The Smashing Pumpkins Members Net Worth

One of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed bands of the 1990s sure hasn’t come to these days by anything. Let’s see the long journey of The Smashing Pumpkins and what this successful career garnered them so far along with also finding out the members net worth, as well.
Formed in 1988 by Billy Corgan, D’arcy Wretzky, James Iha, and Jimmy Chamberlin, The Smashing Pumpkins has come to our lives storming out, being one of the most affecting alternative rock bands of its time. But the famous rock band has also undergone many line-up changes like many bands throughout its way. As well as going on a hiatus for six years, as its current lineup has become to be consisting of Billy Corgan on the lead vocals and guitar, Jimmy Chamberlin on the drums, and James Iha and Jeff Schroeder on the guitars, eventually.
Throughout its ongoing career, The Smashing Pumpkins has become known for its music that features a diverse, densely layered. Guitar-heavy sound as the band also blended the elements of gothic rock, heavy metal, dream pop, psychedelic rock, progressive rock, and shoegazing in their music, which also added electronica later in time, as well. At the time, most of the bands mostly stuck to their punk rock roots, while The Smashing Pumpkins has disavowed it to shape its own unique music style, which actually worked out pretty well. And to do so, the regarded band’s frontman and also its primary songwriter Billy Corgan used his musical ambitions and cathartic lyrics on the band’s albums and songs along with his talented bandmate’s contributions, leading The Smashing Pumpkins quickly into its musical mainstream with their second album, 1993’s Siamese Dream.
How The Smashing Pumpkins members net worth has reached throughout their long and successful career so far.
The Smashing Pumpkins Members Net Worth
Before debuting with Gish in 1991, The Smashing Pumpkins made its first appearance on record with the compilation album Light Into Dark, which also featured several Chicago alternative bands. But their international fame has come along with their second and third albums afterward, Siamese Dream and Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness.
So, the regarded rock band broke into its first musical mainstream with its second album, 1993’s Siamese Dream, before their 1995 follow-up album Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness has even garnered much more fame, peaking at number one on the Billboard 200 album chart, immediately.
Selling over 30 million albums sold worldwide, The Smashing Pumpkins released 11 studio albums, 4 live albums, 1 digital live album series, 7 compilation albums, 5 extended plays, 54 singles, 4 video albums, 36 music videos, and contributions to 5 soundtrack albums in total including promotional releases, so far.
So, let’s also take a closer look at their albums along with their places on charts.
- Gish (1991), peaked at the number 146 on the Billboard 200 chart, 51 on The ARIA Charts ( the main Australian music sales charts,) 125 on the Canadian Albums Chart, and 40 on The Official New Zealand Music Chart
- Siamese Dream (1993), peaked at the number 10 on the Billboard 200 chart, 7 on The ARIA Charts, 3 on the Canadian Albums Chart, 64 on The GfK Entertainment Charts (the official music charts of Germany,) 50 on The Irish Albums Chart, 22 on The Dutch Album Top 100, 3 on The Official New Zealand Music Chart, and 4 on The Official Albums Chart of UK
- Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness (1995), peaked at the number 1 on the Billboard 200 chart, 1 on The ARIA Charts, 2 on the official record charts in Belgium, 1 on the Canadian Albums Chart, 6 on the French charts, 21 on The GfK Entertainment Charts, 3 on The Irish Albums Chart, 6 on The Dutch Album Top 100, 1 on The Official New Zealand Music Chart, and 4 on The Official Albums Chart of UK
- Adore (1998), peaked at the number 2 on the Billboard 200 chart, 1 on The ARIA Charts, 1 on the official record charts in Belgium, 2 on the Canadian Albums Chart, 1 on the French charts, 3 on The GfK Entertainment Charts, 5 on The Dutch Album Top 100, 1 on The Official New Zealand Music Chart, and 5 on The Official Albums Chart of UK
- Machina/The Machines of God (2000), peaked at the number 3 on the Billboard 200 chart, 2 on The ARIA Charts, 4 on the official record charts in Belgium, 2 on the Canadian Albums Chart, 4 on the French charts, 4 on The GfK Entertainment Charts, 3 on The Irish Albums Chart, 15 on The Dutch Album Top 100, 4 on The Official New Zealand Music Chart, and 7 on The Official Albums Chart of UK
- Machina II/The Friends & Enemies of Modern Music (2000), –
