Axl Rose is an American record producer, singer, songwriter, and activist. The lead vocalist of the famous band ‘Guns N’ Roses,’ Axl has been the band’s only steady member since its evolution in 1985. Known for his controversial public personality, Axl is appreciated by millions of fans around the world, while others recognize him to be a misogynistic, maniacal singer who often takes his annoyances out on his band members. Axl Rose is often regarded among the music industry’s most overstated personalities. Much of his observable problems are attributed to his tough childhood. After being kicked out of home, he was apprehended on numerous occasions for public intoxication. He then resolved to mend his ways and became active in Los Angeles’s hard rock scene.

He went on to co-found ‘Guns N’ Roses,’ which became excessively popular in the late-1980s and early-90s. The band’s first album ‘Appetite for Destruction’ became a hit all over the world. Subsequently, the band came up with several hit albums, such as ‘Use Your Illusion I’ and ‘Use Your Illusion II.’ After the conclusion of the band’s ‘Use Your Illusion Tour,’ Axl departed from public life. For the next few years, the band did not tour or execute and no new albums or singles were released. In 2001, Axl resurfaced with new band members, and ‘Guns N’ Roses’ was restored. As a member of ‘Guns N‘ Roses,’ Axl was inaugurated into the ‘Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’ in 2012. He is counted as one of the ‘greatest singers of all time’ by NME and ‘Rolling Stone’ magazine.

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Wiki/Biodata

Birth Name	William Bruce Rose Jr.
Nick Name	W. Axl Rose William Bruce Bailey Bill Rose Bill Bailey
Age	(as in 2022) 60 years
Religion	In his early years, his parents would take him to a Pentecostal church.
Sun Sign/Zodiac Sign	Aquarius
Birth Place	Lafayette, Indiana, United States
Date of Birth	6 February 1962
Nationality	American
Residence	Malibu, California, United States
Home Town	Lafayette, Indiana
Hobbies	Singing
Family
Mother's Name	Sharon Elizabeth
Father's Name	Bruce Rose
Brother	Stuart (Step-Brother)
Sister	Amy Bailey
Others	Dale Owen Rose (Paternal Grandfather) Mary Mae Rittenhouse (Paternal Grandmother) Earl Ray Lintner (Maternal Grandfather) Anna Amelia Rosenbrock (Maternal Grandmother)
Girlfriends/Affairs
Affairs/Girlfriends	• Sheila Kennedy – Rumor • Yvonne Kobayashi – Rumor • Alycen Rowse – Rumor • Olivia Williams – Rumor • Caron Bernstein – Rumor • Lindi Hingston – Rumor • Ellen Jabour – Rumor • Bridgette Monroe – Adult film star Bridget Monroe and Axl Rose had an encounter with each other in the past. • Gina Sailer (1979-1983) – Astronomer Gina Sailor and Axl Rose dated each other for about 4 years before they separated in 1983. • Pamela Manning (1983) – Rumor • Yvonne Simon (1984) – Rumor • Michelle Young (1985) • Monique Lewis (1985) – Adult and glamour model, Monique Lewis was in a relationship with Axl in 1985 that didn’t last for more than a year. • Adriana Smith (1985) – P*rnstar Adriana Smith hooked up with Axl that turned out to be quite a part in Axl’s debut album Appetite for Destruction as during the recording in Manhattan, mic’s were set up on the ground to record Rose and Adrianna who were actually having s*x in the studio and those sounds were put into his song. • Elle Macpherson (1993) – Rumor • Jennifer Driver (1994) – Rumor • Dyan O’Connor (2006) – Rumor • Deniz Akkaya (2006) – The Turkish model is speculated to have met Axl at the Istanbul, G N’ R show in 2006. However, their relationship was short-lived. • Kat Mack (2006) – Rumor • Sasha Volkova (2006-2007) – Rumor • Lana Del Rey (2012) – Rumor
Marital Status, Wife and Children
Wife/Spouse	1. Erin Everly 2. Stephanie Seymour
Marriage Date	28 April 1990 (with Erin Everly)
Children	None
Education
School	Efferson High School but he stopped going to the school when he found out about his biological father.
College/University	None
Educational Qualification	He stopped going to the school when he found out about his biological father.
Profession	Singer, Songwriter, Record Producer, Musician
Brands Endorsed	Axl Rose has done endorsement work for several brands such as Dr. Pepper (2008) and Budweiser.
Career Manager	Live Nation Entertainment, Inc.
Height, Weight, and Figure Measurements
Height (Approx.)	in centimeters- 175 cm in meters- 1.75 m in feet inches- 5’ 9”
Weight (Approx.)	in kilograms- 78 kg in pounds- 172 lbs
Figure Measurements
Chest Size	40 Inches
Hips Size	38 Inches
Waist Size	32 Inches
Extra Ordinary Features
Race / Ethnicity	White
Hair Color	Dark Brown (Natural)
Eye Color	Blue
S*xual Orientation	Straight
Dress Size	Not Known
Shoe Size	9 (US)
Favourite Things
Favourite Band	Queen
Favourite Singer	Freddie Mercury (Queen)
Favourite Books	Stand by Stephen King, James Dean: The Mutant King (David Dalton) and Zodiac by Neal Stephenson
Controversies	The controversy led to Guns N' Roses being dropped from the roster of an AIDS benefit show in New York organized by the Gay Men's Health Crisis.

