Musicians

Michael Hutchence Net Worth

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4 months ago

December 21, 2023

Daniel Wanburg

Michael Kelland John Hutchence's Net Worth as of 2024
$1 Million

Michael Kelland John Hutchence was born on the 22nd January 1960, in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, and was a musician and actor, best known for his work as the frontman of rock band INXS. Together, they released ten studio albums, and toured the world extensively. On 22nd November 1997, Hutchence was found hanged in his hotel room.

Have you ever wondered about the state of Michael Hutchence’s assets at the time of his death? According to authoritative sources, it has been estimated that Hutchence’s net worth at the time of his death was as high as $1 million, earned through his successful career as a musician and actor.

Michael Hutchence Net Worth $1 Million

Michael Hutchence was born to Kelland Hutchence, a Sydney businessman, and Patricia (Kennedy) Hutchence, a make-up artist. He had a twelve years older half-sister, Tina, on his mother’s side, and a younger brother, Brett. The family moved a a lot because of his father’s job, so Michael spent part of his childhood in Hong Kong, where he attended Beacon Hill School, followed by King George V School. He filled his time with various extracurricular activities, including Boy Scouts, fencing, kick boxing, and judo; he was also a talented swimmer, and won several trophies for diving.

The family returned to Sidney when he was twelve, settling in Belrose. He was enrolled in Davidson High, where he met Andrew Farriss, who would become his best friend and collaborator. Shortly after, he joined Farriss’s band Doctor Dolphin, however, their collaboration was cut short because Hutchence’s parents separated, and he moved to California with his mother for a time. When he returned to Sydney, they finally had a chance to start a proper band, and in 1977, The Farriss Brothers was formed. Besides Hutchence and Andrew Farriss, the line-up contained Jon Farris on drums, Tim Farris on lead guitar, Garry Beers (a band mate from Doctor Dolphin) on bass guitar, and Kirk Pengilly on guitar and saxophone.

The band was soon noticed by Midnight Oil’s manager, Garry Morris, who couldn’t represent them at the time, but instead recommended them to another manager, Chris Murphy. At his time, they also changed their name to INXS, because of their excessive stage performance. They released their first, self-titled album in 1980, which achieved gold status in Australia, spawning the hit single “Just Keep Walking”. The band worked very hard during the next couple of years, releasing a new album on yearly basis; “Underneath the Covers”, which also achieved gold status, followed by “Shabooh Shoobah” in 1982. The latter was released internationally, charting on the US Billboard 200, and achieving double platinum status. It produced hits such as “The One Thing”, “To Look at You”, “Black and White”, and “Don’t Change”. “The One Thing” gained even greater popularity when it was featured on the soundtrack for the video game “Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories” in 2006. The next four albums were also released to great success and multiple-platinum status, which contributed in good part to Hutchence’s creativity, lyrics, and stage presence.

Parallel with his music career, Hutchence also appeared in several feature films. In 1986, he starred in the Australian drama “Dogs in Space” alongside Saskia Post and Nique Needles. He also played the famous English poet, Percy Bysshe Shelly, in “Roger Corman’s Frankenstein Unbound” (1990), which also starred John Hurt, Raul Julia, and Bridget Fonda. Hutchence left his mark on the movie industry not only as an actor, but also as a songwriter, since many of his songs with INXS were featured in films such as the cult classic “Donnie Darko” (2001) and the award-winning “Monster” (2003).

Regarding Hutchence’s private life, it received almost as much attention as his work, especially his relationships with famous high-profile women such as singer Kylie Minogue and supermodel Helena Christensen. He left behind one child, a daughter, from his relationship with television presenter Paula Yates. Hutchence died during the Australian leg of the band’s 1997 world tour, ruled as suicide due to depression, and alcohol and drug abuse. It is estimated that Hutchence earned about $60 million during his music and film career. However, according to reports, his net worth was not more than $40 000 at the time of his death, afterwards amounting to amost $1 million when his assets were liquidated.

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Actresses

Milla Jovovich Net Worth

Published

4 weeks ago

March 24, 2024

Daniel Wanburg

Milla Natasha Jovovich was born on 17 December 1975, in Kiev, Ukraine (then in the USSR), and is a model, actress and singer, perhaps best known for her breakthrough role in the film “The Fifth Element” in 1997, with Bruce Willis and Gary Oldman.

So just how rich is Milla Jovovich, as of late 2017? Authoritative sources estimate that Milla has a net worth of over $45 million, accumulated from her various career elements spanning almost 30 years since she began modelling in 1987.

Milla Jovovich Net Worth $45 Million

Milla had a really unusual childhood, maybe that’s one of the reasons for her multi-million dollar net worth. Jovovich started her carrier in modeling from the early age of nine, a few years after she and her parents moved from Ukraine, which at that time belonged to the Soviet Union, to Los Angeles, California, in 1980. She even dropped out of school at the age of 12, when Gene Lemuel discovered her, and she signed a contract with Prima Modeling Agency. Milla Jovovich was covered by magazines including Vogue, Glamour, Madmoiselle, Cosmopolitan, Seventeen, and has been advertising brands including L’oreal, Christian Dior, Calvin Klein, Donna Koran, Revlon for many years.

