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What Is Rick Nielsen's Net Worth?
Rick Nielsen is an American musician and songwriter who has a net worth of $12 million. Rick Nielsen is best known for being the lead guitarist, background vocalist, and primary songwriter of the rock band Cheap Trick. He is also noted for designing his own guitars and for the use of multi-neck guitars. With Cheap Trick, Nielsen has released 20 studio albums, including the Platinum albums "In Color" (1977), "Heaven Tonight" (1978), "Dream Police" (1979), and "Lap of Luxury" (1988) and the Gold albums "All Shook Up" (1980) and "One on One" (1982). Cheap Trick is known for singles such as "I Want You to Want Me," "Dream Police," "If You Want My Love," "The Flame," and "Can't Stop Fallin' into Love." Rick composed the song "Baby Mumbles" for the Comedy Central series "The Colbert Report," and it served as the show's theme song during its entire 11-season run. Cheap Trick has sold over 20 million albums, and in 2016, they were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Nielsen has also appeared in the film "Disorderlies" (1987) and the television series "Boy Meets World" (1994), "TheDrew CareyShow" (1998), and "TV Funhouse" (2001), and he was featured in the 2013 documentary "Sound City."
Early Life
Rick Nielsen was born Richard Alan Nielsen on December 22, 1948, in Elmhurst, Illinois. Rick's parents were opera singers, and his father, Ralph, directed choirs and symphonies and recorded more than three dozen solo albums. When Nielsen was a teenager, his parents opened a music store in Rockford, and Rick learned to play several instruments. He played drums for six years, then he decided to learn how to play keyboards and guitar. His first band, The Phaetons, later turned into The Grim Reapers, then Fuse, and they disbanded in 1970 after releasing one album.
Career
Nielsen briefly replacedTodd Rundgrenin the band Nazz before forming the group Sick Man of Europe withTom PeterssonandBun E. Carlosin 1972 in Philadelphia. In 1973, Nielsen and Carlos formed Cheap Trick, and Petersson andRobin Zanderjoined the band later. Rick wrote most of the songs that appeared on the first few Cheap Trick albums. After the band signed with Epic Records in 1976, they released their debut self-titled album the following year. Their second album, 1977's "In Color," reached #73 on the "Billboard" 200 chart and was certified Platinum in the U.S. and Canada. The album featured the single "I Want You to Want Me," which became a hit after a live version was released in 1979. The live version of the song went Gold in the U.S. and Canada and reached #1 on the charts in Belgium, Japan, and the Netherlands and #7 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 chart. The 1978 album "Heaven Tonight" was certified Platinum in the U.S. and Canada, and it reached #48 on the "Billboard" 200 chart. The single "Surrender" was a top 10 hit in Belgium and the Netherlands. Cheap Trick's fourth studio album, 1979's "Dream Police," went 3× Platinum in Canada and Platinum in the U.S. and Australia, and it reached the top 10 on the charts in five countries. The album's title track reached #5 on Australia's Kent Music Report, #7 on New Zealand's Recorded Music NZ chart, and #9 on Canada's "RPM" chart.
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