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Brightman has an estimated net worth of $60 million. Brightman was born on 14 August 1960 in Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire. In 1978, she released the single I Lost My Heart to a Starship Trooper and it became an instant disco hit. Three years later, she auditioned for a role in Cats, where she met her future husband, Andrew Lloyd Webber. They got married in 1982 and she went on to star in a number of his shows, including The Phantom of the Opera.

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Brightman and Lloyd Webber divorced in 1990. A year later she met Frank Peterson, who has produced a number of her albums, including Dive, Fly, Timeless, Eden and La Luna, all of which have sold well.

She is a true international star with a big following in North America and Japan.

Earnings & Financial Data

Date

Category

Description

Amount

2010

Asset

Purchase value of the three-bedroom house in Beverly Hills, California

$2,850,000

2007

Record Sales

Estimated record sales from the album, A Winter Symphony (80 thousand copies sold in Canada)

$120,000

2007

Record Sales

Estimated record sales from the album, A Winter Symphony

$150,000

2002

Record Sales

Estimated record sales from the album, Harem (100 thousand copies sold in Japan)

$150,000

2002

Record Sales

Estimated record sales from the album, Harem (40 thousand copies sold in Canada)

$60,000

1999

Record Sales

Estimated record sales from the album, La Luna (80 thousand copies sold in Canada)

$120,000

1999

Record Sales

Estimated record sales from the album, La Luna (500 thousand copies sold in the U.S.)

$750,000

1997

Record Sales

Estimated record sales from the album, Eden (500 thousand copies sold in the U.S.)

$750,000

1997

Record Sales

Estimated record sales from the album, Eden (80 thousand copies sold in UK)

$120,000

1996

Record Sales

Estimated record sales from the album, Timeless (100 thousand copies sold in UK)

$150,000

1996

Record Sales

Estimated record sales from the album, Timeless (240 thousand copies sold in Canada)

$360,000

1996

Record Sales

Estimated record sales from the album, Timeless (1 million copies sold in the U.S.)

$1,500,000

1994

Record Sales

Estimated record sales from the album, Fly (100 thousand copies sold in Germany)

$150,000

1992

Record Sales

Estimated record sales from the album, Dive (40 thousand copies sold in Canada)

$60,000