Charli D’Amelio is an American social media personality and dance who has a net worth of $8 Million. She is best known for being a star on the social media platform TikTok where she has quickly grown into one of its biggest stars. As of this writing, she is the most-followed person on TikTok. For several months of 2020, she outpaced Loren Gray by around 8 million followers. On November 22, 2020, Charli crossed 100 million followers for the first time. At that point, the second-most subscribed person Addison Rae had 70 million followers. Charlie is the first person to have 100 million followers on Tik Tok.
She was named the second highest-earning TikTok personality by Forbes and was placed on Fortune‘s 40 Under 40 list in 2020. D’Amelio made her feature film debut with a voice role in the 2020 animated film StarDog and TurboCat, and her other ventures include a nail polish collection, a makeup line, and a sweatshirt collection. As of November 2020, she was the first person to earn over 100 million followers on TikTok. She has often been regarded as TikTok’s “biggest star.
D’Amelio first began posting on TikTok on March 30, 2019 with a lip-syncing video alongside her friend. Her first video to gain traction, a side-by-side video (known on the platform as a “duet”) with user “Move With Joy”, was posted in July 2019. Since then, her content has mainly consisted of videos dancing to trending songs on the platform. In October 2019, she began regularly posting videos performing a dance called the “Renegade” to the K Camp song “Lottery”, and was subsequently credited with popularizing the dance on social media, while also being falsely credited with creating the dance, being referred to affectionately as the “CEO of Renegade”. Following a New York Times profile of dancer Jalaiah Harmon revealing her as the original creator of the dance, D’Amelio received internet backlash for not crediting Harmon, which prompted D’Amelio to begin regularly crediting those who created the dances she performs. She joined the collaborative TikTok content house, The Hype House, in November 2019, alongside her sister, Dixie.
In late 2019, former Sony Music executive Barbara Jones signed D’Amelio to her management company, Outshine Talent, and in January 2020, D’Amelio signed with United Talent Agency along with the rest of her family. Singer Bebe Rexha invited D’Amelio to perform alongside her during her opening performance for the Jonas Brothers in November 2019. That same month, she held her first meet-and-greet, which attracted a crowd of about 400 people, and began posting on her self-titled YouTube vlog channel.
In February 2020, she appeared in a Super Bowl commercial for Sabra Hummus along with other celebrities. She was invited to attend Super Bowl LIV and meet Jennifer Lopez to create a TikTok dance challenge celebrating Lopez’s Super Bowl LIV halftime show performance. In March 2020, she and her sister partnered with UNICEF for an anti-bullying campaign.That same month, D’Amelio partnered with Procter & Gamble to create the #DistanceDance challenge on TikTok with the goal of encouraging social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic, which garnered praise from Ohio Governor Mike DeWine. D’Amelio appeared in the ABC television special The Disney Family Singalong during the singing of “We’re All In This Together” from High School Musical, alongside the original cast of the film, in April 2020.
Forbes published a report in August 2020 revealing that D’Amelio earned $4 million in the last year from her numerous sponsorship deals and merchandise, making her the second highest-earning TikTok star, following Addison Rae. Fortune included D’Amelio on their annual 40 Under 40 list, which recognizes young leaders they consider to be the most influential, making her the youngest person on the list at 16 years old.D’Amelio and her sister also designed limited-edition fleece sweatshirts for Hollister, released in September 2020.
She joined Triller, a rival platform to TikTok, later that month, in the midst of a potential US ban on TikTok.She also made an appearance in Jennifer Lopez and Maluma’s music video for their singles “Pa’ Ti + Lonely” and created a dance challenge (the #PaTiChallenge) for the song as part of a fundraising campaign with Lopez and Yoplait. D’Amelio starred in the music video for the Bebe Rexha single, “Baby I’m Jealous”, in October 2020. Later that month, she partnered with mobile banking service Step for a promotional campaign shortly after its launch
