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Lea Salonga's Net Worth as of 2024
$18 Million

Born as María Lea Carmen Imutan Salonga on 22nd February 1971, in Manila The Philippines, Lea Salonga is a legendary actress and singer, best known to the world for giving the voice to Disney Princesses, most notably Cinderella, Jasmine and Mulan as well. She has also released ten studio albums, including “Small Voice” (1981), “Lea Salonga” (1993), “By Heart” (1999), and “Inspired” (2007), among others. Lea has been an active member of the entertainment industry since 1978.

Have you ever wondered how rich Lea Salonga is, as of late 2016? According to authoritative sources, it has been estimated that Lea`s net worth is as high as $18 million, earned through her successful career in the entertainment industry. Lea has also achieved several notable acting credits on screen, including in “Redwood Curtain” (1995), among others.

Lea Salonga Net Worth $18 Million

Lea is a daughter of Feliciano Genuino Salonga and Maria Ligaya Acantara, and grew up in Manila. Discovered at a young age, Lea was thrown into showbiz when only seven, making her debut in the musical “The King and I” (1978) with Repertory Philippines, and just two years later, she was chosen for the role of Annie in the stage production of the same title. Lea received positive critiques, which only helped her to develop her career. During the 1980s, Lea was rather busy, acting on stage, screen and also recording two albums. Some of her most notable stage appearances include Rhodora in “The Bad Seed”, then Luisa in “The Fantasticks”, only to be selected to portray Kim in the stage production of “Miss Saigon”, resulting in her first appearance in the West End, receiving the Laurence Oliver Award for Best Actress in a Musical. Encouraged further, she continued playing Kim on Broadway from 1991 until 1993, and then again from 1999 until 2001. She received several prestigious awards, including the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical, then Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical, Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Actress – Musical and Theatre World Award.

Throughout her career Lea has continued to feature on stage, and during the ‘90s made appearances in “Les Miserables” in 1993 and 1996, then in “My Fair Lady” (1994), and “They`re Playing Our Song” (1999-2000), among others. With the beginning of the new millennium, Lea stayed focused on stage, and played such characters as Catherine in “Proof” (2002), “Lizzie Fields in “Baby” (2004), then Cinderella in 2008, and Kei Kimura in “Allegiance” (2015-2016). Most recently she appeared in “Fun Home” as Helen Bechdel. Her net worth continued to grow too.

When it comes to her musical career, Lea’s first album came out in 1981, entitled “Small Voice”, and it was eventually achieved platinum status, which only increased Lea`s net worth. Seven years later, she released her second album, called “Lea”, which achieved triple platinum status, making Lea extremely popular in The Philippines. She continued to dominate the music scene during the ‘90s, with albums “Lea Salonga” (1993), which achieved eight times platinum status, then “I`d Like to Teach the World to Sing” (1997), “Lea… In Love” (1998) with six times platinum certification, and “By Heart” (1999), which achieved four times platinum status. Since then, she has released four albums, including the Christmas album “Lea Salonga: the Christmas Album” (2000), “Songs from The Screen” (2001), and “Lea Salonga: Your Songs (2009), sales of which have certainly added a considerable amount to her net worth. Lea is also recognized for her live performances, and so far has sung for such notable people as Bill Clinton, Queen Elizabeth II and George Bush, among others.

To speak further of her singing career, Lea has released cast recordings albums, which comprise songs sang in animated films by the Disney Princesses. These have also improved her wealth.
Regarding her personal life, Lea has been married to Robert Charles Chien since 2004; the couple has one child together.

Since 2010, Lea has been a Goodwill Ambassador for the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

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JC Chasez Net Worth

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Joshua Scott “JC” Chasez, also known as JC Chasez, Big Daddy or J. C. Chasez is a white American who was born on August 8 1976 in Washington, United States of America, but he was raised in Bowie, Maryland after he was adopted by Roy and Karen Chasez when Joshua’s biological mother entrusted care of him at the age of 5. Chasez has never known his biological father and he seems not to have any plans to search for him. So JC Chasez grew-up in his new family with a younger brother Tyler and a sister Heather. As a child he attended Robert Goddart Middle School and always loved dancing during school years.

JC Chasez Net Worth $30 Million

Today JC Chasez is mainly known as an American boy band ‘N Sync member, occasional actor, singer, dancer and songwriter. Today he has a net worth of $30 million, But Joshua’s first steps in his future career weren’t so notable for the rest of the world. As a boy JC Chasez was extremely shy, but he was able to fight with his modesty and joined the Mickey Mouse Club.

