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Sarah Brightman is a famous English singer, actress, dancer and songwriter, as well as a film producer. Sarah Brightman is perhaps best known from her Broadway performances, namely a musical called “The Phantom of the Opera”, where she portrayed the character of Christine Daae. A classical crossover soprano, Sarah Brightman rose to prominence with the release of her fifth studio album entitled “Timeless” or “Time to Say Goodbye” in the United States, which became Brightman’s best-selling album to date. Released in 1997, “Timeless” topped the Billboard charts for 35 weeks and went Platinum in the United States, selling more than 1.4 million copies.

Sarah Brightman Net Worth $55 Million

Brightman’s international success started in 2004 with the “Harem World Tour”, launched to support her eighth studio album “Harem”, released a year prior to the tour. The tour proved to be a success, as it grossed over $60 million with more than 700 000 tickets sold. More recently, Sarah Brightman launched her eighth world tour and, in addition to it, intends to leave a mark on the world as the first musician to ever sing in space, as she will join a crew of three people that will travel to the International Space Station in 2015.

In addition to her singing career, in 2008 Sarah Brightman debuted in a horror-rock opera “Repo! The Genetic Opera” with Paris Hilton, Alexa Vega, Anthony Stewart Head and Terrance Zdunich, which was negatively received by critics and a box office failure with only $188 126 grossed worldwide.

A famous singer, how rich is Sarah Brightman? According to sources, Sarah Brightman’s net worth is estimated to be $55 million. Undoubtedly, the majority of Sarah Brightman’s wealth comes from her singing career.

Sarah Brightman was born in 1960, in Hertfordshire, England. When she was thirteen years old, Brightman debuted in her very first musical entitled “I Am Albert”, which was held at the Piccadilly Theatre. Three years later she joined a dance troupe, “Hot Gossip”, with whom she recorded a hit song “I Lost My Heart to a Starship Trooper”. The hit single became Brightman’s first major success in the music industry with over 500 000 copies sold worldwide.

Brightman’s professional career on theatre stage began when she first appeared in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical “Cats”. A talented singer, Brightman became Webber’s muse and inspired him to create some of the most known musicals, such as “Requiem”, “Song and Dance” and “The Phantom of the Opera”. The latter turned out to be Brightman’s ticket to fame.

Since the 1990s, Sarah Brightman is known more as a solo singer whose music is still highly appreciated nowadays. In 2000, Brightman released her second best-selling album after “Timeless”, which was entitled “La Luna”.

An award-winning soprano, Sarah Brightman has been working with some of the most famous people in the industry, including Tom Jones, Steve Barton, Bill Moseley, Antonio Banderas and many more. In 2012, Brightman was honored with the title of UNESCO Artist for Peace for her numerous contributions to charities, and prior to that she was given a title of Panasonic’s Global Brand Ambassador.



