How much is Jackson Wang worth?
| Net Worth: | $6 Million |
|---|---|
| Height: | 1.74 m |
| Profession: | Professional Rapper |
| Country: | Hong Kong |
| Date of Birth: | March 28, 1994 |
About Jackson Wang
Wang was born on March 28, 1994, in Hong Kong. He was brought up by two active parents: gymnast Sophia Chow and fencer Wang Ruiji. Wang began learning to fence when he was ten years old. As a member of the Hong Kong national fencing squad, he went on to receive numerous honors, including first place at the Asian Junior and Cadet Fencing Championship in 2011.
When Wang was playing basketball at his school in 2010, a JYP Entertainment agent from South Korea noticed him and invited him to the international auditions in Kowloon. He declined a scholarship to study fencing at Stanford University while training for the 2012 London Olympics because of the strong audition.
In the second season of SBS’ Roommate in 2014, Wang made his television debut. Following his appearance on the show, Wang’s personal popularity increased, and he later won the Newcomer Award at the 2014 SBS Entertainment Awards.
Wang made his Chinese television debut in December 2015 as one of the presenters (with He Jiong) on the popular Go Fridge adaptation of the show Please Take Care of My Refrigerator. Wang sang his original songs “I Love It” and “WOLO (We Only Live Once)” alongside his groupmates Yugyeom and BamBam at Got7’s debut show in Seoul on April 29, 2016.
Wang made his appearance in the Chinese reality TV program Fighting Man in July 2016. He received the Tencent Variety Show Star Awards’ Variety Star of the Year honor in December of that year.
Wang’s debut solo album will be released in China on June 26, 2017, and Team Wang will serve as his China-specific management group, JYP Entertainment said on June 26. On November 12, Wang attended the 2017 MTV Europe Music Awards as a representative of Great China. Wang was named an envoy for Hong Kong Tourism on February 9. On April 20, he released “Dawn of Us,” his third original song, which was written and produced by him once more alongside Boytoy.
Wang inked a contract with Canxing Culture on October 22, 2018, in order to compete internationally. Wang dropped the song “Different Game” with Gucci Mane on November 6, 2018. Wang appeared on the song “Rumble” from the album Diaspora by GoldLink and Lil Nei on June 12, 2019.
On June 19, 2019, he worked with Qin Fen to create the song “Another.” Wang was featured in three songs from the 88rising album Head in the Clouds II on October 11, 2019, prior to the release of Mirrors: “Tequila Sunrise,” “Walking,” and “I Love You 3000 II.”
Wang made his stage debut on CCTV’s New Year’s Gala on January 24, 2020, and gave a performance of “The Beginning of Youth.” On March 20, Wang released “100 Ways,” a new song that he wrote himself and blended western and Chinese culture.
Wang made an appearance as a mentor in the Street Dance of China competition series on Youku in July 2020. After three years of development, he finally debuted his fashion company Team Wang Design on July 7th. He functioned as the designer and creative director for the company.
Wang and JJ Lin collaborated on the Chinese-language track “Should’ve Let Go,” which was released in December 2020. He also made an appearance at the KBS Song Festival same month, joining Jessi onstage for a performance of “NUNU NANA,” one of her songs. He came in at number 41 on the Forbes China Celebrity 100 list in 2020. He is the Chinese musician who has amassed 10 million Vevo views the quickest.
Jackson Wang from China was the name Wang used to identify himself in an interview with Forbes in January 2020. “My goal is just to put my name out on the table just to let everybody to get to know me. I want to … let people know that Chinese kids are working on good music too.”
Jackson is fluent in a number of languages and can speak and understand Mandarin, Cantonese, Korean, and English with ease thanks to his employment in the entertainment industry in China, Korea, and the rest of the world.
After Adidas’ previously made public remark regarding alleged forced labor in the cotton-growing area of Xinjiang reappeared in March 2021, Wang ended his employment with the company.
After their exclusive contracts expired, Wang and the other Got7 members left JYP Entertainment on January 19, 2021. Wang appeared on three new singles released in March 2021: “M.I.A.” by Afgan, “So Bad” by Vava, and “Magnetic” by Rain. The self-directed music video for his new English single, “LMLY,” which was published on March 26, was also released. A second English song, “Drive You Home,” was published on July 29 in association with Internet Money.
Prior to the release of his full album Magic Man, he released the new single “Blow” on March 31, 2022. On September 9, 2022, Magic Man was launched. On November 26, a world tour would begin in Bangkok.
