Paul McCartney
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Career
- Line-ups
- Rock Werchter 2016, Pinkpop 2016
- Active since
- 1970
- Albums
- The Boys of Dungeon Lane 2026
- The Demo Sessions 2023
- McCartney III 2020
- Egypt Station 2018
- Give My Regards To Broad Street Sessions 2017
- Hits since 2015
- FourFiveSeconds (Rihanna and Kanye West and Paul McCartney) NL #2, 2015
- FourFiveSeconds (Rihanna and Kanye West and Paul McCartney) BE #5, 2015
- Home Tonight BE #49, 2020
- Only One (Kanye West feat. Paul McCartney) NL #82, 2015
- All Day (Kanye West feat. Theophilus London, Allan Kingdom & Paul McCartney) NL #93, 2015
- New album
- The Boys of Dungeon Lane · 29/05/2026
Stature
- De Tijdloze 2022
- 1 nummer, hoogste #1654 (Maybe I'm Amazed)
- in the list since 2022, 1 years
- per song
- Awards
- Grammy Award gewonnen x3 1990, 2011
- Polar Music Prize gewonnen
- Brit Award gewonnen
- Gold and platinum
- Belgium: 0 albums, 2 singles
- FourFiveSeconds platina, 2016
- FourFiveSeconds goud, 2015
Today
- Radio
- Last 30 days
BBC Radio 6 Music 8 1,9 per week Joe 6 1,4 per week VRT Radio 1 4 0,9 per week Oui FM 3 0,7 per week RADIO BOB! 2 0,5 per week KEXP 1 0,2 per week Since we track the stationBBC Radio 6 Music 120 1,1 per week since Nov 2024 KEXP 109 0,7 per week since Nov 2023 NPO 3FM 64 0,4 per week since Nov 2023 BBC Radio 1 35 0,2 per week since Nov 2023 Studio Brussel 30 0,2 per week since Nov 2023 Joe 25 1,1 per week since Jun 2026 Willy 24 0,2 per week since Dec 2024 Qmusic 8 0,1 per week since Feb 2025 - Airplay Top 40 (NL)
- 5 weeks in the last twelve months, best position 14
De Tijdloze on StuBru
De Tijdloze is the all-time list of Studio Brussel, the Flemish rock station. Listeners vote for their favourite songs every year, and since 1987 StuBru has broadcast the top 100 at the end of December. Since 2019 the rest of the vote is known as well: 500 places in 2019, around 2,000 since 2021. A place above 100 did not make the broadcast. The figures come from tijdloze.rocks, an independent site that keeps every list since 1987. Click a column header to sort.
| Song | From | Years in the list | 2022 | Highest | Lowest |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maybe I'm Amazed | 1970 | 1 (2022) | #1654 | #1654 (2022) | #1654 (2022) |
Records
Studio albums, the highest position in the Belgian and Dutch album charts (Ultratop, Dutch Charts) with the number of weeks, and gold and platinum (BEA, NVPI).
| Album | Year | Belgian album chart | Dutch album chart | Gold/platinum |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Boys of Dungeon Lane | 2026 | #1 (10 wk) | #1 (4 wk) | – |
| McCartney III | 2020 | #5 (15 wk) | #1 (5 wk) | – |
| Egypt Station | 2018 | #2 (18 wk) | #2 (8 wk) | – |
| Maida Vale Studios 2013 | 2013 | – | – | – |
| New | 2013 | #6 (17 wk) | #6 (17 wk) | – |
| Kisses on the Bottom | 2012 | #8 (10 wk) | #5 (13 wk) | – |
| Ocean’s Kingdom | 2011 | – | – | – |
| Memory Almost Full | 2007 | #25 (4 wk) | #6 (10 wk) | – |
| Ecce Cor Meum | 2006 | – | – | – |
| Chaos and Creation in the Backyard | 2005 | #15 (7 wk) | #8 (17 wk) | – |
| The Alternate Red Rose Speedway | 2004 | – | – | – |
| Driving Rain | 2001 | – | #76 (5 wk) | – |
| Wingspan Remixes | 2001 | #26 (2 wk) | #26 (1 wk) | – |
| Liverpool Sound Collage | 2000 | – | – | – |
| Working Classical | 1999 | – | – | – |
| Run Devil Run | 1999 | #44 (1 wk) | #53 (4 wk) | – |
| The Alternate Band On The Run | 1998 | – | – | – |
| Standing Stone | 1997 | – | – | – |
| Flaming Pie | 1997 | #19 (8 wk) | #9 (22 wk) | – |
| The Soundcheck Songs Vol. 1 | 1997 | – | – | – |
| The Soundcheck Songs Vol. 2 | 1997 | – | – | – |
| Off the Ground | 1993 | – | #5 (14 wk) | – |
| Hot Night In Charlotte | 1993 | – | – | – |
| Played to press | 1990 | – | – | – |
| Flowers in the Dirt | 1989 | #54 (5 wk) | #15 (25 wk) | – |
| Снова в СССР | 1988 | – | – | – |
| Press to Play | 1986 | – | #21 (6 wk) | – |
| Pipes of Peace | 1983 | #63 (3 wk) | #11 (15 wk) | – |
| Tug of War | 1982 | #60 (4 wk) | #1 (16 wk) | – |
| McCartney II | 1980 | – | #9 (31 wk) | – |
