Khalid Donnel Robinson was born on 11 February 1998, in Fort Stewart, Georgia USA, and known as Khalid is a singer and songwriter who has released singles such as ‘’Location’’ and ‘’Young, Dumb and Broke’’ in 2016 and 2017 respectively.
So just how rich is Khalid as of late 2017? According to authoritative sources, this Lebanese singer-songwriter has net worth of $2 million, with his wealth being accumulated from his over two years-long career in the music field.
Khalid Net Worth $2 Million
Speaking about his early life, as a result of his mother’s career in the military, Khalid’s family would often move, and apart from Beirut he spent time in places such as Nashville, Kentucky and New York, but also spent six years of his life in Germany, after which she fully dedicated her time to Khalid. During his high school days, Khalid was involved in singing and musical theater, but during his senior year his family had to move once again, thus he ended up in El Paso, Texas from where he matriculated from Americas High School in 2016. In the same year, he released the single entitled ‘’Location’’, which had a lot of success, peaking at number two on the Billboard Twitter Emerging Artists chart, and this opened new opportunities for Khalid, who was being featured in numerous lists focused on new music prodigies, such as ‘’Artists you need to know’’ in notable magazines including Billboard and Rolling Stone. ‘’Location’’ finished the year of its release being placed on the 20th place of the Billboard’s Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart and by January 2017 was on the Top 10 on the Billboard Hot R&B Songs chart. The music video for ‘’Location’’ was featured in ‘’The Fader’’, a New York based music magazine which also covers style and culture, reaching six million views during the first four months of its release – his net worth was well established.
During the same year Khalid released four other songs, including ‘’Let’s Go’’ and ‘’Hopeless’’, and in 2017 he had another notable project when he worked on ‘’Young, Dumb & Broke’’. The previously mentioned song was distributed by Right Hand Music Group and RCA Records and is a part of his debut album, ‘’American Teen’’. The song received public praise and was successful on New Zealand and Philippine charts, whereas it was in the top ten charts of Australia and Belgium. Speaking about the album itself, it featured 18 songs such as the title song, but also ‘’Another Sad Love Song’’ and ‘’Saved’’, and was certified gold in Canada and Denmark, and platinum in the US. His efforts were recognized, and in 2017 alone he earned 11 nominations and won two of them, including a Woodie Award.
When it comes to Khalid’s collaborations with other artists, in 2017 Logic and Alessia Cara published their song ‘’1-800-273-8255’’, in which he was featured and the previously mentioned song achieved success on charts in Australia, Canada, Denmark and the US, where it could be seen on charts like ‘’ Rhythmic’’ and ‘’Mainstream Top 40’’ of Billboard. The same year, the collaboration song of Khalid and Marshmello entitled ‘’Silence’’ was released. It was described as ‘’a rumbling dance ballad that has the ingredients to take both acts to new heights in their flourishing careers’’ and received mostly positive response from critics and the audience.
When it comes to his private life, Khalid doesn’t share much information regarding that topic. He is active on social media websites such as Instagram and Twitter, being followed by 1.6 million people on the former.
