Heat’s Rich List 2020: Jodie Comer is named for the first time while Ed Sheeran RETAINS his crown

Now in its tenth year, the heat Rich List delves into the bank accounts of Britain and Ireland’s youngest, richest stars to find out exactly how much they’ve earned.

And, Jodie Comer, 27, has been named for the first time after earning £4.9m thanks to her award-winning role as Villanelle in Killing Eve, and the movie deals and lucrative endorsements which followed.

Meanwhile, Ed Sheeran, 29, has RETAINED his crown as the richest British and Irish star under 30 with a whopping £210m fortune – a cool £136m above Harry Styles, 26, who sits in second place on the heat Rich List 2020 with a tidy £74m to his name.

 

Liverpudlian beauty Jodie Comer reportedly nets £100k an episode for Killing Eve and is also set to pocket around £1.5m starring opposite Ryan Reynolds in upcoming comedy Free Guy. 

But, in the past 12 months, Ed has increased his estimated worth by £40m to a jaw-dropping £210m.

The new dad is not only the most played artist in the world, but has the 9m tickets sold for his record-breaking ÷ Divide Tour, 150m record sales and his song-writing skills to thank for his amassed fortune.

With £74m, Harry Styles, sits comfortably in second place, having added £40m to his One Direction earnings since going solo, thanks to two US chart-topping albums this year, Fine Line and Watermelon Sugar, a £45m-grossing world tour and his lucrative Gucci promo deal. 

Emma Watson, 30, is in third place with an estimated fortune of £58m. The bulk of the actress’ fortune stems from her Hermione Granger years starring in the Harry Potter films, topped up by £17m from 2017’s Beauty and The Beast.

Following tie-ups with Lancôme, Burberry and Chanel, her next venture is a board role at Kering, the £14b fashion giant behind Gucci. 

Niall Horan, 27, sits two spots behind former bandmate Harry, is in fourth position with earnings of £55m thanks to two big-selling solo albums and a successful American tour.

Little Mix move up one place in to fifth cementing their place in the Rich List hall of fame with £54.3m between them.   

They’re the biggest selling girl group since the Spice Girls and last year’s LM5 tour took £17m at the box office. 

The flush foursome also earns a decent stash from their personal business deals such as Leigh-Anne’s swimwear range, Jade’s Red Door cocktail bar, Perrier’s brand ambassador role for Supreme Nutrition and Jesy’s BBC presenting roles. 

One Direction’s Louis Tomlinson, 28, is in sixth with £47m while Liam Payne, 27, is in seventh with £46m and new dad Zayn Malik, 27, is at number nine with £38m.

Pushing Zayn down to ninth place is the UK’s highest-paid model Cara Delevingne, 28, who is at number eight, with £42m.

Finishing the top ten is Oscar-winner Sam Smith, 28, whose £35.5m wealth is set to escalate when third album Love Goes is released this month.   

Last year’s highest new entry Stormzy, 26, is in joint 14th and 15th place with Rita Ora, 29, who both have reported fortunes of £20m.

Right behind them in 16th place is actor and activist John Boyega, 28, with £17m. His Star Wars fortune has been boosted by roles in Pacific Rim Uprising and Watership Down, plus a recently signed deal with Netflix to develop films focusing on African content.  

As well as Jodie Comer, notable new entries this year include Irish/American actress Saoirse Ronan, 26, with £5.7m earned from film roles and thanks to starring in Calvin Klein make-up ads.

Also making their debut in this year’s heat Rich List is English YouTuber KSI (Olajide Olatunji from Watford), 28, with £12m.

The social media star, who found fame posting videos of himself playing football video games, has since launched a successful rap career, while one boxing match with fellow internet star Logan Paul generated £37m in streaming revenue.   

Love Island break-out stars Molly-Mae Hague and Tommy Fury, both 21, just managed to slip into the 2020 list as a joint-new entry, taking 30th place. 

The power-couple are a new entry with £4m. Molly-Mae has pocketed £600k from her PrettyLittleThing range, while Tommy made an estimated £3k a day last year promoting McDonald’s and Hellman’s mayonnaise. 

Rich list regular Daniel Radcliffe has dropped out of this list for the first time since it began ten years ago. The Harry Potter actor is no longer eligible, having celebrated his 31st birthday on 23 July.   

In no surprise, outside the UK, Kylie Jenner, 23, remains the wealthiest star aged 30 and under.

The Lip Kit star tops heat’s International Top 5 having made £423m selling £51% of Kylie Cosmetics to Coty and scooping an estimated £780k per Instagram post. Taylor Swift, 30, retains her second place with £368m.

The 3.2m-selling Lover was the world’s best-selling record last year and within a year Taylor dropped Folklore, swelling her wealth even more. Not forgetting her impressive £84m property portfolio.