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William Thomas Berry popularly known as Bill Berry is a retired musician and instrumentalist with a net worth of $40 million. Berry is best known for his drumming prowess with the rock band R.E.M. In addition, Berry was recognized for his talents as a multi-instrumentalist. He played other instruments including piano, bass guitar and guitar both for R.E.M records and contributing in songwriting during studio tracks. After a 17-year successful period with the band, Berry retired maintaining a low profile as a farmer.
Berry started off as a drummer when R.E.M was formed during the 80's. His contribution was impeccable as he would also perform as a guitarist or vocalist. His major contributions in songwriting were in the tracks "everybody hurts", "perfect circle", "took your name" and "driver 8". Berry retired and became a farmer working on some hay fields in Watkins Ville, Georgia. However, Berry has had some reunion spells with his former band the R.E.M including a 2003 Raleigh concert, 2005 performance at Dewitt Burton's wedding and 2007 induction into Rock's hall of fame among others.
Earnings & Financial Data
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Date |
Category |
Description |
Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
|
2007 |
Record Sales |
Record sales of the compilation album Instant Karma: The Amnesty International Campaign to Save Darfur with various artists (approximately 140,189 copies sold) |
$182,250 |
|
1996 |
Record Sales |
Record sales of the album New Adventures in Hi-Fi with the American alternative rock band R.E.M. (approximately 2,009,000 copies sold) |
$2,610,000 |
|
1994 |
Record Sales |
Record sales of the album Monster with the American alternative rock band R.E.M. (approximately 6,557,525 copies sold) |
$8,520,000 |
|
1992 |
Record Sales |
Record sales of the album Automatic for the People with the American alternative rock band R.E.M. (approximately 9,225,700 copies sold) |
$11,990,000 |
|
1991 |
Record Sales |
Record sales of the album Out of Time with the American alternative rock band R.E.M. (approximately 9,275,300 copies sold) |
$12,060,000 |
|
1989 |
Record Sales |
Record sales of the album Indigo Girls with the folk rock music duo Indigo Girls (approximately 2 million copies sold) |
$2,600,000 |
|
1988 |
Record Sales |
Record sales of the album Green with the American alternative rock band R.E.M. (approximately 2.46 million copies sold) |
$3,200,000 |
|
1987 |
Record Sales |
Record sales of the album Document with the American alternative rock band R.E.M. (approximately 1.18 million copies sold) |
$1,530,000 |
|
1986 |
Record Sales |
Record sales of the album Lifes Rich Pageant with the American alternative rock band R.E.M. (approximately 580 thousand copies sold) |
$754,000 |
|
1985 |
Record Sales |
Record sales of the album Fables of the Reconstruction with the American alternative rock band R.E.M. (approximately 500 thousand copies sold) |
$650,000 |
|
1984 |
Record Sales |
Record sales of the album Reckoning with the American alternative rock band R.E.M. (approximately 500 thousand copies sold) |
$650,000 |
|
1983 |
Record Sales |
Record sales of the album Murmur with the American alternative rock band R.E.M. (approximately 600 thousand copies sold) |
$780,000 |