Full Name Sarah Brightman
Net Worth $55 Million
Date Of Birth August 14, 1960
Place Of Birth Berkhamsted, United Kingdom
Height 5 ft 5 in (1.664 m)
Weight 119 pounds
Profession Singer, Actor, Songwriter, Film Producer, Dancer
Education Elmhurst Ballet School, Tring Park School for the Performing Arts, South District, Tainan City, Taiwan, Time to Say Goodbye, I Will Be With You, Deliver Me
Nationality United Kingdom
Spouse Andrew Lloyd Webber (m. 1984–1990), Andrew Graham-Stewart (m. 1979–1983)
Parents Paula Brightman, Grenville Geoffrey Brightman, South District, Tainan City, Taiwan, Time to Say Goodbye, I Will Be With You, Deliver Me
Siblings Amelia Brightman
Nicknames Sara Brightman , サラ・ブライトマン , Angel of Music
Facebook http://www.facebook.com/SarahBrightmanMusic
Twitter http://www.twitter.com/sarahbrightman
Google+ http://plus.google.com/+sarahbrightman
MySpace http://www.myspace.com/sarahbrightman
IMDB www.imdb.com/name/nm0109208
Awards Echo Award for Best Single of the Year (National)
Nominations Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical, Echo Award for Best National Rock/Pop Female Artist, South District, Tainan City, Taiwan, Time to Say Goodbye, I Will Be With You, Deliver Me
Movies Repo! The Genetic Opera, 1st Night
Quote
1 [observation, 2013] As I get older I become more imaginative, and feel like I have maybe a shorter time to get a lot of things going on in my mind done. I look at composers and conductors, anybody involved in music or writing or art in general; they got more done as they got older. If I can, I’ll be one of those people because what I do is my passion.
2 [on the tentative intention of being part of a sub-orbital space mission in 2015] When I go through my albums there is always an area that uses the space aspect. It’s a life-long thing. I met a lot of people [in the field] and at some point was asked if I’d be interested in a deeper experience. At first I said, ‘No, I don’t dabble in things’. It’s not like packing for an overnight case..But then I was asked a second time and I felt psychologically ready to at least start training, see how I would fare.
3 Right before I go on stage I’m absolutely terrified. My mind darts at many directions but the center of me is going forward into the performance.
4 I live in a plane more or less.
5 My fans want me with my hair.
6 It really is strange the way I work for success but when I get there cannot appreciate it. I enjoy the road to success and the struggle – even when it becomes hard. But when I achieve my goal, I feel suddenly and totally stressed. Only in retrospect can I begin to enjoy the moment and admit just how great it was.
7 When I sing, I close my eyes. If I see a feather, everything is fine. Without this image in my mind, the sound is not ‘truthful’ enough and I must begin again. I have to. I first had this feeling, this instinct, with ‘The Phantom of the Opera’, and since then have always listened to it.
8 In the past, I always used to be looking for answers. Today, I know there are only questions. So I just live.
Fact
1 Filming scenes for Repo! The Genetic Opera (2008). [October 2007]
2 Promoting new CD, Harem, around the world. [June 2003]
3 Prior to making a big splash on stage in the 1980s, Brightman was a performer with the girlie dance troupe Hot Gossip who scored a UK hit in 1978 with, “I Lost My Heart to a Starship Trooper”. After the dancers joined The Kenny Everett Television Show (1981) as regulars, Brightman went on to pursue a career in musical theatre.
4 Ex-sister-in-law of Julian Lloyd Webber.
5 Ex-stepmother of Imogen Lloyd Webber and Nick Lloyd Webber.
6 “Time to Say Goodbye” – her first album released in the U.S., debuted at the Billboard Top 200 albums at number seventy-one, ranking a low position for an artist, but a higher position for a Classical music album, however the album peaked at number-one at the Billboard Top Classical Crossovers Albums, generating a reign at the peak for thirty-five consecutive weeks.
7 Her favorite songs are “Blackbird” by The Beatles, “Wichita Lineman” by Glen Campbell, “One” by U2, “Life On Mars” by David Bowie, “Heaven Or Las Vegas” by Cocteau Twins, “We Have All The Time In The World” by Louis Armstrong, “Reckoner” by Radiohead and “Perfect Day” by Lou Reed. (Source: BBC Radio 2 “Tracks of My Years”).
8 Is still friends with her former “The Phantom of the Opera” stage co-star, Michael Crawford.
9 Composer (and then soon to be husband), Andrew Lloyd Webber, originally wrote the famous Phantom Of The Opera song “The Music Of The Night” for Sarah. It was originally titled “Married Man” with lyrics by British director Trevor Nunn, and sung at Lloyd Webber’s yearly festival in the early 80s. At the time of writing and performing it, Lloyd Webber was still married to his first wife… what a hint!
10 Attended the same school as actor Nigel Havers.
11 Is the oldest of six children.

