Musicians
Clay Walker Net Worth
Clay Walker's Net Worth as of 2024
$8 Million
Ernest Clayton Walker, Jr. was born on the 19th August 1969, in Vidor, Texas USA, and is a country music artist with 30 country singles that have made it to the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts, and has also recorded 11 studio albums thus far. Walker’s career started in 1993.
Have you ever wondered how rich Clay Walker is, as of late 2016? According to authoritative sources, it has been estimated that Walker’s net worth is as high as $8 million, an amount earned through her successful career in music. In addition to being a popular country artist, Walker has also appeared in a few movies, and worked on several soundtracks, which have improved his wealth too.
Clay Walker Net Worth $8 Million
Clay Walker was born the oldest of five children of Ernest and Danna Walker. He was introduced to the guitar at the age of nine thanks to his father, and Clay started competing in local talent competitions at the age of 15. He went to Vidor High School, and worked as nighttime desk clerk at a Super 8 Motel while still at school. After matriculation in 1986, Walker toured as a musician, looking for the gigs, and finally found a job at the bar called the Neon Armadillo in Beaumont, Texas. The record producer, James Strout, found Walker in November 1992 and offered him deal with Giant Records, a part of Warner Music Group. Later that year, Walker signed his first professional contract, and his net worth was established.
In August 1993, Clay released his debut self-titled studio album, which peaked at No. 8 on the US Billboard Top Country Albums, No. 52 on US Billboard 200, and No. 2 on US Billboard Top Heatseekers, and achieved platinum status in both America and Canada. The singles “What’s It to You”, “Live Until I Die”, and “Dreaming with My Eyes Open” topped the US Country chart, which only increased his net worth by a large margin. In 1994, Walker recorded another platinum album called “If I Could Make a Living”, which reached No. 4 on US Billboard Top Country Albums, and No. 42 on US Billboard 200. The singles “If I Could Make a Living” and “This Woman and This Man” were positioned in first place on the US Country chart, increasing further his net worth.
His next two releases – “Hypnotize the Moon” (1995) and “Rumor Has It” (1997) – both achieved platinum status, and peaked at the No. 57 and No. 32 on US Billboard 200 chart, respectively. Walker’s success in the ‘90s helped him to increase his net worth significantly. By the end of the decade, he had released two more albums entitled “Greatest Hits” (1998) and “Live, Laugh, Love” (1999), but these failed to achieve platinum status.
Clay Walker has recorded five more albums so far, with “A Few Questions” (2003), “Fall” (2007), and the latest “She Won’t Be Lonely Long” (2010), being the quite popular among country fans in the US and therefore lucrative. “A Few Questions” peaked at the No. 3 position on US Billboard Top Country Albums and No. 23 on US Billboard 200 chart. “Fall” was placed even better, reaching the No. 5 and No. 15 on the respective charts, and Walker’s most recent studio album “She Won’t Be Lonely Long” peaked at the No. 5 and No. 16 respectively.
Walker has also worked as an actor, in such movies as “Clay Walker: Jesse James” (2012), and in the Oscar-nominated history drama “Alone Yet Not Alone” (2013). He won the Radio & Records’ Best New Male Artist Award in 1993, and later Country Song Roundup’s Best New Male Vocalist in 1995.
Regarding his personal life, Clay Walker married Lori Jayne Lampson in 1992 and has two daughters with her; they divorced in 2003. Walker married model Jessica Craig in September 2007, and has three children with her.
Walker is well-known for his charitable work, as he has helped to raise awareness of Multiple Sclerosis since his diagnosis in 1996. In 2003, he founded the charity called Band Against MS.
Musicians
Neal Schon Net Worth
Neal George Joseph Schon was born on 27th February 1954 at Tinker AFB (Air Force Base), Oklahoma USA, of Italian and German descent. Neal Schon is a rock guitarist, songwriter and vocalist, best known for being an important member of several hugely popular bands, namely Santana, Bad English and Journey.
So just how rich is Neal Schon? Neal’s net worth has been calculated to be over $30 million, amassed during his successful career of more than 40 years in the music industry.
Neal Schon Net Worth $30 Million
Neal Schon was lucky to be born into a musical family – his father Mathew Schon was a famous musician and mother Barbara Schon sang in a band. So Schon picked his first guitar at the age of five years, and starting at early age is usually a way to success. His first career steps started at the age of 15 with the band Santana, in preference to joining Eric Clapton in the band Derek and the Dominos, and debuting with some vocals on Santana’s album Santana III. Being such a great musician at such young age with the possibility to choose between two iconic bands, he went on and started making his money. He also played for Azteca but very briefly.
In 1973 Neal Schon formed his now legendary band Journey. He subsequently released five solo albums, and fourteen studio albums with the band. This must be the main flow into his net worth. Importantly, he is the only band member who has not changed through the years. He has taken part in every tour of the band, and sang on all their albums, so no doubt this longevity with Journey has increased the overall amount of Neal Schon’s net worth as well. Apart from this, he has also collaborated with famous musicians such as keyboardist Jan Hammer, Sammy Hagar and Paul Rodgers on short-term projects.
