How is Ricky Martin worth 120 million dollars ?

His looks, mostly.

His pee is worth its weight and gold

Shake yer bon bon.

Because he's a worldwide star. Probably far more popular outside the US.

While we are at it, let's revisit and appreciate his iconic Grammy performance in 1999

🕺Smokin' hot, and worth every penny.

Yeah?! How the fucken FUCK?

Because he was in the closet when raking it in

[quote] OMG.

Dyatlov right?

😁 Doesn't matter where he was, it matters where he is.

I believe it. He’s been famous since he was a kid and will be 50 this year. He was a big touring act for several years and I’m guessing he still has a decent career outside of the US. On top of that, think of all the money he made off merchandise his heyday and then he was a judge on The Voice in Australia for a stint and I’m sure that paid well.

R5 shows exactly why he's worth so much money. He's a showman par excellent!

He's had a huge amount of success in Latin America.

Members of 'nSync are not financially set due to their record sales. It was the merchandising & ticket sales that pre-teens bought by the BILLIONS of dollars

That is how Music stars make their money

He really knows how to shake his groove thing.

And he's shakin' it all the way to the bank.

More important question, [bold]why do you take that celebritynetworth site seriously?!?!?!?[/bold]

If Britney hears this she's gonna go off again.

Huge payday from Park MGM when he did his residency in Vegas, certainly helped.

He used to be one of the biggest stars in the world. Knowing that $120M doesn't sound outlandish at all.

For me the better question is why do people who are worth SOOOO MUCH money keep working.

Maybe I'm lazy (well there is not maybe about it), but if I had a paid for house, car, and ... $30 million? (probably less), I'd be happy to be a slug an collect earnings on investments/residuals.

For the life of me, I do not understand why people like Madonna, Oprah, etc. keep working. I get that they may enjoy performing, but is it worth all the hassle?

He made a killing in his “hot” moment and probably invested well.

$120 million? That’s a lot of Menudo!

[quote]He really knows how to shake his groove thing

She Bangs!

R20, big stars are practically enterprises themselves, employing sometimes dozens of people. They might feel they owe to their employees to keep the money coming in. For most it's probably a way of life, something they can't live without. It gives their life structure. Let's not forget many of these people have worked hard to get where they are and have lived a very busy and structured life. It's not easy to suddenly stop that and start doing something mundane.

They might also feel that they are making a difference when in the spotlight. Some stars also very probably are addicted to being adored and worshipped by their fans.

R20 cuz fame is a drug. Like money and power.

Damn, that man is sex on a stick.

Is Ricky a top? He’s too sexy to bottom.

Ricky Martin was on General Hospital? ......

Who knew ! ! !

In terms of pound sterling this is about 67 m I think? A tremendous amount but I acted thought he might be worth a bit more than that.

I think some of his songs are likely played a fair bit on juke boxes in public venues around the world and artists unless they signed over or sold their rights get a proportion of the money paid for each time a song is played on a jukebox. I have certainly played some of his songs on jukeboxes in the UK so in a sense I have directly put cash in his wallet!

Fame is an addiction to many stars. The more they have the more they want.

How do the celebrity net worth type websites get their information and reach their estimates?

It's all based mainly on pure conjecture and the rest on data easily obtained that reveals what a celebrity earned in salary for the jobs they've done. Then they factor in that person's earning potential for the future to come up with some sort of number. In other words, it's pure bunk.

Everything about this guy makes me glad I'm Gay :)

Probably because he’s not you, OP! Go back to eating your smegma.

Instead of all this "it gets better" nonsense, what we really need to be telling young gays is that if you want to get ahead in life, you have to suck dick.

Menudo and a career with dozens of #1 hits in Latin America. Can't you read a fucking Wikipedia article?

This guy had two successful careers in music and he also had a career as an actor.

why shouldn't he have big money? global star.

