![]() Now 27, Mai is more surefooted about herself and what her music stands for.īut her ascent hasn't been without tribulation. At the 62nd GRAMMY Awards, her eponymous debut album was nominated for Best R&B Album. The past four years have been big for Mai, whose debut single, " Boo’d Up ," won the GRAMMY Award for Best R&B Song in 2019. ![]() Yet that growth, and commitment to self-work, has long been present in Mai, a UK-born singer who moved to New York at age 12. At the soul of Mai's sophomore record are lyrics orienting honesty, womanhood and emotional prowess gained from years of turbulence her heartstrings are utterly exposed from the album's opening track. Out in May through Interscope Records, the album is an introspective compilation of poetry outlining the healing that produces emotional growth. Those tracks now comprise Ella Mai's long-awaited sophomore album, Heart On My Sleeve. "Narrowing them down to 15 was very hard." "I made almost 80 songs during this process," she confesses, chuckling. The singer's eyes brighten as she recounts her stream of consciousness creative process, where she transforms the disorienting unfamiliar into art. In 2001, Knight married William McDowell."Being in the studio… like my second home," R&B artist Ella Mai says over Zoom from her sun-drenched Los Angeles abode. until his death from heart failure in July 1999. Her son Jimmy Newman worked in his Newman Management Inc. The issue lasted for more than a decade and finally ended in the 1980s when she lost $60,000 in a single night. She was trapped in a miserable condition when she had a gambling addiction. She tied the knot to motivational speaker Les Brown in 1995 but the couple divorced and separated after two years of marriage. They had a prolonged custody battle for their only child. The couple welcomed their son, Shanga Hankerson but the couple divorced in 1979. Knight married Blackground Records founder and producer Barry Hankerson in 1974. The couple divorced in 1973 and he died few years later their separation. ![]() Newman became a drug addict and he abandoned his family when she was just 20. She had a miscarriage but the couple shares two children James Newman III and Kenya Newman. She married musician James "Jimmy" Newman in 1960. Knight has been married four times in total. Knight has an estimated net worth of about $28 million at present. She is also listed on Rolling Stone magazine's 100 Greatest Singers of All Time. She received seven Grammy Awards in total. She was inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame along with The Pips. Her singles 'That's What Friends Are For' and 'Midnight Train to Georgia' peaked at number one in the Billboard Hot 100. ![]() She worked with her brother Merald "Bubba" Knight and her cousins William Guest and Edward Patten. Knight is renowned for her records during the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s for the Motown and Buddah Records labels. Her brother named David Knight died at an early age. She has a sister named Brenda Knight and a brother named Merald Knight Jr. Gladys Knight was born on in Atlanta, Georgia to Sarah Elizabeth and Merald Woodlow Knight Sr. Finally, for the fourth time, Knight married her husband, William McDowell. ![]() Knight married motivational speaker Les Brown in 1995, but they separated and divorced in 1997. The couple had one son and divorced in 1981. In 1974, Knight married producer and Blackground Records founder Barry Hankerson, who is the uncle of the late R&B singer Aaliyah, in Detroit. She retired from the road to raise their child while the Pips toured on their own. At first, she married her high school sweetheart, James Newman. Knight has been married four times and has three children. ![]()
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