Nile Rodgers Net Worth is
$400,000

Mini Biography

There is absolutely nothing you are able to say about Nile Rodgers that hasn’t recently been heard by vast amounts of people, in an incredible number of cities, via a large number of radio airwaves, in a huge selection of countries. The profession of Nile Rodgers is among the most long lasting and prolific in music. Nile’s personal is normally scrawled across an incredible selection of music – from Madonna to Diana Ross, from David Bowie to Eric Clapton. Nile first found a guitar even though still in college and there is zero stopping the evident skill that quickly emerged. At age 19, Nile not merely proved helpful for Sesame Road, but was executing nightly within the home music group for the globally renowned Apollo Theater in Harlem, using luminaries such as for example Aretha Franklin, Parliament Funkadelic, Ben E. Ruler as well as the Cadillacs. Quite amazing for the skinny child with eyeglasses from NEW YORK, but he wished even more. Nile Rodgers wished a music group of his very own. After the decision was produced, Nile sought out somebody in criminal offense. He soon discovered him in regional guy Bernard Edwards, whose accuracy using the bass was as near Nile’s accuracy with your guitar as either of these could expect. The two had been confident enough within their skill to bring in the globe to Fashionable in 1977. “Dance, Dance, Dance”, the 1st solitary off CHIC’s eponymous debut, strike the very best 10 plus they under no circumstances looked back again. 1978 yielded their second strike, “Everybody Dance”, while another solitary, “Le Freak”, strike No. 1 and became Warner Brothers’ biggest offering single ever. The powerful duo of Edwards and Rodgers completed off the entire year by liberating their second recording, C’est Chic, which proceeded to go directly into the very best 5. The entire year 1979 brought the singles “I’D LIKE Your Like”, “MEMORIES” and another Fashionable album, Risque. While they still held their day work as leading men of Fashionable, Nile and Bernard weren’t content with simply propelling their very own band to the very best. They created and constructed the record We Are Family members by Sister Sledge and finished the same responsibilities on Diana, the very best selling record by Diana Ross, offering their smash singles, “UGLY” and “I’m DEVELOPING”. And if imitation may be the sincerest type of flattery, after that definitely the Sugarhill Gang’s appropriation from the bass series from “MEMORIES” as the bass series for 1980’s seminal rap melody “Rapper’s Joy” can be an outstanding tribute. Although 70s embraced the R&B funk of Trendy, it had been the 80s that secured Nile’s put in place music history. While permanently bonded, Nile branched from Bernard in the first 80s to collaborate with David Bowie. Their collaboration may have elevated lots of eyebrows, nonetheless it provided music enthusiasts Let’s Dance, the largest offering record in Bowie’s profession, and the strikes “China Young lady” “Contemporary Like” and “Let’s Dance”. Using the achievement of Let’s Dance, Nile demonstrated an R&B man could create pop and rock and roll. So, he adopted it up by dealing with a woman from Michigan called Madonna, on just a little record known as “JUST LIKE A Virgin”, which continued to market 14 million copies in america alone. Nile after that created Duran Duran’s “The Reflex” solitary, which remained at No. 1 for 15 weeks. After even more creation collaborations with Duran’s the “Crazy Boys” single as well as the Notorious recording – Nile continued to utilize a staggering selection of musicians which range from Mick Jagger on his She’s The Manager record, INXS’ groundbreaking “Initial Sin” solitary, The Thompson Twins’ Here’s To Long term Days, Elegance Jones’ Inside Tale, the B-52s’ Cosmic Thing, Eric Clapton’s tribute to Jimi Hendrix recording Stone Totally free, Paula Abdul and undoubtedly Beavis and Butthead. Perhaps there isn’t a far more fitting tribute compared to the one Nile received in Japan in 1996. Determined among his peers as Billboard Magazine’s Best Maker in the Globe, he was honored as JT Super Maker. Nile was asked to Japan to execute a retrospective of his profession, and was became a member of by Bernard Edwards, Sister Sledge, Steve Winwood, Simon LeBon and Slash, because they performed the strikes that Nile required component in creating. To go with the function, a Television and radio documentary, Compact disc, and a Dvd and blu-ray were released. Soon after producing Rai music superstar Cheb Mami’s album Dellali featuring Sting, the events of September 11th prompted Nile to begin the largest project of his life – The We Are Family Project, A Celebration of Our Common Mankind. The project has a Country wide We Are Family members Time spearheaded for passing in Congress by Senator Robert Dole; a re-recording of We Are Family members with over 200 superstars and an associated music video aimed by Spike Lee; an unparalleled documenting and music video of over 100 well-known children’s characters performing We Are Family members that aired concurrently on Disney Route, Nickelodeon and PBS on March 11, 2002; an 80 minute documentary entitled The Producing and Signifying of We Are Family members which debuted on the 2002 Sundance Film Celebration with a position ovation; limited model prints of the interpretive artwork entitled “We Are Family members” by globally renowned musician Francesco Clemente; and a long lasting We Are Family members exhibit on the Children’s Museum of Utah released through the 2002 Sodium Lake Town Olympics. Amidst most of his accomplishments, Nile has still found time for you to win Grammys for Best Rock Instrumental for his collaboration with Jeff Beck on “Get away”, Best Contemporary Blues Recording and Best Rock Instrumental Performance using the Vaughan Brothers, add his famous acoustic guitar licks to Seal’s version of “Fly AS AN Eagle”, score movies such as Arriving at America, Globe Girls Are Easy and Beverly Hills Cop III, win an eternity Achievement Award from your Country wide Association of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS), be the Musical Director of the biggest commercial broadcast success in VH-1’s history, VH-1’s Divas Live Tribute to Diana Ross, be considered a Governor and Trustee of NARAS, and become responsible as either artist, maker or author of songs which have accounted for product sales of over 100,000,000 information. History continues to be in the building. Nile happens to be in the studio room with the initial users of Duran Duran generating their next recording to become released in 2002. He’s also dealing with famous French musician/manufacturer Cerrone and completing the highly expected new CHIC record – which the one “Let’s Jump” debuted in the strike movie Hurry Hour 2. There’s a lot to state about a skill simply because vast and significant simply because Nile Rodgers. He continues to be on the helm of music which has shaped 2 decades, and he is constantly on the impose his impact within the next millennium. The music and genius of Nile Rodgers really talks for itself – simply start your radio and pay attention.

