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English musician and guitarist Jonny Buckland has a net worth of $75 million. Buckland is lead guitarist with Coldplay and the man responsible for their unique sound. The supergroup have produced five best-selling albums, starting in 2000 with Parachutes, which sold more than 7m copies. They have also made millions from touring, with their 2008-09 tour producing box office receipts of $156.3 million. The band trade as a partnership called Headlong Tours LLP, whose 2009-10 accounts revealed profits of £11.5 million. Millions more will come from the tour they began in 2011 that continues through 2012, including five dates in the UK.

Earnings & Financial Data

Date

Category

Description

Amount

2014

Performance Fee

Estimated earnings from the album A Head Full of Dreams with the British rock band Coldplay (certified 2x platinum by BPI and SNEP, platinum by ARIA, Music Canada and BVMI, and gold by RIAA and RMNZ)

$1,920

2013

Record Sales

Estimated earnings from the live album Ghost Stories Live 2014 with the British rock band Coldplay (certified gold by BPI)

$81,000

2013

Record Sales

Estimated earnings from the album Ghost Stories with the British rock band Coldplay (certified 3x paltinum by SNEP, 2x platinum by BPI, platinum by RIAA, ARIA, Music Canada an d IFPI-SWI, 3x gold by BVMI, and gold by RMNZ)

$4,500

2011

Record Sales

Estimated earnings from the live album Coldplay Live 2012 with the British rock band Coldplay (certified platinum by SNEP)

$583,000

2011

Record Sales

Estimated earnings from the video album Coldplay Live 2012 with the British rock band Coldplay (certified 7x platinum by ARIA, 4x platinum by BPI, and gold by AFP)

$309,000

2010

Record Sales

Estimated earnings from the album Mylo Xyloto with the British rock band Coldplay (certified diamond by SNEP, 5x platinum by Music Canada, 4x platinum by BPI, ARIA and IRMA, 3x platinum by BVMI, IFPI-SWI and NVPI, and 2x platinum by RIAA and RMNZ)

$8,070,000

2007

Record Sales

Estimated earnings from the album Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends with the British rock band Coldplay (certified diamond by SNEP, 5x platinum by Music Canada, 4x platinum by ARIA, BPI and IRMA, 3x platinum by BVMI, IFPI-SWI and NVPI, and 2x platinum by RIAA and RMNZ)

$11,000,000

2004

Record Sales

Estimated earnings from the album X&Y with the British rock band Coldplay (certified 9x platinum by BPI, 8x platinum by IRMA, 6x platinum by ARIA, 5x platinum by Music Canada, 4x platinum by RMNZ, 3x platinum by RIAA and BVMI, 2x platinum by SNEP and IFPI-SWI)

$16,600,000

2002

Record Sales

Estimated earnings from the live album Coldplay Live 2003 with the British rock band Coldplay (certified gold by RIAA, ARIA and RMNZ)

$1,026,000

2002

Record Sales

Estimated earnings from the video album Coldplay Live 2003 with the British rock band Coldplay (certified 6x platinum by RIAA)

$600,000

2001

Record Sales

Estimated earnings from the album A Rush of Blood to the Head with the British rock band Coldplay (certified 9x platinum by BPI, 7x platinum by ARIA, 4x platinum by RIAA and Music Canada, 3x gold by BVMI, and gold by IFPI-SWI)

$20,200,000

1999

Record Sales

Estimated earnings from the album Parachutes with the British rock band Coldplay (certified 8x platinum by BPI, 3x platinum by ARIA, 2x platinum by RIAA, Music Canada and RMNZ, 2x gol by SNEP, and gold by BVMI, IFPI-SWI)

$10,000,000