The singer disagreed with the name but went with it anyway.
However, Mellencamp would see significant success in 1982.
1, where it stayed for nine weeks (viaBillboard).
With that much success and over 27 million albums sold worldwide, how much is Mellencamp worth?
The singer’s $30 million fortune isn’t just down to his career as a musician, either.
His acting career could have really taken off in 1991 when he was offered the role of J.D.
in Ridley Scott’s “Thelma & Louise.”
“I never wanted to be an actor.”
Even before Mellencamp broke into the music industry, he was studying to become an artist.
Mellencamp followed that advice and has since gone on to put his expressionist artwork on display.
“There’s nothing closer to heaven than painting,” Mellencamp told the Guardian.
It took me a long time to come to that conclusion.
I think my songs and paintings reflect that."
