Blake Shelton Net Worth

As of 11/17/16, Blake Shelton’s net worth is $75 million. The Blake Shelton net worth figure comes from concerts, The Voice, endorsement deals, albums and more. Shelton earns $1.8 million a year as a judge on The Voice. The singer has earned $63 million from concerts, $42 million from endorsements and $12 million from album sales.

Career earnings of $148 million add to the Blake Shelton net worth total. Taxes take away $67 million and expenses chop out another $15 million. Investment income adds back $8 million since 2001.

Blake Shelton has taken a career as a country music star to the next level, generating income from a surprisingly varied number of sources. The star’s relationship with Gwen Stefani hasn’t hurt, keeping Shelton in the public eye and boosting interest for his work.

Blake Shelton Net Worth Facts

The Blake Shelton net worth total of $75 million is 25% smaller than Gwen Stefani’s net worth of $100 million. Tim McGraw has 12% more than the Blake Shelton net worth total with $85 million. Blake Shelton’s net worth is half as big as Garth Brooks’ net worth at $150 million. It’s 1/4 the size of Taylor Swift’s net worth of $304 million and 1/7th as big as Jay Z’s net worth of $554 million.

Justin Bieber’s net worth is 3 times bigger than the Blake Shelton net worth sum. Blake Shelton’s net worth is 4 times bigger than Billy Ray Cyrus’ net worth of $20 million. It’s 142 times bigger than Bernie Sanders’ net worth of $528,000. Finally, the singer’s net worth is 1,103 times as big as the typical American family’s net worth of $68,000.

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Blake Shelton Net Worth Through Time

The Blake Shelton net worth figure grew steadily from 2001 through 2012. Big concert tours in 2012 and 2013 pumped a huge amount of money into the star’s net worth.

From 2001 through 2012, Blake Shelton’s earnings came mostly from sales of music and endorsement deals. Shelton’s first major concert tour in 2012 pumped in an extra $21 million. Another huge tour in 2013 added another $42 million.

After 2013, the Blake Shelton net worth story shifted. The star stuck with his slot on the popular TV show The Voice, earning an estimated $1.8 million per year. He has continued to add endorsement deals and record studio albums. By 2016 his net worth has crested at $75 million.

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Blake Shelton Net Worth Sources

Blake Shelton’s net worth comes from ten major sources. The biggest is concert tours with $63 million, followed by endorsement deals totaling $42 million. Albums kick in $12 million and merchandising adds another $9.5 million.

Singles sales chip in $6 million to the Blake Shelton net worth total. YouTube contributes $3.4 million. Smaller income streams like acting, appearances and soundtracks pump in less than a million each.

Blake Shelton’s career earnings are $148 million. The singer’s average salary is $9 million. A lifetime tax bill of $67 million takes a huge cut. Expenses take another $15 million, while investments of 6% per year kick back $8 million to the star’s bottom line.

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The Voice and Blake Shelton Net Worth

The Voice is a hugely popular TV show with Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani in prominent judge seats. Shelton has earned an estimated $11 million for his work on the show. That works out to $1.8 million per year since 2011 or $50,000 per episode.

Shelton is reportedly the only coach on the show with four wins under his belt. Blake Shelton and Adam Levine are the only two coaches who have shown up in every season of the show.

Shelton also appeared as a judge on the USA Network show Nashville Star. On that show, the network revealed that the three things Shelton has said he absolutely needs are “music, air and alcohol.”

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Concerts and Blake Shelton Net Worth

Blake Shelton has had two major past concert tours. 2012’s Well Lit & Amplified tour took in an estimated $25 million at the box office. Stars keep about 85% of all concert tour earnings. That means $21 million from the tour went straight to the Blake Shelton net worth bottom line.

Shelton’s second major tour was 2013’s Ten Times Crazier tour. That tour took in $49.6 million and pumped $42 million into Blake Shelton’s net worth.

Shelton recently kicked off another major concert tour in 2016. The tweet below from Shelton shows his gratitude for his reception in the motor city.

