What Is Jennifer Nettles’ Net Worth?
Jennifer Nettles is a multi-talented American country music singer, songwriter, actress, and record producer with a net worth of $20 million.
Best known as the lead vocalist of the duo Sugarland, Nettles has released numerous albums and singles, including “Baby Girl,” “Stay,” and “All I Want to Do.” As a solo artist, she has released several albums, collaborated with Bon Jovi, and starred on Broadway.
Nettles has also appeared in films and TV movies, including “Harriet” and “Dolly Parton’s Coat of Many Colors,” and has a recurring role on the HBO series “The Righteous Gemstones.”
In addition to her impressive entertainment career, Nettles serves as a judge on the TBS competition series “Go-Big Show.”
Jennifer Nettles Background
Jennifer Nettles was born in Douglas, Georgia in 1974 and attended Coffee High School before studying anthropology and Spanish at Agnes Scott College. She began performing at a young age, participating in church and school assemblies and community theater. Nettles joined the Georgia 4-H Club’s Clovers & Company performing arts group in 1986. While in college, she formed the band Soul Miner’s Daughter and later the Jennifer Nettles Band, which won Mars Music’s “The Big Deal $100,000 Music Search” and released three studio albums.
Sugarland and Solo Career
In 2003, Jennifer Nettles formed the country music duo Sugarland with Kristian Bush and Kristen Hall. They released their debut album “Twice the Speed of Life” in 2004, which went 3× Platinum in the U.S. and Gold in Canada. Their second album “Enjoy the Ride” (2006) also went 3× Platinum in the U.S. and included the hit singles “Want To” and “Settlin'”.
Nettles continued as a duo with Kristian Bush after Kristen Hall left the band, and they released their third album “Love on the Inside” (2008), which went 2x Platinum in the U.S. and Gold in Canada. The album included three consecutive #1 singles: “All I Want to Do,” “Already Gone,” and “It Happens.” Sugarland went on hiatus in 2012, and they would not release another album until 2018’s “Bigger.”
In addition to her work with Sugarland, Nettles pursued a solo career and released her debut solo album “That Girl” in 2014, which reached #1 on the Top Country Albums chart. Her second solo album “Playing with Fire” (2016) reached #2 on the Top Country Albums chart and #4 on the UK Country Albums chart. Nettles also released the holiday album “To Celebrate Christmas” in 2016 and “Always Like New” in 2021.
Nettles also appeared as a judge on the ABC singing competition “Duets” in 2012 and began playing Aimee-Leigh Gemstone on the HBO series “The Righteous Gemstones” in 2019. The show was renewed for a third season in January 2022 and earned a Hollywood Critics Association Award nomination for Best Cable Series, Comedy later that year.
Jennifer Nettles’ Philanthropic Work
Jennifer Nettles, who was married to Todd Van Sickle from 1998 to 2007 and later wed Justin Miller in 2011, is a supporter of the Shalom Foundation. The organization aims to provide free medical and nutritional care to underprivileged children in Guatemala. Nettles has raised funds for the foundation, donated part of Sugarland ticket sales, and visited the Moore Pediatric Surgery Center in Guatemala. She also launched the Common Thread concert series in 2008, which raised money for various charities, including the American Cancer Society and the American Liver Foundation.
Nettles participated in the recording of the “We Are the World” remake in 2010 to support Haiti after the earthquake. She also walked the runway in a 2012 “Heart Truth Red Dress Collection” fashion show.
Jennifer Nettles’ Awards and Accolades
Jennifer Nettles has been nominated for six Grammys, winning Best Country Collaboration with Vocals for “Who Says You Can’t Go Home” (shared with Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora) in 2007 and Best Country Song and Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals for “Stay” in 2009. She also won Academy of Country Music Awards for Single Record of the Year and Song of the Year for “Stay” in 2008, and was honored with the Crystal Milestone Award in 2009.
Nettles received a MovieGuide Award nomination for Most Inspiring Performance in Television for “Dolly Parton’s Coat of Many Colors,” and in 2019, she earned a Hollywood Music In Media Award nomination for the song “Misbehavin'” from “The Righteous Gemstones.”
With Sugarland, Jennifer has received 18 Academy of Country Music Award nominations, winning Top New Vocal Duo or Group in 2006, Single Record of the Year and Song of the Year for “Stay” in 2008, Top Vocal Duo in 2009, and Duo of the Year in 2011. The band has also earned 17 Country Music Association Award nominations, taking home the prize for Vocal Duo of the Year in 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2011 and Song of the Year for “Stay” in 2008. Out of 18 CMT Music Awards, Sugarland has won four: Duo Video of the Year for “Want To” (2007), “Stay” (2008), “All I Want to Do” (2009), and “Stuck Like Glue” (2011).
In 2020, Nettles received the CMT Equal Play Award for her “commitment to equal female representation across the board in the music industry.”
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