Axl Rose was born William Bruce Rose Jr. on February 6, 1962, in Lafayette, Indiana, USA, to Sharon Elizabeth and William Bruce Rose. At the time of his birth, his mother and father were 16 and 20 years old respectively. When he was just two years old, his parents separated and his father kidnapped and molested him. His mother married Stephen L. Bailey and changed his name to William Bruce Bailey. He has a younger sister named Amy and a half-brother named Stuart.

He was brought up in a very religious household. His family went to a Pentecostal church and he was asked to attend services anywhere between three to eight times per week. From an early age, he found comfort in music and performed at church services with his half-brother and sister under the name ‘Bailey Trio.’

At the age of 17, he learned of his biological father when he went through old indemnity papers and informally adopted his birth name. Four years later, when he joined the band ‘AXL,’ he was named ‘Axl Rose’ by his bandmates. Due to his troubled past, he had developed a bad boy image. He was arrested on a number of occasions for battery and public intoxication during his early days.

Rose’s personal life has been as rocky as his professional one. In 1990 he married Erin Everly, who later claimed that Rose had shown up at her house, threatening to kill himself with a gun in his car if she wouldn’t marry him. The marriage was annulled in early 1991.

That same year he started dating supermodel Stephanie Seymour. They got engaged in 1993 but split up soon after. Rose sued Seymour, claiming she assaulted him, and Seymour counter-sued, saying he attacked her and she grabbed him in self-defense. The case dragged on, but Rose ultimately settled out of court. Everly was called to testify during the case and filed her own suit against Rose for assault and a s*xual battery. Rose settled this case out of court as well.

Early in his life, Rose was diagnosed as manic-depressive and prescribed lithium, which he has since refused to take. He says he believes in homeopathic medicine and past-life regression. Rose has stated that his past-life regression therapy helped him recover memories of being sexually abused by his biological father at age two.

Axl Rose Net Worth

Axl Rose has a net worth of $200 million.

Rose was active in the local hard rock scene and played in a number of bands, including Rapidfire, Hollywood Rose and L.A. Guns. He worked odd jobs to make ends meet and even smoked cigarettes for a scientific study at UCLA for $8 per hour (adjusted for inflation that would be equivalent to $20 in 2019).

Between June 2017 and June 2018, Rose earned $20 million from his various endeavors. The majority of his earnings came from touring after the band reunited for the “Not In This Lifetime Tour”. The tour went on to generate more than $430 million worldwide.

Rose owns a home in Malibu, California. According to records, he purchased the 4,333-square-foot residence for $3.6 million in 1992. In 2008 Axl saved several of his neighbor’s houses during a fire that stampeded through the area in the early morning. Knowing that one of his neighbors was out of town, Axl reportedly pushed the house’s gate open and hosed down the property. Opening the gate also made it easier for firefighters to eventually gain access to several nearby houses that were threatened.

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Axl Rose Songs, Movies And Tv Shows

