This is a woman's world...

So a day to be English eh? Apart from landlords and me, I'm yet to see an England top or flag anywhere... Still, a leaked article on the fortunes of England's (well, Britain's) young and affluent in the music business seems appropriate for the day in question!

So the Sunday Times 2010 Rich List for Young icons in Music is already out... It would appear that the fellas need to up their game somewhat! With Craig David (?!) the first male name you see on the list, one has to wonder just where the lads are going wrong...

Now I know what you're thinking: 'How did Craig David get so far up that list?!' My guess is property development. And just how old IS Craig David?! The answer is 28... I guess we can't take this sort of thing too seriously...

But moving on from Craig David, it has to be said that the solo act is almost exclusively the realm of the women in the UK these days. You can't get away from it, we have no Jay-Z's or Eminems over here (keep it up Plan-B), I suppose the nearest we have is Dizzy Rascal, but where is he on the list? Nowhere, someone call his manager and ask him for a loan. Jamie Callum is a footnote and Buble is nowhere to be seen!

No, the list clearly shows that being in classical music (Church and Jenkins) or reality TV (Leona Lewis, The Cole) is a pre-requisite to the big money, but most importantly, that you can grab both markets, male and female, and it appears that guys just don't manage this as well as the girls in the UK. My contention would be that the male consumer (a) has been known to concentrate on aesthetics before content at times, and (b) tend to look down upon the male solo singer in general unless they have a guitar in their hand. Unfortunately the guitar usually means that the money is split at least four ways, hence no inclusion on the list...

Have a look for yourself:

http://www.metro.co.uk/showbiz/823028-who-is-on-the-sunday-times-rich-list-2010-of-young-music-millionaires

The full list is of course out on Sunday so we can all be collectively jealous and bitter come Monday.

Happy St George's Day!