Gary Barlow was born on the 20th January 1971, in Frodsham, Cheshire, England, and is a musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer, who is probably best recognized for being the frontman of the pop band Take That, as well as a solo artist, and one of the greatest British songwriters of all time. He is also known as a judge in the TV show “The X Factor UK”. His career has been active since 1986.
So, have you ever wondered how rich Gary Barlow is, as of late 2016? According to authoritative sources, it has been estimated that the total size of Gary’s net worth is over $90 million, an amount which has been accumulated through his successful career in the entertainment industry. Another source of his wealth is coming from the sale of his autobiographical book “My Take” (2006).
Gary Barlow Net Worth $90 Million
Gary Barlow was raised with his older brother by his father, Colin Barlow, and his mother, Marjorie Barlow. At the age of 10, his parents bought him a keyboard, and soon he began to play his favorite songs. He attended Weaver Vale Primary School, after which he enrolled at Frodsham High School.
Gary’s musical career began when he was 15 years old, reaching the semi-finals in the BBC show “Pebble Mill At One” with the song “Let’s Pray For Christmas”. He was spotted by casting agent Niger Martin-Smith, who selected him to be the lead vocalist and songwriter in a boy band called Take That, together with Robbie Williams, Jason Orange, Howard Donald and Mark Owen. Since then, his career has only gone upwards, as well as his net worth.
The band signed to RCA Records, and its debut studio album “Take That & Party” came out in 1992, peaking at No. 2 on the UK charts. They became well-known through having a number of Top 40 hits, including such singles as “Could It Be Magic”, “Pray” and “Only Takes A Minute”, among others. In the following year was released their second album – “Everything Changes”, which was mostly based on Gary’s material and reached No. 1 on the UK charts, increasing his net worth by a large margin.
Soon after, they published their third album entitled “Nobody Else”, launching three No. 1 singles including “Back For Good”, which reached No. 7 on the US Billboard Hot 100. It was followed by the single “How Deep Is Your Love”, which became one of its best songs ever reaching No. 1 on several charts. However, the band split up in 1996, and didn’t reform, without Robbie Williams, until 2005, after the documentary film “Take That: For The Record”. Hence, they released four albums, including “Beautiful World” (2006), “Progress” (2010), “III” (2014), all of which achieved platinum status.
In 1996, Gary began to pursue further his career in the music industry as a solo artist, in that year releasing two No. 1 singles in the UK – “Love Won’t Wait” and “Forever Love”, which added a considerable amount to his net worth. His debut solo studio album entitled “Open Road” was released in the same year, and sold two million copies all over the world. Further, he has now released three more albums – “Twelve Months, Eleven Days” (1999), “Sing” (2012), and “Since I Saw You Last” (2013).
Additionally, Gary has also written a number of songs for such musicians as Will Young, Charlotte Church, Westlife, etc. Besides that, in 2011 he began to appear in the TV show “The X Factor UK”, alongside Kelly Rowland, Tulisa Contostavlos, and Louis Walsh. All of these have had a huge influence on his net worth.
Thanks to his accomplishments in the music industry, Gary has won a number of awards and recognitions, the most important was the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 2012. He has also been the winner of Ivor Novello Award seven times.
Regarding his personal life, Gary Barlow has been married to Dawn Andrews since 2000; the couple has three children together, and their residence is in London, England. In spare time, he is very active in charity work.
National Television Award for Outstanding Contribution, Virgin Media Awards, Billboard International Hit of the Year, Q Award for Best Collaboration, Ivor Novello Award, Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to Music and to Charity, Music Industry Trusts Award (2012)
Record Labels
Sony, Polydor, Universal, Decca, Future, San Remo
Albums
“Open Road" (1997)”, “Twelve Months, Eleven Days” (1999), “Sing” (2012), “Since I Saw You Last” (2013), “Twelve Months, Eleven Days Album by Gary Barlow” (1999), “Take That & Party” (1992), “Beautiful World” (2006), “Wonderland” (2017)
Music Groups
Take That
Nominations
Brit Awards - Best British Group/Best British Album/Best British Single/Best British Live Act, 2012 Queen's Birthday Honours, Virgin Media Awards, The London Awards for Best Album
Movies
Take That: For the Record (2005), Take That: Never Forget: The Ultimate Collection (2006), Take That: Beautiful World Live (2008), Take That: From Zeroes to Heroes: The Early Years (2007)
TV Shows
The X Factor (UK) Interactive (Since 2004), New Year Live, Last Choir Standing (2008), BBC Pebble Mill at One (1986)
When One Direction announced their album was called "Four", I thought "Yes, they've lost a member!"
