Chad Kroeger is a rock musician and producer. He is the front man, guitarist and leads vocalist for the band Nickelback. With the height of success of him and his band, Kroeger’s net worth is an estimated $60 million.
Chad was born November 15, 1974, in Hanna, Canada. He was interested in music from the minuscule age. He learned guitar at the age of thirteen. His musical interests lead him to be a part of a grunge cover band in the early 1990s. The band performed at various places and covered songs of the famous rock songs. They gained little popularity in their community where they played.
Kroeger started off his career by co-founding 604 Records with an attorney Jonathan Sinkin in 2002. This record company helped bands to produce and release their music.
They helped Theory of a Deadman, Bo Bice, and Default when the company just started off. Looking at the company now, it promotes and helps new artists. It has produced and released singles for artists such as Carly Rae Jepsen, Jessica Lee, Tommy Lee, and The Chainsmokers to name a few.
Kroeger, in 2002, in collaboration with vocalist Tyler Connolly and drummer Jeremy Taggart made a song for the 2002 Spiderman movie. The title of the song is ‘Hero’, which became an instant hit with the release and promotion of the movie. In the same year, Kroeger released songs wrote and sang by him; Why Don’t You & I.
Kroeger further released more singles featuring him such as Let Me Go, Porn Star Dancing, and Into the Night.
Kroeger developed the band Nickelback and released their first album Curb and the State in 1995. The album covered songs of Led Zeppelin and Metallica. Another album was Silver Side Up, the Long Road of which the song ‘How you remind me’ was on the top of the billboard for several months. Then they released other albums including All the Right Reasons in 2005, Dark Horse in 2008, Here and Now in 20011, and No Fixed Address in 2014.
Chad Kroeger is of Canadian nationality. His voice is known to be as one of the influential voices in the industry. Kroeger stands six feet one inch tall. The blonde musician has a hard core reputation among his fans. His fan following is huge. The gay – ish charm of his is what fans go crazy for after his voice.
You can follow his band on Twitter @nickelback and Facebook and Instagram. He updates his fans with the band’s pictures and latest news about album releases and concert dates. For a more professional profile, you can visit Wikipedia.
Moving on to his personal life, Chad Kroeger has a history with the Franco-Canadian pop/rock star Avril Lavigne. They started dating from early 2012. They began working together; Kroeger collaborated with Avril for her fifth album. The affair went from sweet girlfriend and boyfriend to fiancées. They got engaged in August 2012. On Canada Day 2013, they got married. They were the darlings of media; they were everywhere. They went Italy for their honeymoon. They have no children together.
Later after one year of marriage rumors started piling up about Chad and wife Avril trying to have a divorce. They were seen without their wedding rings in various events.
Rumors had it that their affair was based on a working relationship; when they were together for collaboration. And after the album finished they couldn’t put up with things. There has been no official announcement about their separation.