Sarah Brightman is a famous English singer, actress, dancer and songwriter, as well as a film producer. Sarah Brightman is perhaps best known from her Broadway performances, namely a musical called “The Phantom of the Opera”, where she portrayed the character of Christine Daae. A classical crossover soprano, Sarah Brightman rose to prominence with the release of her fifth studio album entitled “Timeless” or “Time to Say Goodbye” in the United States, which became Brightman’s best-selling album to date. Released in 1997, “Timeless” topped the Billboard charts for 35 weeks and went Platinum in the United States, selling more than 1.4 million copies.
Sarah Brightman Net Worth $55 Million
Brightman’s international success started in 2004 with the “Harem World Tour”, launched to support her eighth studio album “Harem”, released a year prior to the tour. The tour proved to be a success, as it grossed over $60 million with more than 700 000 tickets sold. More recently, Sarah Brightman launched her eighth world tour and, in addition to it, intends to leave a mark on the world as the first musician to ever sing in space, as she will join a crew of three people that will travel to the International Space Station in 2015.
In addition to her singing career, in 2008 Sarah Brightman debuted in a horror-rock opera “Repo! The Genetic Opera” with Paris Hilton, Alexa Vega, Anthony Stewart Head and Terrance Zdunich, which was negatively received by critics and a box office failure with only $188 126 grossed worldwide.
A famous singer, how rich is Sarah Brightman? According to sources, Sarah Brightman’s net worth is estimated to be $55 million. Undoubtedly, the majority of Sarah Brightman’s wealth comes from her singing career.
Sarah Brightman was born in 1960, in Hertfordshire, England. When she was thirteen years old, Brightman debuted in her very first musical entitled “I Am Albert”, which was held at the Piccadilly Theatre. Three years later she joined a dance troupe, “Hot Gossip”, with whom she recorded a hit song “I Lost My Heart to a Starship Trooper”. The hit single became Brightman’s first major success in the music industry with over 500 000 copies sold worldwide.
Brightman’s professional career on theatre stage began when she first appeared in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical “Cats”. A talented singer, Brightman became Webber’s muse and inspired him to create some of the most known musicals, such as “Requiem”, “Song and Dance” and “The Phantom of the Opera”. The latter turned out to be Brightman’s ticket to fame.
Since the 1990s, Sarah Brightman is known more as a solo singer whose music is still highly appreciated nowadays. In 2000, Brightman released her second best-selling album after “Timeless”, which was entitled “La Luna”.
An award-winning soprano, Sarah Brightman has been working with some of the most famous people in the industry, including Tom Jones, Steve Barton, Bill Moseley, Antonio Banderas and many more. In 2012, Brightman was honored with the title of UNESCO Artist for Peace for her numerous contributions to charities, and prior to that she was given a title of Panasonic’s Global Brand Ambassador.
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