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Mike Shinoda is a successful musician and record producer. He is mostly known for being a member of the famous group called Linkin Park. What is more, Mike has his own project, entitled Fort Minor. Together with Linkin Park, Mike has won many awards, such as American Music Awards, Grammy Awards, World Music Awards and many others. In addition to his career as a musician, Mike also paints and this activity has helped him to become more famous. It you think how rich is Mike Shinoda, it could be said that Mike’s net worth is 23 million dollars. Recently Linkin Park released a new album entitled The Hunting Party, and the band is continuing their activities so there is a high chance that Mike Shinoda’s net worth will become even higher in the future.

Mike Shinoda Net Worth $23 Million

Michael Kenji Shinoda, better known to the world as Mike Shinoda, was born in 1977, in California. From a very early age, Mike learned how to play the piano as his mother wanted him to. Later Shinoda showed interest in hip-hop, blues and jazz. He also learned how to play the guitar. When Mike studied at Agoura High School, he met other future members of Linkin Park, Rob Bourdon and Brad Delson. They decided to become a band called Xero, and from that time Mike showed even more interest in the music industry. Later he also studied at the Art Center College of Design, where he received a degree in illustration.

In 1996 Linkin Park was formed. Other members of the band were Chester Bennington, Rob Bourdon, Brad Delson, Joe Hahn and Dave Farrell. Their first album was called Hybrid Theory and it gained success all over the world. This made Mike’s net worth grow. Shinoda has contributed a lot to the creation of group’s songs. Up ‘til now Linkin Park has released five more albums: Meteora, A Thousand Suns, Minutes to Midnight, Living Things and The Hunting Party. All these albums became successful very quickly, and had a huge impact on the growth of Mike Shinoda’s net worth.

As mentioned before, Mike has another project called Fort Minor which was formed in 2004. In 2005 he released his first album, The Rising Tied. During the making of this album, Mike had an opportunity to work with Lupe Fiasco, John Legend, Celph Titled Jay-Z and many others. It not only made Shinoda more famous but also added to his net worth.

All in all, it could be said that Mike Shinoda is one of the most talented musicians in the industry. Besides his success as a member of Linkin Park, Shinoda is also quite famous as an artist and he has even had his paintings shown on an exhibition. In the future he might achieve even more as a musician as well as an artist. This would also make Mike Shinoda’s net worth even higher. What is more, Linkin Park also continue its activities and will probably release more albums in the future. So there is no doubt that we will be able to hear more about Mike and his success.