• After moving to Los Angeles, he joined the band ‘Rapidfire’ and recorded a demo in 1983. When the group disbanded, he joined ‘L.A. Guns’ before forming ‘Hollywood Rose’ with his friend Izzy Stradlin.
• In 1985, he and former bandmate Tracii Guns formed the band ‘Guns N’ Roses’ by merging ‘Hollywood Rose’ and ‘L.A. Guns.’
• They played at ‘The Troubadour’ and then started appearing more frequently on the L.A. club circuit. This was when they started developing their fan base and attracted major record labels along the way. Just before signing his official contract with ‘Geffen Records’ in 1986, he legally got his name changed to W. Axl Rose
• In 1987, the band released their debut album ‘Appetite for Destruction’ which became a huge success despite its slow start.
• Their fan base expanded so quickly that in 1988, during the ‘Monsters of Rock’ festival in England, two fans were crushed to death when the crowd began dancing to their hit single ‘It’s So Easy.’ From then on, Rose made it a point to request his fans to calm down. He has even halted the shows on a number of occasions to pacify the audience.
• In 1988, they released the album ‘G N’ R Lies’ which became extremely popular. However, it was also severely criticized for promoting homophobic attitude and prejudiced sentiments through the song ‘One in a Million.’
• By 1989, ‘Guns N’ Roses’ had become one of the most popular bands in the world of rock music. The same year, he appeared solo on the cover of the prestigious ‘Rolling Stone’ magazine.
• In 1990, the band was to record a follow-up of their debut album. However, the recording process was slowed down considerably due to band member Steven Adler’s struggle with drug abuse. As a result, Adler was fired and replaced by Matt Sorum. Meanwhile, Dizzy Reed also joined the band.
• Despite not having an album to promote in 1991, the band embarked on a two-and-a-half-year tour titled ‘Use Your Illusion Tour.’ Rose faced criticism from audiences and critics due to his late starts or on-stage antics. The same year, the band released two albums, ‘Use Your Illusion I’ and ‘Use Your Illusion II.’
• The final show of the ‘Use Your Illusion Tour’ took place on July 17, 1993, in Buenos Aires. The show turned out to be Rose’s last performance with the band for the next seven-and-a-half years. In November the same year, the band released ‘The Spaghetti Incident?’ which was not very successful, unlike their previous albums.
• Throughout the 1990s, he remained a recluse and did not appear in the public. Although the group never disbanded, they did not release any new material in the ‘90s.
• In 2001, he was seen at ‘Rock in Rio 3’ with a new lineup of musicians. He had fired all his previous band members without even consulting them and for ‘no reason.’
• He once again disappeared from the public but not for long. In 2004, he lent his voice for the popular video game ‘Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.’
• In 2006, the band, which now had new members, went on a tour and continued to tour the subsequent year as well.
• ‘Guns N’ Roses’ finally released ‘Chinese Democracy’ on November 23, 2008, 15 years after their last album. For the next few years, the band toured America, Europe, and Australia. They were also seen in ‘Rock in Rio 4.’
• Apart from being a constant member of ‘Guns N’ Roses,’ Axl has also toured with the popular Australian rock band ‘AC/DC.’

