Christopher John Cornell was an American singer and musician best known for his work with the rock bands Soundgarden and Audioslave as the lead vocalist, rhythm guitarist, and primary lyricist and songwriter. Cornell sold 14.8 million albums, 8.8 million digital songs, and 300 million on-demand audio streams in the United States alone, as well as more than 30 million records worldwide.
Cornell was nominated for 18 Grammy Awards and won three of them. Cornell was voted “Rock’s Greatest Singer” by readers of Guitar World,and ranked No. 4 on the list of “Heavy Metal’s All-Time Top 100 Vocalists” by Hit Parader, No. 9 on the list of “Best Lead Singers of All Time” by Rolling Stone, and No. 12 on MTV’s “22 Greatest Voices in Music”.
Who got Chris Cornell money?
Vicky Karayiannis was named as the Cornell money’s representative.
Cornell studied piano and guitar as a child. Cornell once stated that his mother saved his life by purchasing him a snare drum, which he used to begin his career as a rock musician.
He worked as a busboy, dishwasher, fish monger at a seafood wholesaler, and sous-chef at Ray’s Boathouse in Seattle before becoming a successful musician.
