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Dana Elaine Owens, better known as Queen Latifah is a rapper, model, singer-songwriter, actress and comedian from the US. She performs in movies, television and in music. Her estimated net worth currently stands at an impressive $60 million.
Her performances in the different mediums have been widely appreciated by the audience and the experts as well. Her performances have won Latifah several nominations and awards over the years. Queen Latifah has won the Grammy Award, the Golden Globe award, two Screen Actors Guild awards, two SAG awards, and two Image awards. She has been nominated for the Academy award and the Grammy six times, apart from the once she has won this award.
Till now, Latifah has released a total of seven audio albums. She has performed in a lot of television shows and films. The movies where she has performed are House Party 2, Set It Off, Living Out Loud, Chicago, Scary Movie 3, Bringing Down the House, Beauty Shop, and the Ice Age: The Meltdown, among many others. On television, she has performed in Living Single, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, 30 Rock and others. Apart from this, Latifah has performed on many television films too. Her wealth and fame comes from all these sources.
She works as the celebrity spokesperson for Curvation ladies underwear, CoverGirl cosmetics, Jenny Craig and Pizza Hut. Queen Latifah has her own line of cosmetics as well. it is known as CoverGirl Queen Collection. Her perfume line is known as “Queen”.
There was some controversy too. In 1996, Latifah was arrested and later charged for possessing a handgun and marijuana.
Earnings & Financial Data
Date |
Category |
Description |
Amount |
---|---|---|---|
2008 |
Asset |
Value of the Los Angeles home she bought together with her longtime personal trainer, Jeanette Jenkins |
$1,397,000 |
2008 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from her album Persona (1.2 million copies sold worldwide and 350,000 copies sold in the US) |
$1,550,000 |
2006 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from her album Trav'lin' Light (2.5 million copies sold worldwide and 700,000 copies sold in the US) |
$3,200,000 |
2004 |
Salary |
Salary from Beauty Shop |
$10,000,000 |
2003 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from her album The Dana Owens Album (2 million copies sold worldwide and 730,000 copies sold in the US) |
$2,730,000 |
2002 |
Salary |
Salary from Bringing Down the House |
$1,000,000 |
2001 |
Salary |
Salary from Chicago |
$325,000 |
2001 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from her album She's the Queen: A Collection of Hits (370,000 copies sold worldwide and 50,000 copies sold in the US) |
$420,000 |
1997 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from her album Order in the Court (500,000 copies sold worldwide and 100,000 copies sold in the US) |
$600,000 |
1992 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from her album Black Reign (1.5 million copies sold worldwide and 500,000 copies sold in the US) |
$2,000,000 |
1990 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from her album Nature of a Sista (500,000 copies sold worldwide and 100,000 copies sold in the US) |
$600,000 |
1988 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from her album All Hail the Queen (700,000 copies sold worldwide and 150,000 copies sold in the US) |
$850,000 |