Adam Charles Clayton was born on the 13th March 1960 in Chinnor, Oxfordshire, England and is the musician well known as the bassist of the rock band U2. As a member of the band he has won more than 20 Grammy Awards, more than 10 Q Awards, nine Billboard Music Awards, & BRIT Awards as well as a number of other prestigious awards. Adam Clayton has been active in the entertainment industry since 1976.
How rich is the musician? It has been estimated by authoritative sources that the net worth of Adam Clayton is as much as $150 million, as of the data presented in the middle of 2016.
To begin with, Clayton is the eldest child of Brian, a pilot of the Royal Air Force, and Jo Clayton. When he was five years old, the family moved to Yellow Walls Road in Malahide near Dublin, where his sister Sarah Jane and his brother Sebastian were born. Clayton attended the private boarding school St. Columba’s College, and later matriculated from Mount Temple High School, where he, Bono, The Edge and Larry Mullen Jr. met. It is worth mentioning the fact that Adam did not have any formal music education before 1996.
He started as the U2 bassist plus band manager before Paul McGuinness took over the latter position. In the middle of the 1980s, the band became known worldwide, because they were appreciated more as live performers by fans than as artists as far as album sales are concerned, until their 1987 album “The Joshua Tree”. During the decade U2 would influence pop, electronics, dance and alternative rock music, but in 2000 U2 again achieved great commercial success with the album “All That You Can Not Leave Behind”, adding significantly to all the band mamber’s net worth including Adam Clayton’s.
After this album U2 set aside the experimental sounds they produced in the 1990s, becoming more conventional while maintaining their initial musical influences by returning to the sound of their early albums, so much so that they are now one of the musical artists with higher sales, selling approximately 150 million copies worldwide. Overall, U2 has recorded thirteen studio albums, which increased the total size of Adam Clayton and other members net worth. In 2005, the band was inducted in the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame.
Concerning his career as a musician, on the single “Sunday, Bloody Sunday” (1983) and the b-side song “Endless Deep” (1983) he sings a rare vocal contribution. Adam and Bono participated in the Band Aid charity single “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” (1984); Bono sang and Adam played the bass. Adam Clayton won the best bass player Orville H. Gibson Guitar Award in 2001 and 2002.
Finally, in the personal life of the musician, Adam Clayton was engaged to super-model Naomi Campbell in 1994, although they split up after 6 months. In 2006 he became engaged to Susie Smith, however, early in the following year they announced their separation. In 2010, Clayton and his longtime French girlfriend had already become parents of a boy, and in 2013, Adam Clayton married Mariana Teixeira De Carvalho.
| Net Worth | $150 Million |
| Date Of Birth | March 13, 1960 |
| Died | April 4, 1972, Miami, Florida, United States |
| Place Of Birth | Chinnor, Oxfordshire, England, UK |
| Height | 1.78 m |
| Weight | 75 kg |
| Profession | Musician, bass guitarist, songwriter |
| Education | St. Columba's College, Mount Temple Comprehensive School |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Spouse | Mariana Teixeira De Carvalho (m. 2013-) |
| Parents | Bria Clayton, Jo Clayton |
| Siblings | Sarah Jane, Sebastian Clayton |
| Partner | Naomi Campbell (1994), Susie Smith (2006) |
| Twitter | https://twitter.com/Clayts15 |
| Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/u2/?hl=en |