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Quick Facts

Full Name	Nile Rodgers
Net Worth	$70 million
Date Of Birth	September 19, 1952
Profession	Record producer, Film Score Composer, Guitarist, Actor, Music Arranger, Songwriter, Businessperson, Le Freak, Mandou Bem, Lost in Music, Seattle, WA, USA, Brussels, Belgium, Miami, FL, USA
Education	Manhattan School of Music
Nationality	American
Spouse	Nancy Hunt
Parents	Nile Rodgers, Sr., Beverly Goodman, Le Freak, Mandou Bem, Lost in Music, Seattle, WA, USA, Brussels, Belgium, Miami, FL, USA
Siblings	Bunchy Goodman
Facebook	http://www.facebook.com/NileRodgersOfficial
Twitter	http://www.twitter.com/nilerodgers
Awards	Grammy Award for Album of the Year, Grammy Award for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance, Le Freak, Mandou Bem, Lost in Music, Seattle, WA, USA, Brussels, Belgium, Miami, FL, USA
Music Groups	Chic, The Honeydrippers, Le Freak, Mandou Bem, Lost in Music, Seattle, WA, USA, Brussels, Belgium, Miami, FL, USA
Nominations	Grammy Award for Best R&B Song, Country Music Association Award for Album of the Year, MTV Europe Music Award for Best Song, NRJ Music Award for International Song of the Year, Le Freak, Mandou Bem, Lost in Music, Seattle, WA, USA, Brussels, Belgium, Miami, FL, USA
Movies	We Are Family, Chic: Live at Montreux 2004, Chic: Live at the Budokan, Seattle, WA, USA, Brussels, Belgium, Miami, FL, USA
TV Shows	Sex: The Revolution