James Arthur Net Worth (Updated 2023) – Bio Overview

James Arthur is an English singer and songwriter from North Yorkshire, England, who has a net worth of $5 million as of 2023. He rose to fame after being the winner of the ninth season of the 2012s British reality music competition titled The X Factor. 

At first, he begins dropping the covers of the tracks, and Arthur’s first single Impossible was released by Syco Music and it was the cover of Shontelle. James’ debut single earned him a lot of attention and it went all the way to number one on the UK Singles Chart, and it has managed to sell more than 2.5 million copies globally.

In addition, the song Impossible became the most successful winner’s track in the history of the show. In 2013 James Arthur released his self-titled debut studio album, James Arthur which hit several charts including the UK Albums Chart.

So today we are going to talk about the total net worth of James Arthur his salary, income sources, career, biography, luxurious lifestyle, and much more.

Net Worth 2023:

Early Life:

James Andrew Arthur was born on the 2nd of March 1988 in Redcar Town, North Yorkshire to parents Neil Arthur and mother Shirley Ashworth. He was born to a family of artists his father is Scottish while his mother is English.

Arthur’s dad Neil worked as a DJ and musician for several years before becoming a delivery driver while his mother Shirley used to work as a fashion model and then sales and marketing professional.

Arthur was just two years old when his parents got divorced and after that, he moved to Bahrain after his mother’s second marriage with Ronald Rafferty who worked as a computer engineer. His father Neil later married another woman named Jacqueline together they had James’ half-sister named Charlotte Marina Arthur.

While living in Redcar, North Yorkshire, Arthur attended Ings Farm Primary School and later he moved to Bahrain with his mother and stepfather at the age of nine. He then studied at a private institution named The British School of Bahrain for about four years.

When Arthur was 14 years old his mother separated from his stepfather so the family came back to the Coast road of Redcar where he completed his education at the Ryehills School.

Career:

At the age of 15, James Arthur developed an interest in music and he started recording and writing new tracks. After there he got a chance to perform in several famous music bands, Emerald Skye, Save Arcade, and Cue the Drama, and these bands recorded some tracks like “Hole in My Heart”, Said You’d Be There”, “Tear Me Apart”, “On the Radio 98KUPD”, “It Hurts”, “It’s Killing Me”, “I’ll Reach You”, etc.

In 2011 Arthur went on to audition for the television singing competition titled The Voice UK but did not make it beyond the final 200 competitors. The breakthrough moment of his career came in 2012 when he auditioned for the ninth season of The X Factor where he was mentored by Nicole Scherzinger.

Arthur went to the live performances and won the whole show in late 2012 against Jahmene Douglas a runner-up. He was in the bottom two in the seven-week of the show and was the contestant to recover from that place to go on and win the competition.

After that, he made a name and fame for himself in the music industry by releasing many hit singles. After winning the competition his debut single immediately saw a huge success by selling over 1 million copies as well as it peaked at the top of the U.K. Singles Chart.

In the following year, Arthur dropped his first self-titled album which included some hit singles such as Impossible, You’re Nobody ’til Somebody Loves You, Recovery, Get Down, and more. All the tracks hit the charts and became very successful.

On 28 October 2016, James Arthur released his second studio album titled Back from the Edge. The lead single from the album Say You Won’t Let Go was dropped in that year and it peaked at #1 on the UK Singles Chart as well as came up as his second chart-topper.

The song also led him to become the first male to have won two UK number-one singles. On top of that, the song spent 3 consecutive weeks on the top spot becoming his first chart entry on the Billboard charts in the United States in January 2017.

Arthur continued to release the following singles from his second album which includes Safe Inside and Can I Be Him, which peaked at #30 and #69 on the UK charts respectively. In April of that year, he went on his first arena tour across the UK and Ireland with Ella Henderson to promote the album. He also teamed up for Machine Gun Kelly’s Go for Broke. 

On 18 October 2019, Arthur dropped his third studio album You which debuted and reached #2 on the UK Albums Chart. The album features hit tracks that were released previously and include You Deserve Better, At My Weakest, Empty Space, Falling Like the Stars, Quite Miss Home, and more.

At the end of 2013, Arthur faced a lot of criticism and trouble for the homophobic lyrics in his track that evoked slurs against the LGBT community. Later iTunes allowed customers to demand refunds for his album after that homophobic slurs created so much social media outrage.

Awards:

James Arthur received several award nominations including the three BRIT Awards for British Single of the Year, British Artist Video of the Year, and British Single of the Year, Teen Choice Awards for Choice Breakout Artist, and American Music Awards in the category of New Artist of the Year, and iHeartRadio Music Awards for Best Cover Song, among others.

Arthur also won Los Premios 40 Principales, Radio Regenbogen Awards, and BMI Pop Awards in the category of Award-Winning Song for his song “Say You Won’t Let Go”.

Biography:

James Arthur Net Worth:

As of 2023, James Arthur Net Worth is estimated to be around $5 million. He is one of the most recognized singers in the country and has released many hit singles.

He has done several concert tours including 2013 The X Factor Live Tour, the 2014 James Arthur Tour, 2015 The Story So Far Tour, 2017 Back from the Edge Tour, the 2017 16th Annual Honda Civic Tour with OneRepublic, 2019 The Twenty Tour, and 2019 ou: Up Close and Personal Tour. 

The majority of his income comes from his profession such as hit singles, live concerts, album sales, as well as collaborations with other artists. In 2017 Arthur was also part of Pepsi’s, The Sound Drop campaign.

A hefty amount of his revenue comes from his YouTube channel where he garnered more than 6.5 million subscribers. Arthur’s second album’s lead single “Say You Won’t Let Go” earned over 1.4 billion views on his YouTube channel. James Arthur’s annual income is roughly $1 million.

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