Neal Schon is as great a vocalist, as he is a guitar virtuoso. Two talents double the money earned, does it not? Let’s talk about his musical influences, of whom there were plenty. He has said that he was highly influenced by the 1960’s, musicians from that era such as Gladys Knight and Aretha Franklin. Then he put some blues to the mix, namely B.B. King and added some guitar-based influences, including of course Carlos Santana and Eric Clapton as well as Wes Montgomery. This is probably Neal Schon’s key to fame – adding the best ingredients from different musical eras.
Schon was always proud of his guitars. He started with acoustic Stella guitar followed by Gibson ES-335. At present he became interested in Xotic guitars. Schon was inducted into the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame in August 2013, which made him, if possible, even more famous. This is considered to be an accomplishment of a lifetime for any musician.
In his not-so-private personal life, Neal Schon has married five times, first to Tena Austin(1976-86), then Beth Buckley(1987-92), Dina Gioeli(1993-99), and Amber Kozan(2001-08). In 2013 he married Michaele Salahi. He has five children.
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Ozzy Osbourne Net Worth
John Michael Osbourne was born on 3 December 1948 in Aston, Birmingham, England, and is widely known as a songwriter, singer and television personality, considered to be one of the developers of heavy metal music, and being called the ‘Godfather of Heavy Metal’. He initially came to notice playing with the band Black Sabbath, but from the early ’80s continually moved until concentrating on a solo career. Ozzy has been inducted into the UK Music Hall of Fame and the US Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame, plus has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and was the first on the Birmingham Walk of Stars.
So just how rich is Ozzy Osbourne? Authoritative sources estimate that Ozzy has a net worth of over $220 million, accumulated during his career in the music industry which began in the late 1960s.
Ozzy Osbourne Net Worth $220 Million
Ozzy’s father John was a toolmaker, and his mother Lillian a factory worker. He was called ‘Ozzy’ in primary school, and adopted it as his stage name. As Ozzy suffers from dyslexia, school really wasn’t for him except for drama, so he left at 15 and took various jobs, although training as a plumber, then as an apprentice toolmaker, but spending a short time in jail for petty theft taught him a timely lesson.
Ozzy was really interested in music, and sang with a couple of bands in the late ’60s, one of which became Black Sabbath with bassist and main lyricist Geezer Butler, singer Ozzy Osbourne, drummer Bill Ward, and guitarist and songwriter Tony Iommi, now the only surviving original member of the band. The band’s style, partly reflected in their name, was very appealing, and they were significantly successful in the UK and USA during the ’70s, with their debut self-titled album, and the follow-up album Paranoid, eventually achieving multi-platinum status. However, Ozzy’s increasing use of drugs saw him leave the band in 1979, although there have been several collaborations since; regardless, his net worth was very well established.
In the early 1980s, the group Necromandus played with Ozzy Osbourne on his first solo project, the Blizzard of Ozz incarnation, also the title of his first solo album, a popular success with heavy metal fans. Ozzy’s subsequent solo career spread over more than three decades, has increased his net worth the most; seven of the eleven studio albums he has released have achieved multi-platinum certifications in the US alone. A further large financial success has come from annual festival tours called ‘Ozzfest’, of the US and sometimes Europe. It was founded by Ozzy Osbourne and second wife and manager Sharon in the mid-’90s, and performances by many heavy metal and hard rock musical groups have been featured. Since its beginning, sources estimate that over five million people have attended Ozzfest, resulting in revenues of more than $100 million.
Ozzy Osbourne’s net worth also rose sharply as a result of ‘The Osbournes’, a reality television series showcasing the life of the singer and his family which was aired from 2002-05; the show was created by Jonathan Taylor and became one of MTV’s greatest hits. The success of the show led to the Osbournes hosting the 30th Annual American Music Awards in January 2003, and the BRIT Awards held at Earls Court, London in 2008. Various awards and nominations have also helped increase Ozzy’s net worth, including a Grammy Award for the track ‘I Don’t Want to Change the World’, a Godlike Genius Award from NME magazine, among many others.
Additionally. Ozzy won the Literary Achievement honour in 2010, for his autobiography “I Am Ozzy”, which hit the New York Times’ non-fiction best-seller list at No 2. Osbourne has also acted three times as a judge for the Independent Music Awards, which supports independent artists’ careers.
In his less-than-private personal life, Osbourne has been married twice, firstly to Thelma Reese (1971-82), with whom he has a daughter named Jessica Starshine, and a son named Louis John. Ozzy has been married to Sharon Arden since 1982, and their three children are Aimee, Kelly and Jack . Recent rumours of Ozzy’s affairs seem to have done little to break-up the couple. Ozzy openly blames his sometimes controversial lifestyle on drug and alcohol abuse, and praises Sharon for constantly dragging him out of periods of instability. They currently divide their time between residences in Buckinghamshire, England, and Malibu, California.
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