How much is Teena Marie worth?
| Net Worth: | $3 Million |
|---|---|
| Profession: | Professional Singer |
| Date of Birth: | March 5, 1956 (aged 54) |
| Country: | United States of America |
| Height: | 1.52 m |
About Teena Marie
Mary Christine Brockert, better known by her stage name Teena Marie, was a $3 million American singer-songwriter, musician, composer, arranger, and producer. She was born on March 5, 1956. Teena Marie, a local of Los Angeles, has always been active in the performing arts. She began singing and acting at a young age, and at the age of 10, she made her television debut in an episode of “Beverly Hillbillies” from 1964.
Her on-screen persona performs a tap dancing demonstration for Jed Clampett. She made appearances in commercials and performed with a 36-piece band when she was young. She started singing professionally when she was a teen.
Meeting Rick James
Early in her 20s, she obtained a contract with Motown Records and began recording a number of unheard songs in 1976. Teena’s career didn’t truly take off until she met fellow Motown musician Rick James and they started working together. James collaborated with Teena on her 1979 first album, Wild and Peaceful, which was initially intended for Diana Ross.
The album, which included her debut single “I’m Just a Sucker for Your Love,” was notable for not having Teena on the cover because the record company was concerned that black people wouldn’t buy it if they realized Teena was white.
The Brockert Project
Teena released three additional albums in the early 1980s, but “Fire and Desire,” a duet with Rick James from his Street Songs album, brought her the most fame. Then, in 1982, she filed a lawsuit to be released from her contract with Motown, with whom she had been experiencing creative disagreements. Her victorious legal battle led to the creation of “The Brockert Initiative,” which forbids record companies from keeping an artist under contract without releasing fresh work and permits musicians to quit unsupportive record labels and sign with different labels.
Breaks and Returns
Teena maintained her recording career with Epic after parting ways with Motown. Throughout the 1980s, she enjoyed a streak of R&B successes, including “Lovergirl” (1984) and “Ooh La La La” (1986). She took a ten-year hiatus between albums as her career began to wane in the 1990s. She made a comeback in 2004 with the release of La Doa, her eleventh studio album, which came out three months before the passing of her ex-lover and mentor Rick James. Teena and Rick collaborate on the song “I Got You,” which appears on the album. Teena was still making songs as of the beginning of 2010.
Death
In December 2010, Teena’s body was discovered at her Santa Monica, California, residence. Teena Marie had a net worth of $3 million at the time of her passing away in 2010.
She had a grand mal seizure a month earlier and had been unwell ever since. Prior to her passing, she had also overcome her addiction to pharmaceutical drugs.
