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Gladys Knight is a very successful singer-songwriter, author and actress with a net worth of approximately $28 million, the bulk of which is generated from singing and songwriting.

Gladys Knight was born in Georgia on May 28th, 1944 and her singing career has spanned and incredible 6 decades. The peak of her fame was in the 60s and 70s with her group, Gladys Knight & the Pips and as recently as 2013 she recorded a song with Lenny Kravitz. She has won an impressive 7 Grammy awards, three of them with The Pips and four as a solo artist.

American born Gladys, also known as 'The Empress of Soul' has been married four times and has three children. Despite being in her late 60s, Gladys leads an active life and in 2012 she appeared as a competitor on Dancing with the Stars

Outside of her music career she has various business interests, is an actor, a keen author and is involved in various humanitarian activities.

Earnings & Financial Data

Date

Category

Description

Amount

1993

Record Sales

Estimated earnings from her album Just for You (certified gold by RIAA)

$500,000

1989

Record Sales

Estimated earnings from the compilation album Greatest Hits (certified gold by RIAA)

$500,000

1988

Record Sales

Estimated earnings from the compilation album The Singles Album (certified gold by BPI)

$100,000

1986

Record Sales

Estimated earnings from the album All Our Love with Gladys Knight & the Pips (certified gold by RIAA)

$500,000

1982

Record Sales

Estimated earnings from the album Visions with Gladys Knight & the Pips (certified gold by RIAA)

$500,000

1979

Record Sales

Estimated earnings from the compilation album The Touch of Love (certified silver by BPI)

$60,000

1976

Record Sales

Estimated earnings from the compilation album 30 Greatest Hits (certified platinum by BPI)

$300,000

1975

Record Sales

Estimated earnings from the compilation album The Best of Gladys Knight & the Pips (certified gold by BPI)

$100,000

1974

Record Sales

Estimated earnings from the album 2nd Anniversary with Gladys Knight & the Pips (certified gold by RIAA)

$500,000

1973

Record Sales

Estimated earnings from the album I Feel a Song with Gladys Knight & the Pips (certified gold by RIAA and silver by BPI)

$560,000

1973

Record Sales

Estimated earnings from the soundtrack albumClaudine with Gladys Knight & the Pips (certified gold by RIAA)

$500,000

1972

Record Sales

Estimated earnings from the album Neither One of Us with Gladys Knight & the Pips (over 2.5 million copies sold)

$2,500,000

1972

Record Sales

Estimated earnings from the album Imagination with Gladys Knight & the Pips (certified gold by RIAA)

$500,000