Jimmy Barnes Net Worth

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The net worth of Jimmy Barnes is $20 million. This rock singer and songwriter was born on 28th April 1956. His father was a prize fighter, and older brother John Swan was a rock singer. Jimmy actually learned to sing from his elder brother, who also encouraged him enormously. He was a solo performer and a lead vocalist with the rock band Cold Chisel. This made him the most popular Australian music artists of all time. He has the highest number of hit albums of any Australian artist.

Jimmy Barnes was born in Glasgow, Scotland. At birth, he was known as James Dixon Swan. The family later shifted to Elizabeth and settled there. Barnes parents divorced later. His mother married a clerk named Reg Barnes. Her daughter was once teased in school about being adopted, so the mother made all her children change their last name to Barnes. Jimmy Barnes grew up as a Protestant, and he considers himself as a Buddhist. In September 2009, he said that his ancestors were Jews.

His band Cold Chisel moved a number of times. There was some tension within the group. The band signed with WEA in the late 1970s. By 1980s, the band was very popular. But in 1983, the group had many professional as well as personal fights – they eventually split up. There was a farewell concert tour, which is still the highest grossing tour in the history of Australia. Jimmy Barnes was very successful in his solo career. He released 6 albums which topped the Australian charts. He had a low period in the mid-90s. But in the year 2000, he regained his top spot again.

Earnings & Financial Data

Date	Category	Description	Amount
2015	Record Sales	Record sales of the album The Perfect Crime with the Australian pub rock band Cold Chisel (approximately 35 thousand copies sold)	$45,500
2014	Record Sales	Record sales of the album 30:30 Hindsight (approximately 70 thousand copies sold)	$91,000
2012	Sale of Asset	Selling price of Jimmy Barnes' Southern Highlands property	$2,500,000
2011	Sale of Asset	Selling price of Jimmy Barnes' luxury properties - including his five-bedroom Botany warehouse	$5,000,000
2010	Record Sales	Record sales of the album Rage and Ruin (approximately 35 thousand copies sold)	$45,500
2009	Record Sales	Record sales of the album The Rhythm and the Blues (approximately 70 thousand copies sold)	$91,000
2009	Asset	Purchase value of Jimmy Barnes' three adjoining warehouses at Daniel St Botany	$3,470,000
2008	Asset	Purchase value of Jimmy Barnes' Riverbend in Berrima, a property comprising three sandstone pavilions by a river	$2,000,000
2007	Record Sales	Record sales of the album Out in the Blue (approximately 70 thousand copies sold)	$91,000
2005	Record Sales	Record sales of the album Double Happiness (approximately 70 thousand copies sold)	$91,000
2003	Record Sales	Record sales of the live album Ringside with the Australian pub rock band Cold Chisel (approximately 35 thousand copies sold)	$45,500
2000	Record Sales	Record sales of the album Soul Deeper... Songs From the Deep South (approximately 70 thousand copies sold)	$91,000
1999	Record Sales	Record sales of the album Love and Fear (approximately 35 thousand copies sold)	$45,500
1998	Record Sales	Record sales of the album The Last Wave of Summer with the Australian pub rock band Cold Chisel (approximately 35 thousand copies sold)	$45,500
1996	Record Sales	Record sales of the album Barnes Hits Anthology (approximately 420 thousand copies sold)	$546,000
1991	Record Sales	Record sales of the album Soul Deep (approximately 630 thousand copies sold)	$819,000
1990	Record Sales	Record sales of the album Two Fires (approximately 420 thousand copies sold)	$546,000
1989	Earning Turned Donation	Donation to the Children's Hospital in Camperdown, Sydney	$25,000
1988	Record Sales	Record sales of the live album Barnestorming (approximately 350 thousand copies sold)	$455,000
1987	Record Sales	Record sales of the album Freight Train Heart with Australian rock singer Jimmy Barnes (approximately 350 thousand copies sold)	$455,000
1985	Record Sales	Record sales of the album For the Working Class Man (approximately 490 thousand copies sold)	$637,000
1984	Record Sales	Record sales of the album Bodyswerve (approximately 140 thousand copies sold)	$182,000
1980	Record Sales	Record sales of the album East with the Australian pub rock band Cold Chisel (approximately 350 thousand copies sold)	$455,000
1979	Record Sales	Record sales of the album Breakfast at Sweethearts with the Australian pub rock band Cold Chisel (approximately 35 thousand copies sold)	$45,500
1978	Record Sales	Record sales of the album Cold Chisel with the Australian pub rock band Cold Chisel (approximately 35 thousand copies sold)	$45,500
1976	Record Sales	Record sales of the album Arrival with the Swedish pop group ABBA (approximately 7,808,989 copies sold)	$10,150,000