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Carla Bruni is an Italian-French singer-songwriter and supermodel with an estimated net worth of $15 million. Born Carla Gilberta Bruni Tedeschi on December 23, 1967, in Turin, Italy, she began her modeling career at the age of seven (1987-1997) when she moved to France before she took up a career in music. She has written several songs for Julien Clerc, which were featured on his 2000 album, Si j'étais elle.
In 2002, she released her first album Quelqu'un m'a dit, which eventually spent 34 weeks in the top ten of the French Album Chart. She won a Victorie during the 2007 Victoires de la Musique ceremony for Female Artist of the Year. She also released her second album No Promises in the same year. The following year, she released her third album Comme si de rien n'était at the same time, she married Nicolas Sarkozy, the President of France. Her fourth album, Little French Songs, was released in 2013. Her fifth album, French Touch, was released in 2017.
Carla, as what she is fondly called, is one of the most photographed and most financially successful first ladies. After marrying then French President, she never stopped being herself. The First Lady have several nude pictures on the Internet. She even sued a fashion chain that printed her nude image on their tote bags.
Earnings & Financial Data
Date |
Category |
Description |
Amount |
---|---|---|---|
2011 |
Box Office Sales |
Worldwide box office sales of the movie Midnight in Paris |
$151,119,219 |
2009 |
Sale of Asset |
Sale of the historic home in the Italian hills where French first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy spent her early childhood to a Saudi billionaire |
$25,000,000 |
2008 |
Sale of Asset |
Sale of a 1993 nude photograph of Bruni taken during her modelling career at auction |
$91,000 |
2007 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from her album Comme si de rien n'était |
$500,000 |
2004 |
Box Office Sales |
Worldwide box office sales of the movie Paparazzi |
$16,796,512 |
2002 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from her album Quelqu'un m'a dit (certified platinum by Music Canada, BEA and IFPI-SWI, and gold by BVMI and PROMUSICAE) |
$340,000 |
1990 |
Salary |
Salary from modelling for designers and fashion houses such as Christian Dior, Givenchy, Paco Rabanne, Sonia Rykiel, Christian Lacroix, Karl Lagerfeld, John Galliano, Yves Saint-Laurent, Shiatzy Chen, Chanel and Versace. |
$7,500,000 |