Legendary British singer, record producer, actor and songwriter David Bowie has an estimated net worth of $230 million.
With his remarkable career as a singer for almost five decades, Bowie has been doing great music since 1962 when he formed the Konrads at the age of 15. Since then, some of the songs that makes him known are Space Oddity, Fame, Ashes to Ashes, and Let’s Dance, among others.
Bowie won 14 awards since 1969 from different music and television award-giving bodies such as American Music Awards, BRIT Awards, and BAFTA Television Awards. He has two children, Duncan from his previous marriage with Angie Barnett and Alexandria Zahra from his wife, model Iman. The couple lived in New York City and London.
Earnings & Financial Data
|
Date |
Category |
Description |
Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
|
2012 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from sales of his album The Next Day (240 thousand copies) |
$250,000 |
|
2001 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from sales of his album Heathen (2 million copies) |
$2,500,000 |
|
1996 |
Sale of Asset |
Upfront payment received from Prudential Securities after they bought the Bowie bonds |
$55,000,000 |
|
1996 |
Contract |
Contract signed with EMI Records |
$30,000,000 |
|
1982 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from sales of his album Let’s Dance (7 million copies) |
$7,100,000 |
|
1972 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from sales of his album Aladdin Sane (4.6 million copies) |
$4,600,000 |
|
1971 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from sales of his album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (7.5 million copies) |
$7,600,000 |