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English musician and drummer Will Champion has a net worth of $75 million. He is the drummer of rock band Coldplay. The Southampton-born has never played drums prior to joining Coldplay in 1997, but he quickly picked it up and is now a member of a band which has produced five albums and sold more than 50 million copies, starting with Parachutes in 2000.

The band have also made millions from extensive touring – their 2008-09 tour catered to 2,289,000 people. Aside from music, Champion made a cameo appearance in "The Rains of Castamere" episode of the HBO series, Game of Thrones.

Champion was the first Coldplay member to marry: He married Marianne Dark, a teacher, in 2003 and they have three children.

Earnings & Financial Data

Date

Category

Description

Amount

2014

Record Sales

Estimated earnings from the album A Head Full of Dreams with British rock band Coldplay (certified platinum by Music Canada and BPI, and gold by ARIA, BVMI and RMNZ)

$844,226

2013

Record Sales

Estimated earnings from the live album Ghost Stories Live 2014 with British rock band Coldplay (certified gold by BPI)

$100,000

2013

Record Sales

Estimated earnings from the album Ghost Stories with British rock band Coldplay (certified 2x platinum by BPI and SNEP, platinum by Music Canada, ARIA and IFPI-SWI, 3x gold by BVMI, and gold by RIAA and RMNZ)

$3,950,000

2011

Record Sales

Estimated earnings from the video album Live 2012 with British rock band Coldplay (certified 7x platinum by ARIA, 4x platinum by BPI and gold by AFP)

$36,500

2011

Record Sales

Estimated earnings from the live album Coldplay Live 2012 with British rock band Coldplay (certified platinum by SNEP)

$583,000

2010

Record Sales

Estimated earnings from the album Mylo Xyloto with British rock band Coldplay (certified 4x platinum by BPI, 3x platinum by Music Canada and SNEP, platinum by RIAA, 2x platinum by ARIA, IFPI-SWI, IRMA and RMNZ, and 3x gold by BVMI)

$8,000,000

2007

Record Sales

Estimated earnings from the album Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends with British rock band Coldplay (certified diamond by SNEP, 5x platinum by Music Canada, 4x platinum by ARIA, BPI and IRMA, 3x platinum by BVMI, IFPI-SWI and NVPI, and 2x platinum by RIAA and RMNZ)

$10,000,000

2004

Record Sales

Estimated earnings from the album X&Y with British rock band Coldplay (certified 9x platinum by BPI, 8x platinum by IRMA, 6x platinum by ARIA, 5x paltinum by Music Canada, 4x platinum by RMNZ, 3x platinum by RIAA and BVMI, 2x platinum by IFPI-SWI and SNEP)

$13,000,000

2002

Record Sales

Estimated earnings from the video album Live 2003 with British rock band Coldplay (certified 6x platinum by RIAA)

$600,000

2002

Record Sales

Estimated earnings from the live album Coldplay Live 2003 with British rock band Coldplay (certified gold by RIAA, ARIA and RMNZ)

$1,026,000

2001

Record Sales

Estimated earnings from the album A Rush of Blood to the Head with British rock band Coldplay (certified 9x platinum by BPI, 7x platinum by ARIA, 4x platinum by RIAA and Music Canada, 2x platinum by RMNZ and SNEP, 3x platinum by BVMI, and gold by IFPI-SWI)

$15,000,000

1999

Record Sales

Estimated earnings from the album Parachutes with British rock band Coldplay (certified 8x platinum by BPI, 3x platinum by ARIA, 2x platinum by RIAA, Music Canada, RMNZ and SNEP, and gold by BVMI and IFPI-SWI)

$9,887,000