Kandi Burruss Net Worth

Kandi Burruss net worth today reaches $5 million, and she has made her wealth thanks to the reality show The Real Housewives of Atlanta. She has sold in 2016 2 homes, which increased her net worth by $1 million dollars. Let’s take a look at how rich is Kandi Burruss in 2021.

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Early Life

Kandi Burruss was born as Kandi Nichole Burress on December 18, 1971, in Atlanta, Georgia. Her father passed away at a very young age leaving her mother to raise two children by herself. She attended Banneker High School and later enrolled at UCLA where she graduated with a Bachelors of Arts degree. Before taking up music she used to work as an event planner where she worked alongside entertainment magnate, Jermaine Dupri. The two had an affair while they were working together which resulted in their daughter Peyton Cole Burress.

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Career History

Kandi is a famous American singer and songwriter who rose to fame with his performance as a member of R&B group Xscape. She has also appeared as a contestant on The Real Housewives of Atlanta. Kandi has worked as a cast member on several seasons of Bravo’s The Real Housewives of Atlanta series, which she herself co-created, produced and directed its spinoff series . In 2010, she received two Daytime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Reality Show Host for her role on The Real Housewives of Atlanta. At that time Kandi was 35 years old.

Assets & Properties

Kandi owns a 6,500-square-foot mansion that features six bedrooms and five bathrooms. She bought it for $1.7 million back in 2016. And it is situated in Atlanta’s neighborhood of Buckhead. Kandi also purchased a 20,000-square-foot mega home back in 2017 for $5 million located near Los Angeles’ Sunset Strip district . She has been living there with her family ever since her move to Hollywood came into effect last year. I have to have somewhere to live! I couldn’t bring myself to just stay on property, so I chose somewhere nearby, she explained about why she moved out of Walt Disney World earlier than expected on an interview with Access Hollywood Live.

Solo albums

Kandi released her first solo album, Kandi Koated, which was released on September 11, 2011. Her second album, It’s About Time, was released on June 4, 2013. She also appeared in Yung Joc’s music video for his single It’s Goin’ Down. In April 2014, she announced that she would be releasing a new mixtape with Kelly Rowland and Nelly entitled #HitTheFloorChapter3 after a six-year hiatus from music. It was later renamed to #HipHoperaworldwide and became available on November 24, 2014. Kandi has since confirmed plans to release a third installment of #HipHopera series and then go back to working on solo material.

Other Income

According to Celebrity Net Worth, Kandi currently has an estimated net worth of $20 million. The site estimates her annual salary to be about $1.8 million as a star of The Real Housewives of Atlanta and $2.4 million for her TV show, RHoA: Porsha & Kandi that was shot prior to joining The Real Housewives. Her other income comes from music sales, radio appearances and miscellaneous appearances across multiple platforms like E! News and more.

Other TV shows, albums, books, etc.

Kandi’s success hasn’t come solely from television. Since 2001, she has released several singles on her own and as a member of various groups, including Pop Girls and Xscape (which she formed in 1995). She has also appeared on reality TV shows like Mama Drama (2012) and Kandi Koated Nights (2014), both of which were spin-offs of The Real Housewives of Atlanta. In addition to Kandi’s solo albums (2008’s Baby Makin’ Project, 2010’s Hello Heartbreak and 2013’s Kandi Koated), she is part of two groups: Xscape with Tameka Tiny Cottle-Harris, Tamika Scott & LaTocha Scott; and KLB with Kelly Rowland.

Endorsements and Merchandise Sales

Prior to The Real Housewives of Atlanta, Burruss’s primary source of income was her music career. Her music was influenced by genres such as jazz, blues, R&B and gospel. Her first song titled Don’t Think I’m Not peaked at number nine on Billboard’s Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart. Aside from touring and releasing albums, she has been featured on various other artists albums including Brian McKnight and Lalah Hathaway. It is no surprise that she earned $16 million during her time as a recording artist.