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Anybody who follows me on Twitter knows that I'm constantly posting pictures of new keyboards I've bought.
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Tony Hadley, I think one of my top five favourite singers of all time. I just love his voice, it's just one of those voices you can relax to, even when he sings his up-tempo songs it's so smooth and silky, always loved his vocals, and I always loved the band Spandau Ballet. I'm a good friend of Gary's [Gary Kemp], I've known them throughout the years, and I just thought the songs were incredible. And as a career, as a body of music and a songbook, I think they have some of the best. Especially when you go to concerts, you don't want to be sat at a concert thinking "Is this singer going to pull it off tonight?" You don't want that at all, you want to feel safe and I always feel like I'm sat in the most comfortable armchair when I listen to his voice.
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I get a good song for every 25 songs I write. So I've got to go through the process of writing 25 songs to get what I think is a good one. And that's a lot of time.
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That album, actually it's been an album that's sort of popped up throughout my career. It sort of got me off playing classical piano and onto synthesizers, that record did. (On Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds)
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I don't think you'll ever be happy about anything unless you've done it.
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Pet Shop Boys was the first CD I ever bought. I've followed their whole career and always loved their unique approach to records and live performance.
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I don't think you can listen to this song without feeling inspired, it could save anybody. The lyrics are so inspirational. Specifically I was having a very low moment in the 1990s and the song came on the radio. There have only been a very few times when I've had to pull the car over to listen to a song - this was one of them. (On "Don't Give Up" by Peter Gabriel and Kate Bush)
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Fact
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In 2014, he attended the wedding of Elton John to his husband David Furnish.
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London, England: Entertainer [June 2012]
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Completed a sell-out UK tour of The Circus Live. [July 2009]
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Working as a record producer in the UK [September 2002]
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Doing the Take That 'Ultimate' Tour 2006 - ending 28 June in Dublin, Ireland. [June 2006]
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Take That completed the "Beautiful World Tour" based on their latest album (released in 2006). This began in Belfast on 11th November and ended in Manchester on 23 December. [December 2007]
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Take That's new single "Greatest Day" is to be released on 24th November 2008, followed by a new album "The Circus", due out on 1st December 2008. [October 2008]
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Suffers from a bad back, which plagued him when he climbed Mt Kilimanjaro for Comic Relief, 2009. It took four days to scale, and two to get back down. It raised 1.4 million pounds for charity.
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At one point in his life in 2002, Barlow weighed 238lbs and secluded himself in his home for 4 months.
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He was awarded the OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2012 Queen's Birthday Honours List for his services to the Entertainment Industry and to Charity.
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Became a father for the 4th time at age 41 when his wife Dawn Andrews gave birth to their stillborn daughter Poppy Barlow on 4 August 2012.
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Became a father for the 3rd time at age 37 when his wife Dawn Andrews gave birth to their daughter Daisy Barlow on 14 January 2009.
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Became a father for the 2nd time at age 31 when his wife Dawn Andrews gave birth to their daughter Emily Barlow on 31 May 2002.
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Became a father for the 1st time at age 29 when his wife Dawn Andrews gave birth to their son Daniel Barlow on 16 August 2000.
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Take That announced their split on 13 February 1996.
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Sang backup on Elton John's Lion King smash hit "Can you feel the love tonight."
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
Strictly Come Dancing
TV Series performer - 2 episodes, 2010 - 2016 writer - 1 episode, 2016
Who's Doing the Dishes?
