The artists typically don’t get paid for their performances—and in fact, The Weeknd will reportedly spend $7 million of his own money producing the 12-to-13-minute Super Bowl act to get it just the way he wants it. If you’re surprised to find that he’s got that kind of spare change just hanging around, read on to find out everything you want to know about The Weeknd’s net worth.
What is The Weeknd’s net worth?
According to CelebrityNetWorth.com, The Weeknd’s currently worth a cool $100 million. Forbes reported that he raked in a mind-boggling $92 million just in 2017—earning a No. 6 ranking on their list of that year’s top-paid entertainers—largely thanks to his Starboy: Legend of the Fall world tour. He then generated another $40 million of income in 2019 before dropping his latest album, the chart-topping AfterHours, in March 2020.
He didn’t make any money from the Super Bowl Halftime Show
As mentioned, the Super Bowl doesn’t pay. But that didn’t stop The Weeknd from making this moment memorable. He spared no expense. While his Super Bowl halftime show didn’t result in a paycheck, The Weeknd did parlay that gig into a starring role in Pepsi’s official Super Bowl LV commercial, soundtracked to his mega-smash single, “Blinded by the Light.”
He shares his wealth
The list of charitable causes The Weeknd has donated to is a long one. In June 2020 alone, he gave away $1.5 million: A third of that went to MusiCares to help musicians impacted by coronavirus shutdowns; another third was earmarked for frontline workers in Scarborough, Ontario, where he was raised; and the last $500,000 was split among several organizations in the wake of George Floyd’s death, including the Black Lives Matter Global Network, National Bail Out and Colin Kaepernick’s Know Your Rights Camp Legal Defense Initiative. The Weeknd’s hard-knock upbringing has clearly inspired his philanthropic ways. “I didn’t know what having money really felt like,” he told Billboard. “I don’t know what it feels like to lose money if I never had it.”
The Weeknd splashes out on killer real estate
As of December 2019, The Weeknd’s property portfolio includes a penthouse pad in L.A. complete with four bedrooms and five full baths. He reportedly paid $21 million for the place, making it one of the most expensive condo sales in L.A. history. The even crazier part? He already had a $20 million home in Los Angeles! That’s how much he purportedly paid in 2017 for a 12,000-foot, nine-bedroom, 11-bath manse in L.A.’s exclusive Hidden Hills neighborhood. (In 2015, The Weeknd debuted his official music video for his single “The Hills,” which he shot in L.A. Coincidence?)
He’s made more than his love interests
While The Weeknd seems like the kind of guy who’d be cool about dating a much wealthier woman, it seems he hasn’t done that so far. His two most famous exes, Selena Gomez and Bella Hadid, both have far less in the bank, according to CelebrityNetWorth.com. Gomez’s assets total about $75 million, while supermodel Hadid has just $25 million. Next, relive the best Super Bowl commercials of all time.
