What is James Charles' Net Worth?
James Charles is an American internet personality, makeup artist and model who has a net worth of $22 million. James Charles Dickinson was born in Bethlehem, New York on May 23, 1999. He is most known for his YouTube channel focused on makeup and beauty. In 2016 he was named the first male ambassador for CoverGirl. Charles is also openly gay.
Career
Launched on December 1, 2015, James Charles' YouTube channel largely focuses on beauty and makeup. As of January 2020, his channel has over 1.8 billion views, more than 250 videos, and over 16.7 million subscribers. At the 8th Streamy Awards in 2018, his channel won the Best Channel Award in the Beauty category. He is also popular on the social media platform Instagram, where as of January 2020 he has over 16.3 million followers. In his videos and posts, he refers to his fans as "sisters".
Charles has been able to successfully translate his online popularity into several lucrative deals. In 2016 at the age of 17 he was named the first male brand ambassador for CoverGirl, where he worked alongside pop star Katy Perry. He is also the face of the brand So Lashy! By BlastPro Mascara. An accomplished makeup artist, Charles did the makeup for rapper Iggy Azalea's music video for the song "Sally Walker" in March 2019.
In 2018, Charles released an eyeshadow palette in collaboration with Morphe Cosmetics. The "Morphe x James Charles" palette has 39 shades, and retails for $39. At its initial drop on November 14, 2018, the palette sold out fully in Europe in less than 6 minutes. In January 2019 Morphe Cosmetics invited him to the company's second UK store opening in Birmingham, England. Over 7000 fans showed up to the opening to see him, disrupting traffic and bringing the city center to a standstill.
In addition to his career in the beauty industry, Charles has also ventured into modeling, walking on the runway for fashion brand MarcoMarco's "Six ½" collection during Los Angeles Fashion Week in 2017. In 2019, he was also the first Instagram influencer to be invited to The Met Gala.
