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Lindsey Adams Buckingham is a versatile musician – he has worked as a singer, composer, guitarist and producer. He is best known by his musical group Fleetwood Mac. Lindsey’s net worth stands at $45 million. He has been the male lead singer and guitarist of this group from the year 1975 to 1987, and again from 1997 till today.
Lindsey was born on 3rd October 1949 in California, Palto Alto. Lindsey had developed interest in music at an early age by playing a toy Mickey Mouse guitar. His talents were visible right at a very young age.
The major source of his income is Fleetwood Mac and other albums released by him. The first solo album by him was “Law and Order”. Later, Lindsey also launched six solo and three live albums. He has performed in various live albums like Law and Order, Go Insane, Live, Greatest Hits, The Dance and many more by which he has became very popular. Fleetwood Mac remains one of the best-known bands ever, and so does Lindsey. Buckingham is famous for his different styles of guitar playing, which is known as fingerpicking and wide vocal range. The Rolling Stone Magazine has ranked Buckingham 100th in the 2011 list of “The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time”.
Kristen Messner, Buckingham's girlfriend, gave birth to their son on 8th July 1998 – his name is William Gregory Buckingham. Later on, they got married in 2000. Messner gave birth to a daughter Leelee later in 2000. In 2004, their third child was born – she was named Stella. He dedicated the song “It was You” from the album “Under The Skin” to his children.
Earnings & Financial Data
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Date |
Category |
Description |
Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
|
2002 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from the album Say You Will with the British-American rock band Fleetwood Mac (certified gold by RIAA, Music Canada, BPI and RMNZ) |
$657,500 |
|
2001 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from the compilation album The Very Best of Fleetwood Mac with the British-American rock band Fleetwood Mac (certified 8x platinum by ARIA, 7x platinum by RMNZ, 6x platinum by BPI, and platinum by RIAA) |
$5,585,000 |
|
2001 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from the compilation album The Best of Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac with the British-American rock band Fleetwood Mac (certified gold by BPI) |
$100,000 |
|
1996 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from the live album The Dance with the British-American rock band Fleetwood Mac (certified 5x platinum by RIAA, and platinum by ARIA, Music Canada and BPI) |
$5,770,000 |
|
1991 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from the compilation album 25 Years – The Chain with the British-American rock band Fleetwood Mac (certified 2x platinum by ARIA and RMNZ, and silver by BPI) |
$230,000 |
|
1989 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from the album Behind the Mask with the British-American rock band Fleetwood Mac (certified platinum by BPI, and gold by RIAA, BVMI and IFPI) |
$1,075,000 |
|
1987 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from the compilation album Greatest Hits (Warner Bros) with the British-American rock band Fleetwood Mac (certified 11x platinum by RMNZ, 9x platinum by ARIA, 8x platinum by RIAA, 3x platinum by BPI, platinum by BVMI, and 2x gold by SNEP) |
$10,520,000 |
|
1986 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from the album Tango in the Night with the British-American rock band Fleetwood Mac (certified 8x platinum by BPI, 5x platinum by Music Canada, 4x platinum by ARIA, 3x platinum by RIAA, 2x platinum by BVMI, and platinum by IFPI and PROMUSICAE) |
$7,330,000 |
|
1981 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from the album Mirage with the British-American rock band Fleetwood Mac (certified 2x platinum by RIAA and ARIA, platinum by BPI and Music Canada, and gold by BVMI, PROMUSICAE and SNEP) |
$3,043,000 |
|
1979 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from the live album Live with the British-American rock band Fleetwood Mac (certified gold by RIAA and BPI) |
$600,000 |
|
1978 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from the album Tusk with the British-American rock band Fleetwood Mac (certified 2x platinum by RIAA and ARIA, platinum by BPI, and gold by BVMI and SNEP) |
$2,858,000 |
|
1976 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from the album Rumours with the British-American rock band Fleetwood Mac (certified 2x diamond by RIAA and Music Canada, 13x platinum by ARIA and RMNZ, 11x platinum by BPI, platinum by SNEP, and 5x gold by BVMI) |
$27,380,000 |
|
1974 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from the compilation album Vintage Years with the British-American rock band Fleetwood Mac |
$75,000 |
|
1974 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from the album Fleetwood Mac or The White Album with the British-American rock band Fleetwood Mac (certified 5x platinum by RIAA and gold by BPI) |
$5,100,000 |
|
1972 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from the album Mystery to Me with the British-American rock band Fleetwood Mac (certified gold by RIAA) |
$750,000 |
|
1972 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from the album Penguin with the British-American rock band Fleetwood Mac |
$400,000 |
|
1971 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from the album Bare Trees with the British-American rock band Fleetwood Mac (certified platinum by RIAA) |
$1,000,000 |
|
1970 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from the album Future Games with the British-American rock band Fleetwood Mac (certified gold by RIAA) |
$500,000 |
|
1967 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from the album Fleetwood Mac or Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac with the British-American rock band Fleetwood Mac |
$1,150,000 |