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She’s a musician, actor, and well-known visual artist. Solange Knowles (known mononymously as “Solange”) is also the mastermind behind the Grammy Award-winning song, “Cranes in the Sky.”

Here’s what we know about the A Seat at the Table artist and her net worth.

Singer Solange Knowles performs during the runway during the Kenzo Menswear Spring Summer 2020 show
Singer Solange Knowles performs during the runway during the Kenzo Menswear Spring Summer 2020 show | Thierry Chesnot/Getty Images

Solange is the award-winning artist behind ‘A Seat at the Table’

Before her breakout stardom, Solange performed the theme song for Disney Channel’s animated series, The Proud Family. When Kelly Rowland injured her toes, Solange also appeared as a temporary member of Destiny’s Child, performing as the opening act for pop singer Christina Aguilera on tour.

She released several solo albums, including Solo Star and Sol-Angel and the Hadley St. Dreams. However, one of her best-known projects is her 2016 R&B album, A Seat At a Table

In 2017, the artist won the Glamor Award for Woman of the Year. She was also chosen as the first recipient of Billboard’s Women in Music Impact Award. Her most recently released album was, When I Get Home, featured songs like “Stay Flo” and “Sound of Rain.”

“Black lives are art—our everyday notions are art, the way we move and the way we speak and just [overall] elevating the experience,” Solange said during an interview with Trevor Noah. “When I think about creating these landscapes that I want to leave behind and reimagining what the colosseum could look like in 20 years with these bodies and these faces and these stories… that’s what I’m trying to achieve.”

One of her most famous songs, “Cranes in the Sky,” currently holds over 110 million plays on the music platform Spotify. It’s this song that earned Solange the Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance. Even her music video for this track, posted to YouTube, has over 45 million views as of October 2021. 

What is Solange’s net worth?

According to Celebrity Net Worth, Solange has an estimated net worth of $9 million. This net worth is primarily due to her work as a solo artist and her features on Destiny’s Child’s 8 Days of Christmas album.

Solange is also an actor and director, with IMDb credits on films like Bring It On: All or Nothing, Austin Powers in Goldmember, and Johnson Family Vacation. Solange is also known for her philanthropy, donating the $100000 Lena Horne Prize money to a Houston-based charity project in 2020.

Of course, Solange has a close relationship with her sister, Beyoncé Knowles-Carter. When Beyoncé headlined the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, Solange danced alongside her sister during “Get Me Bodied.”

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What is Beyoncé’s net worth?

As one of the music industry’s best-known artists, Beyoncé is known for groundbreaking projects like the visual album, Lemonade. She partnered with Disney to voice Nala in the 2019 version of The Lion King, even creating a Lion King-inspired album, The Lion King: The Gift, and its corresponding visual production, Black Is King.

According to Parade, thanks to her music, brand deals, and Ivy Park merchandise, Beyoncé’s estimated net worth in 2021 is between $420 million and $500 million. Beyoncé and her husband, Jay-Z, have an estimated net worth of over $1 billion. 

Music by Solange, including When I Get Home, is available on Spotify, Apple Music, Tidal, and most major streaming platforms.