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Career Summary:

Ronald Isley was born on the 21st of May in the year 1941 and has an estimated net worth of $2 million.. He started his career as a singer for church and got his first break with the TV show Amateur Hour. At the age of sixteen, he moved to New York with two of his brothers for a deal with RCA Records. The Isley brothers started singing as a group where Ronald Isley was a constant member. The first solo album of Ronald was Mr. I was listed as 50 in the chart of Billboard 200 after selling almost 22243 copies.. The Legend Award of the year 2010 was also received by him at the occasion of Soul Train Music Awards.

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Life Summary:

Ronald Isley was born to Sallye Bernice and O'Kelly Isley, Sr. he had five other siblings working together for a long time. He was raised in Ohio area.

Isley married background singer Kandy Johnson (of the duo JS/Johnson Sisters), they have a son; Ronald Isley, Jr. was born in January 2007. In 2007, it was reported Isley had kidney problems. He still lives in St. Louis.

Earnings & Financial Data

Date

Category

Description

Amount

2002

Record Sales

Estimated earnings from the album Body Kiss with The Isley Brothers (certified gold by RIAA)

$500,000

2000

Record Sales

Estimated earnings from the album Eternal with The Isley Brothers (certified 2x platinum by RIAA)

$2,000,000

1995

Record Sales

Estimated earnings from the album Mission to Please with The Isley Brothers (certified platinum by RIAA)

$1,000,000

1993

Record Sales

Estimated earnings from the compilation album Beautiful Ballads with The Isley Brothers (certified gold by RIAA)

$500,000

1983

Record Sales

Estimated earnings from the compilation album Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 with The Isley Brothers (certified 2x platinum by RIAA)

$2,000,000

1982

Record Sales

Estimated earnings from the album Between the Sheets with The Isley Brothers (certified platinum by RIAA)

$1,000,000

1980

Record Sales

Estimated earnings from the album Grand Slam with The Isley Brothers (certified gold by RIAA)

$500,000

1979

Record Sales

Estimated earnings from the album Go All the Way with The Isley Brothers (certified platinum by RIAA)

$1,000,000

1978

Record Sales

Estimated earnings from the album Winner Takes All with The Isley Brothers (certified gold by RIAA)

$500,000

1977

Record Sales

Estimated earnings from the album Showdown with The Isley Brothers (certified platinum by RIAA)

$1,000,000

1976

Record Sales

Estimated earnings from the album Go for Your Guns with The Isley Brothers (certified 2x platinum by RIAA)

$2,000,000

1975

Record Sales

Estimated earnings from the album Harvest for the World with The Isley Brothers (certified platinum by RIAA)

$1,000,000

1974

Record Sales

Estimated earnings from the album The Heat Is On with The Isley Brothers (certified 2x platinum by RIAA)

$2,000,000

1973

Record Sales

Estimated earnings from the album Live It Up with The Isley Brothers (certified gold by RIAA)

$500,000

1972

Record Sales

Estimated earnings from the album 3 + 3 with The Isley Brothers (certified platinum by RIAA and silver by BPI)

$1,060,000