Facts

1. When Axl was born, his mother was 16, and father Bruce was 20 years old. At the time of his birth, Axl’s mother was still a high school student.
2. At the age of 2, Axl was kidnapped and molested by his own father after his parents got divorced.
3. It was believed that Axl was suffering from an abnormal condition called psychosis.
4. Rose’s birth was not something his teenage parents had planned off.
5. Axl’s stepfather would also physically abuse him, his mother, his step-brother, and s*xually abuse his step-sister.
6. Axl began developing his vocal skills at a very young age at a church that his parents would visit every Sunday.
7. There, it was where his first group started called the “Bailey Trio.”
8. In October 1990, Rose was strongly affected due to a miscarriage that Erin Everly had suffered.
9. In the early months of the 1990s, Axl started undergoing homeopathic treatment to help him uncover his memories from the past.
10. A couple of years after Axl’s father left him and his mother in 1964, his mother married Stephen L. Bailey and his name was changed to William Bruce Bailey.
11. Until the age of 17, Axl did not know who was his biological father. However, he never got the chance to meet him as his father was murdered by a criminal friend of his in 1984 in Marion, Illinois and his body was never recovered.
12. Due to his band Guns N’ Roses, Axl Rose has associated with legends such as Slash, Izzy Stradlin, Duff McKagan, and Steven Adler.
13. After William had found out about his biological father, he decided to change his name to William Rose.
14. William Axl Rose has been arrested more than 30 times for public drunkenness as well as several other offenses. He received a final warning from the police which prompted him to shift to Los Angeles in December 1982.
15. He later formed a band by the name of AXL and with his friend’s suggestion, he legally changed his name to W. Axl Rose.
16. The s*x sounds in Axl’s debut album Appetite for Destruction were real.
17. In order to ease his struggling music succession, Rose began working as a night manager at the Tower Records on Sunset Boulevard.
18. Axl and his childhood friend Izzy Stradlin began smoking cigarettes for scientific research that was being conducted by UCLA and they were being paid $8 every hour.
19. In March 1985, he, along with former band member Tracii Guns, formed the legendary band Guns N’ Roses.
20. The title name Guns N’ Roses came from Axl’s band Hollywood Rose and Tracii Guns’s band L.A. Guns.
21. In 1986, he signed up with Geffen Records.
22. In July 1987, the band Guns N’ Roses released their first album titled Appetite for Destruction which charted at #1 spot on the Billboard 200 listing in August 1988 and then again, in the following year, in February 1989.
23. In the first year of their album launch of Appetite for Destruction, more than 5,00,000 copies were sold in the first year. Overall, the album has sold over 30 million copies worldwide to date, which made it the all-time best-selling debut album in the United States.
24. In 1988, after 2 people were crushed to death at Guns N’ Roses’ performance at Monsters of Rock festival in Castle Donington, England, Rose began to be popularly known to stop concerts to address and instruct troublesome fans and security to be in control.
25. With the launch of their second hit album G N’ R Lies in 1988, Rose was accused of promoting antiblack and homophobic lines in his song One In a Million.
26. In August 1989, Rose had made such a striking image as rock music’s greatest frontman that he got featured on the cover of The Rolling Stones Magazine.
27. In 1990, Rose fired his drummer Steven Adler for the abuse of drugs.
28. Due to the controversial events that occurred at the concert of Use your Illusion tour in May 1991, the band started to get a bad name and caused 2500-people-riot that caused total damage of $200,000.
29. In 1992, the controversy on his song One In a Million about gay men led to his music group not being featured on an AIDS benefit show in New York that was organized by the Gay Men’s Health Crisis.
30. Rose was known as one of the finest hard rock singers of the 90s and certainly the most charming.
31. In November 1992, Axl Rose was sentenced and put on probation for 2 years for assault and property damage following his failure to perform at the Montreal’s Olympic Stadium, which led to property damage of $400,000.
32. From 1994 to 2000, Rose’s band Guns N’ Roses were on a break.
33. In August 1993, a lawsuit for illegal firing was filed against Axl Rose by his former drummer Steven Adler, which ultimately Rose lost. Axl had to pay him $2,500,000 and 15% of the total royalties of the recordings recorded and released when Steven and Axl were together.
34. Axl’s mother, Sharon E. Bailey died on May 28, 1996.
35. In November 1993, Rose had featured a secret track called Look at Your Game, Girl which was written by a convicted murderer Charles Manson.
36. On July 17, 1993, Rose played his last live show with the band in Buenos Aries and took a break for more than 7 years.
37. In 1997, all the original musicians of the group had left due to their indifference to Rose’s decision of hiring his childhood friend Paul Tobias in place of his guitarist Gilby Clarke.
38. In 1998, Axl was arrested for threatening airport security for checking his bags.
39. In 2004, he did voiceover work for the hit game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.
40. Rose had refused to let the director of Black Hawk Down use his song “Welcome to the Jungle”.
41. In 2005, Guns N’ Roses band members Slash and Duff McKagan filed a lawsuit against Rose for $1 million claiming that he was the sole owner of the group’s copyrights.
42. In the past, Axl and former band members teamed up to file a case against their record company ‘Geffen’ for not releasing their greatest hits compilation album.
43. He was enlisted as a member of Guns N’ Roses into the Hall of Fame for Rock and Roll in 2012.
44. In 2012, Axl was mugged by thieves, who stole his jewelry worth $200,000 while walking down a street in Paris.
45. During his induction to the Hall of Fame, Axl did not attend the ceremony. Instead, he wrote a letter to the studio telling them that he won’t be able to make it.
46. In April 2015, Axl Rose sent a letter to the Indonesian President requesting him to stop the execution of the Bali Nine for smuggling A$4 million worth of drugs into Australia. However, he received no response and the execution was carried out; 2 were executed whilst the rest were sentenced to 20 years of confinement.
47. In 2016, Axl performed, at Los Angeles as the band reunified, in a wheelchair as he had broken his foot during a warm-up session for the Guns N’ Roses tour.
48. In May 2018, Guns N’ Roses staged the most anticipated live concert of all time, and surprisingly, it was their highest-grossing tour.

FAQs

Is Axl Rose Still Married?

In 1990 He Married Erin Everly, Who Later Claimed That Rose Had Shown Up At Her House, Threatening To Kill Himself With A Gun In His Car If She Wouldn’t Marry Him. The Marriage Was Annulled In Early 1991. The Case Dragged On, But Rose Ultimately Settled Out Of Court.

Why Did Buckethead Leave Guns N Roses?

Enigmatic Masked Guitarist Buckethead Has Left Guns N’ Roses After Four Years Of Service. According To Reports, Buckethead, Whose Name Refers To The Inverted Kentucky Fried Chicken Tub He Wears On His Noggin, Had Grown Tired Of Idle Time Spent In The Troubled Gn’r, Which Hasn’t Released A New Album In A Decade.

Who Is Axl Rose Dating Now?

Axl Rose Is Dating Lana Del Rey – Rolling Stone. The Best In Culture From A Cultural Icon.

Is Axl Rose Sick?

Axl Rose Speaks Out After Becoming “Severely Ill” During Guns N’ Roses Show. Axl Rose Has Spoken Out On His Condition After Guns N’ Roses Were Forced To Abandon Their Show In Dubai Last Weekend Due To The Frontman Becoming “Severely Ill” With A Stomach Upset.

Is Axl Rose Religious?

Axl Grew Up In A Very Religious Household. He Went To Three To Eight Services At A Pentecostal Church, Every Week And Even Taught Sunday School.

