Morrison saw the net assets of his Exile Publishing company nearly double to £2.9m in 2009. Morrison undertook 23 concerts in North America in 2009, generating gross box office receipts of $12m.
Born in Northern Ireland, he now lives in Dublin, and, befitting his workaholic tendencies, is a prolific artist who records a new album virtually every year. Companies linked to Morrison – Exile Productions and Exile Publishing – paid him more than £11.2m in salaries in the period 1995-2001. With his back catalogue, touring, and income from his classic hit Gloria being used to launch a perfume, Morrison is worth £50m.
He is to re-release his “The Complete Bang Sessions” Double LP in 2014.
Earnings & Financial Data
|
Date |
Category |
Description |
Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
|
2014 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from his album Duets: Re-working the Catalogue |
$63,000 |
|
2011 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from his album Born to Sing: No Plan B |
$132,000 |
|
2006 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from his compilation album Van Morrison at the Movies – Soundtrack Hits |
$162,010 |
|
2004 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from his album Magic Time |
$252,000 |
|
2001 |
Record Sales |
Estimated record sales from the album, Down the Road (60 thousand copies-UK) |
$90,000 |
|
1998 |
Record Sales |
Estimated record sales from the album, Back on Top (500 thousand copies-US) |
$750,000 |
|
1996 |
Record Sales |
Estimated record sales from the album, The Healing Game (60 thousand copies-UK) |
$90,000 |
|
1994 |
Record Sales |
Estimated record sales from the album, Days Like This (500 thousand copies-US) |
$750,000 |
|
1992 |
Record Sales |
Estimated record sales from the album, Too Long In Exile (60 thousand copies-UK) |
$90,000 |
|
1990 |
Record Sales |
Estimated record sales from the album, Hymns to the Silence (500 thousand copies-US) |
$750,000 |
|
1989 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from his compilation album The Best of Van Morrison (certified 4x platinum by RIAA and gold by BPI) |
$4,100,000 |
|
1989 |
Record Sales |
Estimated record sales from the album, Enlightenment (100 thousand copies-UK) |
$150,000 |
|
1988 |
Record Sales |
Estimated record sales from the album, Avalon Sunset (500 thousand copies-US) |
$750,000 |
|
1978 |
Record Sales |
Estimated record sales from the album, Into The Music (60 thousand copies-UK) |
$90,000 |
|
1977 |
Record Sales |
Estimated record sales from the album, Wavelength (60 thousand copies-UK) |
$90,000 |
|
1973 |
Record Sales |
Estimated record sales from the album, It’s Too Late To Stop Now (60 thousand copies-UK) |
$90,000 |
|
1973 |
Record Sales |
Estimated record sales from the album, Veedon Fleece (60 thousand copies-UK) |
$90,000 |
|
1970 |
Record Sales |
Estimated record sales from the album, Tupelo Honey (500 thousand copies-US) |
$750,000 |
|
1969 |
Record Sales |
Estimated record sales from the album, Moondance (3 million copies-US) |
$4,500,000 |
|
1967 |
Record Sales |
Estimated record sales from the album, Astral Weeks (500 thousand copies-US) |
$750,000 |