Some people here have no concept of what one number one hit can do to you in terms of money. This guy had many both in the Spanish speaking world and the whole world as well. Do the math, it's not rocket science or conjecture. You can approximate just by the charts alone.

The Spanish duo that wrote Macarena became millionaires on that single alone.

Yes, but does it have a good beat and can you dance to it ?

R36 hasn't had his first cup of coffee ☕ yet.

I saw Ricky close up once back in the 80s. I was staying at The Doral Inn on Lexington Ave. in NYC. Apparently the band was in NYC for a performance and were staying there. One morning as I was walking through the lobby to catch a cab the Menudo boys and some adults obviously in control were in the lobby waiting for their transportation. There was quite a hullabaloo and I asked someone what was going on. I'd never heard of Menudo so I wasn't impressed. But one little adorable rascal was running around like mad and one of the grown ups admonished him, "Ricky, get over here!". Little Ricky was well chastened and sat his hiney down and kept quiet.

Does she have a skin care line?

R38 That’s if you write your songs. Ricky’s biggest hits were not written by him.

I hate leather (pleather?) pants that are baggy like at r5. That always annoyed me about that performance. Leather pants should not be bootleg!

I remember at the peak of his career in the U.S., Ricky was anticipating a "fifty year career" like Frank Sinatra. As soon as he came out as a homo it was all over. Even in liberal Hollywood coming out is the death knell with a rare exception like Ellen. Comedian Lily Tomlin is wise enough to admit it would have been "career suicide" if she came out in 1969-70 when she became famous on Laugh-In. If she would have come out it would have been back to Detroit and obscurity, with an occasional coffee house stand up comedy gig. Instead she kept her mouth shut and had a successful career that peaked in the late 1980's, a good twenty years, and continued to find work afterwards.

[quote]I remember at the peak of his career in the U.S., Ricky was anticipating a "fifty year career" like Frank Sinatra. As soon as he came out as a homo it was all over.

Wrong. He didn’t come out until 2010 and his career started slumping after 2001 - almost a decade after the Livin La Vida Loca success. If anything, officially coming out helped renew interest after years of flops. After he came out, he was on Broadway, he did an episode of Glee, he became a coach on The Voice in Australia, did a three year world tour, then a 30 date Las Vegas residency, then did that Gianni Versace movie.

I should have made that more clear - by 2010 it had been almost years since his peak, and between 2001 and 2010, he had a lot of flops.

He almost certainly made at least a quarter of that in real estate circa 2003-2007. The guys from No Mercy made a shit ton of money flipping Miami condos. Ditto, for Vanilla Ice & pretty much everyone else. Circa 2003, if you had the ability to throw down $240k cash, you could easily turn $240k into $360k in 18 months by flipping pre-construction condos in Miami. Over, and over, and over again.

He has earned enough clout to get away with high escorting fees.

^ If that were true I'd gladly pay for Ricky :)

HE'S NOT.

Those Celebrity Net Worth websites are highly inaccurate. I mean, come on, it says Eric and Don Trump Jr are EACH worth 300-million. That, my friends, is fake news.

But don't worry, Ricky's doing just fine... he'll be fine.

[quote] That’s if you write your songs. Ricky’s biggest hits were not written by him.

You have no idea what you're talking about. Performers get a huge chunk of a songs royalties, specially if they're the ones releasing them first. Its all in the contract you sign.

May performers get co writing credits as well even if they've done nothing, Beyonce being a clear example of that.

Because he is larger outside the USA than in. Many Hispanic artists are very rich.

Ricky has a HUGE PENIS that's how! Hello!

Ricky has no groundbreaking albums that will stand the test of time. He's mostly a singles artist. He's really lucky to have lasted as long as he has. He wasn't even the most talented of what Menudo had to offer. I'm not mad though, he is a hard worker, an excellent performer and a sexy and beautiful man (I will take all of his thirst traps). But he isn't an artist to me though. Just a great performer who can carry a tune. Former Menudo member, Draco Rosa has more interesting music and is very talented.