| IMDB | www.imdb.com/name/nm0165651 |
| Allmusic | www.allmusic.com/artist/adam-clayton-mn0000927039 |
| Awards | 22 Grammy awards: Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal, Album of the Year, Record of the Year, Song of the Year, Best Rock Album; 10 Q Awards, nine Billboard Music Awards, & BRIT Awards, Orville H. Gibson Guitar Award (2001, 2002) |
| Record Labels | Island, Interscope |
| Albums | "October", "Zooropa", "Original Soundtracks 1", "Mission: Impossible", "Achtung Baby", "The Joshua Tree" (1987), "Songs of Experience", “All That You Can Not Leave Behind”, “Flyer” (2000), “Robbie Robertson” (1987) |
| Music Groups | "U2" |
| Nominations | Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame (2005) |
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| 1 | I don't think rock 'n roll is necessarily a young man's game. I think Neil Young is just as rock n' roll now as he was in his 20s. I'd like to think we can still be edgy and challenging. |
| 2 | I've never necessarily chosen to be a bachelor. I've had girlfriends throughout the last 20 or 30 years. It's just that there were times when I met people that fascinated me and times I didn't. |
| 3 | I was drawn to things I thought were either sexy or aggressive - or both. |
| 4 | For us there's U2 music, and then there's everything else. |
| 5 | From an early age I didn't buy into the value systems of working hard in a nine-to-five job. I thought creativity, friendship and loyalty and pushing the boundaries of what was acceptable was much more interesting. |
| 6 | Unless man is committed to the belief that all mankind are his brothers, then he labors in vain and hypocritically in the vineyards of equality. |
| 7 | There are two types of collector, I think. There are those who are quite academic, and get into the archaeology of finding the earliest example of a particular idea. Then there are those interested in what's new. |
| 8 | Fame is like the dessert that comes with your achievements - it's not an achievement in itself, but sometimes it can overpower the work. |
| 9 | It's very confusing when fame comes early on in your career. You get a little bit bent out of shape in terms of what's important. Fame is like the dessert that comes with your achievements - it's not an achievement in itself, but sometimes it can overpower the work. |
| 10 | The drums tell me everything. Everything else registers a millisecond later. |
| 11 | The art market was very different before the mid-1980s: then, art was all about passion, whereas now it's become a commodity. |
| 12 | If you believe in a cause, you must be willing to put yourself on the line for that cause. |
| 13 | I don't think rock 'n' roll is necessarily a young man's game. |
| 14 | I definitely got to a point where I realize how unusual it is to be able to play large, sold-out shows 30 years into a rock and roll career. I don't take it for granted. |
| 15 | I was actually pretty shy in school. My defense mechanism was to be the class clown. I remember getting into a lot of trouble for being disruptive, and I was brought in front of the headteacher, who said: 'What's going to happen to you; what are you going to do when you grow up?' and I said: 'Well, I'm obviously going to be a comedian.' |
| 16 | A man's respect for law and order exists in precise relationship to the size of his paycheck. |
| 17 | I think rock 'n' roll would become exponentially, considerably more difficult to perform past about 65. |
| 18 | Men should not be forced to wear pants when it's not cold. |
| 19 | You can't make assumptions when you're dealing with health issues. |
| 20 | On A-Ha: A very creative band. |
| 21 | Men should not be forced to wear pants when it's not cold. [After posing nude for an Achtung Baby photograph] |
