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American rock musician, singer, songwriter, and photographer Lou Reed has an estimated net worth of $15 million.
A firmer grasp of rock's earthier qualities has ensured a more consistent career path than Bowie's, particularly in his later years. Yet his catalog is extremely inconsistent, in both quality and stylistic orientation. Few would deny Reed's immense importance and considerable achievements, however. As has often been written, he expanded the vocabulary of rock & roll lyrics into the previously forbidden territory of kinky sex, drug use (and abuse), decadence, transvestites, homosexuality, and suicidal depression. As has been pointed out less often, he remained (and remains) committed to using rock & roll as a forum for literary, mature expression well into middle age, without growing lyrically soft or musically complacent. By and large, he's taken on these challenging duties with uncompromising honesty and a high degree of realism.
For these reasons, he's often cited as punk's most important ancestor. It's often overlooked, though, that he's equally skilled at celebrating romantic joy, and rock & roll itself, as he is at depicting harrowing urban realities.
Earnings & Financial Data
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Date |
Category |
Description |
Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
|
2017 |
Others |
Sales of the video Danny Says as the subject |
$62,700 |
|
2016 |
Box Office Sales |
Box office sales of the movie Danny Says as the subject |
$44,210 |
|
2014 |
Earnings |
Earnings of Lou Reed's estate |
$20,380,000 |
|
2014 |
Asset |
Current value of Lou Reed's estate |
$30,000,000 |
|
2013 |
Asset |
Current value of Lou Reed's home in East Hampton |
$1,500,000 |
|
2012 |
Record Sales |
Record sales of the album Synthetica with the Canadian indie rock band Metric (approximately 215 thousand copies sold) |
$279,500 |
|
2011 |
Record Sales |
First week record sales of the album Lulu with the American heavy metal band Metallica (approximately 13 thousand copies sold) |
$16,900 |
|
2010 |
Box Office Sales |
Worldwide box office sales of the movie Arthur 3: The War of the Two Worlds as the voice of Emperor Maltazard |
$30,700,000 |
|
2010 |
Record Sales |
Record sales of the album Plastic Beach with the British virtual band Gorillaz (approximately 624.5 thousand copies sold) |
$811,850 |
|
2009 |
Asset |
Purchase value of Lou Reed's home in East Hampton, New York |
$1,500,000 |
|
2009 |
Box Office Sales |
Worldwide box office sales of the movie Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard as the voice of Emperor Maltazard |
$78,520,000 |
|
2007 |
Record Sales |
Record sales of the compilation album Sawdust with the American indie rock band The Killers (approximately 549.5 thousand copies sold) |
$714,350 |
|
2007 |
Box Office Sales |
Box office sales of the movie Berlin: Live at St. Ann's Warehouse as himself |
$114,860 |
|
2005 |
Record Sales |
Record sales of the album I Am a Bird Now with the New York City band Antony and the Johnsons (approximately 401.5 thousand copies sold) |
$521,950 |
|
2001 |
Box Office Sales |
Box office sales of the movie Prozac Nation as himself |
$129,360 |
|
2000 |
Record Sales |
Record sales of the compilation album The Very Best of Lou Reed (approximately 60 thousand copies sold) |
$78,000 |
|
1995 |
Record Sales |
Record sales of the Friends Original TV Soundtrack with various artists (approximately 1 million copies sold) |
$1,300,000 |
|
1995 |
Record Sales |
Record sales of the compilation album The Best of Lou Reed & The Velvet Underground (approximately 100 thousand copies sold) |
$130,000 |
|
1995 |
Box Office Sales |
Box office sales of the movie Blue in the Face as a Man with Strange Glasses |
$1,280,000 |
|
1993 |
Box Office Sales |
Box office sales of the movie In weiter Ferne, so nah! or Faraway, So Close! as himself |
$810,460 |
|
1992 |
Others |
Sales of the video I Still Believe in You with American country music artist Vince Gill (approximately 100 thousand copies sold) |
$130,000 |
|
1992 |
Record Sales |
Record sales of the album I Still Believe in You with American country music artist Vince Gill (approximately 5.3 million copies sold) |
$6,890,000 |
|
1989 |
Record Sales |
Record sales of the compilation album Retro (approximately 60 thousand copies sold) |
$78,000 |
|
1989 |
Record Sales |
Record sales of the album New York (approximately 898.6 thousand copies sold) |
$1,170,000 |
|
1988 |
Record Sales |
Estimated record sales from the album, New York (500 thousand copies in the U.S.) |
$750,000 |
|
1988 |
Record Sales |
Estimated record sales from the album, New York (100 thousand copies in UK) |
$150,000,000 |
|
1988 |
Box Office Sales |
Box office sales of the movie Permanent Record as himself |
$1,890,000 |
|
1983 |
Box Office Sales |
Box office sales of the movies Get Crazy as Auden and Rock & Rule as Mok's singing voice |
$1,680,000 |
|
1980 |
Box Office Sales |
Box office sales of the movie One-Trick Pony as Steve Kunelian |
$843,220 |
|
1974 |
Record Sales |
Record sales of the live album Rock 'n' Roll Animal (approximately 550 thousand copies sold) |
$715,000 |
|
1973 |
Record Sales |
Record sales of the album Berlin (approximately 60 thousand copies sold) |
$78,000 |
|
1972 |
Record Sales |
Record sales of the album Transformer (approximately 559,666 copies sold) |
$727,570 |