Check out the contributions and net worth of one of America’s most prominent music figures
Bob Dylan is an iconic singer-songwriter from America and is known to be one of the most influential names in the music industry throughout the world. Aside from being a singer, he’s also a celebrated author and painter who has won the Nobel Prize for Literature. His career spans over five decades and has released many albums. He is also known as a multi-instrumentalist and plays the harmonica, guitar, and keyboard.
Career and Net Worth
Bob’s given name was Robert Allen Zimmerman and was born in Duluth, Minnesota, on May 24, 1941.
His first album was released in 1962. Afterward, he released “The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan,” which went on to become a platinum album. During the ’60s, he released many popular albums such as “The Times They Are a-Changin’, Another Side of Bob Dylan,” “John Wesley Harding,” “Nashville Skyline,” among others.
In 2000, he won the Academy Award for ‘Best Original Song,’ win the 2000 Golden Globe Awards and won the GMA Dove Award in 1980. He won an overall of 11 Grammies. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1988.
Now let’s get down to his net worth. As of 2020, his net worth is more than $200 million. He has not only earned from the sale of his albums, but from writing songs, from being an author who has written books like ‘Tarantula,’ ‘The Nobel Literature,’ ‘The Lyrics: Since 1962’, and ‘Lyrics.’ He made his contribution to art books through ‘Drawn Blank,’ ‘The Brazil Series,’ ‘Bob Dylan: Face Value,’ and ‘The Beaten Path.’
Dylan continues to remain an icon in the music industry and has been named as one of the most influential figures in the 20th century.