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|
| Mystery Science Theater 3000 | 1993 | TV Series writer - 1 episode | |
| The Heartbreak Kid | 1993 | writer: "One" - as Clayton | |
| Palm Harbor Vice 2: Brotherhood of the Monkey | 1993 | writer: "Where the Streets Have No Name" | |
| Gladiator | 1992 | writer: "Pride In the Name of Love" | |
| Palm Harbor Vice | 1991 | writer: "Desire" | |
| Live Aid | 1985 | TV Special documentary music: "Bad" / writer: "Sunday Bloody Sunday" | |
| Miami Vice | 1985 | TV Series writer - 1 episode | |
| WKRP in Cincinnati | 1981 | TV Series writer - 1 episode | |
| Superstar Duets | 2016 | TV Series writer - 1 episode | |
| The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | | TV Series music - 3 episodes, 2014 - 2015 writer - 1 episode, 2014 | |
| The 86th Annual Academy Awards | 2014 | TV Special music: "Ordinary Love" / performer: "Ordinary Love" | |
| Dancing on Ice | | TV Series performer - 1 episode, 2014 writer - 1 episode, 2014 | |
| The Bachelor Weekend | 2013 | writer: "One" - as Clayton | |
| Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom | 2013 | writer: "Ordinary Love" | |
| The Voice of the Philippines | 2013 | TV Series writer - 1 episode | |
| The '80s: The Decade That Made Us | 2013 | TV Mini-Series documentary writer - 2 episodes | |
| The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | | TV Series music - 2 episodes, 2012 writer - 1 episode, 2011 | |
| The X Factor | 2007-2012 | TV Series writer - 3 episodes | |
| B.B. King: The Life of Riley | 2012 | Documentary writer: "When Love Comes to Town" | |
| The Voice UK | 2012 | TV Series writer - 1 episode | |
| Anton Corbijn Inside Out | 2012 | Documentary writer: "Beatiful Day" - as Clayton | |
| The Lady | 2011 | lyrics: "Slug" / music: "Slug" | |
| Idool 2011 | 2011 | TV Series writer - 1 episode | |
| I Melt with You | 2011 | writer: "Out of Control" | |
| X Factor | 2010 | TV Series writer - 1 episode | |
| The Runway | 2010 | writer: "Electric Co" | |
| Late Show with David Letterman | 2010 | TV Series writer - 1 episode | |
| Live from Studio Five | 2010 | TV Series performer - 1 episode | |
| Saturday Night Live | 2009 | TV Series music - 1 episode | |
| Nim's Island | 2008 | writer: "Beautiful Day" 2000 | |
| Waveriders | 2008 | Documentary writer: "SILVER AND GOLD" | |
| Idols! | 2002-2007 | TV Series writer - 4 episodes | |
| Idols | 2007 | TV Series writer - 1 episode | |
| Idool 2007 | 2007 | TV Series writer - 1 episode | |
| Cubism: Pet Shop Boys in Concert - Auditorio Nacional, Mexico City | 2007 | Video writer: "Where the street have no name I can't take my eyes off you" | |
| Cesko hledá SuperStar | 2006 | TV Series writer - 1 episode | |
| 20 to 1 | 2006 | TV Series documentary writer - 1 episode | |
| Australian Idol | 2003-2006 | TV Series writer - 4 episodes | |
| Yu-Gi-Oh! The Abridged Series | | TV Series performer - 1 episode, 2006 writer - 1 episode, 2006 | |
| Die Pathologin - Im Namen der Toten | 2006 | TV Movie writer: "Beautiful Day" | |
| Click | 2006 | music: "Ultra Violet Light My Way" 1991 | |
| Pet Shop Boys: A Life in Pop | 2006 | TV Movie documentary writer: "Where the streets have no name I can't take my eyes off you" | |
| Idol - Jakten på en superstjerne | 2003-2006 | TV Series writer - 10 episodes | |
| Parashat Ha-Shavua | 2006 | TV Series writer - 1 episode | |
| Deutschland sucht den Superstar | 2006 | TV Series writer - 1 episode | |
| Idol | 2004-2005 | TV Series writer - 3 episodes | |
| Elizabethtown | 2005 | writer: "Pride In the Name of Love" 1984 | |
| Idol | 2003-2005 | TV Series writer - 3 episodes | |
| CSI: NY | 2005 | TV Series writer - 1 episode | |
| Slovensko hladá SuperStar | 2004 | TV Series writer - 1 episode | |
| Idool 2004 | 2004 | TV Series writer - 1 episode | |