Gladys Knight (born May 28, 1944 – age as in 2020 75 years), is an American singer, actress, songwriter, businesswoman, and author. She is also known as the “Empress of Soul“. Gladys Knight began a music career with her brothers, sisters, and cousins at age 8. They all were calling their group “the Pips.“ The group launched for R&B legends in the 1950s. After some time controlled to Motown and crossed over to pop music. The Pips recorded their signature song, “Midnight Train to Georgia.“ Knight dropped the Pips behind in 1989 and carry on to perform and record as a solo artist. Today, she’s known fondly as the “Empress of Soul.“A seven-time Grammy Award-winner, Knight is known for the hits she recorded during the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s with her group Gladys Knight & the Pips, which also included her brother Merald “Bubba“ Knight and cousins Edward Patten and William Guest.

Knight has recorded two number-one Billboard Hot 100 singles, six number-one R&B albums, and eleven number-one R&B singles. She has earned seven Grammy Awards that are 4 as a solo artist and 3 with the Pips. And also is an inductee into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with The Pips. She also recorded the motif song for the 1989 James Bond film Licence to Kill. Knight is also listed as one of Rolling Stone magazine’s 100 Greatest Singers of All Time.

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Gladys Knight Bio/ Wiki

Family

Knight was born in Atlanta, Georgia. Her father Merald Woodlow Knight Sr., a postal worker, and her mother Sarah Elizabeth (née Woods). She has a sister, Brenda, one breathing brother, Merald Jr., and one outshine brother, David. She first accomplished minor fame by achieving Ted Mack’s The Original Amateur Hour TV show challenge at the age of seven in 1952.

That same year, she, her brother Merald, sister Brenda, and cousins William and Eleanor Guest formed a musical company called the Pips (named after another cousin, James “Pip“ Woods). By the end of the decade, the act had begun to tour and had restored Brenda Knight and Eleanor Guest with Gladys Knight’s cousin Edward Patten and friend Langston George.

Gladys Knight Net Worth

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Husband/ Spouse and Children

• Knight wedded her first husband, an Atlanta musician named Jimmy Newman, at age 16. The marriage developed two children, James and Kenya, before Newman, a drug addict, abandoned the family and died only a few years later.
• Her second wedding, to Barry Hankerson, ended suddenly in 1979 after five years in a protract guardianship battle over their son, Shanga.
• Knight wedded to the author and motivational speaker Les Brown in 1995, that marriage ended in 1997. In addition to stormy love life, Knight went through a serious speculation problem that lasted more than a decade. In the late 1980s, after losing $45,000 in one night at the baccarat table, Knight joined a phycologist, which supported her pulled out the habit. Since 1978, Knight has lived in Las Vegas, close to her mother, Elizabeth, and two of her children and their families. She goes on to perform regularly in Las Vegas and besides, and published an autobiography, Between Each Line of Pain and Glory: My Life Story, in 1997. With the Pips, she was enlisted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996 and secured a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Rhythm & Blues Foundation in 1998.

  

• In April 2001, Knight married William McDowell, a corporate specialist she had reportedly met 10 years earlier, but had only begun dating the previous January.

The Pips

Gladys Knight and Pips’ first single, “Whistle My Love,“ was delivered by Brunswick in 1957. The Pips didn’t grade a bona fide hit until 1961 when they delivered “Every Beat of My Heart.” But it was when the group began recording with Motown Records in the mid-1960s and were teamed with songwriter/producer Norman Whitfield, that their races really took off.

In 1967, the Pips’ gives versions of Whitfield‘s “I Heard it Through the Grapevine”. later an enormous hit for Marvin Gaye spanned over from the rhythm and blues charts to the pop charts. Their fame widened with the success of singles like “Nitty Gritty,“ “Friendship Train“ and “If I Were Your Woman,“ combined with touring achievements with the Motown Revue and plentiful TV arrivals. Knight and the Pips left Motown in 1973 for Buddah Records, a subsidiary of Arista.

Solidly, their last Motown single song, “Neither One of Us Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye,“ became the Pips’ first No. 1 crossover hit and a Grammy champion for Best Pop Vocal Show in 1973. The group now is known officially as Gladys Knight and the Pips. The group was moving higher than ever during the mid-1970s with a creamier, more reachable sound, a hit album, Imagination (1973), and three gold singles, “Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me“, “I‘ve Got to Use My Imagination,“  and the Grammy Award–winning No. 1 hit “Midnight Train to Georgia“ (Best R&B Vocal Performance).

In 1974, the group recorded the soundtrack for the film Claudine, with songs written by Curtis Mayfield; the soundtrack album spawned the hit single “On and On.“ Their next album, I Feel a Song (1975), included Knight’s hit version of Marvin Hamlisch‘s “The Way We Were,“ also popularized by Barbra Streisand, the album’s title track became a No. 1 soul hit.

Knight and the Pips presented their own TV special in the summer of 1975, and in 1976, Knight made an appearance in the film Pipe Imaginations, for which she and the Pips also recorded the soundtrack album. She later co-starred reverse comic Flip Wilson on the 1985-86 sitcom Charlie & Co. Due to fair complications with Buddah, Knight and the Pips were forced to record separately in the last years of the 1970s.

