| Celebrated Name: | Gladys Knight |
|---|---|
| Real Name/Full Name: | Gladys Maria Knight |
| Gender: | Female |
| Age: | 80 years old |
| Birth Date: | 28 May 1944 |
| Birth Place: | Atlanta, Georgia, United States |
| Nationality: | American |
| Height: | 1.61 m |
| Weight: | 55 kg |
| Sexual Orientation: | Straight |
| Marital Status: | Married |
| Husband/Spouse (Name): | William McDowell (m. 2001), Les Brown (m. 1995–1997), Barry Hankerson (m. 1974–1979), James Newman Gladys Knight (m. 1960–1973) |
| Children: | Yes (Shanga Hankerson, Kenya Newman, James Newman III) |
| Dating/Boyfriend (Name): | N/A |
| Profession: | American singer-songwriter |
| Net Worth in 2024: | $30 million |
| Last Updated: | July 2024 |
Gladys Knight aka “Empress of Soul” is a singer, songwriter, as well as an actress, who is best recognized for the hits that she has recorded an era of the 1960s and 1970s, for the Motown as well as Buddha Records labels, by her group named Gladys Knight & the Pips, including her brother Merald “Bubba” Knight as well as her cousins William Guest and Edward Patten. She is also famous as a seven-time Grammy Award-winner.
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Early Life
Gladys Knight was born in the year 1944 to Sarah Elizabeth and Merald Woodrow Knight, Sr., identified as a postal worker. Her birthplace was Atlanta, situated in Georgia.
Initially, she got a minor reputation by getting a win of Ted Mack’s The Original Amateur Hour TV show competition when she was a kid of age seven years in the year 1952.
In next year, the singer, her brother named Merald, a sister named Brenda, and cousins, namely William, as well as Elenor Guest, created a musical group named the Pips (which was titled post another cousin named James “Pip” Woods).
After completion of the decade, this act had started to tour, and also substituted Brenda Knight as well as Eleanor Guest by a cousin of Gladys Knight named Edward Patten as well as a friend named Langston George.
Age, Height, and Weight
Being born on 28 May 1944, Gladys Knight is 80 years old as of today’s date 20th July 2024. Her height is 1.61 m tall, and her weight is 55 kg.
Career:
Gladys Knight started off her career when Gladys Knight & the Pips associated with the Motown Records roster during the year 1966 when this band had no “sure hit” and, though, firstly started as a second-string type act, made many leading hit singles.
This includes “I Heard It Through the Grapevine,” (which got recorded initially by Marvin Gaye, version is not issued till 1968), Take Me in Your Arms and Love Me”, “Friendship Train,” “If I Were Your Woman” and “I Don’t Want To Do Wrong.”
It also includes Grammy Award-winning, i.e., “Neither One of Us (Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye),” and “Daddy Could Swear (I Declare).”
During the year 1974, Knight and the Pips worked on recording a soundtrack to a successful movie titled Claudine along with a producer named Curtis Mayfield. This act was chiefly successful in Europe, and particularly in the UK. Though, many Buddha singles turned hits within the UK, which was long after its success within the US.
Awards & Achievements:
In the year 2007, Gladys Knight has got Society of Singers ELLA Award, and at that time, she got declared as “Empress of Soul.” Besides, she got recorded on Rolling Stone’s list of the Greatest Singers of All Time. Her fame is high as she is a seven-time Grammy Award-winner.
Net Worth & Salary of Gladys Knight in 2024
As of July 2024, Gladys Knight has an estimated net worth of $30 million. She has made most of her fortune with her career as a singer, songwriter, as well as an actress.
The singer did her solo debut when she was of age four years while singing at the Mount Mariah Baptist Church within Atlanta, in Georgia, and started singing along with siblings when she was eight years old, within-group named ‘The Pips.’
By the era of the mid-70s, this group got high success. During the summer of 1975, the group has worked to host their personal TV special as well as next year. She has created an appearance within a film titled Pipe Dreams.
For that film, the singer and The Pips too recorded a soundtrack. It is found that Gladys Knight and the Pips transferred to MCA Records during the year 1988 and launched their last album together titled All Our Love, including the Grammy-winning single titled Love Overboard.
Gladys Knight has now reached old age, and her fans still remember her melodious singing and her successful career as a singer and as an actress. She worked well in singing groups and also worked in the solo career.
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