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Exceptional drummer, composer, and musician Carter Beauford has a net worth of $65 million. His wealth is a product of his astounding musical talents as a percussionist, drummer, and composer for a variety of bands an artists, including the renowned Dave Matthews Band. His ability to adapt to a range of genres, his ambidextrous nature, and open hand drumming has gone a long way to make him famous.
He was born in Charlottesville, Virginia in the United States on the 2nd of November 1957 and is currently married to Karen Beauford. His career started at a very early age (3 years) when his father took him to a Buddy Rich concert and later bought him a tiny paper head drum set. He had his first professional gig at the age of nine with a Jazz-fusion outfit, which was led by an associate of John Coltrane, Big Nick Nicholas. He also has a degree from Shenandoah University in Winchester, Virginia for Occupational Therapy.
Earnings & Financial Data
Date |
Category |
Description |
Amount |
---|---|---|---|
2018 |
Record Sales |
Record sales of the album Come Tomorrow with the American rock band the Dave Matthews Band (approximately 1,185,000 copies sold) |
$1,540,000 |
2012 |
Earning Turned Donation |
Money raised from a charity concert that was donated to the homeless and children's charities in San Francisco, California |
$1,000,000 |
2012 |
Record Sales |
Record sales of the album Away from the World with the American rock band the Dave Matthews Band (approximately 500 thousand copies sold) |
$650,000 |
2010 |
Earning Turned Donation |
Donation of the band's own charity, the BAMA Works Fund, to a wide variety of need organizations to address the needs of disadvantaged youth, disabled persons, the environment, and arts and humanities in the city of Charlottesville, Virginia area, and surrounding area of Albemarle, Buckingham, Fluvanna, Greene, Louisa, Nelson, and Orange Counties |
$8,500,000 |
2009 |
Record Sales |
Record sales of the album Big Whiskey & the GrooGrux King with the American rock band the Dave Matthews Band (approximately 5.5 million copies sold) |
$7,150,000 |
2006 |
Record Sales |
Record sales of the greatest hits compilation album The Best of What's Around Vol. 1, also known as TBOWA Vol. 1 with the American rock band the Dave Matthews Band (approximately 500 thousand copies sold) |
$650,000 |
2005 |
Record Sales |
Record sales of the album Before Stand Up with the American rock band the Dave Matthews Band (approximately 1 million copies sold) |
$1,300,000 |
2004 |
Record Sales |
Record sales of the live album The Gorge with the American rock band the Dave Matthews Band (approximately 500 thousand copies sold) |
$650,000 |
2003 |
Record Sales |
Record sales of the live album The Central Park Concert with the American rock band the Dave Matthews Band (approximately 1 million copies sold) |
$1,300,000 |
2002 |
Record Sales |
Record sales of the album Busted Stuff with the American rock band the Dave Matthews Band and the live album Live at Folsom Field, Boulder, Colorado with the American rock band the Dave Matthews Band (approximately 3 million copies sold) |
$3,900,000 |
2001 |
Record Sales |
Record sales of the album Everyday with the American rock band the Dave Matthews Band and the live album Live in Chicago 12.19.98 at the United Center with the American rock band the Dave Matthews Band (approximately 4.1 million copies sold) |
$5,330,000 |
1999 |
Record Sales |
Record sales of the live album Listener Supported with the American rock band the Dave Matthews Band (approximately 2 million copies sold) |
$2,600,000 |
1998 |
Record Sales |
Record sales of the album Before These Crowded Streets with the American rock band the Dave Matthews Band (approximately 4.08 million copies sold) |
$5,300,000 |
1997 |
Record Sales |
Record sales of the live album Live at Red Rocks 8.15.95 with the American rock band the Dave Matthews Band (approximately 2 million copies sold) |
$2,600,000 |
1996 |
Record Sales |
Record sales of the album Crash with the American rock band the Dave Matthews Band (approximately 7.08 million copies sold) |
$9,200,000 |
1994 |
Record Sales |
Record sales of the album Under the Table and Dreaming with the American rock band the Dave Matthews Band (approximately 6.04 million copies sold) |
$7,850,000 |
1993 |
Record Sales |
Record sales of the live album Remember Two Things with the American rock band the Dave Matthews Band (approximately 1 million copies sold) |
$1,300,000 |