Although they extend performing jointly in live gigs. After signing a new contract with Columbia, the group delivered three homecoming albums during the early 1980s, About Love (1980), Touch (1982) and Visions (1983), scoring hits with such singles as “Landlord“, “Save the Overtime for Me“ and “You’re Number One“.

Moving to MCA Records in 1988, Knight and the Pips released their final album together. The “All Our Love”, album, that included the Grammy-winning single “Love Overboard.“ The next year, Knight left the Pips to launch a solo career, recording the title song for the James Bond film Licence to Kill (1989) and the album A Good Woman (1990), which featured guest stars Dionne Warwick and Patti Labelle.

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Top Songs List With Pips

Solo Career

• After the 1990s, Knight went on to tour and record, producing the successful 1994 album Just For You and earning a commendation for her regularly strong vocals and dedicated work style.
• In inclusion to her musical career, she also served in a reappearing role in the 1994 TV series New York Undercover.
• Knight has also emerged on Living Single and JAG. On the big screen, she had a role in Tyler Perry’s I Can Do Bad All By Myself in 2009.
• While no longer a big success, Knight, known famously today as the “Empress of Soul,“ has extended to make records. She once expressed, “Since I’ve been so extraordinarily divine, I really want to share and to make life at least a little better. So every chance I get to share the gospel or uplift people, I will take full advantage of that moment.“
• Knight conspire with the Saints United Voices for her 2005 gospel album One Voice, which did well. Knight’s 2006 album Before Me also earned a warm response.
• In 2012, Knight pronounced to take on another kind of role by entering the cast of Dancing with the Stars, the popular television game, and swagger her stuff against the likes of actress Melissa Gilbert, actor Jaleel White, and TV temper Sherri Shepherd.
• In 2014, she dropped another studio album, the gospel-infused Where My Heart Belongs.
• In 2019, it was declared that Knight would sing the national anthem before Super Bowl LIII.

Legacy

Gladys Knight & the Pips were inaugurated into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996. One year before, Knight had collected a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. In 2007, Knight earned the ELLA Award at which time she has confirmed the “Empress of Soul“. She is labeled on Rolling Stone’s list of the Greatest Singers of All Time.

Facts

• She sang publicly for the first time at the age of 4 at the Mount Mariah Baptist Church in Atlanta.
• She won the grand prize on Ted Mack’s Original Amateur Hour at the age of 8.
• She made the musical group the Pips, which included her brother, sister, and cousins, in 1952.
• Pips’ first hit song was in 1960 with “Every Beat of My Heart.”
• She had a gambling addiction for more than 10 years but sought help in the late 1980s after losing $45,000 in one night.
• She worked as a Co-star with Flip Wilson in the short-lived 1985 CBS comedy Charlie & Company.
• She is a part-owner of Gladys Knight & Ron Winans’ Chicken & Waffles restaurant chain.
• She was performed at the funeral for Michael Jackson in 2009.
• She was a contestant on the reality show Dancing With the Stars in 2012. While she was eliminated during the show’s Motown Week performances.

FAQ’s

How Much Is Gladys Knight Net Worth?

Gladys Knight Has A Net Worth Of $30 Million Dollars.

Why Did Gladys Knight Leave The Pips?

When Motown Legend Gladys Knight Decided To Disband Gladys Knight & The Pips After 40 Years Together, She Wasn’t Just Leaving Her Group; She Was Leaving Her Family. Here, Gladys Reveals What Led To The Momentous Decision And Explains Why Taking The Stage Alone Made Her A More Confident Performer.

Are The Pips Still Alive?

Gladys Knight & The Pips Member Edward Patten Died on Feb. 25 At A Suburban Detroit Hospital, According To His Cousin William Guest, Another Member Of The Group. He Was 65. Patten, An Atlanta Native Who Lived In Detroit, Died At A Hospital In Michigan From A Stroke He Suffered A Few Days Before.

What Is Gladys Knight Famous For?

Gladys Knight Is Known As The ’empress Of Soul’, And For Good Reason. She Is A Four-time Grammy Award-winner And Is Best Known For The Songs She Recorded During The 1960S And 1970S And Beyond, Both As A Solo Artist And With Her Group Gladys Knight And The Pips.

Viola Davis is a highly acclaimed television, film, and theatre actress from the United States who has received acclaim for a wide range of significant and interesting performances. Her work has been praised by audiences all around the world, notably her Oscar-nominated performances in the 2011 period drama film, The Help and 2008 American fictional period drama film Doubt, as well as her Oscar-winning performance in the historical drama film Fences.

