Musicians

Jim Steinman Net Worth

Published

10 months ago

June 12, 2023

Daniel Wanburg

Jim Steinman's Net Worth as of 2024
$10 Million

James Richard “Jim” Steinman was born on the 1st November 1947, in New York City, USA, and is a Grammy Award-winning producer, composer, and lyricist, best known for his collaboration with such musicians as Meat Loaf, Bonnie Tyler, and Barbra Streisand, among others. Steinman’s career started in 1969.

Have you ever wondered how rich Jim Steinman is, as of late 2016? According to authoritative sources, it has been estimated that Jim Steinman’s net worth is as high as $10 million, earned through his successful career as a music producer. In addition to being responsible for numerous hits, Steinman has also worked as a pianist, singer, and arranger, which has improved his wealth.

Jim Steinman Net Worth $10 Million

Jim Steinman grew up in New York where he went to the George W. Hewlett High School and later studied at the Amherst College, from where he graduated with bachelor’s degree in 1969. While at college, Steinman made music for the College’s adaptation of Bertolt Brecht’s “A Man’s a Man”, and also directed their production of Michael McClure’s “The Beard”. In his final year at Amherst, Steinman wrote the book, music and lyrics for “The Dream Engine” (1969).

After his graduation in 1969, Steinman continued to work in musical theatres, and in 1971 he provided music for the puppet show “Ubu”, and the next year he wrote the music for Barry Keating’s musical “Rhinegold”, based on Richard Wagner’s opera “Das Rheingold”. Steinman’s first commercially released song was “Happy Ending”, which appeared on Yvonne Elliman’s album called “Food of Love” in 1973.The same year Jim wrote the music and lyrics for the musical “More Than You Deserve”, which later found a place on Meat Loaf’s album “Dead Ringer” in 1981.

In 1975, Steinman made music for Thomas Babe’s “Kid Champion”, starring Christopher Walken, and in 1977, wrote all seven tracks for Meat Loaf’s album entitled “Bat Out of Hell”. The album achieved multiple platinum status in the US and the UK, and sold over 40 million copies worldwide. It peaked at No. 14 on the US Billboard 200 and No. 9 on UK Albums chart. The success of the release helped Steinman to increase his net worth significantly.

In 1981, Steinman again wrote all songs on Meat Loaf’s “Dead Ringer” album, which reached No. 45 on the US Billboard 200 and topped the UK Albums chart. In the same year, Jim released his only solo album called “Bad for Good”, with the Canadian singer Rory Dodd contributing with lead vocals after Meat Loaf’s vocal problems at the time prevented him from singing. The release was a major commercial success and added more money to Steinman’s bank account. In 1983, Steinman produced Bonnie Tyler’s album “Faster Than the Speed of Night”, and wrote two singles including the most influential entitled “Total Eclipse of the Heart”. The album achieved platinum status in America, peaked at No. 4 position on the US Billboard 200 and topped the UK Albums chart, which only increased his net worth.

Steinman and Tyler teamed up again in 1986 for her sixth studio album called “Secret Dreams and Forbidden Fire”. Although it wasn’t as successful as its predecessor, Steinman’s contribution on four out of eight songs didn’t go unnoticed. By the end of the ‘80s, Steinman had produced and written the majority of Pandora’s Box’s concept album entitled “Original Sin” (1989). He also wrote the music for the comedy “Rude Awakening” (1989), starring Cheech Marin, Eric Roberts, and Robert Carradine.

In 1993, Steinman and Meat Loaf worked again on “Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell”, 16 years after Loaf’s debut solo album “Bat Out of Hell”, which was successful in achieving 5x platinum in the US and 6x platinum in the UK; the album also topped both US Billboard 200 and UK Albums charts. In the ‘90s and 2000s, Steinman collaborated with many notable musicians such as The Sisters of Mercy, Celine Dion, Air Supply, Barry Manilow, Cher, and Def Leppard, among others. Most recently, he wrote all ten tracks on Meat Loaf’s latest album called “Braver Than We Are”, which was released in September 2016.

Regarding his personal life, Jim Steinman most intimate details such as marital status are unknown, as he successfully manages to keep them out of the public eye. In 2004, he suffered from serious cardiac problems, but since then he has been in good health.

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Actresses

Milla Jovovich Net Worth

Published

3 weeks ago

March 24, 2024

Daniel Wanburg

Milla Natasha Jovovich was born on 17 December 1975, in Kiev, Ukraine (then in the USSR), and is a model, actress and singer, perhaps best known for her breakthrough role in the film “The Fifth Element” in 1997, with Bruce Willis and Gary Oldman.

So just how rich is Milla Jovovich, as of late 2017? Authoritative sources estimate that Milla has a net worth of over $45 million, accumulated from her various career elements spanning almost 30 years since she began modelling in 1987.