Soundtrack

Title Year Status Character
Who’s Doing the Dishes? 2016 TV Series performer – 1 episode
Home & Family 2013 TV Series performer – 1 episode
So You Think You Can Dance 2012 TV Series performer – 1 episode
CSI: Miami 2012 TV Series performer – 1 episode
Gent de paraula 2011 TV Series performer – 1 episode
The Simpsons 2011 TV Series performer – 1 episode
Willkommen Österreich 2011 TV Series performer – 1 episode
The End 2011/VIII performer: “Time To Say Goodbye Con te partirò”
Formula 1: BBC Sport 2010 TV Series performer – 1 episode
20 to 1 2010 TV Series documentary performer – 1 episode
Saka no ue no kumo 2009 TV Series performer – 1 episode
CBS News Up to the Minute 2009 TV Series performer – 1 episode
50 años de 2009 TV Series performer – 1 episode
Amarufi: Megami no hôshû 2009 performer: “Time To Say Goodbye Con te partirò”
Repo! The Genetic Opera 2008 performer: “Aching Hour”, “Bravi!”, “Things You See in a Graveyard”, “Luigi, Pavi and Amber Harrass Mag”, “Seeing You Stirs Memories”, “Chase the Morning”, “Everyone’s a Composer”, “At the Opera Tonight”, “Crucifixus”, “Chromaggia”
Wanted 2008 performer: “Time to Say Goodbye”
Os Mutantes 2008 TV Series performer: “Canto della terra”
Torchwood 2008 TV Series performer – 1 episode
Ashes to Ashes 2008 TV Series performer – 1 episode
Sarah Brightman: Symphony in Vienna 2008 TV Movie performer: “Pie Jesu”, “Fleurs du Mal”, “Symphony”, “Sanvean”, “Canto Della Terra”, “Sarai Qui”, “Attesa”, “I Will Be With You Where The Lost Ones Go”, “Storia D’Amore”, “Pasión”, “Running”, “Let It Rain”, “Phantom of the Opera”, “Time To Say Goodbye Con te partirò”, “Ave Maria” / writer: “Fleurs du Mal”, “Symphony”, “Storia D’Amore”, “Running”
Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade 2007 TV Movie documentary performer: “The Journey Home”
Pasión 2007 TV Series performer: “Pasión”
Memòries de la tele 2007 TV Series performer – 1 episode
Pokémon: The Rise of Darkrai 2007 performer: “I Will Be with You Where the Lost Ones Go”
John from Cincinnati 2007 TV Series performer – 1 episode
Blades of Glory 2007 performer: “Con te partirò”
The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts 2006 TV Special performer: “Memory”
Sarah Brightman: Diva – The Video Collection 2006 Video lyrics: “Free” / performer: “Pie Jesu”, “The Phantom of the Opera”, “Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again”, “Amigos para siempre”, “Captain Nemo”, “A Question of Honour”, “How Can Heaven Love Me”, “Time to Say Goodbye Con te partirò”, “Just Show Me How to Love You”, “Eden”, “Who Wants to Live Forever”, “Deliver Me”, “Anytime, Anywhere”, “Nella fantasia”, “A Whiter Shade of Pale”, “Ave Maria”, “Kama Sutra”, “Harem Cancao do Mar”, “Free”, “I Lost My Heart to a Starship Trooper”, “Music of the
Charmed 2005 TV Series 1 episode
Sarah Brightman: The Harem World Tour – Live from Las Vegas 2004 Video performer: “Kama Sutra”, “Harem cançao do mar”, “Beautiful”, “It’s a Beautiful Day”, “Dust in the Wind”, “Who Wants to Live Forever”, “Anytime, Anywhere”, “Nella Fantasia”, “Stranger in Paradise”, “La Luna”, “Nessun Dorma”, “No One Like You”, “Arabian Nights”, “The War Is Over”, “Free”, “What a Wonderful World”, “A Whiter Shade of Pale”, “Phantom of the Opera Suite”, “Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again”, “Time to Say Goodbye”, “The Journey Home”, “A Question of Honour” / writer: “Harem ca
Hinter Gittern – Der Frauenknast 2003-2004 TV Series performer – 2 episodes
Sarah Brightman: Harem – A Desert Fantasy 2004 Video performer: “Harem Cancao do Mar”, “Beautiful”, “Mysterious Days”, “Anytime, Anywhere”, “It’s A Beautiful Day”, “Free”, “The War Is Over Now”, “What You Never Know”, “Stranger In Paradise”, “Nessun Dorma”, “What A Wonderful World”, “The Journey Home”, “Time To Say Goodbye Con te partirò” / writer: “Harem Cancao do Mar”
