How much is Grimes worth?
| Net Worth: | $6 Million |
|---|---|
| Profession: | Professional Musician |
| Date of Birth: | March 17, 1988 (age 34) |
| Country: | Canada |
| Height: | 5 ft 4 in (1.65 m) |
About Grimes
Grimes is the stage name of Claire Elise Boucher, a Canadian musician, music video director, record producer, singer, songwriter, and visual artist. She’s best known for releasing music in a variety of styles such as dream pop, electronica, hip hop, and R&B. Her music career started in the late 2000s and since then, she has released eleven singles, five studio albums, and two extended plays.
The Canadian singer-songwriter that gained a lot of attention from her controversial songs “Genesis” and “Oblivion” earned a lot of money from her music projects. In January 2010, she released her debut studio album through the label Artubus. The album is titled Geidi Primes and besides the United States, it also peaked in numerous charts in Canada and the United Kingdom.
Less than a year later, in September that year, Grimes released her second studio album called Halifax.
Grimes became famous after the release of her debut studio album Geidi Primes in 2010. Clair was born in Vancouver, British Columbia on March 17, 1988. She is of Italian, French, and Ukrainian descent and was raised Roman Catholic. There’s not much information about her father who was a banker and businessman. Her mother is Sandy Garossino, an arts advocate and a former Crown prosecutor. Boucher has three brothers – Mac, Daniel, and Jay. Mac and Daniel are cinematographers and Jay is a musician with whom she has worked on various music projects.
The young singer-songwriter attended the Lord Bang Secondary School from which she earned her diploma in 2006. Shortly after that’s he moved from Vancouver to Montreal with the idea to join the McGill University. At the institution, she focused on Russian language and neuroscience. She left the school before she could graduate or earn a degree and instead, focused on music.
After graduating from high school, Clair came up with the name Grimes and decided to use it as her stage name. She created accounts on Myspace and YouTube where she posted some of her earlier songs and cover videos.
Her first studio album to enter multiple US charts, including the US Billboard 200, was her third – Visions. The album sold more than 1 million copies and earned gold certification by the RIAA, becoming the singer’s first project to achieve this.
After the release of the aforementioned sophomore album, the Canadian star embarked on her first tour in Canada called the Halfaxa Tour. She then went on to embark on a few others as both a headliner and supporting artist of the likes of Lykke Li, Diplo, Skrillex, Lana Del Rey, and Florence and the Machine.
Apart from her work on many music projects for both herself and other artists, Grimes is also a television superstar. She has performed on many television series and talk shows such as Tout le monde en parle, Late Night/The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, and The Creative Brain. Over the past ten years or so, the visual artist has been the art director, composer, editor, and producer of all of her music videos. Most recently, she voiced the role of Lizzy Wizzy in the viral video game Cyberpunk 2077 and since 2018, she has been the writer and composer of the animated Netflix television series Hilda.
Grimes has a unique artistry that she brings to bear in her music and her videos. She has become incredibly successful over the past few years and earned an estimated net worth of $6 million.
What makes Grimes so successful is her diverse style of music and appearance, both of which she has displayed time and time again in her (music) projects. Since her rise to stardom, the young singer has received numerous awards and nominations from the likes of Harper’s Bazaar, iHeartRadio Music, NME, and UK Music Video Awards.
After a five year gap between her fourth and most recent album, she finally released a new album titled Miss Anthropocene. The album was a commercial and critical success that entered music charts in over 20 countries around the world.
Summing-Up
Grimes is described as one of the most unique singers in the world. Apart from her acclaimed music, the personal life of the pop music superstar has been a hot topic.
Especially in recent years, as she has been dating the business magnate Elon Musk, who in January 2021 became the richest person in the world. As of 2023, Grimes’s net worth is estimated to be $6 million dollars.
