Top 20 Rock Singer celebrities in the world
Here is the latest list of the world's top 20 Rock Singer celebrities [Updated March 27, 2023].
Paul McCartney was born
on June 18, 1942
in Liverpool, England.
Singer and multi-intstrumentalist of The Beatles who wrote such hit songs for the band as "Penny Lane," "Blackbird" and "Eleanor Rigby." After his time with The Beatles he formed the band Wings and embarked upon a solo career. He has earned 21 Grammy Awards across his career.
The Beatles won an Academy Award for Best Music, Original Song Score for their 1970 Let It Be documentary. Paul also received an Academy Award nomination for his song "Live and Let Die," which was the theme song for the 1973 James Bond film of the same name.
Net Worth 2020: $1.2 Billion
Bono was born
on May 10, 1960
in Dublin, Ireland.
He was named the Time Person of the Year in 2005, along with
Bill and
Melinda Gates. He performed, along with his band, in the Super Bowl XXXVI Halftime Show, the first one after the 9/11 attacks.
Net Worth 2020: $700 Million
Mick Jagger was born
on July 26, 1943
in Dartford, England.
Net Worth 2020: $500 Million
Elton John was born
on March 25, 1947
in London, England.
Net Worth 2020: $500 Million
Elton John Net Worth Milestones: Elton's net worth was "only" $100 million in 2000. At this time in his life he was well-known as a profligate spender. He would later admit to spending $2 million a month during the late 90s, roughly $40 million total over the period. For example in one six month period alone in 1996, he spent more than $12 million on homes and half a million dollars on flowers. He acquired a museum-level collection of cars. In June 2001 he sold 20 cars that he had never even driven. His sale included a $300,000 1993 Jaguar, Ferraris, Bentleys and Rolls Royces.
By 2009 when we first added Elton John to Celebrity Net Worth, his personal fortune stood at $265 million. By 2011 it topped $240 million. We raise his net worth to $300 million in 2013. By 2019, the value of his assets had grown to a point where he was worth a full half-billion dollars.
Bruce Springsteen was born
on September 23, 1949
in Long Branch, United States.
He performed with the power trio Earth in the late 1960s and, in 1971, he performed with Steve Van Zandt and Steel Mill.
Net Worth 2020: $500 Million
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Salary 2020: $80 Million Per Year
Jon Bon Jovi was born
on March 2, 1962
in Perth Amboy, United States.
His band gained recognition after releasing Slippery When Wet, which peaked at #1 on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart in the late 1980s.
Net Worth 2020: $410 Million
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Salary 2020: $35.5 million last year
Sting was born
on October 2, 1951
in Wallsend, England.
He was inducted into both the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Songwriters Hall of Fame.
Net Worth 2020: $400 Million
Gene Simmons was born
on August 25, 1949
in Tirat Carmel, Israel.
KISS has released over twenty-five Gold-certified albums, more than any American rock band in history.
Net Worth 2020: $400 Million
Dave Grohl was born
on January 14, 1969
in Warren, United States.
He played drums for Jack Black and Tenacious D as Dr. G and appeared as Satan in the music video for the Tenacious D song "Tribute."
Net Worth 2020: $320 Million
Roger Waters was born
on September 6, 1943
in Great Bookham, England.
He helped compose the soundtrack to the 1970 documentary The Body.
Net Worth 2020: $310 Million
Dave Matthews was born
on January 9, 1967
in Johannesburg, South Africa.
He played the character Ian Maxtone Jones in the 2011
Adam Sandler comedy
Just Go with It.
Net Worth 2020: $300 Million
Rod Stewart was born
on January 10, 1945
in London, England.
In 2006, he won a Grammy Award for the best Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album for Stardust...The Great American Songbook Volume III. He received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2007.
Net Worth 2020: $300 Million
Phil Collins was born
on January 30, 1951
in London, England.
He released more top forty hits on Billboard's Hot 100 in the 1980s than any of his contemporaries, and won a Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Performance for his single "Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)."
Net Worth 2020: $300 Million
Elvis Presley was born
on January 8, 1935
in Tupelo, United States.
He appeared in over 30 movies, with his big screen debut coming in the 1956 film Love Me Tender, named after one of his songs.
Net Worth 2020: $300 million
Don Henley was born
on July 22, 1947
in Gilmer, United States.
In 2008 Rolling Stone rated him the 87th Greatest Singer of All Time.
Net Worth 2020: $250 Million
Tina Turner was born
on November 26, 1939
in Nutbush, United States.
She went on a fiftieth anniversary tour in 2008, and broke the record for solo artist concert ticket sales.
Net Worth 2020: $250 Million
David Bowie was born
on January 8, 1947
in London, England.
His first #1 single in the United States, "
Fame," was co-written by
John Lennon.
Net Worth 2020: $230 Million
Billy Joel was born
on May 9, 1949
in New York City, United States.
From 1973 to 2013, he wrote 33 top forty hits, including "Just the Way You Are," which hit #3 in 1977.
Net Worth 2020: $225 Million
Robert Plant was born
on August 20, 1948
in West Bromwich, England.
After Led Zeppelin broke up in 1980, he began working as a solo artist. In 2007, he released a critically acclaimed duet album with bluegrass singer
Alison Krauss called Raising Sand.
Net Worth 2020: $200 Million
John Lennon was born
on October 9, 1940
in Liverpool, England.
Became one of the most influential songwriters in the history of popular music after co-founding The Beatles with Paul McCartney and George Harrison. He was a symbol of counterculture, promoting peace, activism and freedom of speech. After his time with The Beatles, he had success as a solo artist with the albums Plastic Ono Band and Imagine.
He released an album in 1980 with
Yoko Ono entitled Double Fantasy. The album won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year.
Net Worth 2020: $200 Million
