977, "Mull of Kintyre" even became the first single in British history to sell 2 million copies, and it still holds the record of the highest selling single in the UK. In his career as a group and soloist, McCartney has created a total of 60 gold records and 50 championship singles. The total record sales have exceeded 400 million, of which a quarter came from the UK. His work has occupied the first place in the UK sales chart for 99 weeks, and his 24 singles have won him the king of the UK singles chart. In the United States, in addition to entering the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a person , The authoritative Billboard Top 100 singles chart also put McCartney's songs or composed 32 times as No. 1, and the Recording Industry Association of America confirmed that more than 15.5 million McCartney's record albums have been sold in the country. This series of amazing numbers led the Guinness World Records to list Paul McCartney as "the most successful musician and composer in the history of pop music" in 2009, and BBC News readers also selected McCartney as " The greatest composer of the second millennium". On the other hand, its own music publishing company owns the copyrights of more than 3,000 songs, including the life-long works of legendary Buddy Holly and the copyrights of some Broadway stage plays such as "Red Men and Green Women" and "Sing and Dance Online". He is one of the richest people in the UK, and the latest report in 2013 estimated that his total property value was more than 680 million pounds.