Oliver Anthony has revealed just how much money he made from his first royalty pay from his first hit "Rich Men North Of Richmond."
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The controversial country singer has been making waves in the industry pretty consistently. He was the first artist ever to have a #1 song with no prior charting history. He literally came out of nowhere with "Rich Men North Of Richmond" and took the scene by storm.
Since then, however, he has renounced the industry inside and out. He's called the industry a "big joke," and has been talking about setting up a ministry for some months now.
Well, the singer recently sat down on the Joe Rogan Experience to talk about his sudden rise to fame. He also revealed how much money "Rich Men North Of Richmond" made him from his first royalty paycheck.
At first, he thought he'd be a brief sensation. "I believed everybody that said, 'This kid's got 15 minutes of fame,'" he said. "During when 'Richmond' blew up I would have been one of those guys who would have been like, 'Oh, that stupid guy.'"
"I would have been a hater, too."
But The Streams Didn't Stop...
Oliver Anthony had to accept that he wasn't a fleeting fad when the streams continued to grow.
"The first check from 'Richmond' was $800,000," he shared. "I could have lived a long time off that money."
"That was a decade or more of work for me, easily."
That is quite the sum to find at your doorstep out of nowhere. It was hard to do anything else other than accept the money. "I was like 'Heck yeah, I'm good, i'll just take it, you know?'"
I'm sure his next royalty pays weren't too far off his first one, either. It is a sum of money that's allowed him to change his life and be the difference he wants to make in the world. His ministry and plans for music are yet to materialize, but if he keeps throwing tracks like "Scornful Woman," I'm sure he'll be alright.
