Nickelback’s Chad Kroeger picked up music as an outlet to get him through a difficult phase and eventually making a career out of it. Find out what happened to him and his net worth
Today Nickelback is known as the most successful band in Canada,Nickelback’s net worth is estimated at $80 million, making Chad Kroeger the wealthiest within the group.
The group, Village Idiot, started as a cover band. It consisted of half brothers Mike Kroeger and Chad Turton, their cousin Brandon Kroeger, and friend Ryan Peake.
The name came from Mike Kroeger, who used to work at Starbucks. Whenever he hands over nickel for a change, he would often say, “here’s your nickel back.”
Nickelback caught a break in 1999 when Senior VP for the record label Roadrunner A&R Ron Burman received the band’s self-released demo tape and was immediately impressed.
With labels EMI Canada and Roadrunner Records, Nickelback successfully released their third album, The State, which later became certified gold, then later platinum in 2008.