George Michael was a British musical legend who had a long career as a singer, songwriter and producer. With all of his successful albums and music career, one wonders, what was his net worth? To find out the answer, we’ve given you an in depth review of all of his ventures and their value.
George Michael initially found fame in the band, Wham! Hits from the band included “Club Tropicana,” “Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go,” and “Last Christmas.”
George Michael left Wham! in 1987, only to jump start his successful solo career. “Faith” was his first album, which went on to win a Grammy award as well as three American Music Awards.
Through his career, George Michael sold more than 100 million records. In addition to earning money through record sales, George Michael also performed several world wide tour shows. In one tour sequence alone between 2006 and 2008, the “25 Live tour” George Michael earned $97 million.
George Michael also had an acting career. In 2005, George Michael starred in his own film, “A Different Story,” which detailed George’s perspective on his music career and some of his dissatisfaction from being overworked from his ‘Faith’ tour. The film also starred Mariah Carey and Sting.
Additionally, George Michael appeared as a supporting character on the American TV series, “Eli Stone.” George Michael performed on the show as himself but also as a guardian angel to Johnny Lee Miller’s character.
George Michael not only had a lucrative career as a musician but he also raised significant sums of cash for charities and donated throughout his life. In fact, privately, George Michael had donated millions of dollars to organization such as Childline and the Macmillan Cancer Support.
Based on his career as singer, songwriter, producer, concert performer, and actor, at the time of his death, Geroge Michael was estimated to be worth $200 million.
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