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American singer, songwriter, actor, producer and author, has an estimated net worth of $7 million. As the second-place contestant on Fox TV's second season of American Idol, vocalist Clay Aiken wowed television audiences with his Southern charm, sweet demeanor, and powerful tenor voice, all of which combined to make him a pop star (and, later, a fixture on Broadway). Originally, Aiken had planned to try out for the reality TV series The American Race. Born Clayton Holmes Grissom on November 30, 1978 in Raleigh, North Carolina. Clay Aiken has released six studio albums, been on nine tours, produced a successful Christmas special, and co-authored a best-selling novel.
The Raleigh, N.C., native has sold over four million albums, penned a New York Times bestselling memoir and starred in Broadway’s “Spamalot” in the wake of his second-place finish in Season Two (from January 2008-January 2009); new album Tried and True hit stores in 2010.
Earnings & Financial Data
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Date |
Category |
Description |
Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
|
2009 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from his album Tried and True |
$56,000 |
|
2008 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from his compialtion album Playlist: The Very Best of Clay Aiken |
$10,000 |
|
2007 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from his album On My Way Here |
$163,000 |
|
2006 |
Earning Turned Donation |
Amount he earned when he joined a celebrity edition of the game show Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? |
$300,000 |
|
2005 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from his EP All Is Well |
$53,000 |
|
2005 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from his album A Thousand Different Ways (certified gold by RIAA and Music Canada) |
$580,000 |
|
2003 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from his double The Way/Solitaire (certified platinum by Music Canada) |
$372,000 |
|
2003 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from his album Merry Christmas with Love (certified platinum by RIAA and gold by Music Canada) |
$1,466,000 |
|
2002 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from his album Measure of a Man (certified 2x platinum by RIAA and platinum by Music Canada) |
$2,900,000 |
|
2002 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from his double A-side CD Bridge Over Troubled Water/This Is the Night (certified 6x platinum by Music Canada and platinum by RIAA) |
$1,596,000 |