Bob Dylan has been an icon for a long time, but A Complete Unknown has perhaps brought the legendary singer back to the general consciousness in 2024 in a way he hasn’t been in a while. The movie, based on the 2015 book Dylan Goes Electric! by Elijah Wald, focuses on Dylan from the beginning of his career until the controversy over his use of electric instruments at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival.
Timothée Chalamet, Edward Norton, Elle Fanning, Monica Barbaro, Boyd Holbrook, and Scoot McNairy star in the film. The movie received three nominations at the 82nd Golden Globe Awards: Best Motion Picture – Drama, Best Actor for Timothée Chalamet, and Best Supporting Actor for Edward Norton.
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Considered one of the greatest songwriters of all time, Dylan has been an important figure in pop culture for most of his career, which has spawned over sixty years. Perhaps as well known for songs that became anthems for the civil rights movement, like “Blowin’ in the Wind” and “The Times They Are a-Changin’” as he is for songs “Like a Rolling Stone,” Dylan’s long and diverse career have, of course, made him a lot of money.
But what is Bob Dylan’s net worth? How much money has he made over his career? Here’s what we know.
Bob Dylan’s net worth
Dylan is a singer, writer, and songwriter who was born in 1941. According to Celebrity Net Worth he has a net worth of about $500 million. Most of that comes, of course, from his catalog, though Dylan has been touring consistently since the 1980s on what’s been called the Never-Ending Tour. That means money is always coming in, and well, he is spending less on living expenses in one particular place since he is on the road so much.
Just for some perspective regarding how long his tour has gone on: during the 1990s and 2000s, he regularly played around 100 shows a year and in 2019 he reached the 3000th show of his tour in Innsbruck, Austria.
In total, Dylan has released over 35 studio albums, including “Nashville Skyline” (1969), “Oh Mercy” (1989), “Time Out of Mind” (1997), “Love and Theft” (2001), and “Rough and Rowdy Ways” (2020). Considered one of the best and most prolific songwriters of all time, Dylan sold 100% of his song catalog to Universal Music Publishing Group in a deal that was reportedly worth $400 million. He also, on a separate deal, sold his master records to Sony for $200 million.
That all adds up and explains his massive fortune. He also has important real estate holdings and is said to hold other investments. In 1979, he paid $105,000 for a property in Malibu’s Point Dume neighborhood. That doesn’t sound like too much, but at that time, it was a lot. It’s proven to be quite a bargain for Dylan, however, particularly considering he’s acquired 11 more contiguous properties to that one in the subsequent years, which has left him with a multi-acre compound in a pretty good neighborhood. The compound features at least four houses, a lagoon-style pool, and a half-court basketball court among the amenities.
In 2006, Dylan and his brother David paid $2.9 million for a 25-acre Scottish property called Aultmore that featured an 18,000-square-foot castle. The property was put on the market in July 2023 for $3.9 million.
