Adam Clayton Age, Net Worth, Wife, Children, Height, Family and Biography

Adam Clayton Net Worth

$400 Million

Adam Charles Clayton better known as Adam Clayton is an English-Irish musician, songwriter and performer. As of 2024, Adam Clayton’s net worth is $400 million. He accumulated his net worth through years of contribution in the field of music by performing with several music bands and releasing music on various streaming platforms and added a handsome amount from live performances worldwide.

Adam is popularly known as the bass guitarist for an Irish rock band from Dublin called U2 alongside band members Bono, The Edge and Larry Mullen Jr. He is among the founding members of the band with whom he has been working since 1976 to date and has been considered among the most popular bands across the globe. They have released 15 studio albums, 9 extended plays, 83 singles and 73 music videos.

The band received 22 Grammy Awards from 46 nominations from 1988 to 2015, which is the most compared to any other band, and are among the best-selling music artists by selling around 170 million records across the globe. In addition, they received nine Billboard Music Awards, nine Billboard Touring Award, seven Brit Awards, two Golden Globe Awards and 18 Meteor Ireland Music Awards.

Their contribution in the music industry honored them with Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2005 and received Kennedy Center Honors for their contributions in the performing arts in 2022 and are the fifth musical group to do so. Their fifth studio album, The Joshua Tree (1987) peaked at number 1 spot in US Billboard 200 and UK Albums (OCC) and sold more than 25 million copies worldwide.

Following ten albums from 1988 to 2023 were ranked number 1 in the Irish music chart and among the top-10 in the US Billboard 200. Their single “With or Without You” made 895 million streams on Spotify and 132 million views on YouTube, and the popular single “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For” has over 600 million streams on Spotify. Their music release on YouTube made more than 2.3 billion views and has over 20 million monthly listeners on Spotify.

Adam Clayton Wiki/Biography

Born on 13 March 1960, Adam Clayton’s age is 64 Years Old as of 2024. Adam Clayton was born in a well-settled family in Chinnor, civil parish in South Oxfordshire, England in the United Kingdom. He enjoyed his entire childhood in his birthplace and also lived in Nairobi, Kenya and then moved to Malahide, northern County Dublin, Ireland where he is currently living.

Adam was born under the zodiac sign of Pisces and is of white ethnic background and British descent. He is a proud Irish national citizen and has a strong faith and belief in Christian religion. Adam completed his primary education in Malahide and at the age of eight, he attended the private junior boarding Castle Park School in Dalkey, southern County Dublin.

Family, Wife & Relationships

Adam Clayton was born in a well-settled Christian household to his parents Brian Clayton and Jo Clayton. His parents are of British descent and his father Brian worked as pilot for the Royal Air Force who later switched his career into civil aviation and worked in Kenya as a pilot with East African Airways while his mother Jo was a former airline stewardess. His family moved to Ireland when and also switched a few more locations due to his father’s profession.

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