Quick Links
When country music star Johnny Cash passed away, his total net worth was $120 million. He was an American singer, songwriter and actor who was best known for his number one hit songs like "I Walk The Line" and "The Folsom Prison Blues." Johnny Cash was born in Kingsland, Arkansas to parents who had been affected by the great depression. The painful ordeal his family went through during this time inspired many of Cash's later hit songs. He got his first break after moving to Memphis, Tennessee in 1954 and auditioning numerous times at Sun Records studio. At first, the record producers there did not like his gospel style music. So, Cash changed the form of his music into a "rockabilly" style, which was an early form of rock and roll. He then got his first recordings at Sun Records for the songs "Cry! Cry! Cry!" and "Hey Porter." His stardom took off from there and he became known as one of the most prominent singers of the 20th century. His name is synonymous with "music legend."
Earnings & Financial Data
|
Date |
Category |
Description |
Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
|
2013 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from his album Out Among the Stars Grave (149,000 copies in the US and 63,700 in the UK) |
$212,700 |
|
2009 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from his album American VI: Ain't No Grave (250,000 copies in the US) |
$250,000 |
|
2005 |
Sale of Asset |
Value of his lakeside home on Caudill Drive in Hendersonville upon sale |
$2,300,000 |
|
2005 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from his compilation album 16 Biggest Hits: Johnny Cash & June Carter Cash (333,000 copies in the US) |
$333,000 |
|
2004 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from his compilation album The Legend (certified gold by RIAA) |
$525,000 |
|
2004 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from his compilation album The Legend of Johnny Cash (certified 2x platinum by RIAA) |
$2,200,000 |
|
2002 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from his compilation album Unearthed (certified gold by RIAA) |
$520,000 |
|
2001 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from his compilation album The Essential Johnny Cash (certified 2x platinum by RIAA) |
$2,230,000 |
|
2001 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from his album American IV: The Man Comes Around (certified platinum by RIAA and Music Canada) |
$1,120,000 |
|
2001 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from his album American V: A Hundred Highways (certified gold by RIAA and Music Canada) |
$90,000 |
|
1999 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from his gospel album Return to the Promised Land (2,000 copies) |
$2,000 |
|
1998 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from his compilation album 16 Biggest Hits (certified 2x platinum by RIAA) |
$2,200,000 |
|
1993 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from his compilation album Super Hitsh (certified platinum by RIAA) |
$1,100,000 |
|
1990 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from his compilation album The Best of Johnny Cash (certified gold by RIAA) |
$520,000 |
|
1971 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from his album The Johnny Cash Collection: Greatest Hits Volume II (certified platinum by RIAA) |
$1,090,000 |
|
1969 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from his live album The Johnny Cash Show (certified gold by RIAA) |
$513,000 |
|
1969 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from his album Hello, I'm Johnny Cash (certified gold by RIAA) |
$514,000 |
|
1969 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from his album The World of Johnny Cash (certified gold by RIAA) |
$515,000 |
|
1968 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from his live album At San Quentin (certified 3x platinum by RIAA and platinum by Music Canada) |
$3,160,000 |
|
1967 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from his live album At Folsom Prison (certified 3x platinum by RIAA and platinum by Music Canada) |
$3,150,000 |
|
1966 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from his compilation album Johnny Cash's Greatest Hits (certified 2x platinum by RIAA and platinum by Music Canada) |
$2,150,000 |
|
1963 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from his album I Walk the Line (certified gold by RIAA) |
$510,000 |
|
1962 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from his album Ring of Fire: The Best of Johnny Cash (certified gold by RIAA) |
$507,000 |