Enormous popularity in Spanish speaking countries buying his music...ALL his music.

He has never had any vices like gambling, booze, or drugs, so he had money to invest and increase his wealth. Too often singers of his stature end up with their fortune up their noses.

[quote] it says Eric and Don Trump Jr are EACH worth 300-million

I seriously doubt either of those mooks could come up with $1 million cash from their own money in 24 hours if their lives depended on it. Those two and their father live off money they've grifted or stolen. They've never known what it's like to make an honest dollar.

I think his career is like Robbie Williams. His career is far bigger outside the US. Williams spends a lot of his time living in the US (or at least he did) from back when he was trying to make it big here (which never happened), but I think he likes the US lifestyle.

Because bi men are sociopaths, and most sociopaths are wealthy.

[quote]How is Ricky Martin worth 120 million dollars ?

This isn't me slighting you, OP but people really do forget there's a whole world outside of the USA.

Rihanna has sold more albums worldwide than Taylor Swift, Whitney Houston, Celine Dion, Beyonce and even Mariah but if you're just going by US sales then it's a completely different story.

THIS! This is how he's worth that much money.

The photos of Ricky are hot... but the photo of fuck face tRump jr. made me gag..ick

[quote]... Williams spends a lot of his time living in the US (or at least he did) from back when he was trying to make it big here (which never happened), but I think he likes the US lifestyle.

He said he enjoyed living in the US because practically no one knew him and he could go on living his life without being constantly recognized. Not sure how true that was but he most definitely was HUGE in Europe. I think he still fills stadiums easily, or at least did before COVID.

There is no doubt Ricky is loaded but celebritynetworth is not a credible source of information.

He's not that rich as far as Spanish-language speakers go. Luis Miguel has a higher net of $180 Million

Shakira is worth $300 Million. She was a much more successful crossover act than Ricky. It probably helped she was blonde, sexy and marketed herself in The US as a Hispanic Barbie of sorts, so more young girls and gays would buy her music. Ricky mostly appealed to older women.

That’s actually quite low today.

13 concert tours, some with huge audiences (100,000 in Zócalo, CDM.)

[quote] I think his career is like Robbie Williams. His career is far bigger outside the US. Williams spends a lot of his time living in the US

His wife is American, so they tend to divide their time (almost) equally between America and the UK. The former One Direction guy...the fat Irish one...he invited the media into his new London home for a tour, but he spends nearly all his time in America and the occasional jaunt to Ireland to visit family. At one point he was bragging about his place in London being perfect and how if he wanted to, he could never have to leave it he loved it so much. Laughable since he's never there.

It's weird how Ricky makes the exact same few hand gestures and little head turns when he performs. Even when he raises his arm it's always at the exact same angle. He's so animatronic.

His longevity is very impressive because he isn't the most musically talented. Good passionate performer but very mechanical too. It must have been a combo of his good looks, nostalgia for Menudo, his attempts at 90s "acting" and giving head to music moguls to get access to the best producers. He's very good at self-promoting and had that drive. I can't see him retiring because he is addicted to attention. He'll be like Madonna or Iggy Pop, thrusting on stage in his elder years.

r59 I thought he was 100% gay.

R72 he isn't! Do you lot follow anything closely on what you post, or do you lot just have a memory like a fucking goldfish and have general retardation. That's a rhetorical question too.

He was an extreme homophobic bully and the only reason you fuckers let any of these bi scum of the hook with everything is because he is attractive looking and has celebrity status.

Ricky was probably diddled by producers as a baby gay in Menudo.. I mean he was in the band around the same time that member Roy Rosello was in there and he said he was sexually abuse. Ricky denies it though. There is also a rumor that Ricky was in a relationship with Miguel Bose and other much older men when he was a teenager. I think Ricky is 100% gay too but I would not be surprised if he has trauma and a difficulty removing his sexual orientation from the possible abuse.

r73 Ricky Martin a homophobic bully??

