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Merle Haggard is an American country singer, songwriter, guitarist and instrumentalist with a net worth of $40 million. He co-founded the band 'The Strangers' and transformed country music totally. Throughout the 1990s and 2000s, Merle released a number of successful albums. In 1994, he was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame and in 1997 he gained entry into the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame.
Haggard and his band 'The Strangers' created the Bakersfield sound which is a unique mix of traditional steel guitar sound and new styles of vocal harmony where the words are minimal. By the 1970s, Haggard became involved with growing outlaw country movement and continued to release albums which tasted reasonable success.
Merle Haggard has married as many as five times and he has four children with his first wife and two children with his 5th wife. He started smoking marijuana at the age of 41 but quit the habit in 1995. He quit smoking cigarettes in 1991. Haggard underwent a surgery for lung cancer in 2008 but within less than two months after this surgery, he played two shows at Buck Owen's Crystal Palace on Jan 2 & 3, 2009. Since then, he continues to record and tour.
Earnings & Financial Data
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Date |
Category |
Description |
Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
|
2018 |
Asset |
Current value of Merle Haggard's website merlehaggard.com |
$19,900 |
|
2015 |
Earning Turned Donation |
Money spent for the movement and restoration of Merle Haggard's boxcar home to the Kern County Museum |
$150,000 |
|
2015 |
Record Sales |
Record sales of the album Django and Jimmie with American country music artist Willie Nelson (approximately 148 thousand copies sold) |
$192,400 |
|
2007 |
Record Sales |
Record sales of the album Last of the Breed with American country music artists Willie Nelson and Ray Price (approximately 100 thousand copies sold) |
$130,000 |
|
2002 |
Record Sales |
Record sales of the compilation album 20 Greatest Hits (approximately 206,500 copies sold) |
$268,450 |
|
1999 |
Record Sales |
Record sales of the compilation album For the Record, 43 Legendary Hits (approximately 500 thousand copies sold |
$650,000 |
|
1998 |
Record Sales |
Record sales of the compilation album 16 Biggest Hits (approximately 500 thousand copies sold |
$650,000 |
|
1994 |
Record Sales |
Record sales of the compilation album Super Hits, Vol. 2 (approximately 500 thousand copies sold) |
$650,000 |
|
1984 |
Record Sales |
Record sales of the compilation album His Epic Hits: The First 11 (To Be Continued...) (approximately 1 million copies sold) |
$1,300,000 |
|
1983 |
Record Sales |
Record sales of the album Pancho & Lefty with outlaw country musician Willie Nelson (approximately 1.04 million copies sold) |
$1,350,000 |
|
1981 |
Record Sales |
Record sales of the album Big City with the American country band The Strangers (approximately 500 thousand copies sod) |
$650,000 |
|
1972 |
Record Sales |
Record sales of the compilation album The Best of the Best (approximately 1 million copies sold) |
$1,300,000 |
|
1970 |
Record Sales |
Record sales of the live album The Fightin' Side of Me with the American country band The Strangers (approximately 500 thousand copies sod) |
$650,000 |
|
1969 |
Record Sales |
Record sales of the live album Okie from Muskogee with the American country band The Strangers (approximately 1 million copies sod) |
$1,300,000 |
|
1968 |
Record Sales |
Record sales of the compilation album The Best of Merle Haggard (approximately 1 million copies sold) |
$1,300,000 |