Bruce Springsteen is now a billionaire.
Forbes confirmed Springsteen is now a billionaire and his net worth is estimated to be around $1.1 billion, although Forbes did not obtain confirmation from Springsteen's team on the figure, which the publication said was a “conservative” estimate.
The 74-year-old New Jersey musician and working-class icon has experienced relatively consistent financial success since his 1975 breakthrough album. Born to Runand according to his memoirs, he finally entered a place of financial stability in the early 80s. Since then, Springsteen's net worth has only grown in stature, concluding with a very profitable final few years. In 2021, just after finishing Springsteen's second career, Springsteen on BroadwaySpringsteen sold his entire music catalog to Sony for a whopping $500 million.
Even in the past year, Springsteen’s fortune has grown significantly. According to data from Pollstar, Forbes lists Springsteen’s ticket sales from his 2023 world tour as having totaled around 1.6 million, translating to $380 million in revenue. And there’s still more to come, with a new Disney+/Hulu concert documentary coming in October, tour dates released through 2025, and an upcoming, highly anticipated Springsteen biopic based on the 2023 biographical book. Deliver Me From Nowhere: The Making of Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska imminent.
And all this in just the last few years. Overall, Springsteen is one of the most accomplished musicians in history: 21 studio albums, seven live albums, five EPs, more than 140 million albums sold worldwide, a best-selling autobiography, 236 sold-out Broadway performances, plus 20 Grammy Awards, an Oscar, a Special Tony Award, Kennedy Center Honors and a Presidential Medal of Freedom, and spots in both the Songwriters Hall of Fame and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
The Boss has a bunch of dates left on his world tour this year, including a pair of dates at Wembley in London next week and a North American tour kicking off in August. Get tickets here.
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