How much is Johnny Gill worth?
| Net Worth: | $12 Million |
|---|---|
| Profession: | Professional Singer |
| Date of Birth: | May 22, 1966 |
| Country: | United States of America |
| Height: | 1.82 m |
About Johnny Gill
The son of Baptist minister Johnny Gill Sr. and Annie Mae Gill, who had four sons, Gill was born in 1966, in Washington, D.C. At the age of five, he began singing in church with his brothers Bobby, Jeff, and Randy Gill, a solo recording artist and part of the band II D Extreme, in a family gospel ensemble named Little Johnny and “Wings of Faith”.
He is Johnny and Annie Gill’s fourth child. His father, a Baptist minister, forbade the family from enjoying listening to popular music. When Johnny Jr. was around 5 years old, he performed in front of an audience as a member of the gospel groups Wings of Faith and The Gill Special.
Johnny later adopted secular sounds despite his father asking him to adhere to religious music. He received his first break when boyhood friend and R&B singer Stacy Lattisaw persuaded him to produce a demo tape and send it to the label Stacy was signed to at the time, Atlantic Records. When Johnny was only 16 years old and had just signed a contract with the company, he debuted with a self-titled album in 1983. The next year, he released a duets album with his buddy Stacy Lattisaw. However, none of his first three albums were a commercial success. He joined with Motown in 1988 after leaving Atlantic in the middle of the 1980s.
Michael Bivins, a member of the boy band New Edition, persuaded Johnny to join the group in 1987. Bobby Brown, the group’s original fifth member, left the group, and Johnny was added. He made his debut on N.E.’s 1988 album Heart Break. He was just a few years older than the other group members at the time, at the age of 22. Because of the group’s fame, Johnny released another self-titled album in 1990. This one was successful due to standout hits like “My My My” and “Rub You the Right Way.” Even today, Johnny is still a recording artist; his most recent album, Still Winning, was made available in October 2011.
Johnny Gill has been a part of three different bands. In 1987, he replaced original member Bobby Brown in the boy band New Edition. Heart Break, the group’s fifth album released in 1988, was the first to have Johnny as a member. In 1997, he also started the singing group LSG with Gerald Levert and Keith Sweat, and the group also put out an album under the name Levert.Sweat.Gill. He joined Bobby Brown and Ralph Tresvant from New Edition to launch the side project Heads of State in late 2008. In 2009, the three went on a joint tour.
On the album Heart Break, the group developed a more mature, adult sound with Gill, the oldest member, as one of the lead singers (along with Tresvant, who ultimately stayed with New Edition and delayed the launch of his solo career). Songs like “Can You Stand The Rain,” “N.E. Heartbreak,” “If It Isn’t Love,” and the Gill-led “Boys To Men” hit the charts.
As an actor and singer, Gill has made more than 80 appearances on television and in movies. He sang “You For Me” in the 2006 film Madea’s Family Reunion and appeared in a cameo on the television program Family Matters. A Mother’s Prayer, a stage production from 2009, included Gill as well as Robin Givens, Shirley Murdock, and Jermaine Crawford.
Let’s Get the Mood Right, which featured the songs “Love In an Elevator” and the single “Maybe,” was released by Gill in 1996. Johnny and New Edition collaborated once more to record the album Home Again in 1996.
Gill released Still Winning in 2011, which featured the songs “In The Mood,” “Just The Way You Are,” “It Would Be You,” and “2nd Place,” 15 years after he had finished his previous solo album. Gill formed his own record company, J Skillz Records, in 2014 after leaving Fontana Records, where he released a new album titled Game Changer.
The tracks “Behind Closed Doors” and “Game Changer,” which are off the album, were among the adult R&B radio hits. “This One’s For Me And You” features his New Edition bandmates. For Charlie Wilson’s In It To Win It tour, which began in February 2017, Gill joined Fantasia as an opener. 2019 saw the release of Gill’s album Game Changer II on September 6.
