Маtthеw Туler Мuѕtо, popularly known as Blackbear, is a well-known American singer who through his brilliant tracks, made a name for himself in the music industry.
Blackbear became interested in music at a very young age and has now become a well-known figure in the music world. In addition to his own music works, he has collaborated and worked with some of the industry's best independent artists, including Justin Bieber, Billie Eilish, G–Eazy, and Childish Gambino.
During his career, he released two collaborative albums, five studio albums, one mixtape, and six EPs. Musto is also a member of the band Mansionz, along with Mike Posner's songwriter. Currently, he resides at his home in Los Angeles.
Through his music career, Blackbear was able to amass a huge amount of wealth and has an estimated net worth of around $5 million.
Currently, his annual net worth earnings are said to be estimated at $100,000.
Blackbear is well built and has dark brown hair, which he dyes quite often.
Blackbear has a height of 5 ft 11 in (180.34 cm).
Blackbear (Маtthеw Туler Мuѕtо) was born in Daytona Beach in Florida, on November 27, 1990. He is 31 years of age as of 2021.
While studying in grade four, he became interested in music bands like Alkaline Trio and New Found Glory, which were introduced to him by his babysitter. So, we can rightfully say that he set the foundation of his musical career during his high schools day. While in high school, Blackbear was the lead singer of the rock band Polaroid, which was based in Florida. The band released many hit songs as part of an EP, a demo, and one album. Blackbear wanted to work independently and start a solo career, where he would have that freedom to write his songs.
And so, after leaving the band, Blackbear started his solo career and moved to Atlanta to work under the guidance of Ne-Yo. His passion for his music has enabled him to become a phenomenal songwriter, record producer, rapper, and musician in the music world.
Blackbear was raised in an Italian home, and later on, his family moved to Palm Coast, Florida.
Blackbear was in a relationship with Bella Thorne in 2017 for a couple of months, after which they broke up. He then started dating Sydney Carlson in 2017, and the two of them broke up in 2019. After which, on September 25, 2019, he announced on his social media handle that he and his fiancée Michele Maturo were expecting their first child in January 2020. The couple welcomed a baby boy named Midnight Thomas Musto on January 26, 2020.
Although holding a solid net worth, Blackbear has more numbers in his over 20 million monthly listeners on Spotify and around 3.7 million followers on Instagram and Twitter.
In 2008, Blackbear released his first EP, 'Brightness.' Later, he released two other independent Extended plays named 'Contrast,' which was released in 2009, and 'Exposure,' which was made available in 2010. In 2011, he collaborated with Mike Posner to release the song titled 'Маrаudеr Мuѕіс.' In 2012, he collaborated with Justin Bieber to write the song - 'Boyfriend'..' This song ranked number two on the Billboard Ноt 100, gaining popularity. The song also rocked the chart boards in other countries, like Canada, Norway, and Portugal, but it received mixed reactions from music lovers and negative reviews from critics.
During the same time, in the month of April, he worked upon his next extended play named 'Foreplay'; later in October, he worked upon his first-ever mixtape. Blackbear later worked on his next EP, which was named 'Afterglow' and was released in 2014.
His third album' Digital Druglord' was released in 2017 April. The album peaked at position number 14 on the US Billboard 200 and also made it to the charts of other countries such as Canada and the Netherlands.
In 2015, He released his first album, 'Deadroses,' and the lead single – 'Idfc,' became popular and charted on the Billboard R&B Hot 100. His second album, 'Help,'' was released in November 2015. In 2017, his third album 'Digital Druglord' ranked number 14 on the U.S. Billboard 200.
Blackbear won the MTV Video Music Awards for the track, 'My Ex's Best Friend.'
Blackbear has been very candid about his hobbies, saying that music is much like a hobby to him. He invests in stocks and loves collecting vintage t-shirts. He very fondly maintains that ‘his hobby is being personal.’
He loves keeping in touch with his friends and checking in on them every so often to make sure they're doing good. He has even said that a good friend is clearly a great hobby to have. Bettering himself as a person is known to be his top hobby and priority. This truly shows us how down-to-earth and humble Blackbear is as a person and that his greatest net worth is his network.
Blackbear is known for making songs using the following genres; pop, R&B/Soul, and alternative/indie.
In 2016, he was diagnosed with necrotizing pancreatitis and had to undergo emergency surgery to save his life.
Blackbear released his mixtape on November 27, 2017 – November happened to be his 27th birthday.
Blackbear best friends include Linkin Park's late lead vocalist Chester Bennington.
Blackbear is so popular with his fans that he had to relocate his home as teenage girls have gone to the extent of finding out where he lives!
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