British violinist,Vanessa-Mae Vanakorn Nicholson, known professionally as Vanessa-Mae has an estimated net worth of $45 million.
Bringing commercial sensuality to the often sterile world of classical music, talented violinist Vanessa-Mae moved from a successful classical recording career into the field of popular music with her 1994 breakout album, “The Violin Player”. Subsequent albums climbed the world-wide charts, making her an international star.
Vanessa-Mae was born in Singapore to a Thai father (Varaprong Vanakorn) and a Chinese mother (Pamela Tan). After her parents separated, her mother married Graham Nicholson, and the family moved to England when Vanessa-Mae was four years old. She grew up in London and holds British citizenship. She attended the independent Francis Holland School in London.Vanessa-Mae began playing piano at the age of three and violin at five.
Earnings & Financial Data
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Date |
Category |
Description |
Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
|
1998 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from her album The Original Four Seasons and the Devil’s Trill Sonata: The Classical Album 3 (certified gold by ZPAV) |
$15,000 |
|
1997 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from her album Storm (certified gold by IFPI-AUT and silver by BPI) |
$67,500 |
|
1995 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from her album The Classical Album 1 (certified gold by ZPAV) |
$15,000 |
|
1994 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from her album The Violin Player (certified platinum by IFPI-AUT and IFPI-FIN, and gold by BPI and IFPI-SWI) |
$8,000,000 |