- Zeitgeist (2007), peaked at the number 2 on the Billboard 200 chart, 7 on The ARIA Charts, 6 on the official record charts in Belgium, 1 on the Canadian Albums Chart, 24 on the French charts, 7 on The GfK Entertainment Charts, 5 on The Irish Albums Chart, 7 on The Dutch Album Top 100, 1 on The Official New Zealand Music Chart, and 4 on The Official Albums Chart of UK
- Oceania (2012), peaked at the number 4 on the Billboard 200 chart, 8 on The ARIA Charts, 25 on the official record charts in Belgium, 4 on the Canadian Albums Chart, 33 on the French charts, 36 on The GfK Entertainment Charts, 24 on The Irish Albums Chart, 34 on The Dutch Album Top 100, 9 on The Official New Zealand Music Chart, and 19 on The Official Albums Chart of UK
- Monuments to an Elegy (2014), peaked at the number 33 on the Billboard 200 chart, 55 on The ARIA Charts, 136 on the official record charts in Belgium, 154 on the French charts, 62 on The GfK Entertainment Charts, 83 on The Irish Albums Chart, 94 on The Dutch Album Top 100, and 59 on The Official Albums Chart of UK
- Shiny and Oh So Bright, Vol. 1 / LP: No Past. No Future. No Sun. (2018), peaked at the number 54 on the Billboard 200 chart, 63 on The ARIA Charts, 71 on the official record charts in Belgium, 66 on the Canadian Albums Chart, 123 on the French charts, 20 on The GfK Entertainment Charts, 84 on The Irish Albums Chart, 79 on The Dutch Album Top 100, and 43 on The Official Albums Chart of UK
- Cyr (2020), peaked at the number 86 on the Billboard 200 chart, 36 on The ARIA Charts, 154 on the official record charts in Belgium, 66 on the Canadian Albums Chart, 104 on the French charts, 31 on The GfK Entertainment Charts, 95 on The Irish Albums Chart, and 71 on The Official Albums Chart of UK
Let’s continue and also find out about the famous rock band The Smashing Pumpkins and its members’ net worth in 2022.
Billy Corgan Net Worth: $60 Million
The lead singer, co-founder, and guitarist of The Smashing Pumpkins, Billy Corgan is also the only permanent member of the regarded rock band, as well. Corgan has written most of the band’s songs’ lyrics as the band’s primary songwriter, too.
Best known for his tenure with The Smashing Pumpkins, Billy Corgan also started a new band called Zwan and released a solo album during the band’s hiatus, TheFutureEmbrace, and a collection of poetry in 2005, Blinking with Fists, before reforming The Smashing Pumpkins after six years. Besides all, the talented musician has also contributed to other famous artists’ works, such as Marilyn Manson‘s Mechanical Animals, a few albums of Hole, Jimmy Chamberlin‘s first solo album, and many more, outside of his tenure.
And today in 2022, The Smashing Pumpkins founder Billy Corgan’s net worth seems to be $60 million.
Jeff Schroeder Net Worth: $5 Million
Jeff Schroeder joined The Smashing Pumpkins as its guitarist to replace the band’s co-founder James Iha back in 2007. He has also become the only member of the band besides Billy Corgan to still be with the band since their 2007 revival, appearing on all the albums after Zeitgeist,
Outside of his tenure with The Smashing Pumpkins, Jeff Schroeder was also a member of The Lassie Foundation, and The Violet Burning before that, at which point he started his professional music career when he was just 18.
And today in 2022, The Smashing Pumpkins guitarist Jeff Schroeder’s net worth seems to be $5 million.
James Iha Net Worth: $20 Million
Best known as the guitarist and co-founder of The Smashing Pumpkins, James Iha hadn’t joined the band when it was reformed again in 2006 as he came back later in 2018. So, except for the band’s albums before disbanding, he appeared in all the albums starting with Shiny and Oh So Bright, Vol. 1 / LP: No Past. No Future. No Sun.
Outside of his tenure with The Smashing Pumpkins, James Iha also contributed guitar and vocals, and produced remixes for a number of other regarded artists, including Midnight Movies, Isobel Campbell, Marilyn Manson, Whiskeytown, and Michael Stipe.
And today in 2022, The Smashing Pumpkins guitarist James Iha’s net worth seems to be $20 million.
Jimmy Chamberlin Net Worth: $40 Million
Best known as the drummer of The Smashing Pumpkins, Jimmy Chamberlin has been with the band both in its two parts as he was also the other co-founder of the band alongside Billy Corgan.
Outside of his tenure with The Smashing Pumpkins, Jimmy Chamberlin also formed his project, called This, and another one called The Last Hard Men with former Skid Row vocalist Sebastian Bach, The Frogs guitarist Jimmy Flemion, The Breeders guitarist and vocalist Kelley Dea, while there are also a bunch of other side projects he has involved, as well. The talented drummer has also appeared in numerous other projects of regarded artists, throughout his career.
And today in 2022, The Smashing Pumpkins drummer Jimmy Chamberlin’s net worth seems to be $40 million.