Five years ago, Cliff Richard celebrated his 70th birthday which marked its sixth birthday concerts at the Royal Albert Hall. At the same time, he released a new album, Bold as Brass, that sold less than 100,000 copies in the UK. Also, he toured with some of Motown’s greatest artists. Cliff Richard’s fortune is valued at $90 million.
Based in Surrey, Richard has a Barbados house to supplement his Portuguese setup, where he recently opened a commercial vineyard producing Vina Nova wine. His company, Balladeer paid out £12 million in salaries between 1999 and 2005, virtually all of it going to Richard.As he has never written his own songs, Richard missed out on this lucrative income stream, but record sales of more than 250 million helped make up for that.
Earnings & Financial Data
|
Date |
Category |
Description |
Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
|
2012 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from his album The Fabulous Rock ‘n’ Roll Songbook (certified gold by BPI) |
$100,000 |
|
2009 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from his album Bold as Brass (certified silver by BPI) |
$100,000 |
|
2008 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from his album Reunited – Cliff Richard and The Shadows (certified gold by BPI) |
$100,000 |
|
2007 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from his compilation album The 50th Anniversary Album (certified gold by BPI) |
$100,000 |
|
2006 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from his album Love… The Album (certified gold by BPI) |
$100,000 |
|
2005 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from his album Two’s Company – The Duets (certified gold by BPI and RMNZ) |
$107,500 |
|
2003 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from his album Something’s Goin’ On (certified gold by BPI) |
$100,000 |
|
2002 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from his album Cliff at Christmas (certified platinum by BPI) |
$300,000 |
|
2000 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from his album Wanted (certified gold by BPI) |
$100,000 |
|
1992 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from his album The Album (certified gold by BPI) |
$100,000 |
|
1988 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from his album Stronger (certified platinum by BPI and RMNZ) |
$307,500 |
|
1987 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from his compilation album Private Collection: 1979–1988 (certified 4x platinum by BPI and RMNZ) |
$315,000 |
|
1986 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from his album Always Guaranteed (certified platinum by BPI and gold by RMNZ) |
$307,500 |
|
1982 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from his album Silver (certified gold by BPI and RMNZ) |
$107,500 |
|
1981 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from his album Now You See Me, Now You Don’t (certified gold by BPI) |
$100,000 |
|
1980 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from his compilation album Love Songs (certified platinum by BPI and RMNZ) |
$315,000 |
|
1980 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from his album Wired for Sound (certified platinum by BPI, and gold by Music Canada and RMNZ) |
$357,500 |
|
1979 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from his album I’m No Hero (certified platinum by Music Canada and gold by BPI) |
$200,000 |
|
1978 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from his album Rock ‘n’ Roll Juvenile (certified gold by BPI) |
$100,000 |
|
1975 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from his album I’m Nearly Famous (certified gold by BPI) |
$100,000 |