How much is Janelle Monae worth?
| Net Worth: | $10 Million |
|---|---|
| Profession: | Professional Singer |
| Date of Birth: | December 1, 1985 |
| Country: | United States of America |
| Height: | 1.52 m |
About Janelle Monae
Janelle Monáe Robinson was born on December 1, 1985 and is an American singer, songwriter, rapper, actor, record producer, and model with an estimated net worth of $10 million. She voiced a veterinary physician in Rio 2. Her latest single release, “What Is Love,” will also be featuring in the film. During her career, Monáe has received eight Grammy Award nominations, received one MTV Video Music Award and the ASCAP Vanguard Award in 2010. She was also honored with the “Rising Star Award” in 2015 an with the “Trailblazer of the Year” in 2018 at the Billboard Women in Music.
After graduating from high school, she moved to New York with her best friend to attend the American Musical and Dramatics Academy, a musical theatre conservatory program. Eventually Janelle moved to Atlanta, a location she says she chose partly because of it being the hometown of the highly creative hip-hop duo OutKast.
After being in Atlanta for about eight months, she hooked up with two producers and began working on her debut album, Metropolis. Metropolis was a concept album about a female android called Cindi Mayweather in the year 2719. In 2005, Janelle met and performed for Big Boi of OutKast and he signed her to his Purple Ribbon label. Janelle eventually appeared on a handful songs for the label, some of which used on the soundtrack to the 2006 Outkast film Idlewild. In 2007, her Metropolis EP was released. But eventually, Janelle left Purple Ribbon and signed with P. Diddy and his Bad Boy label.
In August 2008, Bad Boy re-released Metropolis, which was retitled Metropolis: The Chase Suite (Special Edition) and included two new tracks. The EP created a buzz, and Janelle received a 2009 Grammy nomination in the Best Urban/Alternative Performance for the single “Many Moons.” Although she didn’t win, the nomination helped to raise her profile within the music industry, and throughout 2009 and 2010, she continued to tour and record music. Her first official full-length album, The ArchAndroid, was released in May 2010 via Bad Boy Records and her own indie label, The Wondaland Arts Society.
Her five-song Metropolis – Suite I: The Chase EP was originally released back in August 2007.
In 2015, Monáe’s independent label Wondaland Arts Society signed a “landmark joint venture partnership” to revamp the label, now known as Wondaland Records, and to promote the artists on the label. This was announced by Monáe along with Epic Records and its CEO and chairman, L.A. Reid
In late March 2015, Monáe released the single “Yoga” from the album The Eephus, it sold 47,000 units.
In 2016, First Lady Michelle Obama proclaimed that she had assembled a collaborative track featuring vocals from Monáe, Kelly Clarkson, Zendaya and Missy Elliott called “This Is for My Girls”. It also had production credits from pop songwriter Diane Warren and Elliott.
Monáe also revealed in the interview that she would be releasing new music sometime in 2017. In 2018, Monáe revealed her third studio album, titled Dirty Computer, on YouTube.
In 2020, Monáe opened the 92nd Academy Awards with a performance featuring Billy Porter. In September 2020, Monáe released Turntables a music video as part of the Amazon Studios’ bipartisan voter registration campaign. As of 2023, Janelle Monae’s net worth is estimated to be $10 million.
