‘Freaky’ Rockefeller Naomi Waletzky (a.k.a. Muffy Nixon) Nabs $9.2 M. Condo in Schrager’s 40 Bond

Ricky Martin has sold nearly 70 million albums, and because of that absurd accomplishment he owns a $6.3 million apartment at 40 Bond Street, the glittery green condo developed by hotelier Ian Schrager.

Princeton alum Naomi Waletzky (class of ’98), who sings as Muffy Nixon, has not sold that many copies of her album Freakshow, which features radio rock tunes with names like Shoulda Known and Planet Earth.

But she’s Laurence Rockefeller’s granddaughter, which makes her the great-great-grandchild of Standard Oil founder John D. Rockefeller. So her new apartment at 40 Bond is higher than Mr. Martin’s, by five floors, and much bigger—3,288 square feet instead of 2,637, and four bedrooms (with a study) instead of three.

According to a deed filed last week, it cost $9.25 million. There’s no record of a mortgage, which suggests she paid in cash.

Ms. Waletzky’s name is on the deed, but she bought it under Planet Earth LLC. “Space cadet, are you there/ You’re getting close with time to spare” is the opening line to her song Planet Earth. The chorus goes a little something like this: “You can crash on me/ You can crash on her/ So wake up from your fantasy/ Welcome back to planet Earth.”

According to floor plans, the master bathroom suite has a 14-foot-long “dressing gallery” with its own closet, a separate walk-in closet and a windowed bathroom. But the best space is the gargantuan living room, anchored by a wood/gas fireplace custom-designed by the building’s Pritzker-winning Swiss architects, Herzog & de Meuron.

Whether or not industrialist genealogy makes it easier to buy $9.25 million apartments, Ms. Waletzky told W in 2005 that her Rockefeller-ness hadn’t helped in music: “Doors were literally slammed in her face, record deals fell through, gigs were canceled, and ‘other bands were really mean to me.’”