The Sharon Osbourne Show TV Series performer – 1 episode, 2003 writer – 1 episode, 2003
Terra Speranza 2002 TV Series performer: “Tu”
Classics: The Best of Sarah Brightman 2002 TV Movie performer: “Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again”, “Just Show Me How to Love You”, “Anytime, Anywhere”, “Nessun Dorma”, “Figlio Perduto”, “Pie Jesu”, “La Luna”, “Dans la Nuit”, “La Wally/A Question of Honour”, “La ci Darem la Mano”, “Mio Babbino Caro”, “Time to Say Goodbye”, “Deliver Me”, “Ave Maria”, “Eden”, “Whiter Shade of Pale”, “Winter Light”
The Clone 2001 TV Series performer – 1 episode
Sarah Brightman: La Luna – Live in Concert 2001 Video performer: “La Lune”, “Winter in July”, “Scarborough Fair”, “Who Wants to Live Forever”, “Hijo de la luna”, “Figlio Perduto”, “La Luna”, “La Califfa”, “Pie Jesu”, “Nessun Dorma”, “Siren”, “Deliver Me”, “He Dosen’t See Me”, “A Whiter Shade of Pale”, “There for Me”, “Twisted Every Way”, “Phantom of the Opera Suite”, “Little Lotti”, “Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again”, “Music of the Night”, “A Question of Honour”, “Moon River”, “Time to Say Goodbye”
Die Wüstenrose 2000 TV Movie performer: “Desert Rose”
Jesus 1999 TV Movie performer: “Pie Jesu”
Brokedown Palace 1999 performer: “Deliver Me”
Sarah Brightman: One Night in Eden – Live in Concert 1999 Video performer: “Bailero”, “In Paradisum”, “Eden”, “So Many Things”, “Who Wants to Live Forever”, “Anytime, Anywhere”, “Lascia Ch’io Pianga”, “Nella Fantasia”, “Nessun Dorma”, “Dive/Captain Nemo”, “La Mer”, “Il mio cuore va”, “Only an Ocean Away”, “First of May”, “Phantom Overture & Little Lotti”, “Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again”, “The Music of the Night”, “Deliver Me”, “Time to Say Goodbye”
Sarah Brightman in Concert 1998 TV Movie performer: “Baïlero”, “Les filles du Cadiz”, “O mio babbino caro”, “Solveig’s Song”, “Summertime”, “Pie Jesu”, “Somewhere”, “I Feel Pretty”, “Tonight”, “Tu quieres volver”, “Who Wants To Live Forever”, “Whistle Down The Wind”, “The Phantom of the Opera”, “Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again”, “The Music of the Night”, “Time To Say Goodbye Con te partirò”, “Don’t Cry For Me Argentina”
Ronin 1998 performer: “Time To Say Goodbye Con te partirò”
Great Performances 1998 TV Series performer – 1 episode
A Gala Christmas in Vienna 1997 TV Movie performer: “The Closing of the Year”, “First of May”, “Fröhliche Weihnacht”, “Cantemos Rapaces”, “Christmas Is Here Again”, “Child in a Manger”, “Angels From the Realms of Glory”, “Santa Claus Is Coming to Town”, “Happy Christmas War Is Over”, “Stille Nacht”
Baywatch 1993 TV Series performer – 1 episode
Cerimònia de clausura jocs olímpics Barcelona ’92 1992 TV Movie performer: “Friends for Life Amigos para siempre”
Granpa 1989 TV Short performer: “Make Believe”
The 42nd Annual Tony Awards 1988 TV Special performer: “The Phantom of the Opera”, “The Music of the Night”
Top of the Pops 1978-1987 TV Series performer – 3 episodes
Requiem Mass 1985 TV Movie documentary performer: “Requiem & Kyrie”, “Dies irae”, “Recordare”, “Ingemisco & Lacrymosa”, “Hosanna”, “Pie Jesu”, “Lux aeterna & Libera me”
Song & Dance 1984 TV Movie performer: “Take That Look Off Your Face”, “Let Me Finish”, “It’s Not the End of the World”, “Letter Home”, “Sheldon Bloom”, “Capped Teeth and Caesar Salad”, “You Made Me Think You Were in Love”, “Capped Teeth and Caesar Salad Reprise”, “It’s Not The End of The World If He’s Younger”, “Second Letter Home”, “The Last Man in My Life”, “Unexpected Song”, “Come Back with the Same Look in Your Eyes”, “Let’s Talk About You”, “Tell Me on a Sunday”, “I Love New York”, “Married Man”, “Third Lett

