M.I.A. Net Worth

M.I.A. has an estimated net worth of $6 million, according to Celebrity Net Worth, M.I.A. net worth page (figures as of May 21, 2024).

M.I.A. is the professional name of Mathangi "Maya" Arulpragasam, a British rapper, singer, songwriter and record producer who was born on 18 July 1975 in Hounslow, London, to Sri Lankan Tamil parents. Her family moved to Jaffna in northern Sri Lanka when she was six months old, and the civil war forced them back to London as refugees when she was 11. She studied at Central Saint Martins and worked as a visual artist, filmmaker and designer before she began recording in 2002.

She was one of the first artists to break through on the internet, building an underground following with Sunshowers and Galang in 2004, when she signed with XL Recordings. Her albums Arular in 2005 and Kala in 2007 won wide acclaim, and Paper Planes reached number four on the Billboard Hot 100 and earned a Grammy nomination for Record of the Year. Later albums include Maya, Matangi, AIM and Mata. She was appointed MBE in 2019 for services to music.

How M.I.A. makes her money

Her catalog is the core of her income. Arular and Kala set her apart with a blend of hip hop, electronic and world music, and Paper Planes, her best-known song, keeps earning through streaming and sales.

Songwriting and production add to that. She writes and produces her own music, and she was the first person of South Asian descent to be nominated for an Academy Award and a Grammy in the same year.

Features and touring add more. She performed on Travis Scott's 2020 single Franchise, which topped the Billboard Hot 100, and later albums such as Maya, which reached the top ten in the US, plus Matangi and Mata, kept her catalog growing.

Visual work rounds things out. She started out as an artist, designer and filmmaker, designed artwork for Elastica, and directs and shapes her own videos and visuals.

Her estimate

Celebrity Net Worth estimates M.I.A.'s net worth at $6 million, on its page last updated May 21, 2024. That figure is an outside estimate of what the star has earned and kept after taxes, fees and spending. It is not an official number, and the star has not confirmed it or published personal finances.

Her figure reflects a critically acclaimed catalog, a global hit single and her work across music, art and design. We will add any newer dated estimate from a named outlet to the chart above, and we never fill in the years between published figures.