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Andrew VanWyngarden's net worth is estimated to be $12 million. He is an American songwriter, guitar player and lead vocalist for the MGMT Band. Andrew VanWyngarden was born on February 1, 1983, in Columbia Missouri and was raised in Memphis, Tennessee.
His passion for music developed as a child. He was in a band, “Accidental Mersh” in high school. The group released two albums. He met bandmate, Ben Goldwasser in Wesleyan College, from where he graduated and shifted his career choice from sciences to focus on music.
MGMT Band has two Grammy Nominations. They have released two albums and have an upcoming third album. In 2006, Columbia Records signed them. In 2008, the NME’s Cool List placed Andrew VanWyngarden at number 3 below Alicia Glass and Jay-Z. He came up with MGMT’s album title, “Congratulations” in 2010. Apart from working with MGMT, he is part of Blikk Fang, which is a duo he performs in with Kevin Barnes from Of Montreal.
Earnings & Financial Data
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Date |
Category |
Description |
Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
|
2014 |
Ticket Sales |
Ticket sales of the Glastonbury Festival in England with various artists (approximately 135 thousand tickets sold) |
$37,590,000 |
|
2012 |
Asset |
Purchase value of Andrew Vanwyngarden's house on Beach 93rd Street in New York City |
$375,000 |
|
2010 |
Ticket Sales |
Ticket sales of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival with various artists (approximately 225 thousand tickets sold) |
$21,700,000 |
|
2010 |
Record Sales |
Record sales of the album Congratulations with the American band MGMT (approximately 230 thousand copies sold) |
$299,000 |
|
2009 |
Record Sales |
Record sales of the album Embryonic with the experimental rock band The Flaming Lips (approximately 103 thousand copies sold) |
$133,900 |
|
2009 |
Record Sales |
Record sales of the album Man on the Moon: The End of Day with American rapper Kid Cudi (approximately 860 thousand copies sold) |
$1,120,000 |
|
2009 |
Ticket Sales |
Ticket sales of the Bonnaroo Music Festival with various artists (approximately 77.5 thousand tickets sold) |
$100,750 |
|
2009 |
Earning Turned Donation |
Legal settlement against UMP for copyright infringement that MGMT donated to artists' rights organizations |
$38,220 |
|
2008 |
Ticket Sales |
Ticket sales of the Bonnaroo Music Festival with various artists (approximately 70 thousand tickets sold) |
$91,000 |
|
2007 |
Record Sales |
Record sales of the album Oracular Spectacular with the American band MGMT (approximately 1,331,000 copies sold) |
$1,730,000 |