Music Department

Title Year Status Character
Saka no ue no kumo 2009-2010 TV Series musician – 9 episodes
Beijing 2008 Olympics Games Opening Ceremony 2008 TV Movie singer: theme song

Producer

Title Year Status Character
Sarah Brightman: Symphony in Vienna 2008 TV Movie executive producer
Sarah Brightman: Diva – The Video Collection 2006 Video executive producer
Sarah Brightman: The Harem World Tour – Live from Las Vegas 2004 Video executive producer
Sarah Brightman: Harem – A Desert Fantasy 2004 Video executive producer
Sarah Brightman: La Luna – Live in Concert 2001 Video co-producer
Sarah Brightman: One Night in Eden – Live in Concert 1999 Video executive producer
Sarah Brightman in Concert 1998 TV Movie executive producer

Actress

Title Year Status Character
First Night 2010/I Celia
Repo! The Genetic Opera 2008 Blind Mag
Aspects of Love 2005 Rose Vibert
Showpalast 2000 TV Series
Song & Dance 1984 TV Movie Emma

Self

Title Year Status Character
Entertainment Tonight 2014 TV Series Herself – Cosmonaut-in-Training
Marie 2013 TV Series documentary
The Hour 2013 TV Series Herself
Home & Family 2013 TV Series Herself – Guest
Show People with Paul Wontorek 2013 TV Series Herself
Loose Women 2008-2013 TV Series Herself
Songs 2013 TV Series Herself
The Best Hit USA 2013 TV Series Herself
All-American New Year’s Eve 2013 2012 TV Movie Herself – Musical Guest
The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall 2011 Herself – Original Cast: Finale
Amarufi: Megami no hôshû 2009 Herself
The Making of ‘Amalfi’ 2009 TV Movie documentary Herself
Walt Disney World Christmas Day Parade 2008 TV Special documentary Herself
Up Close with Carrie Keagan 2008 TV Series Herself – Guest
Beijing 2008: Games of the XXIX Olympiad 2008 TV Mini-Series Herself
Ready, Steady, Cook 2008 TV Series Herself
Willkommen bei Carmen Nebel 2008 TV Series Herself
Breakfast 2008 TV Series Herself – Guest
The Wright Stuff 2008 TV Series Herself – Guest Panelist
Saturday Kitchen 2008 TV Series Herself
The Paul O’Grady Show 2008 TV Series Herself – Guest
Sarah Brightman: Symphony in Vienna 2008 TV Movie Herself
The View 2008 TV Series Herself – Guest
Teletón XI 2007 TV Special Herself
Great Performances 1998-2007 TV Series Herself / Herself – Performer
Bambi Verleihung 2007 2007 TV Movie Herself – Performer
Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade 2007 TV Movie documentary Herself
Live Earth 2007 TV Special documentary Herself
Concert for Diana 2007 TV Special documentary Herself
Tenue de soirée 2007 TV Series Herself
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross 2007 TV Series Herself – Guest
The Heaven and Earth Show 2007 TV Series Herself – Guest
Just the Two of Us 2007 TV Series Herself – Contestant
The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts 2006 TV Special Herself
Verstehen Sie Spaß? 2006 TV Series Herself
Sarah Brightman: Diva – The Video Collection 2006 Video Herself
Sarah Brightman: The Harem World Tour – Live from Las Vegas 2004 Video Herself
4Pop 2004 TV Series documentary Herself
Richard & Judy 2004 TV Series Herself – Guest
Sarah Brightman: Harem – A Desert Fantasy 2004 Video Herself
Gold, Gold, Gold 2003 TV Movie Herself
The Sharon Osbourne Show 2003 TV Series Herself – Guest
BingoLotto 2000-2003 TV Series Herself – Musical Guest / Herself
HermanSIC 2003 TV Series Herself
Deutschlands größte Hits 2003 TV Series Herself
Classics: The Best of Sarah Brightman 2002 TV Movie Herself
Christmas at the Vatican 2001 TV Special Herself – Singer
Sarah Brightman: La Luna – Live in Concert 2001 Video Herself
So Graham Norton 2001 TV Series Herself – Guest
Starnacht am Wörthersee 2000 TV Movie Herself
Rosamunde Pilcher 2000 TV Series Herself
Sarah Brightman: One Night in Eden – Live in Concert 1999 Video Herself
Andrea Bocelli: A Night in Tuscany 1998 Video documentary Herself
Sarah Brightman in Concert 1998 TV Movie Herself
¿Qué apostamos? 1998 TV Series Herself – Guest
A Gala Christmas in Vienna 1997 TV Movie Herself – Singer
The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber 1995 TV Movie documentary Herself
Cerimònia de clausura jocs olímpics Barcelona ’92 1992 TV Movie Herself – Performer
Andrew Lloyd Webber: The Premiere Collection Encore 1992 Video Herself
Programa Livre 1991 TV Series Herself
Grammy Living Legends 1989 TV Movie Herself
This Is Your Life 1989 TV Series documentary Herself
The 42nd Annual Tony Awards 1988 TV Special Herself – Performer
America’s Tribute to Bob Hope 1988 TV Movie documentary Herself
Aspel & Company 1987 TV Series Herself – Guest
Royal Variety Performance 1987 1987 TV Movie Herself
Saturday Superstore 1986 TV Series Herself
Requiem Mass 1985 TV Movie documentary Herself – Soprano
Musikladen 1979 TV Series

Archive Footage

Title Year Status Character
Tu cara me suena – Argentina 2014 TV Series Herself
The Story of Musicals 2012 TV Series documentary Herself
CBS News Up to the Minute 2009 TV Series Herself
Memòries de la tele 2007 TV Series Herself
Heroes of Magic 2000 TV Special documentary
BingoLotto 2000 TV Series Herself
Memories of 1970-1991 1991 TV Series documentary Herself
Top of the Pops 1978-1987 TV Series Herself

Won Awards

Year Award Ceremony Nomination Movie
2011 Irina Palm Irina Palm d’Or Worst British Supporting Actress First Night (2010)
1997 Golden Lion RTL Golden Lion Awards Special Award

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