Davis received the Emmy Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series in 2015 for her role in ABC’s How To Get Away With Murder, being the first black woman to do so. Viola now produces via her JuVee Productions brand with her husband and producing partner, Julius Tennon, in addition to performing. They’ve collaborated on award-winning works in theatre, television, and cinema.

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Viola Davis Bio/Wiki

Birth Name	Viola Davis
Nick Name	Not Available
Age	57 years
Religion	Christian
Sun Sign/Zodiac Sign	Leo
Birth Place	Saint Matthews, South Carolina, United States
Date of Birth	August 11, 1965
Nationality	American
Residence	Los Angeles, California
Home Town	Saint Matthews, South Carolina, United States
Hobbies	Not known
Family
Mother's Name	Mary Alice Davis
Father's Name	Dan Davis
Brother	Not Available
Sister	Deloris Davis Grant Dianne Davis-Wright Anita Davis Danielle Davis
Boyfriends/Affairs
Affairs/Boyfriends	Julius Tennon
Marital Status, Husband and Children
Husband/Spouse	Julius Tennon
Marriage Date	23 June 2003
Children	Genesis Tennon
Education
School	Central Falls High School Young People's School
College/University	Rhode Island College Juilliard School
Educational Qualification	Bachelors
Profession	Actor Producer
Brands Endorsed	L'Oréal Paris Vaseline
Career Manager	Estelle Lasher
Height, Weight, and Figure Measurements
Height (Approx.)	in centimeters - 165 cm in meters - 1.65 m in Feet Inches - 5'4"
Weight (Approx.)	in Kilograms- 59 kg in Pounds- 130 lbs
Figure Measurements
Breast Size	37
Hips Size	36
Waist Size	27
Extra Ordinary Features
Race / Ethnicity	African American
Hair Color	Black
Eye Color	Dark brown
S*xual Orientation	Straight
Dress Size	8 (US) 10 (UK)
Shoe Size	9 (US) 7 (UK)
Favourite Things
Favourite Food	Lobster Bisque
Favourite Books	Black Feminist Thought by Patricia Hill Collins Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower by Dr. Brittney Cooper
Favorite vacation destination	Greece
Favourite Color	Red
Favourite	Mimosa

Life Journey

Viola Davis was born in St. Matthews, South Carolina, on August 11, 1965, to Mary Alice Davis and Dan Davis. She was born on the Singleton Plantation, on her grandmother’s estate. Her mother was a maid, factory worker, and homemaker, while her father was a horse trainer.

She comes from a family of six children, including four sisters and a brother. Davis and two of her sisters relocated to Central Falls, Rhode Island, two months after she was born, leaving her elder sister and brother with her grandparents.

Davis attended West Warwick, Rhode Island’s Central Falls High School, and Young People’s School for the Performing Arts. After high school, Davis entered Rhode Island College, concentrating in drama, and participated in the National Student Exchange until graduating in 1988. She then spent four years at the Juilliard School, where she was a part of the Drama Division Group 22 from 1989 to 1993.

She received an Obie Award in 1999 for her portrayal as Ruby McCollum in Everybody’s Ruby, after graduating from the Juilliard School in 1993. In the late 1990s and early 2000s, she had minor roles in several films and television shows before receiving the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for her performance as Tonya in August Wilson’s King Hedley II on Broadway in 2001.

Davis’s big break came in 2008 when she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance as a disturbed mother in the film Doubt.

In the 2010s, Davis had more accomplishments. She received the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play in 2010 for her performance as Rose Maxson in August Wilson’s play Fences on Broadway. Davis was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress and earned a Screen Actors Guild Award for her role as a 1960s housemaid in the 2011 comedy-drama The Help.

Davis made a television debut in the ABC television drama series How to Get Away with Murder as lawyer Annalise Keating’s character in 2014. In 2015, she won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series, becoming the first Black woman to do so.

Davis won an Oscar Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance as Maxson in the film adaptation of Fences in 2016. She was been nominated for a BAFTA in 2018 for her role in Steve McQueen’s heist thriller Widows.

Davis gained widespread praise in 2020 for her portrayal of Ma Rainey in the film adaption of Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, for which she got an NAACP Image Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress.

Davis is the most nominated black actress in the Academy Awards, with four acting nods, and the first black actress to be nominated for Best Actress in a Leading Role.

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Viola Davis Net Worth

Viola Davis has a whopping net worth of $25 million.

Davis began her career as a successful theatrical actor before moving on to cinema and television. The Triple Crown of Acting, which implies she has won at least one Academy Award or Oscar, an Emmy Award, and a Tony Award, is among her most famous accomplishments. She is the first African-American woman to do this. Viola has a long list of achievements as a filmmaker in addition to her acting career. During September 2019 to September 2020, she earned about a massive wealth of $15 million, making her one of the highest paid performers in the world.