Net Worth $23 Million
Date Of Birth February 11, 1977
Place Of Birth Agoura Hills, California, United States
Height 6 ft (1.83 m)
Profession Musician, Record producer, Rapper, Songwriter, Keyboard Player, Singer, Guitarist, Graphic Designer, Actor, Visual Artist
Education Agoura High School, Art Center College of Design
Nationality United States of America
Spouse Anna Shinoda (m. 2003)
Children Otis Akio Shinoda
Nicknames Michael Kenji Shinoda , Shinoda, Michael Kenji , Shinoda, Mike , Shinizzle , Shinnizle , Mikey , Michael Kenji “Mike” Shinoda , Spike Minoda , Mike the spike
Twitter http://www.twitter.com/mikeshinoda
Instagram http://www.instagram.com/m_shinoda
IMDB http://imdb.com/name/nm2681500
Awards American Music Awards, Grammy Awards, World Music Awards
Albums Meteora, A Thousand Suns, Minutes to Midnight, Living Things, The Hunting Party, The Rising Tied (2005)
Music Groups Linkin Park (Since 1996), Fort Minor, Xero
Quote
1 “I just don’t want to bring out an album under my name, because then everybody would say, “Oh its that guy from ‘Linkin Park'”. Besides, I attach great importance to my privacy. If there were my name everywhere I would be scared. I’m not keen on being a star and I’m not fancy that paparazzi will follow me” [About why he chose to use the moniker “Fort Minor”].
2 “I just helped score this year’s MTV VMA’s. Those beats, and the fact that people are starting to hear Fort Minor music, has gotten me a lot of calls to produce songs for people. I did a track on Lupe Fiasco’s upcoming album, songs for Styles of Beyond, and worked with Chad from The Neptunes on a song for Kenna. On the rock side, I’m about to get started on a remix of U2 and hopefully a song with Sting. I don’t know what will all pan out, but I just go where the path takes me” [About his recent collaborations].
3 I feel like hip-hop right now is a lot of keyboard and minimalist stuff, and something I personally wanted to do is bring some of that organic feel back to it, that ’90s hip-hop, maybe the Boogie Down Productions or that Native Tongues type of thing or Wu-Tang Clan. So it’s a lot of live instrumentation, but it still bangs like a sample. [about the uniqueness of the hiphop music he makes, like on the Fort Minor album]
4 “We didn’t get any new rhymes from Jay, and I will say this about it: I respect his retirement” [When asked if Jay Z is making an appearance in the debut album of Fort Minor].
5 I do my best to try and just do interviews via email because I’ve had so many experiences where people have kind of minced my words. I just want an accountability on the other person’s end for taking down what I’m saying accurately. I’m careful with my words and to kind of assume that I meant something similar to what I said isn’t really fair.
6 Tariq Trotter, Kenna and Common were some of the first artists that I got in contact with about Fort Minor. I remember when I asked Common about doing a song on the record: I started playing for him what I had done so far and, after every song, he said, ‘I want to be on that one!’
7 My bandmates in LP were very excited for me to be able to show the fans what I do individually. I wouldn’t have done this without their complete support. In fact, I picked our guitarist Brad Delson as my A&R guy!
8 Fort’ is something that’s heavy and militant. ‘Minor’ is taken one of two ways: either meaning small or meaning … between the two basic chords in music theory, you’ve got major or minor, and minor is described as the darker, sadder chord. The album is about the dynamic when you put all those things together. You’ve got that spectrum.
9 I am playing every instrument on there, but it’s not really about me. I’m featuring a lot of great MCs that are friends of mine. I want to work with people that I’m friends with, that I get along with. I’m not just going to go out there and grab whoever’s hot at the moment. I want to connect with people I see eye-to-eye with, and make great music. Like I said, it’s not really about me. [about his hiphop sideproject, Fort Minor]
10 Most of us met a long time ago. Brad and I met in junior high and we met Rob in high school, we met Joe in college.
Fact
1 Putting the finishing touches on a solo album featuring various underground artists. [July 2005]
2 Lives in Beverly Hills, California.
3 Wife, Anna Shinoda is an Author for kids books’. She get’s inspired by kids’ everyday, and being able to tour with Mike help’s as well. She has her own site annashinoda.com for her writing skill’s
4 Created Fort Minor- a side project which he did with friends. The album is called ‘The Rising Tied’.
5 Along with Brad Delson, he is a founding member of Linkin Park.
6 His musical tastes vary widely, from Tool to Dido.
7 He got a job as a graphic designer right out of college.
8 His most poignant moment was getting a college diploma.
9 Attended Agoura High School with Heather Graham, Aimee Graham, Beverly Peele and Shane Stanley.
10 Produced the entire album “Reanimation”
11 Play guitar, beats & samples and keyboards for the band, Linkin Park.
12 has one brother called Jason, Mike calls him Jay.
13 Went to Pasadena Art College
14 His parents are, Muto and Donna Shinoda.
15 Attended Agoura High School
16 Mike designed the cover for the Hybrid Theory album
17 His father is of Japanese descent and his mother has German and English ancestry.
18 He is one of the vocalists for the band, Linkin Park.

Soundtrack

Title Year Status Character
La Viola 2017 TV Series writer – 1 episode
Conan TV Series performer – 1 episode, 2015 writer – 1 episode, 2015
Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark 2014 Video Game writer: “Until It’s Gone”
Mall 2014 writer: “White Noise”
Need for Speed 2014 writer: “Roads Untraveled”
The Smurfs 2 2013 performer: “Remember the Name” / writer: “Remember the Name”
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter 2012 writer: “Powerless”
The Raid: Redemption 2011 writer: “Razors Out”, “Suicide Music”
Transformers: Dark of the Moon 2011 writer: “Iridescent”
Kung Fu Panda 2 2011 producer: “Iridescent”
Super Bowl XLIV 2010 TV Special producer: “New Divide” – uncredited
The Arena: North Shore 2009 Video documentary writer: “Second to None”
Deadweight 2009 Short as Fort Minor, “Petrified”
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen 2009 producer: “New Divide”
Twilight 2008/I writer: “Leave Out All the Rest”
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 2008 TV Series writer – 1 episode
Madden NFL 2009 2008 Video Game producer: “We Made It” / writer: “We Made It”
Deutschland sucht den Superstar 2008 TV Series writer – 1 episode
Idols! 2007 TV Series writer – 1 episode
Transformers 2007 performer: “Second to None” / writer: “What I’ve Done”
Miami Vice 2006 writer: “Numb/Encore”
Entourage 2006 TV Series 2 episodes
CSI: NY TV Series performer – 1 episode, 2006 writer – 1 episode, 2006
Malaysian Idol 2004 TV Series writer – 1 episode
S.W.A.T. 2003 writer: “Figure.09”
2 Fast 2 Furious 2003 performer: “It’s Goin Down” – uncredited
Rage 2003 TV Series writer – 1 episode
Linkin Park: Pts.Of.Athrty 2002 Video short writer: “Pts.Of.Athrty”
The Challenge TV Series performer – 1 episode, 2002 writer – 1 episode, 2002
The Experiment 2001 “One Step Closer”
Valentine 2001 writer: “Pushing Me Away”

