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English rock singer-songwriter, composer, pianist and occasional actor, Sir Elton Hercules John has a net worth of $480 million in 2015. Sir Elton John is the second richest singer in UK. In his four-decade career John has sold more than 250 million records, making him one of the most successful artists of all time. The prolific songwriter and a flamboyant performer, had 30 different hits on the top 40 charts between 1970 and 1982. He has won six Grammy Awards, four Brit Awards, an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award and a Tony Award.
He's rich, he's famous and he's generous, Sir Elton John has long been a significant donor to charities focusing on humanitarian causes, the arts and medicine. According to the Sunday Times' Giving List, his recent donations of £23.2 million make him the ninth most generous person in Britain. His £220 million fortune has kept him in fine clothes and filled his homes with flowers, but the singer is also a dedicated charity campaigner and philanthropist. Since 2004, the Giving List has tracked £180m of donations from the Rocket Man singer, and he regularly gives performances in aid of Aids and cancer charities.
Earnings & Financial Data
|
Date |
Category |
Description |
Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
|
2012 |
Ticket Sales |
Total amount grossed from his 102 live shows |
$204,000,000 |
|
2010 |
Ticket Sales |
Greatest Hits tour gross income |
$36,500,000 |
|
2010 |
Performance Fee |
His talent fee for performing at the fourth wedding of Rush Limbaugh |
$1,000,000 |
|
2002 |
Sale of Asset |
He generated this amount from the sale of the contents of his Holland Park home |
$1,310,000 |
|
2000 |
Sale of Asset |
He got nearly £2 million from the sale of his cars which included the 1993 Jaguar XJ220, Bentleys, Rolls Royce and Ferraris |
$3,280,000 |
|
1991 |
Contract |
Along with Taupin, he signed a music publishing contract with the Warner/Chappell Music viable for the next nine years |
$39,000,000 |
|
1987 |
Performance Fee |
He netted over $20 million for the five sold out shows he did in New York's Madison Square Garden |
$20,000,000 |
|
1973 |
Contract |
In 1974, he signed a contract with MCA which eventually took out $25 million worth of insurance for Elton John's life |
$8,000,000 |