The first real success came for Chasez after the formatIon of a band called ‘N Sync which has become extremely popular in the USA and Europe from 2000. Although ‘N Sync broke up in 2002, the have sold more that 9.9 million copies of their album “No Strings Attached”. This was one of the biggest investments in Joshua’s net worth, but the band have licensed their likenesses and released microphones, lip balm, marionettes, books, key chains, cloths and video games with their emblem. The band has also been dealing with McDonalds, Chilli’s Grill & Bar. In 2009 N’Sync was even immortalized in wax In New York’s Madame Tussaunds museum and can be seen there until today. N’Sync members acheived not only worldwide recognition after releasing their albums and singles, but also earned huge amounts of money from live performances and different merchandise.

Since 2002 JC Chasez has tried several different aspects of the entertainment industry – he has written songs, produced records, danced and even appeared in some movies. His most notable appearances were in a movie called “21 and a Wake-Up”, where he played Dr. Tom Dury, in “Killer Movie” as Ted Buckley, in “Longshot” as a pizzeria worker, and in “Greetings from Tucson” as Jay Dugray. But mostly he has become known as a singer, because after leaving ‘N Sync he started his own solo career and released his first solo single “Blowin’ Me Up (With Her Love)” in 2002. JC Chasez’s debut album “Schizophrenic” appeared in 2004 and was able to take 17th chart position in the US and 46th position in the United Kingdom.

Unfortunately, nowadays JC Chasez’s career isn’t as successful as it was 10 years ago. His last released solo album “The Story of Kate” in 2007 didn’t appear in any charts,  and since then JC Chasez has just made appearances in some other albums as a guest. He was talking about ‘N Sync reunion in 2011, but until today this ambition has not come to fruition.

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Neal George Joseph Schon was born on 27th February 1954 at Tinker AFB (Air Force Base), Oklahoma USA, of Italian and German descent. Neal Schon is a rock guitarist, songwriter and vocalist, best known for being an important member of several hugely popular bands, namely Santana, Bad English and Journey.

So just how rich is Neal Schon? Neal’s net worth has been calculated to be over $30 million, amassed during his successful career of more than 40 years in the music industry.

Neal Schon Net Worth $30 Million

Neal Schon was lucky to be born into a musical family – his father Mathew Schon was a famous musician and mother Barbara Schon sang in a band. So Schon picked his first guitar at the age of five years, and starting at early age is usually a way to success. His first career steps started at the age of 15 with the band Santana, in preference to joining Eric Clapton in the band Derek and the Dominos, and debuting with some vocals on Santana’s album Santana III. Being such a great musician at such young age with the possibility to choose between two iconic bands, he went on and started making his money. He also played for Azteca but very briefly.

In 1973 Neal Schon formed his now legendary band Journey. He subsequently released five solo albums, and fourteen studio albums with the band. This must be the main flow into his net worth. Importantly, he is the only band member who has not changed through the years. He has taken part in every tour of the band, and sang on all their albums, so no doubt this longevity with Journey has increased the overall amount of Neal Schon’s net worth as well. Apart from this, he has also collaborated with famous musicians such as keyboardist Jan Hammer, Sammy Hagar and Paul Rodgers on short-term projects.

Neal Schon is as great a vocalist, as he is a guitar virtuoso. Two talents double the money earned, does it not? Let’s talk about his musical influences, of whom there were plenty. He has said that he was highly influenced by the 1960’s, musicians from that era such as Gladys Knight and Aretha Franklin. Then he put some blues to the mix, namely B.B. King and added some guitar-based influences, including of course Carlos Santana and Eric Clapton as well as Wes Montgomery. This is probably Neal Schon’s key to fame – adding the best ingredients from different musical eras.

Schon was always proud of his guitars. He started with acoustic Stella guitar followed by Gibson ES-335. At present he became interested in Xotic guitars. Schon was inducted into the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame in August 2013, which made him, if possible, even more famous. This is considered to be an accomplishment of a lifetime for any musician.

In his not-so-private personal life, Neal Schon has married five times, first to Tena Austin(1976-86), then Beth Buckley(1987-92), Dina Gioeli(1993-99), and Amber Kozan(2001-08). In 2013 he married Michaele Salahi. He has five children.

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