2016
TV Series writer - 2 episodes
Eddie the Eagle
2016
"Moment", "Thrill Me" , "Out Of The Sky" , "Ascension"
20 Moments That Rocked Pop
2015
TV Movie documentary writer: "Never Forget" - uncredited
Coronation Street
TV Series writer - 2 episodes, 2015 performer - 1 episode, 2015
Official! Biggest Hits of the 90s
2015
TV Movie writer: "Back for Good"
The 69th Annual Tony Awards
2015
TV Movie writer: "Stronger"
Pop Gold
2015
TV Mini-Series writer - 1 episode
The Brit Awards 2015
2015
TV Special writer: "Let in the Sun"
Looking
2015
TV Series writer - 1 episode
Kingsman: The Secret Service
2014
writer: "Get Ready For It"
All at Sea
TV Series performer - 1 episode, 2014 writer - 1 episode, 2014
Please Like Me
2014
TV Series writer - 1 episode
The 68th Annual Tony Awards
2014
TV Special writer: "Neverland"
Alba
2014
TV Series documentary writer - 1 episode
Klein gegen Groß - Das unglaubliche Duell
TV Series performer - 1 episode, 2014 writer - 1 episode, 2014
Dancing on Ice
TV Series performer - 2 episodes, 2014 writer - 2 episodes, 2014
Radio 2: In Concert
2013
TV Series performer - 1 episode
Dancing with the Stars
2013
TV Series writer - 1 episode
Boom Town
2013
TV Series writer - 1 episode
Todd's Pop Song Reviews
2013
TV Series documentary writer - 1 episode
The X Factor
TV Series writer - 14 episodes, 2005 - 2012 performer - 2 episodes, 2008 - 2012
The Diamond Jubilee Concert
2012
TV Special performer: "Need You Now", "Sing" / writer: "Sing"
EastEnders
1996-2012
TV Series writer - 3 episodes
Britain's Favourite Christmas Songs
2011
TV Movie documentary writer: "Once Upon a Christmas Song"
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
2011
TV Series writer - 1 episode
The Three Musketeers
2011
writer: "When We Were Young"
X: First Class
2011
writer: "Love Love" - as Barlow
Miranda
2010
TV Series performer - 1 episode
X Factor
2010
TV Series writer - 1 episode
Paul O'Grady Live
2010
TV Series performer - 1 episode
Dragons' Den
2010
TV Series writer - 1 episode
Dancing with the Stars
2010
TV Series writer - 1 episode
20 to 1
2010
TV Series documentary writer - 1 episode
Live from Studio Five
TV Series writer - 7 episodes, 2009 - 2010 performer - 5 episodes, 2010
Top of the Pops
TV Series writer - 8 episodes, 1993 - 2009 performer - 1 episode, 1996
The Paul O'Grady Show
TV Series writer - 1 episode, 2009 performer - 1 episode, 2006
Peter Kay's Animated All Star Band: The Official BBC Children in Need Medley
2009
Video short writer: "Never Forget"
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
2009
TV Series writer - 1 episode
Britannia High
2008
TV Series writer - 7 episodes
Stardust
2007
writer: "Rule the World"
Skins
2007
TV Series writer - 1 episode
An Audience with Take That: Live!
2006
TV Movie documentary performer: "Everything Changes", "Relight My Fire", "Patience", "Pray", "Shine", "Back for Good", "I'd Wait for Life", "A Million Love Songs", "Never Forget"
All Star Family Fortunes
2006
TV Series writer - 1 episode
Girls and Boys: Sex and British Pop
2005
TV Mini-Series documentary writer - 1 episode
Slovensko hladá SuperStar
2005
TV Series writer - 1 episode
Idols
2004
TV Series writer - 1 episode
The Office
2003
TV Series writer - 1 episode
Pop Idol
2003
TV Series writer - 2 episodes
Deutschland sucht den Superstar
2003
TV Series writer - 1 episode
100 Greatest Number One Singles
2001
TV Special documentary writer: "Back For Good", "Back for Good live"