Matty Healy

Matty Healy: Biography in Details

Who is Matty Healy?

Matthew Healy is an English singer who is best known as the lead singer of the pop-rock band The 1975 and is known for the song Love It If We Made It.

Matty Healy: Age, Parent, Siblings, Ethnicity

Matty was born on the 8th of April 1989, in London, England, United Kingdom. His birth name is Matthew Healy. Additionally, he grew up in Newcastle and Cheshire.

His father‘s name is Tim Healy, who is an actor. Likely, his mother‘s name is Denise Welch. Matty’s mother was a soap opera actress. He also has a brother, Louis Healy, who is also a popular actor.

He holds British nationality and is of Irish ethnicity.

In which school did Matty Healy attend?

Matty Healy has finished his education at Wilmslow High School in Wilmslow. Other information regarding his education is unknown.

Matty Healy: Career, Professional life

Matty Healy has built his career in the music field and is now one of the popular names in the music industry. He is the main songwriter of his group, “The 1975”.

Firstly, they performed under the names “Me and You Versus Them”, “Drive Like I Do”, “TALKHOUSE!” and “The Big Sleep”. Finally, they concluded with the name “The 1975“, under their manager Jamie Oborne.

He has produced songs like “Robbers” and “Somebody Else”. Matty has visited different countries like Europe and the USA for his music tours. Mainly, he performs in the Robert Hall of London.

Matty Healy joined The 1975 band in 2002 and is since playing together. They used to rehearse at Matthew’s parents’ house. Before he used to play the drums but after their main singer left the band, he took over as the lead vocalist.

Matty Healy along with Ross MacDonald, Adam Hann, and George Daniel started playing punk-rock and pop covers. Then after they started writing their music at the age of about 15 in 2004.

Their first EP (extended play record) “Facedown”, was released in 2012. It was aired on national radio, with the lead single, “The City”. The song became a hit on BBC Radio 1.

Following it, their second EP, “Sex”, was released in the same year followed by the single “Chocolate” which reached number 19 on the UK Singles Chart.

In the year 2013, they released their self-titled debut album which reached number one on the UK Albums Chart. The band also has an international tour of Ireland and the USA promoting their album.

Moreover, the band receives an invitation to play with the “Rolling Stones” in Hyde Park in July 2013. They performed on stage at the 2013 Reading and Leeds Festival also.

Their second and third albums “I Like It When You Sleep, For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware Of It” and “Music for Cars” followed with renewed success. In the year 2016, the band came out with their hit single “The Sound” which was released as a music video in digital format.

Matthew made his first TV show appearance on Live & Kicking as himself in 1999.

Awards

In 2016, Matty Healyreceived  The Best Album awards in The UK”s annual music “Q” Awards for his album, ‘I Like It When You Sleep, For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware’. The same year, he received, the Radio 1 Live Lounge Performance of the Year award by BBC for his album, What Makes You Beautiful.

Likely, in 2017, his band won Best Live Band in NME Awards, and also Best British Group in Brit Awards. Furthermore, Healy was also “Ally of the year “at the 2019 Diva Awards.

How much is the net worth of Matty Healy?

This musician’s net worth is around $15 million as of 2022.

Other information regarding his earnings is not available. And, he has not done endorsement work for any brand yet.

Matty Healy: Rumor and Controversy

In 2014, Matty Healy was rumored to be dating Aliana Lohan and Ashley Frangipane 2013. Apart from it, he hasn’t received any sort of controversy until now.

Body Measurement: Height, Weight

Matty Healy stands tall with a height of 5 ft 9 inches (175 cm) and weighs 70 kg (154 lbs). He has black colored hair and dark brown colored eyes.

Talking about his body measurements, it is 42-33-34 inches (chest-waist-hip). His biceps size is 12.5 in. His shoe size is 11 UK.

Social Media

Matty Healy is active on Instagram with over 1.5M followers and around 1M followers on Twitter.

Moreover, his band has its own YouTube channel titled by the band’s name, 1975 which has around 2.65M subscribers.

Further, the band has around 3M followers on their Instagram account, 2.1M followers on Twitter, and around 2.5M followers on Facebook.

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