OVER more than four decades Meat Loaf has transformed himself into a larger-than-life figure in the entertainment industry.

Here we look at the late singer’s net worth. 

What was Meat Loaf's net worth?

According to Celebrity Net Worth site, Meat Loaf’s net worth was $40 million dollars.

Singer Meat Loaf filed for bankruptcy way back in 1983.

This came after his business partners sued him for breach of contract and put him $1.6 million in debt.

All his assets were frozen in the process and he had to find new management. 

But he managed to bounce back thanks to platinum-selling albums.

What were Meat Loaf's top songs?

He has released 12 solo studio albums 

Meat Loaf's debut solo album 1977's Bat Out of Hell.

It is one of the best-selling albums in history with sales of more than 43 million copies. 

The 14x Platinum album continues to sell an estimated 200,000 copies each year.

This is more than four decades after its release and it spent nine years on the music charts. 

Welcome to the Neighbourhood" (1995) and Bat Out of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose (2006) also both went Platinum. 

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His albums also spawned popular singles such as I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That), Paradise by the Dashboard Light, and Two Out of Three Ain't Bad.

What TV shows and movies was Meat Loaf in? 

He has appeared in more than 100 films and television shows. 

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This includes his roles as Eddie in The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) and Robert "Bob” Paulson in Fight Club (1999). 

He also appeared as the Spice Girls' bus driver in the 1997 movie Spice World

In 1999, he published To Hell and Back: An Autobiography.

It became a VH1 TV movie of the same name in 2000.

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