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Nanci Griffith Net Worth: How Rich was the Singer Actually?

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3 years ago

August 14, 2021

Nanci Griffith was a Grammy-winning folk and country singer and songwriter from America. She has made an appearance on the PBS music program “Austin City Limits”, and Channel 4’s program “Town & Country with John Prine”. Nanci Griffith net worth at the time of her death is estimated to be around $3 million.

Griffith received the Grammy Award in 1994 for the Best Contemporary Folk Album for her recording “Other Voices, Other Rooms”. Nanci died at 68 years of age on August 13, 2021.

Full Name	Nanci Griffith
Birth Date	July 6, 1953
Birth Place	Seguin, Texas, United States
Profession	Singer, songwriter, Guitarist
Ex-husband	Eric Taylor
Net Worth	$3 million
DIed	August 13, 2021

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Early life

Nanci Griffith was born on the 6th of July, 1953 in Seguin, Texas, United States of America. She has not shared enough information on her early life, parents, and academic background. Though, she is believed to have had an early interest in music. She has sung songs of a variety of genres mainly folk, and country. Griffith has mixed up the combination country folk, and named it “Folkabilly”.

Nanci Griffith Net Worth & Career

Nanci released her first studio album titled “There’s a Light Beyond These Words” in 1978. She recorded live to two songs of the album for four days. Griffith has also written the lyrics of most of the songs. She came up with her second studio album titled “Poet in My Window” in 1982.

Following two years in 1984, she dropped her third studio album titled “Once in a Very Blue Moon”. Her third album has a little more country, and a little less folk genre compared to her other albums.

Griffith has released a total of 18 studio albums to date. She has released her last two studio albums “The Loving Kind” in 2009 and “Intersection” in 2012. In addition to solo studio albums, she has given some hit compilation albums.

She dropped her first compilation album titled “The MCA Years: A Retrospective” in 1993. Then the same year, she released her second compilation album “The Best of Nanci Griffith”. She dropped her last compilation album titled “Ghost in the Music” in 2015.

Nanci received wide recognition for her recording “Other Voices, Other Rooms”, which was released in 1994. She even grabbed a Grammy Award in the category of the Best Contemporary Folk Album. In the album, she has covered the songs of her favorite artists who have played a major influence in her music career.

Griffith has performed on various tours with other artists. She has performed along with Buddy Holly’s band, Suzy Bogguss, John Prine, The Crickets, and Judy Collins. Griffith has likewise performed along with the band “The Blue Moon Orchestra”. She was the lead vocalist and guitarist of the band. She has also written and composed nine selections of her 2009 released studio album “The Loving Kind”.

Nanci Griffith Personal Life

Nanci Griffith was dating a guy named John while she was in high school. Unfortunately, her boyfriend died in a motorcycle accident just after taking her to a senior prom event. Griffith then dedicated many songs to her late boyfriend.

Nanci married singer-songwriter, Eric Taylor in 1976. She spent six years of happy wedding life with Eric until they separated in 1982. Griffith then got engaged to singer-songwriter, Tom Kimmel in the early 1990s. However, they prefer to live together without getting married.

Griffith left this world on August 13, 2021, in Nashville. The main reason behind her death has not been specified yet by her family members. Griffith’s death news was confirmed by the management company, Gold Mountain Entertainment. In 1996, she had survived breast cancer, and she suffered from thyroid cancer in 1998.