The Chainsmokers were formed in 2012, in New York City, USA, and are a DJ and production duo consisting of Alex Pall and Andrew Taggart, best known for hit songs such as “Roses” as well as “Closer”, but they’ve also collaborated with various artists All of their efforts have helped put their net worth to where it is today.
How rich are The Chainsmokers? As of late-2017, sources estimate a net worth that is at $38 million, mostly earned through success in the music industry, which has won them multiple awards including a Grammy, American Music and iHeartRadio Music Awards. As they continue their career, it is expected that their net worth will also continue to increase.
The Chainsmokers Net Worth $38 million
The Chainsmokers originally consisted of Pall, Taggart and Rhett Bixle but were reformed as a duo in 2012. Taggart was attending Syracuse University while Pall attended New York University.
The two then eventually decided to make remixes of indie band, but during the year of their formation, they also collaborated with recording artist Priyanka Chopra for the single “Erase”. Two years later, they made their first live performance, and also released the single “#Selfie” for free, which was then streamed to Republic Records, and would find huge success, charting internationally. They would then work on the song “Kanye”, before releasing “Let You Go” which featured the group Great Good Fine Ok.
In 2015, The Chainsmokers released the EP entitled “Bouquet” which features songs such as “Roses” and “Good Intentions”. The following year, they released “Don’t Let Me Down” and “Inside Out”.
Eventually, they released the song “Closer” featuring singer Halsey, which peaked in the top spot of the US and UK charts, and the duo ranked in 18th spot of the “DJ Magazine Top 100 DJs” list. They then worked on their second EP entitled “Collage”, followed in 2017 by The Chainsmokers releasing the song “Paris”, which would find popularity in the US as well as Canada. They then announced their debut studio album, and were planning the “Memories Do Not Open Tour” – the album would be revealed with the title “Memories…Do Not Open” and would be released through Disruptor/Sony, followed by the collaborative single entitled “Something Just Like This” which they did with Coldplay; the single would break records for most views of a lyric video in one day, and meantime their album debuted in the top spot of the Billboard 200 album list, and was later certified platinum. These activities led to them being listed by Forbes as the third highest paid DJs of 2017, with earnings at $38 million – their net worth had dramatically increased thanks to their success.
For their personal lives, not much is known about The Chainsmokers romantic relationships, if any. Alex Pall’s father is an art dealer. Andrew Taggart’s father sold prosthetics while his mother is a teacher. According to an interview, he started in EDM music while in Argentina, when he discovered music from Daft Punk and David Guetta.