Music Department

Title Year Status Character
Into the Badlands 2015-2017 TV Series main title theme – 16 episodes
Medal of Honor: Warfighter 2012 Video Game composer: additional music
The Seed 2008 Short music editor

Actor

Title Year Status Character
Linkin Park: Final Masquerade 2014 Video short Mike
Linkin Park: Castle of Glass 2012 Video short
Linkin Park: The Catalyst 2010 Video short Mike
Linkin Park: Leave Out All the Rest 2008 Video short Mike
Linkin Park: Breaking the Habit 2004 Video short Mike Shinoda
Linkin Park: Numb 2003 Video short Mike
Linkin Park: Frat Party at the Pankake Festival 2001 Video Spike Minoda (uncredited)
Linkin Park: In the End 2001 Video short

Composer

Title Year Status Character
Linkin Park: Final Masquerade 2014 Video short
The Raid: Redemption 2011 English version
The Seed 2008 Short
Linkin Park: Pts.Of.Athrty 2002 Video short

Producer

Title Year Status Character
Linkin Park: Final Masquerade 2014 Video short producer
Linkin Park: The Catalyst 2010 Video short producer
Linkin Park: Leave Out All the Rest 2008 Video short producer

Writer

Title Year Status Character
Linkin Park: Final Masquerade 2014 Video short
Linkin Park: The Catalyst 2010 Video short

Thanks

Title Year Status Character
Schutzengel 2012 the director wishes to thank

Self

Title Year Status Character
La Viola 2017 TV Series Himself – Interviewee
Conan 2015 TV Series Himself – Musical Guest
Pop Wrapped TV 2015 TV Series documentary
Guitar Center Sessions 2014 TV Series Himself
The Distortion of Sound 2014 Documentary short
Real Time with Bill Maher 2014 TV Series Himself – Guest
Linkin Park Live Honda Civic Tour 2012 TV Movie Himself
Linkin Park: Live from Admiralspalast in Berlin 2012 Video Himself
Up Close with Carrie Keagan 2012 TV Series Himself
Linkin Park: On the Record with Fuse 2011 TV Movie Himself – Guest
Saturday Night Live 2007-2011 TV Series Himself
Last Call with Carson Daly 2006-2010 TV Series Himself / Musical Guest
Linkin Park: Road to Revolution (Live at Milton Keynes) 2008 Himself
TV total 2007 TV Series Himself
2006 American Music Awards 2006 TV Special Himself (as Linkin Park)
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno 2006 TV Series Himself / Musical Guest
2006 Asian Excellence Awards 2006 TV Special Himself – Presenter & Nominee (as Fort Minor)
The Best Hit USA 2006 TV Series Themselves
Jimmy Kimmel Live! 2003-2005 TV Series Themselves – Musical Guest / Himself
Live 8: A Worldwide Concert Event Presented by Nokia 2005 TV Special Himself
AOL Sessions 2005 TV Series Themselves – Performers
Punk’d 2004 TV Series Himself
MTV Backstage Pass: Summer Sanitarium Tailgate Party 2003 TV Short Himself
Linkin Park: Live in Texas 2003 Video Himself
2003 MTV Video Music Awards 2003 TV Special Himself (as Linkin Park)
The New Tom Green Show 2003 TV Series Himself
The Making of ‘Meteora’ 2003 Video documentary short Himself
Top of the Pops 2001-2003 TV Series Himself
Making the Video 2003 TV Series documentary Himself
2002 MTV Video Music Awards 2002 TV Special Himself (as Linkin Park)
Late Night with Conan O’Brien 2001 TV Series Himself
Live! At the Fillmore 2000 TV Series Himself

Archive Footage

Title Year Status Character
21 Coolest Collabs of the 21st Century 2014 TV Movie Himself (as Linkin Park)
The Work of Director Mark Romanek 2005 Video documentary Himself – Linkin Park (uncredited)

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