Janelle Monáe Net worth; How Rich is American Actress?

Janelle Monáe Net worth – $15 Million

Janelle Monáe Net worth – American Actress Janelle Monáe has an estimated net worth of $15 million. She has featured in award winning films and has a career in music.

Janelle Monáe is an American singer, songwriter, rapper, and actor who was born on December 1, 1985. She’s signed to both Atlantic Records and her own label, Wondaland Arts Society. Monáe has been nominated for eight Grammy Awards.

Janelle Monáe Background

Janelle Monáe Robinson was born in Kansas City, Kansas, on December 1, 1985, and grew up in Quindaro, a working-class neighborhood. Janet, her mother, was a janitor and a hotel maid.

Michael Robinson Summers, her father, was a truck driver.

Monáe’s parents divorced when she was a kid, and her mother married a postal worker later in life.

In 2010, Monáe received an MTV Video Music Award and an ASCAP Vanguard Award. In 2015, Monáe received the Billboard Women in Music Rising Star Award, and in 2018, she received the Trailblazer of the Year Award.

Monáe became a CoverGirl spokeswoman in 2012. In honor of her talent and activism, Boston City Council declared October 16, 2013 “Janelle Monáe Day” in the city of Boston, Massachusetts.

Janelle Monáe Career

Monáe’s musical career began in 2003 with the release of The Audition, a demo CD. Monáe made her public debut in 2007 with the release of Metropolis: Suite I, a concept EP (The Chase).

Monáe released her debut full-length studio album, The ArchAndroid, in 2010, through Bad Boy Records. It was a concept album and a sequel to her first EP, and it peaked at number two on the US Top Heatseekers chart.

Monáe got her big break when she was 20 years old and performed Roberta Flack’s “Killing Me Softly With His Song” at an open mic night. Big Boi, one half of the legendary hip-hop band OutKast, was in the audience and he was blown away by Monáe’s performance. He collaborated with Monáe on two tracks from the hip-hop group Purple Ribbon All-Stars’ album Got Purp? Vol. II, “Time Will Reveal” and “Lettin’ Go,” which was released later that year. In 2006, Monáe was featured on two more songs from OutKast’s successful and praised album Idlewild, “Call the Law” and “In Your Dreams.”

Monáe was a guest vocalist on funsingle .’s “We Are Young” in 2011, which was a financial triumph, topping the charts in over ten countries and introducing Monáe to a wider audience. The Electric Lady, Monáe’s second studio album, premiered at number five on the Billboard 200 in 2013, and served as the fourth and fifth chapters of the seven-part Metropolis concept series.

Janelle Monáe Net worth

Monáe released her second album, The Electric Lady, in 2013, to critical acclaim. The album continues Cindi Mayweather’s theme from her debut, sending listeners on a musical trip with her.

The album, which had guest appearances from Miguel, Solange, Prince, and Erykah Badu, performed better than its predecessor, debuting at No. 5 on the Billboard Top 200. Monáe was also honored at the 2013 Billboard Women in Music event, where she received the Billboard Rising Star Award.

In October 2013, she made her debut as a musical guest on Saturday Night Live.

Monáe made her theatrical film debut in two high-profile projects in 2016: Hidden Figures and Moonlight. Monáe played NASA mathematician and aerospace engineer Mary Jackson in Hidden Figures and Moonlight, respectively. Moonlight won the Academy Award for Best Picture at the 89th annual presentation, while Hidden Figures was a box office triumph.

Monáe’s third studio album, Dirty Computer, was released in 2018 to widespread critical acclaim; it was named the best album of the year by several publications, its short film received a Hugo Award nomination for Best Dramatic Presentation – Short Form, and it earned Monáe two Grammy nominations, including Album of the Year, at the 61st Annual Grammy Awards.

Monáe’s Dirty Computer Tour, which ran from June to August 2018, helped to promote the album, which debuted at number six on the Billboard 200. Monáe’s first cyberpunk story collection, The Memory Librarian: And Other Stories From Dirty Computer, was published in April 2022 by Harper Voyager, based on the album.

Janelle Monáe Net worth