What Is Metallica’s Drummer Lars Ulrich’s Net Worth?

Published Date 04th Jun. 2019, 16:39 pm Binesh Shrestha

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Lars Ulrich‘s net worth is $300 million. He has managed to amass such fortune throughout his career as a musician, producer, and songwriter. He is considered as one of the most influential metal drummers.

Lars Ulrich is best known as the drummer and co-founder of heavy metal band Metallica. He is also an occasional actor and singer. He is the richest metal drummer in the world. Lars was born to his father Torben Ulrich and his mother Lone Ulrich. Currently, he is married to Jessica Miller, an American Fashion model.

Net Worth And Earnings

Lars Ulrich’s net worth is $300 million. He is an American musician, producer, and songwriter from which he has managed to accumulate such wealth throughout his career. Also, he earns a considerable amount of money from tours and concerts.

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Earnings From Music Career

Lars Ulrich and James Hetfield formed a heavy metal band Metallica in 1981 and released their first studio album Kill ‘Em All in 1983. Also, the album is available on Amazon and costs around $9.99. He must have earned a considerable amount of money by selling albums.

On the long list of Lars’ notable albums with Metallica are Master of Puppets, St. Anger, Hardwired… to Self-Destruct and many more.

Metallica’s most successful album was released on 12th August 1991 titled Metallica often called the Black Album. Unsurprisingly, the album sold over 31 million copies and Lars reportedly has earned $21 million from the album.

According to some sources, Lars managed to earn around $20 million from three different albums Load, Reload and Garage Inc. In 2003, Metallica released their album St. Anger from which he reportedly earned around $3.5 million. Likewise, Metallica’s Death Magnetic album helped him to earn around $4.5 million.

Earnings From Acting

Metallica’s drummer Lars Ulrich has also appeared on several documentaries and movies. Some of his notable documentaries are Some Kind of Monster, Metallica: Through the Never, Radio Dreams. Also, in 2012 he appeared in HBO’s movie Hemingway & Gellhorn.

Lars Ulrich also has appeared on several documentaries and one movie. Picture Source: Metalhead.

Seeing as he is so popular, he must have charged a large amount of money for his work in documentaries and movies. Hence, further enhancing his net worth.