Gladys knight's net worth

Age:                    75

Birth Place:        Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Marital Status:    Married (William McDowell)

Full Name:            Gladys Maria Knight

Nationality:             American

Date of Birth:          May 28, 1944

Ethnicity:           African-American

About Gladys Maria Knight

Gladys Knight is a well-known singer-songwriter, author, and actor with a net worth of over $28 million, most of which comes from her work as a performer and songwriter.

Gladys Knight was born in Georgia on May 28th, 1944, and has had a remarkable six-decade singing career. She reached the height of her success with Gladys Knight & the Pips in the 1960s and 1970s, and as recently as 2013, she collaborated on a song with Lenny Kravitz. She has won an amazing 7 Grammys—four as a solo artist and three with The Pips.

Gladys, who was born in America and is often referred to as "The Empress of Soul," has been married four times and has three kids. Gladys, who is in her late 60s, maintains a busy life and participates in Dancing with the Stars in 2012.

She is an actor, an avid writer, and involved in a number of philanthropic endeavours in addition to her profession in music. She also has a variety of commercial interests.

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The estimated of Gladys Knights

With such a glorified career, it seems to sense that the musician who is your favourite aunt's favourite has amassed a whopping $28 million in wealth, according to Celebrity Net Worth.

Gladys Knight's Childhood

She has had the singing ability at a young age. She was born in Georgia, Atlanta. At the age of 4, she also made her solo debut. Then, at the age of 8, she co-created "The Pips" with her cousins Elenor and William, as well as her siblings Merald and Brenda. After a while, her other two cousins joined Langston and Edward.

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Gladys Knight's Personal Life

Gladys has three kids and has been married four times. She first got hitched to James Newman in 1960. She married her first spouse when she was 20 years old, but he was also a drug addict.

Following that, she retired from pip work for her kids, who then pip toured. After giving birth to her daughter Kenya, she later re-joined Pips to support her family.

She later filed for divorce from James in 1973. She remarried Barry Hankerson in Detroit in 1974. They had a son after that and were divorced in 1979. She later wed Les Brown in 1995, and the two of them separated in 1997. After losing $60,000 in one night, she joined Gamblers Anonymous to kick the habit.

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Gladys Knight's children

She is a mother of three. On August 13, 1962, she gave birth to Jimmy Neman III, her first child. Jimmy is the owner of Newman Management Inc., and in 1963, she gave birth to a daughter named Kenya. She runs her own business. Knight then opens a café owned by her youngest son, Shanga Hankerson.

Gladys  Knight siblings

She is one of three siblings. Merald Knight Jr., her oldest brother, is a singer. Brenda Knight, who is also a singer, is one of her sisters. David Knight is her last brother.

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Awards

Knight has won seven Grammy Awards as of this writing. In addition to her Grammys, she also received a 1998 Rhythm and Blues Foundation Pioneer Award, a BET Lifetime Achievement Award in 2005, and NAACP Image Awards.

She and the Pips—Bubba Knight, William Guest, and Edward Patten, her cousins—were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996.

How she earns

Knight has a number of sources of income besides music. She uses acting as one source of income. The 1976 movie Pipe Dreams marked the singer's acting debut. She portrayed Maria Wilson in the drama.

For her performance, Knight was nominated for a Golden Globe in the category of New Star of the Year (actress). The Jeffersons, Charlie & Co., I Can Do Bad All by Myself, The First Family, and Hawaii Five-0 are a few more roles that they have played. Producer and composer credits for Knight are also listed.