Charlotte Church has accumulated an impressive fortune over the years due to her many talents. Her current net worth and salary explored.
Most widely known for her superb soprano voice, Charlotte Church is a singer, pop star, actress, television presenter, and political activist.
A classical singer in her formative years, Church famously switched careers to become a pop star in 2005 all but leaving behind her previous successes.
Church has won British Artist Of The Year at the Classical BRIT Awards and has been nominated for both a BRIT Award for Best British Female and Best Female Artist at the Classical BRIT Awards, becoming one of a handful of artists to achieve this crossover recognition.
By 2007, she had sold more than 10 million records worldwide including over 5 million in the United States.
From all these achievements, and some in the pipeline, fans want to know more about her finances, like, how much money she makes and her net worth. Here’s what we know.
Profile Summary
| Celebrated Name: | Charlotte Church |
| Net Worth: | $8 million |
| Profession: | Singer, Singer-songwriter, Actor, Television presenter |
| Full Real Name: | Charlotte Maria Church |
| Date of Birth: | February 21, 1986 (age 37 years) |
| Birthplace: | Llandaff, Cardiff, United Kingdom |
| Nationality: | United Kingdom |
| Height: | 5 ft 4 in (1.638 m) |
Who is Charlotte Church?
She is a Welsh singer and TV presenter.
Charlotte Church was born Charlotte Maria Reed in Llandaff, a district of Cardiff in Wales on February 21, 1986.
She is the daughter of Maria and Stephen Reed, a computer engineer. Her father walked out on Charlotte and her mother when she was just two, so was subsequently raised alone by her mother.
She has four siblings: two half-brothers from her biological father and two older step-siblings.
It was singing Andrew Lloyd Webber’s operatic hit Pie Jesu on This Morning aged 11 that propelled Charlotte to go on to sell more than 10 million records.
Charlotte achieved overnight worldwide success in 1998 as a classical singer with her debut album Voice Of An Angel aged just 12.
Her next three albums Charlotte Church, Dream A Dream and Enchantment were also just as successful.
But after this, she ditched classical in favor of a pop career.
Charlotte revamped herself as a pop singer in 2005 with her album Tissues And Issues and had a hit with the single Crazy Chick.
Her album Back To Scratch, which she funded, did less well and only sold 200,000 copies.
She also enjoyed TV success presenting The Charlotte Show, which ran for two years.
Charlotte also released her own autobiography.
In early 2017, the singer completed her UK Late Night Pop Dungeon tour.
She also joined the Save Our Trolls campaign and sang a spoof charity song in support of the victims of revenge porn.
Charlotte also took part in an ITV documentary, Save Britain’s Rivers.
What is Charlotte Church’s net worth?
Charlotte Church has accumulated a more than impressive fortune over the years which makes her a multimillionaire. Charlotte has reported an estimated current net worth of around $8 million, per Celebrity Net Worth.
She accrued her money from her primary career as a singer, singer-songwriter, actor, and television presenter. She made most of her money back in the 90s from her classical albums.
Per TheSun, her wealth has dropped dramatically from £25 million when she first became famous.
In the documentary Charlotte Church: In Her Own Voice, she explained her concerns about cash. She said: “I will have to work for the rest of my life, not because I want to but because I have to. The tax man is looking at my accounts wondering where I‘m hiding all my money.”
However, during an interview with Stylist, Charlotte claimed it was her spending that meant she constantly needed to graft. She said: “I haven’t got a lot of money. I‘ve got enough to be comfortable if I was reasonable for the rest of my life. But I‘m not reasonable, so I will have to find a way to sustain my lifestyle”.
Charlotte was able to access her millions when she turned 18 – after raking in a fortune from her six years performing all over the world and in front of President Bill Clinton, Pope John Paul II, the late Queen, and King Charles.
In a 2004 BBC interview, she vowed not to get carried away by her massive fortune – which her mum said was around £7m.
A year later in 2005, she bought a home in Cardiff for around £500,000, which she later sold for £900,000.
She then purchased a lavish manor sat on 20 acres of land in the Vale of Glamorgan – now reportedly worth £2.5m.
How much did Charlotte Church pay for her mansion? In 2021, Mirror reported she purchased Rhydoldog House for £1.5 million to transform it into a well-being centre called The Dreaming.
Charlotte Church testified before the Leveson Inquiry about the media intrusion into her personal life and was awarded £600k in damages, claiming that years of misrepresentation had harmed her career, saying at the time:
“This person portrayed in the tabloids really isn’t me. It’s not the person I am, and it’s had a massive impact on my career. As an artist, I find it hard to be taken seriously because my credibility has been blown to bits.”
Church delved into the subject of mental health and research into associated therapies in the 2018 BBC One documentary Charlotte Church: Inside My Brain.
She has also appeared at numerous music festivals such as Glastonbury and Green Man Festival performing as ‘Charlotte Church’s Late Night Pop Dungeon’ where she performs a varied mix of pop music cover versions.