Davis paid $5.7 million for a beautiful house near Toluca Lake in 2016. The opulent, two-story home has 7,500 square feet of living space and a plethora of high-end amenities. A 600 bottle wine cellar is accessible through a glass door in the formal dining room. The property has a private theatre with a 4K projector, in line with Viola’s career. Waterfalls, a pool, a built-in BBQ, and a campfire can all be found in the outside area. This home is completed by a three-car garage.

Viola Davis sold her Los Angeles home for $1.15 million in 2017. The home has five bedrooms plus five bathrooms and is situated in the Granada Hills area of San Fernando Valley and move into her much more opulent Toluca Lake property.

Career

• In 1996 Davis made her acting debut when she starred Tonya in the Broadway drama, King Hedley II. Davis won her first Tony Award for the performance in 2001, and she followed that up with a part during off-play Intimate Apparel in 2004.
• In the same year, she made her cinematic debut in the movie The Substance of Fire, in which she played a minor role.
• Davis then earned a tiny role in Out of Sight, directed by Steven Soderbergh, in 1998.
• Davis starred alongside Phylicia Rashad in the Off-Broadway drama Everybody’s Ruby in 1999, which was based on the investigative process of a crime by writer Zora Neale Hurston.
• Before landing a continuing role of the nurse on producer Steven Bochco’s medical drama film City of Angels in 2000, she had a number of television guest cameos.
• The next year, Davis appeared on Broadway in another Wilson drama, King Hedley II. Her performance of a married lady fighting for her right to have an abortion earned her a Tony Award.
• Davis was nominated for both an Academy Award and a Golden Globe award for her supporting performance in Doubt in 2008, where she played the mother of a young man possibly molested by a Roman Catholic priest.
• In with an appearance in Tyler Perry’s Madea franchise, Madea Goes to Jail, and with a guest appearance on Toni Collette’s United States of Tara in 2010, she continued to demonstrate her comedic talent.
• She also starred alongside Denzel Washington in a Broadway version of Wilson’s Fences in 2010, winning another Tony Award for her depiction of the distressed Rose.
• Davis received Oscar and Golden Globe nominations for her portrayal of a reticent maid during the start of the American civil rights movements in the 2011film The Help.
• In the same year, she played a compassionate stranger who attempts to help a little child who has lost his father in the 9/11 attacks in the movie Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close 2011, a movie version of Jonathan Safran Foer’s novel.
• In 2012 Viola starred in Won’t Back Down, a film about disputes in American public education,
• In 2013 she performed in two films, Prisonerswhich was a crime thriller about missing children, and Ender’s Game, a science-fiction adventure film.
• In 2014 Davis appeared in the biopic drama Get On Up, as the mother of soul musician James Brown, and in the romance drama The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby in a supporting role as a college lecturer.
• From 2014 to 2020, she subsequently went on to act as a law professor in the television drama series How to Get Away with Murder, for which she received an Emmy Award in 2015.
• In the 2016 comic book adaption Suicide Squad, she led a band of supervillains as ruthless government officer Amanda Waller, and she repeated the character in The Suicide Squad in 2021.
• Davis and Washington reunited for the 2016 film version of Fences, which he also directed. Davis received an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award for her role in the film. As a result, she made history by becoming the first black female winner of an Oscar, an Emmy, and a Tony Award for acting.
• In 2018 Davis subsequently won praise for her role in Widows, a heist thriller that went beyond the genre to tell a nuanced story about race, class, and gender.
• Her performance in Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom in 2020, an adaption of Wilson’s play about the iconic blues singer, garnered her even more accolades, including an Oscar nomination.

Facts

• Viola Davis has made a significant contribution to her hometown of Central Falls, Rhode Island. She established a community health clinic in Central Falls in 2016.
• She has also made significant contributions to the city’s libraries and the Central Falls High School.
• Davis is one of just two African American women to be nominated for both Lead and Supporting Actress at the Academy Awards.
• Davis’ first credited film appearance was in The Substance of Fire, which was released in 1996.
• Davis received her debut Oscar nomination for her role in Doubt, even though she had only one line.
• Davis and her husband, Julius Tennon, adopt Genesis Tennon, a baby daughter, in 2011.
• In the film Get on Up, Davis and her daughter Genesis co-starred.
• In 2012, Glamour magazine named her the Film Actress of the Year and one of the 100 Most Influential People in the World by Time magazine.
• Davis gave approximately $5 million to Hunger Is in 2015.

FAQs

Why is Viola Davis a good actress?

Davis is one of just 24 performers in history to win the Triple Crown of acting, winning an Emmy, an Oscar, and a Tony Award. She’s also the first and only African American actress to achieve that distinction.

What religion is Viola Davis?

Christian.

Does Viola Davis have a child?

Genesis Tennon.

57 years.

Who is Viola Davis’s husband?

Julius Tennon.

What is the net worth of  Viola Davis?

$25 million.