James Arthur: The singer’s fortune

How much money does James Arthur have?

James Arthur won the British version of the talent show The X Factor in 2012 and became a star in his home country. He managed to get a place in the Spotify best list with Say You Won’t Let Go . The singer is vegan and was named the most beautiful vegan by PETA in 2019. However, because he had problems dealing with his meteoric rise, he occasionally turned to alcohol and pills. James Arthur’s estimated net worth is 4.6 million euros .

James Arthur’s net worth

As a musician, James Arthur makes a living from the income he earns from the sales and streams of his songs and albums. He has had more than 20 singles place in the British charts, and well over 100 releases have been awarded gold records worldwide. He reached a milestone with the song Say You Won’t Let Go from 2016, which was streamed over a billion times . This makes him one of the few musicians to have had a song on Spotify reach the one billion streams mark. These streams naturally also generate further income for James Arthur. Arthur has also been giving regular concerts since 2013, thereby increasing his wealth. Sales of his autobiography Back to the Boy in 2017 also brought him money.

First self-produced album

As a schoolboy, James Arthur played in various bands and performed with them as well as in bars as a soloist. At the age of 15, he wrote his first songs , recorded them and published them on the internet. In 2011, he released his album Sins by the Sea as a download on his own. He also recorded an EP with The James Arthur Project and The James Arthur Band .

James Arthur as winner of The X Factor

In June 2012, Arthur took part in a casting for the TV show The X Factor and was then invited to the boot camp, where he was trained by Nicole Scherzinger. He was one of twelve contestants to make it to the live shows and emerged as the winner of the show in December 2012. The song he won the final of The X Factor with was a cover of Impossible by Shontelle . It climbed to number one in the British charts and sold over six million copies worldwide.

Success, concerts and panic attacks

In May 2013, Arthur released the EP Undiscovered Acoustic , followed by the single You’re Nobody ’til Somebody Loves You in August 2013. The album James Arthur was released in November 2013 and reached number two on the sales charts in the UK and Ireland. From January 2014, Arthur performed the songs on his first live tour, which included 37 shows across Europe and further increased his wealth . However, during this time, Arthur began to suffer from increasing panic attacks and found it increasingly difficult to cope with the pressure from the media. He eventually tried to combat his problems with alcohol and pills.

One billion streams on Spotify

In September 2016, the single Say You Won’t Let Go was released , the precursor to a new album by Arthur. The song topped the charts in Great Britain, the Netherlands, Australia, Sweden and others. In many countries it has also received awards for its high sales. In the USA it was awarded a diamond record for selling over ten million copies . In total, the single has sold more than 17 million copies worldwide and is one of the few songs to break the one billion streams barrier on Spotify. The album Back from the Edge , which was released in October 2016, also reached number 1 in the UK.

Successful charity single

In June 2017, Arthur was one of numerous prominent musicians to record a cover of the song Bridge over Troubled Water to raise money for the families of around 80 victims of a building fire in London. The song reached number 1 in the UK charts and earned the performers the Power of Music Award at the 2017 MTV Video Music Awards. In October 2017, Arthur published his autobiography Back to the Boy . His album You , released in October 2019, peaked at number 2 in the UK, and its follow-up, It’ll All Make Sense in the End, released in November 2021, reached number 3 in Arthur’s home country.