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Frank Sinatra was an American singer and film actor who's net worth is estimated at around $100 million. He began his career in the swing era with Tom Dorsey and Harry James, and eventually found his success in mid 1940s after signing a contract with Columbia Records.

Frank Sinatra 1959 "Come Dance With Me" Capitol Records © 1978 Sid Avery

His biggest success was in 1950s and 1960s when he was one of the most famous and most popular people on planet. His most famous songs are Strangers in The Night, My Way and New York, New York. He was also a member of famously called group of actors and singers called the Rat Pack. He was also highly successful as movie actor and personality. He even got one Oscar nomination for best actor. But his most famous and critically acclaimed role is the one in The Manchurian Candidate. He is one of the best selling solo male artists with over 150 million sold albums. Frank Sinatra died in 1998, aged 82.

Earnings & Financial Data

Date

Category

Description

Amount

2010

Asset

Listing price of his Farralone estate in Chatsworth

$12,000,000

1994

Record Sales

Estimated earnings from his live album Sinatra 80th: Live in Concert (certified gold by RIAA)

$500,000

1993

Record Sales

Estimated earnings from his album Duets II (certified platinum by RIAA and Music Canada)

$1,100,000

1992

Record Sales

Estimated earnings from his album Duets (certified 3x platinum by RIAA and 2x platinum by Music Canada)

$3,643,000

1979

Record Sales

Estimated earnings from his album Trilogy: Past Present Future (certified gold by RIAA)

$500,000

1973

Record Sales

Estimated earnings from his live album The Main Event – Live (certified gold by RIAA)

$500,000

1972

Record Sales

Estimated earnings from his album Ol' Blue Eyes Is Back (certified gold by RIAA)

$500,000

1971

Record Sales

Estimated earnings from his compilation album Frank Sinatra's Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 (certified platinum by RIAA)

$1,000,000

1968

Record Sales

Estimated earnings from his album My Way (certified gold by RIAA)

$500,000

1967

Record Sales

Estimated earnings from his compilation album Frank Sinatra's Greatest Hits (certified 2x platinum by RIAA)

$2,000,000

1967

Record Sales

Estimated earnings from his album Cycles (certified gold by RIAA)

$500,000

1966

Salary

Salary from The Naked Runner

$1,000,000

1965

Record Sales

Estimated earnings from his live album Sinatra at the Sands (certified gold by RIAA)

$500,000

1965

Record Sales

Estimated earnings from his album Strangers in the Night (certified platinum by RIAA)

$1,000,000

1965

Record Sales

Estimated earnings from his album That's Life (certified gold by RIAA)

$500,000

1964

Record Sales

Estimated earnings from his album September of My Years (certified gold by RIAA)

$500,000

1964

Record Sales

Estimated earnings from his album A Man and His Music (certified platinum by RIAA)

$1,000,000

1962

Record Sales

Estimated earnings from his album Sinatra's Sinatra (certified gold by RIAA)

$500,000

1961

Salary

Salary from The Manchurian Candidate

$1,000,000

1959

Record Sales

Estimated earnings from his album Nice 'n' Easy (certified gold by RIAA)

$500,000

1958

Record Sales

Estimated earnings from his album Come Dance with Me! (certified gold by RIAA)

$500,000

1957

Record Sales

Estimated earnings from his album Come Fly with Me (certified gold by RIAA)

$500,000

1957

Record Sales

Estimated earnings from his album Frank Sinatra Sings for Only the Lonely (certified gold by RIAA)

$500,000

1956

Salary

Weekly salary from The Pride and the Passion

$10,000

1956

Record Sales

Estimated earnings from his album A Jolly Christmas from Frank Sinatra (certified platinum by RIAA)

$1,000,000

1955

Record Sales

Estimated earnings from his compilation album This Is Sinatra! (certified gold by RIAA)

$500,000

1955

Record Sales

Estimated earnings from his album Songs for Swingin' Lovers! (certified gold by RIAA)

$500,000

1954

Record Sales

Estimated earnings from his album In the Wee Small Hours (certified gold by RIAA)

$500,000

1952

Record Sales

Salary from From Here to Eternity

$8,000

1950

Record Sales

Salary from Meet Danny Wilson

$25,000

1948

Record Sales

Salary from Take Me Out to the Ball Game

$125,000

1947

Record Sales

Salary from The Miracle of the Bells

$100,000

1942

Record Sales

Salary from Higher and Higher

$25,000

1942

Record Sales

Salary from Reveille with Beverly

$1,500

1940

Salary

Daily salary from Las Vegas Nights

$15,000

1938

Record Sales

Weekly salary in his one-year contract when he was hired by Harry James

$75,000

1934

Record Sales

Salary from Major Bowes Amateur Theater of the Air

$35,000

1934

Record Sales

Weekly salary as a singing waiter and MC at the Rustic Cabin in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey

$150,000