Find Out Which Songwriter Is The Richest Of All

Published on 12/23/2020
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Van Morrison – $90 million

Greatest Hits: Gloria, Brown Eyed Girl

Van Morrison is a legend of music who started his career as a teenager. In Ireland, he played for various show bands, becoming popular as a member of Them, the Northern Irish R&B group. To define the genre, he was the lead singer, recording “Gloria” with Them. In the late 1960s, he released the popular single ‘Brown-Eyed Girl.’ Astral Weeks was his first album, but sales were initially slow. But his second album, Moondance, was a sensation. To this day, Van Morrison also does music tours.

Van Morrison – $90 Million

Van Morrison – $90 Million

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Bob Dylan – $200 million

Greatest Hits: The Times, They Are A’Changin’, Blowin In The Wind

Folk singer Bob Dylan is one of pop culture’s greatest musicians (and counterculture). He released his eponymous album in the early 1960s, followed by the Times They Are A’Changing ‘and’ Blowin ‘In the Wind’ Civil Rights anthems, hit record after hit. Politically, there were many albums and singles he released. In his rock music, he was also among the first to use electrically amplified instruments, a move that was then controversial. In 2012 and 2016, he sold over 100 million albums and received the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Nobel Prize, respectively.

Bob Dylan – $200 Million

Bob Dylan – $200 Million

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