The only question that matters: Is he worth more than Gloria Estefan?

She's the real Queen of Miami, not this hunk of pork.

maybe next year, Ricky can give Maurice Benard his Emmy?

R75 You are so fucking unaware like majority of you on here that it's amazing how any of you still have the brainpower to tie your shoelaces.

R5, that was a great night; he emerged as a star

probably 85% plus of the people in that auditorium wanted him to fuck them that night.

So did Ricky bully his little fellow gay Angelo García when he was in Menudo with him?

Celebrities are never really as wealthy as the public think. I thought Britney Spears would've had at least $600 million to her name by now, especially after a two decades long career the touring merchandising endorsement deals perfume and investments etc. And the fact that she's Freaking Britney Spears!

Only to find out she only has $60 million at the moment? Hollywood is not silicon valley and celebrity wealth is not the type if money that can compete with billionaires. You have to go the Kardashian route and get into merchandising and make sure you own everything if you're looking to become insanely wealthy.

Because basic showbiz isn't going to cut it in today's world of wealth. But then again, A-List actors are really well paid and look at the cast of " Friends." They each collect something like $20 million per year in residuals from that show. I think actors fare much better in the money department than musicians do.

From Bisexual Ricky Martin Who You All Herald As "Gay" Like All The Countless Bisexual Men Who Identity As "Gay":

"They taught me a lot, both men and women equally." In 2016, he stated that he is attracted to both men and women, but, because he is only interested in romantic relationships with men, he does not identify as bisexual."

Nearly all of you applaud this kind of fuckery, and think it's fantastic that bisexual men identify as "gay" because you are the exact same as these dishonest MOTHERFUCKERS.

Ricky Bisexual Sociopath Martin is also Pro-Trans, just like every homophobic bisexual man is.

Ricky Bisexual Homophobic Sociopath Martin admitting he bullied gay men:

“I look back now and realise I would bully people who I knew were gay,” Martin tells the September/October edition of GQ Australia."

Ricky is gay and a lot of us acted homophobic in our youth due to fears of being discovered. Not saying bullying is okay but most of us as kids and teens act like douchebags. The fact Ricky acknowledges this and seems remorseful actually shows that he is not a sociopath.

[quote] Because bi men are sociopaths, and most sociopaths are wealthy.

I know plenty of people who fit the sociopath category and are deadbeat losers. The wealth is often correlated to other factors like inheritance, intelligence, talent and good looks. You can be poor, stupid, ugly and devoid of talent and be a sociopath. Look at people in prison, the military or police officers.

Ricky's probably one of the most annoying "singers" of the last hundred years. I always hated him.

R85 that's a fucking lame excuse. And did you miss the part about Ricky being sexually attracted to females but chooses to identify as "Gay"!? FFS, you idiots are still allowing bisexual scum in 2021 to use gay identity!! You are all fucked how you lot always overlook that dishonest shit!! The whole gay community is largely made up of bisexual men identifying as "gay", and that's how TQ+ easily got into the gay community with all their Trans, nonbinary, pansexual, and pronoun lying bullshit!

And your precious Ricky Bi Sociopath Identifying As Gay Martin is all on the freakshow conversion therapy Pro-trans bandwagon too! Not surprising at all though, seeing as bi/pan men love fucking the trans mutants while using gay identity, and most of you applaud them and bow down to them!

I’m good friends with an actress who was the lead in a well regarded cable drama. Celebrity net worth puts her net value at multiple millions of dollars.

She is currently selling videos of her feet to make ends meet. When I tell her what celebrity net worth estimates her net value at I get the bitterest laugh.

