Richard Carpenter's Impressive Net Worth - Earning Details Since 1970 Inside
Richard Carpenter is an American pop musician with an estimated net worth of $10 million. He was in the band "The Carpenter" with his sister Karen Carpenter.
The brother-sister-duo was a great band with both of them being very talented. As 1/2 of The Carpenter alongside his sister, he produced the record, arranged music as well as wrote the lyrics.
Net worth in his early years of career as "The Carpenters"
During his 14-years long career as a band with his sister, he recorded many hit albums. The Carpenters recorded 10 studio albums out of which three albums became the number one singles. This took off as a great career for them.
Image: The Carpenters
By 1970, they made a huge earning of 3 million dollars. This earning was mostly due to the sale of the album "Close To You". The song remained #1 on the Billboard 100 for almost one month.
The duo earned as much as $6 million by the following year they earned 3 million dollars. Their bank statement kept growing after their successful hit albums.
Image: Richard with his sister Karen
After the 1970's Richard Carpenter's net worth kept on increasing as the duo started to do live performances, live album recording selling a million albums. The Carpenters after earning great success in their career sold out 90 million records worldwide.
Image: Richard Carpenter in his early day's
Richard's career was soon ended in 1983, when his sister, Karen was diagnosed with heart failure, ultimately resulting in her death.
The net worth of Richard after the end of The Carpenters
After one year after the death of his sister, Richard married his wife Mary Rudolph. In the same year after his marriage, he earned $750,000 more in his record sales.
Image: Richard Carpenter and wife Mary Rudolph
Almost after two years after his sister's death, Richard kept on earning money through his music. He earned a total of $2,750,000 from the sales of the album "Yesterday Once More".
He continued contributing towards music as his love for music kept on growing more and more. He continued earning thousands of dollars.
As he earned millions of dollars during his time in The Carpenters his earning was a little less during his solo career.
Image: Richard preparing for his Orchestral Album
He produced documentaries in the loving memory of his sister namely: "Close to You: Remembering the Carpenters in 1977 and "Only Yesterday: The Carpenters Story in 2007". The production of these documentaries also helped him earn thousands of dollars.
Image: Richard with his Cord
Yearly Earnings Of Richard Carpenter Since 1970
| Year | Income |
| 1970 | $3,00,000 |
| 1971 | $6,000,000 |
| 1972 | $4,500,000 |
| 1973 | $10,420,000 |
| 1975 | $1,500,000 |
| 1976 | $850,000 |
| 1977 | $100,000 |
| 1978 | $1,500,000 |
| 1983 | $750,000 |
| 1984 | $750,000 |
| 1985 | $2,570,000 |
| 1995 | $160,000 |
| 1997 | $600,000 |
| 1998 | $60,000 |
| 2001 | $150,000 |
| 2004 | $1,700,000 |
| 2006 | $100,000 |
| 2009 | $200,000 |
All the above earnings are through his music and record sales. No other source of income for Richard is clarified. All his earnings are only through his music.
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