Gladys knight net worth
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GLADYS KNIGHT
The great ones endure, and Gladys Knight has long been one of the greatest. Very few singers over the last fifty years have matched her unassailable artistry. This seven-time Grammy winner has enjoyed #1 hits in Pop, Gospel, R&B and Adult Contemporary, and has triumphed in film, television and live performance.
Fall of 2015 marked the release of Knight’s first mainstream dance record, “Just A Little” in nearly twenty years. The song serves as lead single from her twelfth studio album that she is currently on.
Knight who is a tw0-time Grammy winner in the gospel category, yet again embraced her gospel roots, releasing her inspirational album “Where My Heart Belongs”, in September 2014. The album was a major success and won an NAACP Image Award for “Outstanding Gospel Album.”
Christmas Season of 2014 found Knight returning to the small screen in the Lifetime original movie “Seasons of Love”. In the story about two lovers as they journey through life, love and family, Knight stars alongside Oscar-nominee Taraji P. Henson and fellow Grammy winner Cliff “Method Ma
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Gladys Knight
American singer (born 1944)
Musical artist
Gladys Maria Knight (born May 28, 1944) is an American singer. Knight recorded hits through the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s with her family group Gladys Knight & the Pips, which included her brother Merald "Bubba" Knight and cousins William Guest and Edward Patten. She has won seven Grammy Awards (four as a solo artist and three with the Pips),[1] and is often referred to as the "Empress of Soul".[2][3]
Knight has recorded two number-one Billboard Hot 100 singles ("Midnight Train to Georgia" and "That's What Friends Are For" which she did with Dionne Warwick, Sir Elton John and Stevie Wonder), eleven number-one R&B singles and six number-one R&B albums. In 1989, Knight recorded the theme song for the James Bond film Licence to Kill.
Two of her songs ("I Heard It Through the Grapevine" and "Midnight Train to Georgia") were inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame for "historical, artistic and significant" value.[4][5] She is an inductee into the Rock and R
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Gladys Knight
Gladys Knight | |
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Knight in concert at the Chumash Casino Resort in Santa Ynez, California, on October 12, 2006. | |
| Birth name | Gladys Maria Knight |
| Also known as | The Empress of Soul |
| Born | (1944-05-28) May 28, 1944 (age 80) |
| Origin | Atlanta, Georgia, United States |
| Genres | R&B, soul, gospel |
| Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter, actress, businesswoman, humanitarian, author |
| Years active | 1952–present |
| Labels | Vee-Jay, Motown, Buddah, Columbia, MCA, Verve |
Gladys Maria Knight (born May 28, 1944) is an Americansinger, actress and songwriter. She is called the "Empress of Soul",[1][2] She was the lead singer of the music group The Pips.
Personal life
[change | change source]Knight has been married four times and given birth to three children. In 1960, Knight married her high school sweetheart, James Newman. Gladys gave birth to their son, James III (1962–1999). In 1963 daughter Kenya was born. Newman and Knight divorced in 1973. She married producer and Blackground Records founder Barry Hankerson in 1974. They
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