On a side not, I respect that Ricky as a white Puerto Rico is calling out anti-Black racism. A lot of white or light-skinned Puerto Ricans like to deny the racism and say "well, we're all mixed and thus equal" which isn't true. Clearly there is a bias towards light skin and general European features in PR society. A lot of people would not even realize a large population of Puerto Rico is dark-skinned Black people because the media almost never shows them and they suffer from larger poverty levels and imprisonment. It's mostly light-skinned Puerto Ricans with mostly Spanish, French, Corsican and Italian ancestry with some Taíno and even lesser hints of African that get represented in politics, high-paying jobs and the media.

*note

Ricky is not white, moron. He's like the lowest caste in India. Untouchable.

R90 he is so fucking fake and has drugged up black demon eyes. His whole love and light facade is fucking superficial. He lied like a coward to get money and fame, and he continues to lie about being "gay" when he is bisexual. Most of you look up to bottom of the barrel scum people like Ricky, and it's only because he is rich and famous. He is scum and he panders like that bi sociopath YouTuber TheNotAdam. They all have the dead behind the eyes sociopathic look.

I love Ricky Martin. He seems like a good guy.

Fuck the haters!

R94 of course you do! Scum love scum! Scum attracts scum!

He has always toured and is big in Spanish Countries. He needs to stop acting...He was god awful in Versace.....I can see why he couldnt get Gianni to 3 way with him.....

R92 Put Ricky next to a group of Southern Europeans like Rudolph Valentino, Louis Garrell, Ralph Macchio, Cristiano Ronaldo or Antonio Banderas and he would not stick out. He definitely is white in PR and Latin America because those countries founded by Southern Europeans and had a lot of immigrants from Southern Europe come in the 20th century. Why would the Spanish, French and Portuguese not put themselves at the top of the hierarchy? I believe Ricky's ancestors were directly from Corsica, France and Spain and more recently.

As for as Puerto Ricans go. I think Marc Anthony, Fat Joe and Johnny Lozada look way more mixed with Black and Chayanne and Hector Levoe both look part Indigenous.

There's clearly a crazed Ricky Martin hater on this thread. I suggest we not engage, as he seems like he's about to blow.

Only in a shithole third world place like PR would Ricky be considered white.

Only in a shithole place like the U.S.A. would R99 be so proud of his ugliness.

[quote] Only in a shithole third world place like PR would Ricky be considered white.

Really now? Do you only think white people have blonde and blue-eyed with pink skin? BTW, there are Puerto Ricans of Irish, German and French descent who have light hair, eyes and skin. The US is a bigger shithole country imo because it was so opposed to races mingling, made laws that segregated people and banned interracial marriage until the mid-20th Century. Puerto Ricans at least acknowledge the heavy African and Indigenous influence on their culture even the completely white Puerto Ricans are heavily influence. White Americans still have trouble acknowledging that Black Americans have been there for over 500 years and heavily influenced American culture in so many ways. Also, Americans had no issues accepting Spanish speakers as white people and even let them live in white neighborhoods during the Jim Crow era. That was until the Nixon administration created the "Hispanic" label for data seeking purposes and the media latched onto the idea of Hispanic equalling dark-skinned and lower class. Mexico, Cuba and Puerto Rico were actually affluent in the early 20th century and it was the wealthier and middle-class that also migrated over. Ricky looks Southern European, I'm sorry you're too racist to except Europeans are also diverse and the One-Drop Rule is bullshit too.

*accept

R101 If they are in PR, they'll never be white. They are scum.

I never saw what was so hot about him, like he had a nice body but his face has always been so average.

I swear this site hates famous gay men and lesbians more than anything. Middle-aged celebrities obviously weren't going to be out in their youth especially since there was serious gay panic and HIV hysteria that would have damaged their careers. Even if they were obviously flaming. In Ricky's case was famous since he was 12 years old and that put him in a different upbringing and under a lot of pressure than most. He came out anyway and is clearly seems guilty of the closet by how much he overcompensates with social justice and activism.

R105 we hate bi people identifying as "gay", you fucking stupid cunt, which most of them are doing and have done.

