American musician, lyricist, and vocalist Scott Weiland has an estimated net worth of $4 million.
After rocketing to fame as the frontman for grunge-era favorites Stone Temple Pilots, singer Scott Weiland later mounted a solo career and joined the supergroup Velvet Revolver. Born October 27, 1967, in Santa Cruz, CA, he spent his first 15 years outside of Cleveland before moving back to the West Coast and immersing himself in the thriving Orange County punk scene. Weiland founded the band Mighty Joe Young with guitarist Robert DeLeo in 1987; later rechristened Stone Temple Pilots, the group became one of the biggest acts of the mid-’90s, following the lead of artists like Nirvana and Pearl Jam and topping the charts with an angst-ridden hard rock sound. However, such success did not come without a price. Following the group’s second LP, 1994’s Purple, it was revealed that Weiland had become a heroin addict.
After his stay in rehab, he returned to Stone Temple Pilots to record their third record, 1996’s Tiny Music…Songs from the Vatican Giftshop. However, after Weiland suffered a relapse in his ongoing battle with drugs, the group was forced to cancel its upcoming tour. The other three members subsequently recorded an album with a different singer under the name Talk Show.
Earnings & Financial Data
|
Date |
Category |
Description |
Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
|
2008 |
Record Sales |
First week record sales of his solo album “Happy” in Galoshes (approximately 10 thousand copies sold) |
$13,000 |
|
2007 |
Record Sales |
Record sales of the album Libertad with the band Velvet Revolver (approximately 110 thousand copies sold) |
$143,000 |
|
2007 |
Asset |
Value of his estate including a trust with undisclosed assets |
$2,000,000 |
|
2004 |
Record Sales |
Record sales of the album Contraband with the band Velvet Revolver (approximately 3.235 million copies sold) |
$4,206,000 |
|
2001 |
Record Sales |
Record sales of the album Shangri-La Dee Da with the band Stone Temple Pilots (approximately 550 thousand copies sold) |
$715,000 |
|
1999 |
Record Sales |
Record sales of the album No. 4 with the band Stone Temple Pilots (approximately 1.1 million copies sold) |
$1,430,000 |
|
1996 |
Record Sales |
Record sales of the album Tiny Music… Songs from the Vatican Gift Shop with the band Stone Temple Pilots (approximately 2.135 million copies sold) |
$2,775,500 |
|
1994 |
Record Sales |
Record sales of the album Purple with the band Stone Temple Pilots (approximately 6.43 million copies sold) |
$8,359,000 |
|
1992 |
Record Sales |
Record sales of the album Core with the band Stone Temple Pilots (approximately 8.33 million copies sold) |
$10,829,000 |