However, exclusive looks and beauty was not the only value she had: Milla Jovovich has a great voice, a talent to write songs, design fashion and find herself in acting as well. Milla started her acting career in 1988 in the film “Two Moon Junction”, but the roles that gave this girl much more attention were in “Dazed and Confused” in 1993 and “The Fifth Element” in 1997 directed by Luc Besson, in which she worked with Bruce Willis. Of course, subsequently all five films based on “Resident Evil” made Milla Jovovich’s popularity and net worth go through the roof. The original movie was so successful that it was even turned into a video game.

Between her acting in those two movies, Milla tried the shoes of a singer and a song writer, and released her debut album – “The Divine Comedy – which was really appreciated by the audience and critics and even received positive feedback from Rolling Stone magazine’s, John McAlley; in his opinion the album was remarkable. In 1999 Milla Jovovich became a member of the band named Plastic Has Memory, and performed some gigs in New York and Las Vegas, but unfortunately not with her new band, and Milla has never released a second album.

As for her career in fashion, Milla launched her first line in 2003, and her brand was successful until 2008 when she decided to close her business because of lack of time, which is perhaps no surprise, assuming that all of her free time was taken-up by her daughter Ever Gabo Anderson, who was born in 2007.

As for other details of Milla’s personal life, aside from several well-known relationships, she has married three times, all husbands met when taking some part in films in which she was acting. She first married Shawn Andrews in 1992, which was apparently quickly annulled by her mother; ironically, he and Milla were starring in “Dazed and Confused”! The second was with the director of “The Fifth Element” – Luc Besson (1997-99), and she has been married to Paul W. S. Anderson, who worked with Jovovich on the set of “Resident Evil”, since 2009, and he is the father of her two daughters. The family is based in Los Angeles.

Milla is something of a philanthropist too, and often participates in and supports various charities including UNICEF, World Education, Ovarian Cancer Research Fund and many more.

Musicians

Tracy Byrd Net Worth

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4 weeks ago

March 21, 2024

Daniel Wanburg

Tracy Lynn Byrd was born on 17 December 1966, in Vidor, Texas USA, and is a country music artist, best known for releasing hit songs including “Holdin’ Heaven” and “Ten Rounds with Jose Cuervo”. He’s signed to MCA Nashville Records; all of his endeavors have helped put his net worth to where it is today.

How rich is Tracy Byrd? As of early-2017, sources estimate a net worth that is at $10 million, mostly earned through a successful career in country music. He’s had more than 30 hit singles and has a double platinum certification from one of his albums. As he continues his career it is expected that his wealth will increase.

Tracy Byrd Net Worth $10 million

Tracy attended Vidor High School, and after matriculating in 1985, went to Lamar University, and then to Texas State University to study business. During his time there, he performed with a local band called Rimfire; during a recording session at a local mall, he performed a cover of “Your Cheatin’ Heart” which impressed the studio owner, who then submitted his cover to a local contest, and it led to Byrd being signed by MCA Records in 1992.

In the same year, Tracy released his first single entitled “That’s the Thing About a Memory”. His first few songs would not hit the Top 40 charts; but in 1993 he released the hit “Holdin’ Heaven”., included on his self-titled debut album which would go on to get gold certification. He followed it up with another album release called “No Ordinary Man”, which would become his highest selling album, earning double-platinum certification having sold over two million copies in the US. All of the singles he released from the album charted, and the song “The Keeper of the Stars” won a Country Music Association award for Song of the Year. In 1995, he released his third album – “Love Lessons” – but it had a decline in popularity, although still earning gold certification, and it led to a fourth album entitled “Big Love”. The lead single of the album reached the Top Five along with the song “Don’t Take Her She’s All I Got”. His final studio album for MCA was released in 1997, and was entitled “I’m from the Country”. His net worth was rising steadily.

In 1999, Byrd was signed by RCA Records and worked on the album “It’s About Time”, which featured more country pop songs, but no singles reached the Top 40. Three years later he worked on “Ten Rounds” which went back to the traditional country sound, and this time songs hit the charts, especially “Ten Rounds with Jose Cuervo” which became his second number one hit. In 2003, he released “The Truth About Men”, which featured artists such as Blake Shelton and Montgomery Gentry; he had another top 10 hit in “Drinkin’ Bone”. The following year, he released a greatest hit albums, and it was followed by the album “Different Things” which was produced by the Blind Mule label. His net worth continued to improve.

For his personal life, it is known that Tracy is married to Michelle since 1991,and they have two children. The family resides in Beaumont, Texas. In 2009, he took a break from the music industry to take care of his family. Byrd has also been known to do charity work, hosting an annual music event as well as becoming a National Spokesperson for the Special Olympics.