| RAM | 1971 | – | – | – |
| McCartney | 1970 | #193 (1 wk) | #3 (10 wk) | – |
Other albums in the charts or with gold or platinum (live, compilations, reissues):
| Album | Year | Belgian album chart | Dutch album chart | Gold/platinum |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Man On The Run | 2026 | #19 (2 wk) | #38 (1 wk) | – |
| One Hand Clapping | 2024 | #11 (4 wk) | #10 (1 wk) | – |
| Amoeba Gig | 2019 | #149 (3 wk) | #83 (1 wk) | – |
| Red Rose Speedway | 2018 | #94 (2 wk) | #6 (7 wk) | – |
| Wild Life (Wings) | 2018 | #117 (2 wk) | #6 (6 wk) | – |
| Pure McCartney | 2016 | #3 (20 wk) | #7 (8 wk) | – |
| At The Speed Of Sound (Wings) | 2014 | #72 (2 wk) | #3 (14 wk) | – |
| Venus And Mars (Wings) | 2014 | #84 (3 wk) | #5 (10 wk) | – |
| Wings Over America (Wings) | 2013 | #68 (5 wk) | #10 (12 wk) | – |
| RAM (Paul & Linda McCartney) | 2012 | #75 (4 wk) | #1 (18 wk) | – |
| Band On The Run | 2010 | #27 (4 wk) | #5 (14 wk) | – |
| Good Evening New York City | 2009 | #76 (4 wk) | #21 (14 wk) | – |
| Electric Arguments (The Fireman) | 2008 | #79 (2 wk) | #66 (2 wk) | – |
| Back In The World Live | 2003 | #4 (8 wk) | #16 (15 wk) | – |
| Wingspan - Hits And History | 2001 | #21 (5 wk) | #32 (9 wk) | – |
| Paul Is Live | 1993 | – | #60 (5 wk) | – |
| CHOBA B CCCP (Back In The USSR) | 1991 | – | #56 (5 wk) | – |
| Unplugged - The Official Bootleg | 1991 | – | #42 (6 wk) | – |
| Tripping The Live Fantastic - Highlights! | 1990 | – | #35 (13 wk) | – |
| All The Best! | 1987 | – | #10 (18 wk) | – |
| Give My Regards To Broad Street | 1984 | – | #24 (4 wk) | – |
| Back To The Egg (Wings) | 1979 | – | #11 (9 wk) | – |
| Greatest (Wings) | 1979 | – | #18 (6 wk) | – |
| London Town (Wings) | 1978 | – | #1 (25 wk) | – |
singles met goud of platina: Belgium 2, the Netherlands 0.
Awards
Awards won and nominations according to Wikidata (major awards only; counted per category).
| Award | Won | Nominated |
|---|---|---|
| Grammy Award | 3 (1990, 2011) | – |
| Polar Music Prize | 1 | – |
| Brit Award | 1 | – |
How popular is Paul McCartney compared with other countries?
Based on search volume and listeners from the various sources. Each country compared with the worldwide figure.
Best-known songs (Deezer)
Per edition, historical
Score measured in the twelve months before each edition, place = rank in that line-up. The letter differs per festival: an A at Best Kept Secret can be a C at Rock Werchter.
| Edition | Score | Level | Rank | Exceptional | Belgium | Netherlands | World | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock Werchter 2016 | 90 | A | 1 / 71 | 100 | 88 | 93 | 93 | Wikipedia, Google Trends, charts, stature |
| Pinkpop 2016 | 91 | A | 1 / 48 | 100 | 87 | 92 | 93 | Wikipedia, Google Trends, charts, stature |
Over the years
◆ purple = album, ▲ red = festival in Belgium, ▲ green = festival in the Netherlands, ● grey = own concert. Click the legend to switch them on or off.
Festivals and own concerts
- ▲Thursday, July 2016 · Rock Werchter
- ▲Sunday, June 2016 · Pinkpop
Place among all acts on this site: 80 = viewed or searched more than 80% of the other acts that month. The thick line is the average.
Studio Brussel since August 2023, NPO 3FM and KINK since 2020, the other stations since late October 2026. "Compare countries" shows the average per station.
Songs per station, last 18 months
| Station | Country | Most played |
|---|---|---|
| Joe | Netherlands | Ebony & Ivory 21 · Say Say Say 3 · We All Stand Together 1 |
| Qmusic | Belgium | Wonderful Christmastime 8 |
| Studio Brussel | Belgium | Hey Jude (live) 2 · Home To Us 2 · Days We Left Behind 1 · Wonderful Christmas Time 1 · Fourfiveseconds 1 |
| VRT Radio 1 | Belgium | Home To Us 2 · Uncle Albert/admiral Halsey 1 · Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey 1 · Fourfiveseconds 1 |
| Willy | Belgium | Band On The Run 5 · Coming Up 5 · Jet 4 · Maybe I'm Amazed 2 · Live And Let Die 2 |
| KEXP | United States | Let Me Roll It 9 · Heart of the Country 6 · Nineteen Hundred and Eighty Five 4 · Monkberry Moon Delight 4 · Jet 4 |
| Oui FM | France | Home to Us 2 |