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Simon John Charles Le Bon, who is simply referred to as Simon Le Bon, is an English musician having a net worth of $60 million. His birth place is Bushey in England on the 27 October 1958. He became famous as the song writer, musician and singer of the band ‘Duran Duran’ and for his singing in the band ‘Arcadia’.
Simon’s wealth and fame primarily comes from the immensely popular music band “Duran Duran”. His childhood friends Nick Rhodes and John Taylor founded this band along with the songwriter and singer Stephen Duffy in the year 1978. Duran Duran was known for their energetic sound. They released their first album in 1981 which became a successful one.
Egged on by the success, Duran Duran released many more albums during the 1980s such as Rio, Seven and the Ragged Tiger, and Arena. Band members of Duran Duran were already widely recognized by this time. The band released these albums by travelling and touring and through huge promotions. Le Bon then went on the form another band by the name of “Arcadia”. This band was formed with Roger Taylor and Nick Rhodes.
Simon first showed his artistic talent at the early age of 6 when he passed the screen test for the Persil washing powder advertisement. On a personal front, he got engaged to Claire Stansfield, the actress and a model in 1980. But there was no marriage. In 1985, he finally got married to Yasmin Parvaneh, the fashion model. The couple has three daughters - Amber Rose Tamara Le Bon, Saffron Sahara and Tallulah Pine.
Earnings & Financial Data
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Date |
Category |
Description |
Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
|
2006 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from the album Red Carpet Massacre with Duran Duran (88,000 copies sold in the U.S.) |
$88,000 |
|
2003 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from the album Astronaut with Duran Duran (certified gold by BPI) |
$100,000 |
|
1997 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from the compilation album Greatest (certified 3x platinum by BPI, platinum by RIAA and gold by Music Canada) |
$1,950,000 |
|
1994 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from the album Thank You with Duran Duran (certified gold by RIAA and BPI) |
$600,000 |
|
1992 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from the album Duran Duran (The Wedding Album) with Duran Duran (certified platinum by RIAA and gold by BPI) |
$1,100,000 |
|
1989 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from the album Liberty with Duran Duran (certified silver by BPI) |
$60,000 |
|
1988 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from the compilation album Decade (certified platinum by RIAA and BPI) |
$1,300,000 |
|
1987 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from the album Big Thing with Duran Duran (certified gold by RIAA and silver by BPI) |
$560,000 |
|
1985 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from the album Notorious with Duran Duran (certified platinum by RIAA and Music Canada, and gold by BPI) |
$1,200,000 |
|
1984 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from the album So Red the Rose with Arcadia (certified 2x platinum by Music Canada and platinum by RIAA) |
$1,100,000 |
|
1983 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from the live album Arena (certified 2x platinum by RIAA and platinum by BPI) |
$2,300,000 |
|
1982 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from the album Duran Duran with Duran Duran (certified 3x platinum by Music Canada, 2x platinum by RIAA, platinum by BPI, and gold by IFPI-FIN) |
$2,550,000 |
|
1981 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from the album Rio with Duran Duran (certified 2x platinum by RIAA and Music Canada, platinum by BPI, and gold by IFPI-FIN) |
$2,410,000 |
|
1980 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from the album Duran Duran with Duran Duran (certified 2x platinum by Music Canada, and platinum by RIAA and BPI) |
$1,400,000 |