Milla Jovovich Net Worth $45 Million

Milla had a really unusual childhood, maybe that’s one of the reasons for her multi-million dollar net worth. Jovovich started her carrier in modeling from the early age of nine, a few years after she and her parents moved from Ukraine, which at that time belonged to the Soviet Union, to Los Angeles, California, in 1980. She even dropped out of school at the age of 12, when Gene Lemuel discovered her, and she signed a contract with Prima Modeling Agency. Milla Jovovich was covered by magazines including Vogue, Glamour, Madmoiselle, Cosmopolitan, Seventeen, and has been advertising brands including L’oreal, Christian Dior, Calvin Klein, Donna Koran, Revlon for many years.

However, exclusive looks and beauty was not the only value she had: Milla Jovovich has a great voice, a talent to write songs, design fashion and find herself in acting as well. Milla started her acting career in 1988 in the film “Two Moon Junction”, but the roles that gave this girl much more attention were in “Dazed and Confused” in 1993 and “The Fifth Element” in 1997 directed by Luc Besson, in which she worked with Bruce Willis. Of course, subsequently all five films based on “Resident Evil” made Milla Jovovich’s popularity and net worth go through the roof. The original movie was so successful that it was even turned into a video game.

Between her acting in those two movies, Milla tried the shoes of a singer and a song writer, and released her debut album – “The Divine Comedy – which was really appreciated by the audience and critics and even received positive feedback from Rolling Stone magazine’s, John McAlley; in his opinion the album was remarkable. In 1999 Milla Jovovich became a member of the band named Plastic Has Memory, and performed some gigs in New York and Las Vegas, but unfortunately not with her new band, and Milla has never released a second album.

As for her career in fashion, Milla launched her first line in 2003, and her brand was successful until 2008 when she decided to close her business because of lack of time, which is perhaps no surprise, assuming that all of her free time was taken-up by her daughter Ever Gabo Anderson, who was born in 2007.

As for other details of Milla’s personal life, aside from several well-known relationships, she has married three times, all husbands met when taking some part in films in which she was acting. She first married Shawn Andrews in 1992, which was apparently quickly annulled by her mother; ironically, he and Milla were starring in “Dazed and Confused”! The second was with the director of “The Fifth Element” – Luc Besson (1997-99), and she has been married to Paul W. S. Anderson, who worked with Jovovich on the set of “Resident Evil”, since 2009, and he is the father of her two daughters. The family is based in Los Angeles.

Milla is something of a philanthropist too, and often participates in and supports various charities including UNICEF, World Education, Ovarian Cancer Research Fund and many more.

Musicians

Tracy Byrd Net Worth

Published

3 weeks ago

March 21, 2024

Daniel Wanburg

Tracy Lynn Byrd was born on 17 December 1966, in Vidor, Texas USA, and is a country music artist, best known for releasing hit songs including “Holdin’ Heaven” and “Ten Rounds with Jose Cuervo”. He’s signed to MCA Nashville Records; all of his endeavors have helped put his net worth to where it is today.

How rich is Tracy Byrd? As of early-2017, sources estimate a net worth that is at $10 million, mostly earned through a successful career in country music. He’s had more than 30 hit singles and has a double platinum certification from one of his albums. As he continues his career it is expected that his wealth will increase.

Tracy Byrd Net Worth $10 million

Tracy attended Vidor High School, and after matriculating in 1985, went to Lamar University, and then to Texas State University to study business. During his time there, he performed with a local band called Rimfire; during a recording session at a local mall, he performed a cover of “Your Cheatin’ Heart” which impressed the studio owner, who then submitted his cover to a local contest, and it led to Byrd being signed by MCA Records in 1992.

In the same year, Tracy released his first single entitled “That’s the Thing About a Memory”. His first few songs would not hit the Top 40 charts; but in 1993 he released the hit “Holdin’ Heaven”., included on his self-titled debut album which would go on to get gold certification. He followed it up with another album release called “No Ordinary Man”, which would become his highest selling album, earning double-platinum certification having sold over two million copies in the US. All of the singles he released from the album charted, and the song “The Keeper of the Stars” won a Country Music Association award for Song of the Year. In 1995, he released his third album – “Love Lessons” – but it had a decline in popularity, although still earning gold certification, and it led to a fourth album entitled “Big Love”. The lead single of the album reached the Top Five along with the song “Don’t Take Her She’s All I Got”. His final studio album for MCA was released in 1997, and was entitled “I’m from the Country”. His net worth was rising steadily.

In 1999, Byrd was signed by RCA Records and worked on the album “It’s About Time”, which featured more country pop songs, but no singles reached the Top 40. Three years later he worked on “Ten Rounds” which went back to the traditional country sound, and this time songs hit the charts, especially “Ten Rounds with Jose Cuervo” which became his second number one hit. In 2003, he released “The Truth About Men”, which featured artists such as Blake Shelton and Montgomery Gentry; he had another top 10 hit in “Drinkin’ Bone”. The following year, he released a greatest hit albums, and it was followed by the album “Different Things” which was produced by the Blind Mule label. His net worth continued to improve.

For his personal life, it is known that Tracy is married to Michelle since 1991,and they have two children. The family resides in Beaumont, Texas. In 2009, he took a break from the music industry to take care of his family. Byrd has also been known to do charity work, hosting an annual music event as well as becoming a National Spokesperson for the Special Olympics.