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David Crosby is a 72-year old well known American singer, musician, guitarist, songwriter, and actor with a net worth of $40 million. In addition to all this, he was the founder of three bands that include The Byrds, Crosby, Stills & Nash, and CPR. David Crosby earned is all net worth through his successful song writing, singing and musical performances. Crosby is also one among the top 10 highest paid signers of 2013.

David Crosby was a drama student during his college days. He later dropped it to pursue a career in music. With the help of producer Jim Dickson, David Crosby cut his first ever solo session in 1963. Through the connections of which Jim Dickson had with Bob Dylan’s publishers, David Crosby's band obtained a demo acetate disc of Dylan’s “Mr. Tambourine Man” and they recorded a cover version of the song. This song was turned into a massive super hit through which David Crosby became very famous.

Earnings & Financial Data

Date

Category

Description

Amount

2004

Record Sales

Estimated earnings from the compilation album Greatest Hits with the American/British/Canadian supergroup Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (certified gold by RIAA and silver by BPI)

$560,000

1998

Record Sales

Estimated earnings from the album Looking Forward with the American/British/Canadian supergroup Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

$370,000

1990

Record Sales

Estimated earnings from the compilation album Carry On with the American/British/Canadian supergroup Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (certified gold by BPI)

$100,000

1990

Record Sales

Estimated earnings from the compilation album CSN with the American/British/Canadian supergroup Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (certified platinum by RIAA)

$1,000,000

1987

Record Sales

Estimated earnings from the album American Dream with the American/British/Canadian supergroup Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (certified platinum by RIAA)

$1,000,000

1981

Record Sales

Estimated earnings from the album Daylight Again with the American/British/Canadian supergroup Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (certified platinum by RIAA)

$1,000,000

1976

Record Sales

Estimated earnings from the album CSN with the American/British/Canadian supergroup Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (certified 4x platinum by RIAA)

$4,000,000

1973

Record Sales

Estimated earnings from the compilation album 4 Way Street with the American/British/Canadian supergroup Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (certified 6x platinum by RIAA)

$6,000,000

1970

Record Sales

Estimated earnings from the live album 4 Way Street with the American/British/Canadian supergroup Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (certified 4x platinum by RIAA)

$4,000,000

1970

Record Sales

Estimated earnings from his album If I Could Only Remember My Name (certified gold by RIAA)

$500,000

1969

Record Sales

Estimated earnings from the album (Untitled) with the American rock band The Byrd

$100,000

1969

Record Sales

Estimated earnings from the album Déjà Vu with the American/British/Canadian supergroup Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (certified 7x multi-platinum by RIAA, platinum by SNEP, and gold by BPI, BVMI and IFPI-SWI)

$7,575,000

1968

Record Sales

Estimated earnings from the album Crosby, Stills & Nash with the American/British/Canadian supergroup Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (certified 4x platinum by RIAA)

$4,000,000