Luke Hemmings was born on the 16th July 1996, in Sydney, Australia, and is a singer and rhythm guitarist, well known as a member of the Australian rock band 5 Seconds of Summer (5SOS). Initially, the band was popular on YouTube for covering songs, and after touring with One Direction they gained international fame. Luke Hemmings has been accumulating his net worth being active in the entertainment industry since 2011.
How rich is the singer? It has recently been announced by authoritative sources that the overall size of Luke Hemmings net worth is as much as $10 million, as of the data given in mid-2016. The main source of his net worth is music.
Luke Hemmings Net Worth $10 Million
To begin with, 5SOS started when Luke Hemmings, Michael Clifford and Calum Hood studied at the same school (Norwest Christian College), decided to join-up as a band and began posting videos on YouTube – the cover of the song “Next To You” (originally by Chris Brown and Justin Bieber) surpassed 600,000 views. Later, Ashton Irwin joined the band as a drummer, and together they reached more than five million views on their channel on YouTube. They also became popular on social networking sites and have many followers on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
The band caught the attention of various producers, and signed a contract with Sony ATV Music Publishing. The video of their first single “Out Of My Limit” received more than 100,000 views in the first 24 hours, after which the band was invited to tour alongside the popular band One Direction. In 2012, 5SOS announced the dates of their own tour named “Factory Theatre” in Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne: tickets were sold out in less than two minutes and new shows had to be announced, and at the end of 2012, the band had its first international show in New Zealand.
At the beginning of 2014, the band ‘s first single, “She Looks So Perfect” was released in the UK. A few months later, the band announced that their debut, self-titled album, which was released on 27th June 2014 in Europe and Australia, with more releases to come later. The album debuted in the top position on Billboard and reached the top position in another 13 countries, as well as the Top 10 in 26 more countries. Undoubtedly, this huge success increased the outright size of Luke Hemmings net worth as well as the wealth of other members of the band.
Soon, they released their second single, “Do not Stop” (2014); the song debuted in second position on the UK Singles Chart. Afterwards, the band released their third single, “Amnesia” (2014) which was the only song on the album not written by the band members themselves, but the Madden brothers from Good Charlotte. In 2015, their second studio album “Sounds Good Feels Good” was released which also topped the music charts in nine countries around the world, including Australia, USA, Canada and European countries.
Finally, in the personal life of the vocalist and guitarist of the 5 Seconds of Summer band, he is in a long-term relationship with his girlfriend Arzaylea – they met in 2015.