Thank you Detroit. Just wow. Thank you!!!!!

— Blake Shelton (@blakeshelton) February 21, 2016

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Album Sales and Blake Shelton Net Worth

Album sales kick in $12 million to the Blake Shelton net worth data. Shelton’s self-titled debut album in 2001 sold 1.5 million copies. Industry experts say stars who write their own songs keep 11.1% of the revenue. Those who don’t keep about 6.6%. Shelton writes some of his own music, but not all. That gives him an 8.85% cut of the earnings.

With an album cost of $10.99 each, Shelton earned $1.5 million from his debut album. The table below gives estimates for how much each album kicks in to the Blake Shelton net worth calculations.

Shelton’s top selling albums are Blake Shelton, Red River Blue and Based on a True Story. All in all, Blake Shelton albums have sold 12.2 million copies worldwide.

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Singles Sales and Blake Shelton Net Worth

Singles sales contribute $6 million to the Blake Shelton net worth math. The star’s first single was 2001’s Austin. That song sold 1.5 million copies and added $264,000 to the star’s earnings. Other notable Blake Shelton singles include Hillbilly Bone with 1.5 million copies and Honey Bee with 3.75 million copies.

Ex wife Miranda Lambert reportedly once put the Michael Buble single Home on Shelton’s iPod. Shelton didn’t like Buble but Lambert thought he should. Shelton grudgingly admitted the song had merit. In fact he liked it so much he covered it on his album Pure BS. Lambert has added other music to Shelton’s iPod, including songs by Gorillaz and Coldplay. Shelton has rejected most of those songs outright.

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Endorsements and Blake Shelton Net Worth

Endorsement deals add $42 million to the Blake Shelton net worth total. The star has appeared in ads for Pizza Hut, Pepsi, Walmart, Gildan and JC Penny. Shelton earns an estimated $6 million per year from endorsement deals.

The commercial below shows Shelton getting his favorite pair of Gildan underwear dry cleaned. The ad is hilarious. At the end, a sweet little old lady spots the underwear and tells Shelton, “Nice pair!” He replies, “Extra large.” She comments that she’d like to see him model them. When one of the dry cleaning attendants chides her, “Grandma!” she quips back, “Oh yeah!”

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Acting and Blake Shelton Net Worth

A fledgeling acting career accounts for a $268,000 slice of the Blake Shelton net worth pie. Shelton has been on a couple of TV shows and movies, including 2016’s The Ridiculous 6. He’s also slated to appear in the 2016 film The Angry Birds Movie.

For a movie based on a smartphone game, it looks surprisingly entertaining, apart from a hefty whack of bathroom humor at the end. Shelton plays the role of “Earl” in the film.

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Appearances and Blake Shelton Net Worth

Appearances add another $800,000 to the Blake Shelton net worth sum. Shelton has appeared 40 times in stock footage on popular news and entertainment shows like Entertainment Tonight and OMG! For those appearances, the star earns an estimated $2,000 each or $80,000 total. Shelton has also shown up on big talk shows like Ellen and Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. With 103 major appearances at $7,000 each, big appearances add $721,000 to the singer’s earnings.

The list of other appearances includes musical appearances on shows like Jimmy Kimmel Live. Shelton’s musical guest appearances add $292,000 to his net worth.

YouTube ad revenue pumps another $3.4 million into the Blake Shelton net worth total. See the table below for details.

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Blake Shelton Net Worth Calculations

The Blake Shelton net worth story is more than just earnings. Though the star has earnings of $148 million, taxes take $67 million back. Shelton is in a 39.6% federal tax bracket. Since he lives in Oklahoma, he pays only 5.5% state tax. That gives him a 45.1% total tax bracket.

Expenses take another $15 million. Expenses like agent fees, concert production and cost of living likely add up to 10% of Shelton’s annual income.

Investments probably add 6% to Shelton’s net worth each year. That gives Shelton a total investment income of $8.4 million.

The table below shows the final spread of Blake Shelton net worth calculations.

All Blake Shelton net worth figures in this article are estimates based on industry comparisons and media reports.