Lauryn Hill net worth

It is estimated that Lauryn Hill’s net worth is above $12 million dollars, as of 2023.

Born Lauryn Noelle Hill, she’s still one of the few singers whose debut album broke many sales records and won many awards.

For example within only a year of her active musical career (1998 to 1999), she earned as much as $25 million dollars just from the sales of her records and touring.

Some of the awards she has won include four awards in the Grammy Awards 1999 – Album of the Year, Best R&B Album, Best R&B Song, Best Female R&B Vocal Performance, and Best New Artist.

First, this company has paid $25+ million to members:

SurveyJunkie (only USA, Canada, Australia residents allowed). You can earn money sharing your thoughts. They have already paid $25+ million to their 20+ million members just for sharing their thoughts and opinions. Click here to join SurveyJunkie for FREE

She is a highly talented singer and remains one of the best solo acts in the entertainment industry.

 

Net Worth: $12 million (USD)
Source of Wealth: Professional Singing, Rapping, Songwriting, Acting
Full Name: Lauryn Noelle Hill
Also known as: Ms. Lauryn Hill, L. Boogie
Date of Birth: May 26, 1975
Country of Origin: United States of America
Gender: Female
Height: 5ft 3in
Years Active: 1988 – present

 

Source of Wealth

Lauryn Hill’s source of wealth can be attributed to earnings mainly from album sales, merchandise sales (including autographed posters and Polaroid), pay per view music video online sales, etc.

She’s also one of those musicians who have made a lot of money from music tours, thanks to the successes of her various songs.

She has also made some money from acting along the way, featuring in movies like “Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit”, “Restaurant”, etc.

Also See: Ways To Earn Money Reselling Tickets Online.

 

Early Life

Lauryn Hill was born on the 26th of May, 1975. Her full birth name is Lauryn Noelle Hill. Her birthplace is East Orange, New Jersey.

Her family is of the Baptist faith. When she was in fifth grade, the family moved to New York and Newark before settling down in finally at South Orange, New Jersey.

Her father, Mal Hill, worked as a computer programmer, while her mother Valerie Hill, worked as an English Language teacher.

Lauryn has a sibling, an older brother, named Melaney Hill. Her brother is three years older than Lauryn.

Lauryn’s family have always loved music. Their home was filled with musical collections of different artists like Aretha Franklin, Curties Mayfield, Gladys Knight, Mavin Gaye, and Stevie Wonder, etc.

Her father sang songs at local nightclubs and weddings. Her mother played the piano and Lauryn’s brother, Melaney, played the saxophone, guitar, and drums. The love for music in Hill’s family influenced Lauryn’s love for music from a tender age.

When she got into middle school, Hill rendered the national anthem of the United States “The Star-Spangled Banner” before the commencement of a basketball game. Her rendition became popular as the recorded version was often featured in subsequent games.

She attended high school at Columbia High School. She joined the track team, led the cheerleading team, founded the school’s gospel choir, took violin lessons, and went dancing classes.

She also did well academically as she often received ‘A’ grades in her studies.

Friends and teachers considered her a gifted student and also a leader because she seemed to overachieve in whatever she set out to do, even from a very young age.

 

Career Highlights

1988: Lauryn Hill’s career actually started when she was just 13 years old. She appeared as an amateur contestant on the music television show, “It’s Showtime at the Apollo” where she rendered her version of “Who’s Lovin’ You” a song by Smokey Robinson.

1991: Her acting career started when she appeared with instrumentalist Wyclef Jean in “Club XII” a hip hop rendering of Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night”.

She also featured and played the role of a troubled teenager Kira Johnson in the soap opera “As the World Turns”.

1993: She played Rita Louise Watson in the film “Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit” which also starred Whoopi Goldberg. In the movie, she did a duet with Tanya Blount on the gospel hymn song “His Eye Is on the Sparrow”.

Hill also performed “Joyful, Joyful” in the movie. Her performance in the film was highly acknowledged by the media and critics.

She played a minor role in the motion picture “King of the Hill” – a drama film written and directed by Steven Soderbergh.

She graduated from Columbia High School this year.

1994: “The Fugees” the hip hop group which was formed by Pras Michel, Lauryn Hill, and Marcy Hariell -who was later replaced by Wyclef Jean – during their early high school days, released their first LP titled “Blunted on Reality”.

The album peaked 62 on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. Unfortunately it did poorly in terms of sales. Regardless, Hill’s rapping and singing skills in some of the group’s singles were highly commended.

1996: The Fugees released their second album titled “The Score”. This album made an instant hit and sold more than six million copies in the United States.

The worldwide sales of this album are estimated to be more than 17 million. “The Score” topped the U.S. Billboard chart and remained within the top ten for 6 months.

