“Ta-da-da-da-da-da, Ta-da-da-da-da-da, Ta-da-da-dada-daada-da” does the tune seem familiar to any of you? No? Sorry, I just got lousy impersonation skills, then. This is the starting tune of America’s Got Talent, the show that has been around for almost 18 seasons at this point and more than four hundred episodes!
America’s Got Talent is often connected to the judge Simon Cowell, who is known for his sharp criticism of the contestants and the way he judges their performances. Did you know, though, that Simon Cowell is also the creator of this splendid NBC shows? He is not only a judge who is sharp with his wit and a person who knows talent when he sees it, but he is also an entrepreneur and recording executive for British and American television.
Simon Cowell is a television personality that you must have been seeing on your television screens for quite a while now, but apart from being onscreen, he also has made a name for himself for the work he and the show franchises he has created has done. This man and his career were not made in a day, and neither was his net worth, so before going forward and discussing Simon Cowell more, let’s take a look at his roots.
Simon Phillip Cowell was born in 1959, on the 7th of October, in Brighton, England, to a lovely couple who had really good careers backing them. Simon’s mother, Julie Brett, was a ballet dancer and a socialite, and his father, Eric Phillip Cowell, was an estate agent and music executive; he also has a younger brother named Nicholas Cowell, a famous property dealer and estate agent.
Simon was only 16 when he decided to quit school and start working; this turned out to be the best decision Simon made at that time, as his first job at EMI Music Publishing led him to have great experience and exposure to the music industry that created the base for his current life. Back in 1979, he got his first opportunity to work with EMI Music Publishing to find artists to sing the newly appearing music albums.
In the year 1985, Cowell decided to form a company ‘Fanfare Records’ partnering with another individual, Iain Burton, which did well for a bit but then had to be shut down. Cowell went on to work with BMG Rights Management in the position of art and repertoire manager and brought great talents to the management company, also making a name for himself in the industry. It was in the year 2001 that Simon decided to create a show called Pop Idol along with British music and Simon Fuller. This show later came out with its American spin-off American Idol where Simon became a judge for the second time with the show in 2002.
The rest is history; today Simon Cowell has become a household name throughout the world for his contributions to the music industry and television media, adding to his fame and net worth where it stands today.
Simon Cowell’s Net Worth
This witty sixty-three-year-old man, Simon Cowell, has contributed a lot to the music industry, and that has helped him make a name for himself while also earning him a net worth of a boggling $600 Million! His net worth is seen to be derived from his work as a judge in major shows such as Britain’s Got Talent, America’s Got Talent, Britain Got Talent, and American Idol. He is also the creator of the “Got Talent” franchise, which has only added huge numbers to his net worth.
Cowell’s yearly earnings are known to be somewhere between $50 Million to $100 Million per year, only from the shows he hosts. When he worked as a judge for Pop Idol, he had a salary of around $30 Million, a per-season salary of $33 Million for the show American Idol and a salary of $45 Million from America’s Got Talent and Britain’s Got Talent shows.
Apart from these yearly and per-season salaries, Simon Cowell also owns a record label called “Syco Entertainment,” which has signed many renowned music artists, including Camilla Cabello, Noah Cyrus, and Olly Murs. His record label has come out with more than 200 songs.
Simon is known to own a lot of property and has a collection of cars that he loves too. He owns a Malibu beach house that costs around $24 Million, his now-sold Beverly Hills property was worth $25 Million, along with a Holland Park Mansion that is worth $15.5 Million, and a Wimbledon House worth $15 Million. His Malibu house is known to be the most majestic property that he owns, with huge bedrooms and a 1.63-acre area of garden space.
Cowell really loves his cars and has an eye for them, too; he is known to own almost 20 expensive cars, including a Bugatti Veyron that costs around 1.7 Million, the recently come out Caterham 7 CSR, and Rolls Royce Phantom along with a Tesla Model X and Ferrari 360.
Simon owns his family property with his soon-to-be wife, Lauren Silverman, who he has been engaged to since 2011. He also has a son with her, who is named Eric Cowell and is eight years old right now. Simon and Lauren are in love and also want a second child together after getting married.
Top Shows of James Corden
1. American Idol (Release Date: 11/06/2002):
American Idol is an American reality show that came out in the year 2002 and is considered to be a spin-off of the popular British show “Pop Idol”. American Idol is a television series where loads of aspiring artists come and compete in the show to try to earn themselves a record label by the end of the show, which is the prize for the winner.
Apart from winning a record label, there also comes fame with a part of the show and even winning a reality show that was considered to be one of the most-watched shows after its first release in America. In the year of 2016, the show took a two-year break and came back in 2018. The show follows the plotline where the judges go throughout the country in search of artists, trying to find the best ones who can compete and move further in the show.
The original panel of judges for the show included Simon Cowell, who was also the judge of Pop Idol, Paula Abdul an ex-rockstar, and Randy Jackson. All of them are famous personalities in the world of the music industry, and each one has their own unique personality traits and judging methods.
2. The X-Factor (Release Date: 04/09/2004):
The X-Factor is a reality show created by Simon Cowell and his entertainment company Syco Entertainment. This show came as a replacement for the original show “Pop Idol,” which ended in the year 2003.
All the X-Factor fans must know about the YouTube channel that is maintained by the franchise, including short clips and splendid moments from various episodes and versions of the show and has lots of views too. Even though it has been eighteen years since the show originally premiered, there are a lot of people who are enchanted by it and also the new talents that come up in the show every season.
The X-Factor has various versions of its original one that premiered in Britain; the show has also given the music industry some great artists, such as One Direction and Ergi Dini, for example. The golden buzzer and Simon Cowell’s judging methods are some of the famous parts of the show.
X-Factor Original Judges (Source: Getty Images)
Hoping Simon Cowell keeps doing well and keeps making those witty criticisms forever because, well, people love him for that, and they can be funny!
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