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Best recognized for his distinctive voice, Tom Waits is an American actor, composer, musician, and singer-songwriter with an estimated net worth of $25 million. Tom Waits is also known for his incorporation of different musical styles such as jazz, vaudeville, and blues. His soundtrack One from the Heart earned him a nomination for the Academy Award while his albums, Mule Variations, and Bone Machine, earned him two Grammy Awards. In 2011, he became an inductee to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

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Apart from being a successful musician, Tom Waits has also appeared in several TV and film projects. In fact, he has starred in Down by Law, a 1986 film.

Earnings & Financial Data

Date

Category

Description

Amount

2019

Asset

Current value of Tom Waits' website tomwaits.com

$33,500

2011

Record Sales

Record sales of the album Bad as Me (approximately 430,305 copies sold)

$559,400

2008

Record Sales

Record sales of the album Anywhere I Lay My Head with American actress Scarlett Johansson (approximately 25 thousand copies sold)

$32,500

2006

Record Sales

Record sales of the box set Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards (approximately 540 thousand copies sold)

$702,000

2004

Record Sales

Record sales of the album Real Gone (approximately 512 thousand copies sold)

$665,600

2002

Record Sales

Record sales of the Hullabaloo Soundtrack with the English rock band Muse (approximately 100 thousand copies sold)

$130,000

2002

Record Sales

Record sales of the album Blood Money (approximately 183 thousand copies sold)

$237,900

2002

Record Sales

Record sales of the album Alice (approximately 390 thousand copies sold)

$507,000

2001

Record Sales

Record sales of the album It's a Wonderful Life with the American musical act Sparklehorse (approximately 63 thousand copies sold)

$81,900

1999

Record Sales

Record sales of the album Mule Variations (approximately 1.05 million copies sold)

$1,370,000

1987

Record Sales

Record sales of the album Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night (approximately 275 thousand copies sold)

$357,500

1987

Record Sales

Record sales of the album Franks Wild Years (approximately 50 thousand copies sold)

$65,000

1986

Record Sales

Record sales of the album Dirty Work with the English rock band The Rolling Stones (approximately 1,731,800 copies sold)

$2,250,000

1985

Record Sales

Record sales of the album Rain Dogs (approximately 650 thousand copies sold)

$845,000

1983

Record Sales

Record sales of the album Swordfishtrombones (approximately 60 thousand copies sold)

$72,000

1978

Record Sales

Record sales of the album Blue Valentine (approximately 100 thousand copies sold)

$130,000

1976

Record Sales

Record sales of the album Small Change (approximately 95 thousand copies sold)

$123,500

1975

Record Sales

Record sales of the live album Nighthawks at the Diner (approximately 60 thousand copies sold)

$78,000

1974

Record Sales

Record sales of the album The Heart of Saturday Night (approximately 100 thousand copies sold)

$130,000

1973

Record Sales

Record sales of the album Closing Time (approximately 100 thousand copies sold)

$130,000