| The Flynns Journey to Ireland | 2004 | Documentary writer: "Bad" | |
| Canadian Idol | 2003-2004 | TV Series writer - 3 episodes | |
| New Zealand Idol | 2004 | TV Series writer - 2 episodes | |
| Idol | 2003-2004 | TV Series writer - 3 episodes | |
| Idol stjörnuleit | 2004 | TV Series writer - 1 episode | |
| Idols | 2003 | TV Series writer - 1 episode | |
| Pop Idol | 2003 | TV Series writer - 1 episode | |
| Headrush | 2003 | writer: "Your Blue Room" - as Clayton | |
| Ellen DeGeneres: Here and Now | 2003 | TV Special documentary writer: "Beautiful Day" | |
| Conspiracy of Silence | 2003 | writer: "All I Want Is You" - as Clayton | |
| Rage | 2003 | TV Series writer - 1 episode | |
| Idool 2003 | 2003 | TV Series writer - 1 episode | |
| About a Boy | 2002 | as Clayton, "Zoo Station" | |
| He Died with a Felafel in His Hand | 2001 | writer: "Miss Sarajevo" | |
| Kung Fu Kenobi's Big Adventure | 1999 | Short performer: "Theme From 'Mission Impossible'" | |
| Unter uns: Die Highlights | 1999 | TV Movie performer: "Theme From Mission Impossible" | |
| The Simpsons | 1998 | TV Series writer - 1 episode | |
| The Blackout | 1997 | writer: "MIAMI" | |
| Mission: Impossible | 1996 | performer: "Theme From Mission: Impossible" | |
| Top of the Pops | 1995 | TV Series writer - 3 episodes | |
| Stars in Their Eyes | 1995 | TV Series writer - 2 episodes | |
| Kids | 1995 | writer: "Sunday Bloody Sunday" | |
| Ready to Wear | 1994 | writer: "Lemon Perfecto Mix" | |
| Camilla | 1994 | performer: "Jolie Louise" | |
| Milk Money | 1994 | "Some Days Are Better Than Others" | |
| Blown Away | 1994 | writer: "With or Without You", "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" | |
| Reality Bites | 1994 | writer: "All I Want is You" | |
| Fearless | 1993 | writer: "WHERE THE STREETS HAVE NO NAME" | |
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|
| U2: Innocence + Experience, Live in Paris | 2015 | TV Movie documentary | Himself - Bass guitar |
| TFI Friday | 1997-2015 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | 2014-2015 | TV Series | Himself / Himself - Musical Guest |
| The Irish Rock Story: A Tale of Two Cities | 2015 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| The Graham Norton Show | 2014 | TV Series | Himself |
| The 86th Annual Academy Awards | 2014 | TV Special | Himself - Nominee: Best Original Song |
| 71st Golden Globe Awards | 2014 | TV Special | Himself - Winner |
| E! Live from the Red Carpet | 2014 | TV Series | Himself |
| Who the F**K Is Arthur Fogel | 2013 | Documentary | Himself |
| Touch the Sky | 2012 | Documentary | Himself |
| From the Sky Down | 2011 | Documentary | Himself |
| Glastonbury 2011 U2 | 2011 | TV Movie | Himself |
| Caiga quien caiga - CQC | 2011 | TV Series | Himself |
| Music of Ireland: Welcome to America | 2010 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| U2: 360 Degrees at the Rose Bowl | 2010 | Video documentary | Himself (as U2) |
| Music of Ireland: Welcome Home | 2010 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| U2 Arrives @ the Rose Bowl | 2009 | TV Movie | Himself |
| U2 Three Button World | 2009 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Live: Start Me Up | 2009 | Video | Himself |
| Malas compañías | 2009 | TV Series | Himself |
| Entre línies | 2009 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Gomorron | 2009 | TV Series | Himself - Om U2 |
| Late Show with David Letterman | 2009 | TV Series | Himself - Top Ten List Presenter / Himself - Honorary Street Receiver |
| We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial | 2009 | TV Special | Himself (as U2) |
| U2 Live from Paris: Concert | 2007 | Video | Himself |
| U2 3D | 2007 | Documentary | Himself |
