Hirdesh Singh was born on the 15th March 1983, in Hoshiarpur, Punjab India, and is in the entertainment industry, starting as a singer, then becoming a producer and an actor. Later, he went on producing music for the films of Bollywood, such that he is currently one of the highest paid producers. Honey has been active in the entertainment industry since 2006.
How much is the net worth of Honey Singh? According to the estimations made by authoritative sources, his wealth is as much as $25 million, as of the data presented in the middle of 2016. Music is the main source of Singh’s net worth, although he has added further sums as the actor.
Honey Singh Net Worth $25 Million
To begin with, he was raised in a Sikh household, growing-up in his birthplace, although he studied music in the Trinity School based in the London Borough of Bexley, England. Later, Singh moved to Delhi.
Regarding the career of Honey Singh, it is worth mentioning the fact that he sings in his native language rather than English. In 2006, his song “Glassi” won the ETC Award for the Best Sound, then in 2009 the song “Rebirth” won the Best Folk Pop Award, and in 2011 the song of Diljit Dosanjh and Singh entitled “Lak 28 Kudi Da” topped the BBC Asian Download Charts. The same year, Honey Singh won the PTC Award as the Best Music Director. In 2012, it was reported that Honey received the highest salary for the song used in the films “Mastan” and “Coctail”, earning more than $100,000. Moreover, his music videos “Brown Rang” and “High Heels” were listed in the YouTube Top 10 trending videos in 2012.
His major breakthrough came after Honey produced the songs for the Bollywood films “Boss” (2013) and “Chennai Express” (2013). The producer then experienced further success working with the songs for other films including “Fugly” (2013), “Bajatey Raho” (2013) and “Mere Dad Ki Maruti” (2014). However, in late 2014 he suddenly disappeared from the industry and did not release nor produce any music. Various rumours were flying giving reasons for such a disappearance, until in 2015, Honey re-appeared and explained that the main reason for his absence was that he was undergoing medical supervision, as he had been suffering from bipolar disorder.
In addition to being a recording artist as well music producer, Honey has appeared in some feature films as an actor; Singh was cast as a main in the action romance film “Mirza – The Untold Story” (2012) directed by Baljit Singh Deo, then starred opposite Amrinder Gill in the comedy film “Tu Mera 22 Main Tera 22” (2013) by Amit Prasher, followed in 2014 in the main cast of the thriller film “The Xpose” by Anant Mahadevan. Then, Honey landed the lead role in the film “Zorawar” (2016) by Vinnil Markan, and currently he is working on the set of the upcoming film “Aasha” which is going to be released in 2017.
To conclude, all the aforementioned engagements have added significant sums to the total size of Honey Singh net worth.
Finally, in the personal life of the artist, music producer and actor, he has been married to Shalini Talwar Singh since 2011.