The album won the Grammy Award for Best Rap album.

Again, this company has paid $25+ million to members:

SurveyJunkie (only USA, Canada, Australia residents allowed). You can earn money sharing your thoughts. They have already paid $25+ million to their 20+ million members just for sharing their thoughts and opinions. Click here to join SurveyJunkie for FREE

She started a relationship with Rohan Marley, a son of the late Reggae star Bob Marley.

1997: The Fugees broke up and everyone went solo. Hill and Rohan Marley had their first child Zion David on August 3, 1997.

1998: She featured in the film “Restaurant” where she played the role of “Leslie” the pregnant former girlfriend of the protagonist Chris Calloway cast by Adrien Brody. She was praised for her role in this movie.

“The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill” was released. This was the first record album of Hill. It featured contributions from singers like D’Angelo, Carlos Santana, Mary J. Blige, and John Legend.

The album has 14 tracks. Some of them were actually about her frustrations with the split group, The Fugees.

This solo debut album received extravagantly enthusiastic reviews from all quarters. It sold over 423,000 copies in its first week.

Later on, it sold over 12 million copies worldwide.  It was recorded that Lauryn Hill earned about $25 million from record sales and touring associated with this album.

Marley and Hill had their second child named “Selah Louise”.

1999: Before the 1999 Grammy Awards, Hills songs were nominated in ten categories.

Her renditions of the “Can’t Take My Eyes Off You” for the 1997 film “Conspiracy Theory” and “A Rose is Still a Rose” which was recorded and released by singer Aretha Franklin appear on the Billboard charts.

She won four awards in the Grammy Awards 1999 – Album of the Year, Best R&B Album, Best R&B Song, Best Female R&B Vocal Performance, and Best New Artist.

She received several awards and appeared in many magazine covers.

Her concocted duet with legend Bob Marley on the song “Turn Your Lights Down Low” was featured in the film “The Best Man”. The song also received a Grammy nomination for the Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals.

2001: Hill and Marley born their third child named Joshua Omaru.

2002: Hill featured in the MTV Unplugged No.2.0 a television series on MTV showcasing musical artists usually playing acoustic instruments. It featured only her singing and playing an acoustic guitar.

The fourth child, John Nesta was born.

2004: Hill contributed “The Passion” a song to the 2004 film “The Passion of the Christ”. She worked with John Legend in the remix version of his song “So High”.

This song received a Grammy Award nomination for the “Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals”.

She listed and sold autographed posters, music and Polaroid through her website.

Hill and other members of the Fugees performed at the documentary film hosted and written by comedian Dave Chappelle “Dave Chappelle’s Block Party”.  She featured her nearly acapella rendition of the “killing Me Softly”.

2005: At the 2005 BET Awards the Fugees featured with a 12-minute set. Their song, “Take it Easy” was leaked online and released in September.

The Fugees reunion led them to embark on a European tour. However, the reunion brought back old tensions that led to another split.

2007: “Ms. Hill” an album that featured songs from Hill’s “Miseducation” and some unreleased songs album was released by Sony Music. Guest appearances include D’Angelo, Rah Digga, and John Forté.

She released a soundtrack “Lose Myself” to the computer-animated mockumentary comedy film “Surf’s UP”.

2008: Hill and Marley had their fifth child named Sarah.

2009: She engaged in a 10-day tour of European Summer Festivals. After performing two shows on the tour, she passed out on stage. Eventually, the rest of the tour was canceled due to undisclosed health reasons.

2010: Lauryn Hill performed many of the songs she had recorded over the past six years in an unofficial compilation album titled “Khulami Phase”.

She performed live in New Zealand, Australia as well as the Harmony Festival in Santa Rosa, California.

2011: Hill gave birth to her sixth child named Micah. The father of this child is not Rohan Marley and the truth was kept secret by Hill.

2013: She was sentenced to serve three months in prison and also bagged three months of house arrest for failing to file taxes/tax fraud.

2014: Hill featured as narrator in an award-winning Swedish documentary on the African liberation struggles of the 1960s and 1970s. The title of the film is “Concerning Violence”.

Also See: How To Get Paid Just To Listen To Music Online.

 

Personal Life

Lauryn Hill is not yet married as of 2019. She had a relationship with Rohan Marley and both have five children together.

The father of her sixth child, Micah (born 2011) is not publicly known.

She still lives in South Orange, New Jersey.

Other Celebrities’ Net Worth that might really interest you:

 

Again, this company has paid $25+ million to members:

SurveyJunkie (only USA, Canada, Australia residents allowed). You can earn money sharing your thoughts. They have already paid $25+ million to their 20+ million members just for sharing their thoughts and opinions. Click here to join SurveyJunkie for FREE