American singer, songwriter, and guitarist,, Christine Ellen “Chrissie” Hynde has an estimated net worth of $12 million. She is best known as the leader of the rock/new wave band the Pretenders.
One of the few female punk rockers to reach mainstream success, Chrissie Hynde is the longtime leader of the group The Pretenders. Hynde is a child of the ’60s revolution: she was attending Kent State University in 1970 during the famous incident when National Guard troops opened fire on students protesting the Vietnam War. She moved to London and wrote record and band reviews for the New Musical Express and became involved in the growing punk rock scene.
By the late 1970s, she had formed her own band, and in 1980 The Pretenders released their first LP which included the hit single “Brass in Pocket.” Two members of the band died in 1982 in separate drug-related incidents, but Hynde continued her career with The Pretenders using various lineups throughout the 1980s and ’90s. Hynde is also a well-known animal rights activist.
Earnings & Financial Data
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Date |
Category |
Description |
Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
|
1999 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from the compilation album Greatest Hits with the English-American rock band The Pretenders (certified gold by BPI and NVPI) |
$120,000 |
|
1994 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from the live album The Isle of View with the English-American rock band The Pretenders (certified silver by BPI) |
$60,000 |
|
1993 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from the album Last of the Independents with the English-American rock band The Pretenders (certified gold by RIAA and BPI) |
$600,000 |
|
1989 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from the album Packed! with the English-American rock band The Pretenders (certified silver by BPI) |
$60,000 |
|
1986 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from the compilation album The Singles with the English-American rock band The Pretenders (certified 3x platinum by BPI and gold by RIAA) |
$1,400,000 |
|
1985 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from the album Get Close with the English-American rock band The Pretenders (certified gold by RIAA and BPI) |
$600,000 |
|
1983 |
Record Sales |
Annual pay he received from Rush Limbaugh for using his song My City Was Gone in his daily radio program |
$100,000 |
|
1983 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from the album Learning to Crawl with the English-American rock band The Pretenders (certified platinum by RIAA, and gold by BPI) |
$1,100,000 |
|
1980 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from the album Pretenders II with the English-American rock band The Pretenders (certified gold by RIAA, and silver by BPI) |
$560,000 |
|
1978 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from the album Pretenders with the English-American rock band The Pretenders (certified platinum by RIAA, and gold by BPI and NVPI) |
$1,120,000 |