Gladys Knight’s Fortune: How Much Is Gladys Knight’s Net Worth and Salary?

Gladys Knight is a very successful singer-songwriter, author and actress with an impressive fortune.

Although most folks know Gladys Knight as a gospel music icon — and aunt of the late R&B singer Aaliyah — her career has known no bounds as she’s successfully mastered contemporary R&B and jazz, too.

Gladys kicked off her musical career with the R&B group Gladys Knight & The Pips. The group secured multiple RIAA-certified gold albums including “Imagination,” “I Feel a Song,” “All Our Love,” and more.

Gladys went on to find solo success throughout the ‘90s and 2000s and even scored two Grammy awards: the 2001 Best Traditional R&B Album for “At Last” and the 2004 Best Gospel Performance for her feature on Ray Charles’s hit song “Heaven Help Us All.”

Aside from Gladys being a superwoman in the music industry, the legend has had quite an impressive fortune over the years.

So, how much is Gladys Knight worth? Here’s everything that we know.

What is Gladys Knight’s net worth?

Gladys Knight is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and businesswoman who has a net worth of $8 million, per Celebrity Net Worth. Other online outlets like The Richest pegs her fortune at $28 million as of 2023.

In 1997 Gladys paid $695,000 for a home in Las Vegas, Nevada. She sold this home in 2018 for $720,000. The home was reportedly hard to sell because it had quite a few customizations, such as a recording studio in the basement. They continue to own a home on a golf course in nearby Henderson, Nevada.

In 2007 Gladys bought a 20-acre farm in Fairview, North Carolina.

The incomparable Gladys Knight has basically been famous since she was seven years old, when she won Ted Mack’s The Original Amateur Hour contest on TV, per Smooth Radio. Since that time, her star has been on the rise, with a career that spans decades, and includes iconic hits with The Pips, including “Midnight Train to Georgia” and “I Heard It Through the Grapevine.”

The so-called “Empress of Soul” is partnering with Cineflix Productions to develop a scripted series about her fascinating life, per Deadline. As she told the outlet, “At the age of 78, most people in my industry have retired, but I’m just getting started.”

We can’t wait to see what the team comes up with, a project which Gladys called her “legacy.” No details have been released yet as to when we can expect to see the series debut.

Gladys Knight’s current partner is William McDowell and she credits her faith in God for their lasting marriage of 20 years.

Cheers to love and marriage! Most married couples would say that maintaining a successful union takes hard work, love, and dedication.

As for Gladys, the R&B icon credits her faith in God for helping her and her husband, William McDowell, maintain their marriage.

“You have to always know that the Lord is going to make a way,” Gladys told Closer magazine in November 2022. “We put him first. If you’ve got a problem and don’t know how to do something, you have to look up. That’s how we get through.”

Gladys and William have been married since 2001. Although the pair have not welcomed children with one another, William serves as a stepfather to Gladys’s three children from previous relationships.

Gladys Knight’s health update seemed to get lost in translation.

But The Masked Singer alum’s health took center stage in 2018 when her friend and fellow singer Aretha Franklin died of cancer. Due to comments Gladys made, fans began to fear for her health as well. 

Speaking to Detroit’s WDIV for a live interview in 2018, Gladys told a story of finding out she was in the same hotel as her friend Aretha Franklin, who had the powerhouse voice to rival her own. At that time, the “Respect” crooner was battling pancreatic cancer. Per Essence, Gladys told WDIV about a conversation she had with Aretha, “we shared the fact that we had the same disease.”

Fans collectively freaked out about Gladys also having pancreatic cancer. But soon, via her rep, she clarified that she had suffered from stage 1 breast cancer. “Due to early detection, I am cancer-free and grateful for that,” the statement to Us Weekly explained. Since that time, it seems that the 78-year-old is in great shape, and in fact, is looking toward the future.

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