| U2 - Vertigo 2005: Live from Milan | 2006 | Video | Himself - Performer (as U2) |
| Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony | 2005 | TV Movie | Himself |
| 60 Minutes | 2005 | TV Series documentary | Himself - Bassist (segment "U2") |
| Vertigo 2005: U2 Live from Chicago | 2005 | Video | Himself |
| The Work of Director Anton Corbijn | 2005 | Video documentary | Himself (segments "One" and "Electrical Storm") (as U2) |
| The Work of Director Stéphane Sednaoui | 2005 | Video documentary | Himself (segments "Mysterious Ways" and "Discotheque") (as U2) |
| Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man | 2005 | Documentary | Himself (uncredited) |
| Live 8: A Worldwide Concert Event Presented by Nokia | 2005 | TV Special | Himself |
| TV total | 2005 | TV Series | Himself |
| MTV Jammed | 2004 | TV Series | Himself |
| Friday Night with Jonathan Ross | 2004 | TV Series | Himself |
| Saturday Night Live | 2004 | TV Series | Himself - Musical Guest |
| CD:UK | 2004 | TV Series | Himself |
| Top of the Pops | 1981-2004 | TV Series | Himself / Himself - U2 |
| Morten og Peter i Dublin | 2003 | TV Series documentary | Himself (as U2) |
| U2: The Best of 1980-1990 | 2002 | Video documentary | Himself |
| U2: The Best of 1990-2000 | 2002 | Video documentary | Himself (Bass) |
| U2's Beautiful Day | 2002 | Video documentary | Bass |
| U2: Elevation 2001 Live from Boston | 2001 | Video documentary | Himself (bass) |
| America: A Tribute to Heroes | 2001 | TV Special documentary | Himself - Performer (as U2) |
| Made in Manhattan: U2 | 2001 | Documentary | Adam |
| We Know Where You Live | 2001 | TV Movie | Himself (as U2) |
| Premios Amigo 2000 | 2000 | TV Movie | Himself (as U2) |
| Classic Albums: U2 - The Joshua Tree | 1999 | Video documentary | Himself |
| Entropy | 1999/I | | Himself |
| The Simpsons | 1998 | TV Series | Himself |
| U2: PopMart Live from Mexico City | 1997 | Documentary | Bass |
| MTV Europe Music Awards 1997 | 1997 | TV Special | U2-performer (uncredited) |
| Power Vision - Pop Galerie | 1997 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| U2: A Year in Pop | 1997 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| MTV Europe Music Awards 1996 | 1996 | TV Special | Himself - Presenter |
| U2: Zoo TV Live from Sydney | 1994 | Documentary | Himself - Bass Guitar |
| U2: Numb | 1993 | Video documentary short | Himself - Bass (as U2) |
| U2: Love Is Blindness | 1993 | Video documentary short | |
| Rock and Roll Inaugural Ball | 1993 | TV Movie | Himself (as U2) |
| U2: Achtung Baby, the Videos, the Cameos and a Whole Lot of Interference from ZOO-TV | 1992 | Video documentary | Bass |
| MTV Video Music Awards 1992 | 1992 | TV Special | Himself |
| Red Hot and Blue | 1990 | TV Movie | Himself - Bass |
| U2: LoveTown | 1989 | TV Short documentary | Bass |
| U2: The Making of the Movie 'Rattle and Hum' | 1988 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| U2: Rattle and Hum | 1988 | Documentary | Himself |
| U2: Outside It's America | 1987 | Documentary | Himself |
| World in Action | 1987 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| U2: Wide Awake in Dublin | 1985 | Documentary | Himself |
| Live Aid | 1985 | TV Special documentary | Himself (as U2) |
| U2: Unforgettable Fire | 1984 | Documentary short | Himself (Bass) |
| U2: Under a Blood Red Sky | 1983 | Documentary | Himself (Bass) |
| The Tube | 1983 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Kenny Everett Television Show | 1983 | TV Series | Himself |
| Get Set for Summer | 1982 | TV Series | Himself |
| Tomorrow Coast to Coast | 1981 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Old Grey Whistle Test | 1981 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Late Late Show | 1980 | TV Series | Himself |
$150 Million