Billie Joe Armstrong is an American musician and songwriter with an estimated net worth of $55 million.
He is most famous for being the front man of the rock band Green Day. In the band, he is the vocalist, guitarist and the main songwriter. He is also in a second rock band named Pinhead Gunpowder. For Pinhead Gunpowder, he is the singer and guitarist. He also sings for the rock band Foxboro Hot Tubs.
Billie was born on February 17, 1972 in Oakland, California. He was interested in music from a very young age and had recorded his first song at the age of five. He started a band with Mike Dirnt when he was fifteen and they named it Sweet Children. Eventually Sweet Children was renamed Green Day. In 1990 he met Adrienne Nesser. He married Adrienne Nesser on July 2, 1994. They have two sons Joseph Marciano, and Jakob Danger. Billie and Adrienne are co-owners of Adeline Records.
Earnings & Financial Data
|
Date |
Category |
Description |
Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
|
2011 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from the album ¡Tré! with the American punk rock band Green Day |
$58,000 |
|
2011 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from the album ¡Dos! with the American punk rock band Green Day (certified silver by BPI) |
$129,000 |
|
2011 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from the album ¡Uno! with the American punk rock band Green Day (certified gold by Music Canada, BPI, BVM and IFPI-AUT) |
$646,000 |
|
2010 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from the live album album Awesome as Fuck with the American punk rock band Green Day (certified gold by BVMI) |
$100,000 |
|
2009 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from the soundtrack album American Idiot: The Original Broadway Cast Recording with the American punk rock band Green Day |
$40,000 |
|
2008 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from the album 21st Century Breakdown with the American punk rock band Green Day (certified 2x platinum by Music Canada, platinum by RIAA, ARIA, BPI, IFPI-AUT, IRMA and RMNZ, 3x gold by BVMI, and gold by IFPI-SWE) |
$1,895,000 |
|
2004 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from the live album album Bullet in a Bible with the American punk rock band Green Day (certified platinum by ARIA and BPI, and gold by BVMI and IFPI-AUT) |
$402,500 |
|
2003 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from the album American Idiot with the American punk rock band Green Day (certified 8x platinum by IRMA, 7x platinumby BPI, 6x platinum by RIAA, Music Canada and ARIA, 4x platinum by RMNZ, 3x platinum by BVMI, platinum by IFPI-AUT, and gold by IFPI-SWE) |
$21,100,000 |
|
2001 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from the compilation album Shenanigans with the American punk rock band Green Day (certified gold silver by BPI) |
$243,000 |
|
2000 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from the compilation album International Superhits! with the American punk rock band Green Day (certified 3x platinum by ARIA, 2x platinum by BPI, platinum by RIAA, and gold by Music Canada) |
$2,060,000 |
|
2000 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from the video album International Superhits! with the American punk rock band Green Day (certified platinum by RIAA, ARIA and BPI) |
$1,370,000 |
|
1999 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from the album Warning with the American punk rock band Green Day (certified platinum by RIAA, Music Canada and ARIA, and gold by BPI) |
$1,470,000 |
|
1996 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from the album Nimrod with the American punk rock band Green Day (certified 3x platinum by ARIA, 2x platinum by RIAA and Music Canada, and platinum by BPI) |
$2,810,000 |
|
1994 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from the album Insomniac with the American punk rock band Green Day (certified 2x platinum by RIAA and Music Canada, platinum by ARIA and BPI, and gold by BVMI and IFPI-AUT) |
$2,930,000 |
|
1993 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from the album Dookie with the American punk rock band Green Day (certified diamond by RIAA and Music Canada, 5x paltinum by ARIA, 4x platinum by IRMA, 3x platinum by BPI, platinum by IFPI-AUT, 3x gold by BVMI and gold by IFPI-SWE) |
$30,000 |
|
1991 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from the album Kerplunk with the American punk rock band Green Day (certified platinum by RIAA, and gold by Music Canada and BPI) |
$5,000,000 |
|
1990 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from the compilation album 1,039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hours with the American punk rock band Green Day (certified gold by RIAA and BPI) |
$732,000 |
|
1989 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from the album 39/Smooth with the American punk rock band Green Day |
$3,000,000 |