[Quote] we hate bi people identifying as "gay", you fucking stupid cunt, which most of them are doing and have done.

I doubt any of those people were dating you (or will do so). Unclench.

R42 nope.

LOL someone's off her meds.

He's a huge star in the world and touring will bring in the bucks.

R104, most DL readers would kill to have such a “nice” body and “average” face. As would most current musical “stars”. Those are definitely not his weak points but I will admit he is not an enormous musical talent. He is still entertaining and appealing there also.

Ricky is definitely white lmao. He (and Jlo) wouldn't be as successful as they are for being minimally talented, but having olive skin and "exotic" features. (1/16 amerindian) Can't believe that is even a debate. 75% of Puerto ricans are white.

The anti Ricky Martin troll is making me laugh. Ricky Martin is the person in the world you hate?

R113 I hate all BTQ+ SCUM, especially those who use "gay identity", and the fact that all of you just allow it and don't call it out as when you are suppose to "gay men", is something that is truly fucking pathetic and traitorous! You just laugh it off and embrace it!!

[quote] Only in a shithole place like the U.S.A. would [R99] be so proud of his ugliness.

Because there are only bigots in America, right?

R112 Nope. PRicans are not white and could never be white.

R116 I've met blonde, blue-eyed Puerto Ricans. Their accents throw me off because of the heavy African influence on PR Spanish. Many Puerto Ricans do identify as tri-cultural (African, Spanish, Taino) because the culture is so racially mixed.

Latin America was settled mainly by the Spanish, Portuguese and French. A large percentage of the population that also immigrated over were Italians, Corsicans, Sicilians, Arabs, Sephardi Jews, Romani, Moroccans, Maltese, Canary Islanders and Lebanese. Northern Europeans like Irish, Polish and Germans also did come. Ricky can pass for Southern European or North African. People need to understand that White Latinos are more likely to look like people like Antonio Banderas, Penelope Cruz, Al Pacino, Leah Remini, Monica Belluci, Nelly Furtado and Cristiano Ronaldo.

R116 Is a dumbass, there's white, black, Asian and what's most commonly mixed latinos. Pr has mostly white/black mixed in with Spain and it's slaves invading it.

Sure, Jan. There ain't no real whites in PR. Only wanna-bes. Wanting to be white doesn't count.

r101, excellent point about Spanish-speaking white people being accepted during Jim Crow. My family is white, and is practically one of Miami's "Pioneer families".

Anyway, when the first Cubans showed up, my parents & grandparents enthusiastically *welcomed* them with open arms. Why? Because as far as they were concerned, Cubans were 'ethnic' white people fleeing commies, no different than our own ancestors who emigrated to Miami from eastern Europe a few decades earlier. Oh, they grumbled a little in the 70s when they'd go to a store & have to find a salesperson who spoke English, but there was no hatred or anything, just mildly frustrated bitching about inconvenience. When Cubans moved into their neighborhood, it was more a novelty than anything.

Anglo-Miamians didn't really start to *mind* Cubans until Mariel... and even then, it was just because no city in AMERICA can absorb 150,000+ new residents almost overnight without having everyone's quality of life go down the shithole... when suddenly EVERYTHING is overcrowded, when it was just fine a year earlier.

Truth be told, Cubans weren't even really thought of as 'Hispanic'. To us (Anglo Miamians), "hispanics" were short brown migrant farmworkers from Mexico, not the people who'd arrived as refugees from Cuba and were buying expensive houses in Coral Gables not even 10 years later.

I'll never forget the grandmother of one of my Cuban friends from school during the Liberty City riots. I swear that tiny old lady only with blue hair only knew one English word: the N*bomb. She'd be sitting in their living room, watching the news in Spanish, then let out a torrent of angry Spanish that included one or two N*bombs per breath.

1980s Miami was a strange, surreal (in retrospect) place.

No messy divorces has helped Ricky keep most of his money.