How much is Tamia worth?
| Net Worth: | $10 Million |
|---|---|
| Profession: | Professional Singer |
| Date of Birth: | May 9, 1975 |
| Country: | Canada |
| Height: | 1.69 m |
About Tamia
Tamia Marilyn Washington Hill was born on May 9, 1975 and is a Canadian singer, songwriter, producer, and actress with an estimated net worth of $10 million. Songs she has recorded include “You Put A Move On My Heart”, “Stranger in My House”, “Into You”, “Me” and “Beautiful Surprise”. She has released six studio albums, one extended play, and one compilation albums, and twenty-six singles.
Tamia was born to a black mother and white father and was raised with her three younger brothers in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. In her early years she became accustomed to singing in a Gospel choir, but it was only when she started singing pop music as a solo artist that she made a breakthrough in her life and career. She was still a teen when she became known as an artist in Ontario. She won several performance awards, and in 1994, ventured out to Los Angeles.
She recording a track for legendary producer Quincy Jones while she was still only 19. The song, “You Put a Move on My Heart,” wound up on Quincy’s compilation album Q’s Jook Joint.
In 1995, “You Put a Move on My Heart,” was released as a single and wound up being nominated for (but not winning) a Grammy for Best Female R&B; Vocal Performance. Also that year, Tamia participated two other collaborations that wound up being nominated for (but again not winning) Grammys: The first was “Missing You,” a single from the soundtrack of the movie Set It Off. The song, which was nominated for Best R&B; Performance by a Duo or Group, also featured the singers Brandy, Chaka Khan and Gladys Knight. The other song was “Slow Jams,” a duet with Babyface that was nominated for Best Pop Collaboration w/Vocals.
Between 1997 and 2007 Tamia released four albums of clean, relatively wholesome R&B-pop; and dance music. Her first two albums, Tamia and A Nu Day each went gold in the United States, selling more than half a million copies each. A Nu Day her most successful album to date, is known for the hit singles “Stranger in My House” and “Can’t Go for That.” On July 24, 1999, Tamia married national Basketball Association player Grant Hill, who at the time played for the Detroit Pistons. (Detroit is across the border from Tamia’s hometown of Windsor, Ontario.) The couple’s first child, Myla Grace Hill, was born on Jan. 23, 2002.
In 2003, Tamia was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, but she and her husband Grant kept the news from the public for a time while she dealt with the disease. Then in 2003, Tamia began speaking out in interviews about having MS. Currently, she says, the disease is in remission and that the symptoms only affect her periodically. On Aug. 9, 2007, Tamia gave birth to her and her husband’s second child, Lael Rose Hill. The family currently lives in Southern California, where Grant Hill plays for the NBA’s Los Angeles Clippers.
In 2018, Tamia released her seventh album, Passion Like Fire. She worked with a small team of collaborators withj features from Lil Ronnie, Shep Crawford and Salaam Remi. However it turned out to be her lowest performing album to date, reaching only #145, US Billboard 200. The associated singles did better however, “Leave It Smokin'” was her biggest hit in years, reaching No. 2 on Billboard‘s Adult R&B Songs. As of 2023, Tamia’s net worth is estimated to be $10 million. Tamia is an advocate for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society (NMSS) on behalf of others affected by the disease. She was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2003.
