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

English-Irish musician, songwriter, and performer Adam Charles Clayton is more commonly known by his stage name, Adam Clayton. Adam Clayton has a $400 million net worth as of 2024.

His years of involvement in the music industry, including live concerts all over the world and collaborations with other bands and the release of songs on multiple streaming services, have contributed significantly to his net worth.

Adam is well-known for playing bass guitar with Bono, The Edge, and Larry Mullen Jr. in the Irish rock group U2. The band is based in Dublin.

He is one of the original members of the band, which has been performing since 1976 and is regarded as one of the most well-known bands in the world. They have released 15 studio albums, 9 extended plays, 83 singles and 73 music videos.

With around 170 million recordings sold worldwide, the band is among the best-selling musicians. They won 22 Grammy Awards from 46 nominations between 1988 and 2015, more than any other band.

They also won eighteen Meteor Ireland Music Awards, two Golden Globes, seven Brit Awards, nine Billboard Music Awards, and nine Billboard Touring Awards.

Being the fifth musical group to get the Kennedy Center Honors for their services to the performing arts in 2022, they were recognized for their achievements in the music industry in 2005 with induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

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.

The next ten albums, released between 1988 and 2023, peaked at number one in the Irish music chart and were placed in the top ten of the US Billboard 200. The song “With or Without You” has garnered 895 million Spotify listens and 132 million YouTube views.

Meanwhile, the well-known track “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For” has amassed over 600 million Spotify streams. They have over 20 million monthly listeners on Spotify and over 2.3 billion views on their music release on YouTube.

Adam Clayton Wiki/Biography

Adam Clayton was born on March 13, 1960, and as of 2024, he will be 64 years old. In Chinnor, a civil parish in South Oxfordshire, England, Adam Clayton was born into a prosperous family.

He spent his early years at his birthplace, Nairobi, Kenya, and Malahide, northern County Dublin, Ireland, where he currently resides. He also cherished his upbringing there. Adam is of White racial background and British descent, born under the sign of Pisces.

He has a strong faith and believes in Christianity. He is a proud citizen of Ireland. After completing his elementary schooling in Malahide, Adam enrolled at the private junior boarding Castle Park School in Dalkey, southern County Dublin, when he was eight years old.

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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