Trace Adkins
Net Worth: $19 million
Venture: SiriusXM
With an incredible record of highly successful songs and a terrific acting and radio hosting career, Trace Adkins has secured himself a spot in every Country aficionado’s Greatest Hits compilation. The Louisiana-born singer and guitarist reached the peak of his fame towards the late ‘90s and early ‘2000s. In that period of time, he managed to release eleven highly acclaimed and popular albums that helped him reach a net worth of almost $20 million.
If you’re interested in listening to Adkins host on the radio, you can catch him at the SiriusXM radio station. Amongst his best albums are his 1996 debut album, Dreamin’ Out Loud and second album, Songs About Me, which became a two-times platinum and sold over two million copies. His best singles that have also attained popularity among Country fans are “No Thinkin’ Thing,” “Ladies Love Country Boys,” and “You’re Gonna Miss This.”
The Dixie Chicks
Net Worth: $40 million
Venture: Someday
This trio of country singers is the fantasy of every country music lover out there. Together, Martie Maguire, Emily Erwin, and Natalie Maines have more combined musical talent and beauty points than we know what to do with. After almost two decades of the trio’s relatively quiet and eager waiting from fans, the Dixie Chicks are finally working on their fourth studio album, Someday, which will undoubtedly be a bestseller.
The three singers first started touring together in Dallas and have found popularity with the country crowded with their unique set of voices and talents. Despite their short time together and very long hiatus, the trio’s best hit singles “There’s Your Trouble,” and “Wide Open Spaces” helped them received three Grammy awards over the years and sell millions of albums over the years. The moral of the lesson is, if you’re going to take a two-decades-long hiatus, make sure you do it after creating a raving fan base that’s going to keep consuming your material and eagerly waiting for your return.
Jerry Jeff Walker
Net Worth: $200,000
Venture: Mr. Bojangles
With over 5 decades of experience in the music industry, you can definitely say that Jerry Jeff Walker has been around the block. In fact, he has been circled the block many, many times and still keeps going. Jeff Walker, also known as Gypsy Songman, is a country and outlaw-country singer that comes from a family of musicians that goes back to his grandparents. He is currently 77 years old and still tours around the US.
Jeff Walker has been producing music consistently over the past 5 decades, with 38 albums attributed to his name. His best known single to date is the song “Mr. Bojangles.” The song has since been recorded by many other artists including the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band in 1970. Walker claims he was inspired to write the song while serving time in jail for public intoxication. He met a man who referred to himself as "Mr. Bojangles" which was the source for the single’s title.
Pat Green
Net Worth: $3 million
Venture: Dancehall Dreamin’
Pat Green has been reinventing himself and his musical style for as long as he’s been in the music industry. The Texas-born singer began his musical career in 1995 and since then has recorded seven studio albums and had fifteen singles appear on the country charts. Although Green’s career had a lot of ups and downs over the years with mostly downs, he’s recently managed to break through into commercial in 2015 after two decades of work.
His 2015 breakthrough album is entitled Home and managed to snag the number-five spot on the album charts. Previous records have been less successful, with his second-best commercial success being the song “Wave on Wave” which performed better in the charts than all his other singles. His album of the same name also reached the most popularity and acclaim since and has received a gold certification. Green has worked with two labels so far, Republic Records and BNA, and is worth an estimated $3 million.
Ronnie Milsap
Net Worth: $14 million
Venture: WB4KCG
What happens if you combine Elvis Presley, Elton John, and Johnny Cash into a musical country genius? You need to look no further than the legendary crossover country artist, Ronnie Milsap, who was both a lyrical country genius and a virtuous pianist. Milsap has amassed a multi-millionaire net worth through sales of his incredible mix of soul and country to create iconic hits such as “Stranger in My House” and “Smoky Mountain Rain.”
The 75-year-old artist was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2014 and received six Grammy Awards throughout his five-and-a-half decades of music. He was also the recipient of numerous awards and recognitions such as Male Vocalist of the Year, Album of the Year, Entertainer of the Year and Best Male Country Vocal Performance. Milsap was a musical prodigy of his time, which resulted in thirty-five hits that reached number one in the charts. Outside of his musical career, Milsap is an amateur radio operator and his call sign is WB4KCG.