Sia is a prominent Australian songwriter, singer, director, and voice actress who has a net worth of $30 million. She got prominence in 1997 after releasing her studio album, ‘OnlySee,’ in Australia, on Flavoured Records and 1,200 copies were sold in Australia.
Keep reading to understand how Sia led her life to become a multi-millionaire. Besides, know some interesting facts, including her biography, how she spent her life before gaining fame, periodic income, real estate business, and many more.
How much money does Sia make a Year?
Sia has made her huge wealth through singing, songwriting, acting as a voice actress, and by playing the role of a director. Besides, she has a YouTube channel from where she earns around 4 million dollars annually. Sia also does the real estate business.
All these activities helped Sia to grow her account. Her estimated periodic Income is given below:
- Yearly Income: $4.5 million
- Monthly Income: $375K
- Weekly Income: $86.5K
- Daily Income: $12.3K
- Hourly Income: $513.7
How does Sia make money?
Sia is a singer, voice actress, songwriter, and director at a time. Besides her mainstream activities, she has some other sources from where she makes money. All of her diverse sources of earning are listed below:
- Albums and Songs
- Voice Actress
- Concerts
- YouTube
- Merchandise
Earnings from albums and songs
Sia started her career as a singer in the 90s. She created her first album, OnlySee, in 1997 while working with a band named Crisp. 1200 copies of that album were sold in Australia. It was quite a success as a beginner.
Sia’s contributions to the music industry are priceless. Her creations, including the number of albums, live albums, single songs, guest appearances are given below:
| Song Category | Number of Creations |
| Studio Albums | 9 |
| Collection Albums | 1 |
| Live Albums | 1 |
| Music Videos | 44 |
| Video Albums | 1 |
| Singles | 58 |
| As a Featured Artist | 22 |
| Promotional Singles | 8 |
| Charted Songs | 14 |
Working as a voice actress
Though Sia’s mainstream career lies in the singing industry, she has done some voice acting in animated videos and movies. She first gave her voice in a short video, Sia: Numb in 2004. Besides, she has done voice acting on 8 films and the first film he worked in was Piccadilly Jim in 2004.
Earnings from concerts
Though Sia started her career as a singer in 1997, she began her tour worldwide to perform concerts in 2003. Through the years, she has done around 362 concerts. How many concerts she did in which year, is given below:
| Year | Number of Concerts |
| 2003 | 1 |
| 2004 | 7 |
| 2006 | 22 |
| 2007 | 18 |
| 2008 | 52 |
| 2009 | 16 |
| 2010 | 46 |
| 2011 | 60 |
| 2012 | 2 |
| 2014 | 2 |
| 2015 | 4 |
| 2016 | 116 |
| 2017 | 14 |
| 2019 | 2 |
Earnings from YouTube
Sia earns a massive amount of money from YouTube. She created her YouTube account, Sia, in 2007. Since then she has uploaded 107 videos. The account has got 19.6 million subscriptions and got a total of 105.22 billion views in total. Sia earns up to 5.5 million dollars ad revenue from YouTube annually.
Selling merchandise from official website
Sia has an official website named siamusic.net where she sells iconic merchandise, including albums, clothes, caps, Sia wigs, puppy tots, dog treats, etc. Most of her customers are her music fans and social media followers.
Biography of Sia
| Full Name | Sia Kate Isobelle Furler |
| Professional Name | Sia |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | 18 December 1975 |
| Place of Birth | Adelaide, South Australia, Australia |
| Height | 5 feet 4 inch |
| Weight | 62 Kg |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Marital Status | Divorced (in 2016) |
| Former Husband | Erik Anders Lang (from 2014 to 2016) |
| Children | 2 |
| Profession | Songwriter, singer, director, and voice actress |
| Net Worth | $30 million |
Early Life of Sia
Sia was born and spent her childhood in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. Her father was named Phil Colson who was a musician and her mother named Loene Furler who was a lecturer of art classes.
Sia’s niece Kelvin Colson who is an actor and singer, and other artists such as Aretha Franklin, Sting, and Stevie Wonder were the most influencing characters in Sia’s childhood. They were the reason why she entered such a gorgeous profession.
Sia completed her high school at Adelaide High School. After completing her high school, in the 90s, she focused on a singing career and joined Crisp which was a local acid jazz band.
Real Estate of Sia
Sia knows how to deal with the real estate business. Through the years, she has earned almost a million dollars from this business.
Sia bought a bungalow in Echo Park for 660 thousand dollars in 2014. The property is situated in a quiet place far from the noisy city and has a living space with only two bedrooms built on an 836 square feet area. In 2018, she set the real estate on the market for 849 thousand dollars. Some months later, Sia sold the property for 980 thousand dollars.
In 2015, Sia and her husband, Erik Anders Lang bought 4,549 square feet of property, situated in Toluca Lake, Los Angeles. The property is placed on 1.36 acres of land. They paid around 5.15 million dollars to buy that land.
Besides, in 2015, Sia bought real estate for 4.7 million dollars in Los Feliz which is a 5,000 square feet living space. In the next year, she sold it for 4.75 million dollars. Moreover, in Palm Spring, Sia has huge real estate.
FAQs
Sia has divulged that she is suffering from multiple diseases, including chronic pain which is a type of neurological disease, and Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS) which is a disorder of connective tissue.
In 2015, Sia explained in an interview that she decided to cover her face so that she can gain control over her image and to maintain privacy. She also added that she did not want to become famous. So, she did what she could do to avoid prominence.
Sia has gone through depression and became addicted to alcohol and painkillers. Besides, she tended to commit suicide. She even planned to take an overdose and wrote a suicide note in 2010.
Sources
- https://www.siamusic.net/ — Sia Official Website
- https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2397981/ — Sia IMDb
- https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2397981/awards — Sia IMDb Awards
- https://socialblade.com/youtube/c/sia — Sia YouTube Stats Social Blade
