Kesha is officially back and fans are ecstatic. For those who have forgotten about Kesha’s history, let’s take a quick look back.
She burst onto the scene in 2009, seemingly overnight, and took the music industry by storm. Her first album reached number one in the United States. She had a fun, party girl look that fans loved. Although she has since toned her look down and proved that she doesn’t need fancy clothes to be gorgeous.
Kesha continued to produce hit after hit. In 2015, she ran into some legal issues and stepped out of the limelight for a couple of years. While she continued to work a little, she officially declared that she is reclaiming her happiness with the release of her new album.
What other projects has Kesha been apart of in the past 10 years? Here is how Kesha ended up with her $5 million net worth.
13 Background Vocals
Kesha got her start in music by singing background vocals for several artists. The one that helped her career the most was appearing on Flo Rida’s “Right Round” in 2009. It became a number one single and even though she wasn’t listed on the song, it was enough to get her a record deal and start her solo musical career.
12 Debut Album ‘Animal’
Animal was Kesha’s debut album and it became an immediate success. When it was released in 2010, it debuted as the number one album in the United States. The most popular song on the album, “Tik Tok,” was the best selling single of the year at the time and made her a lot of money!
11 Collaborates With Other Artists
Collaborating with other artists is a great way to cross audiences and get twice the amount of exposure. In addition to “Right Round” with Flo Rida, Kesha had a couple of extremely popular collabs. A couple of chart-toppers were “My First Kiss” with 3OH!3 and “Timber” with Pitbull.
10 10 Top Ten Singles
For the limited time that Kesha was actively putting out new music, she had 10 top ten singles on the US Billboard Hot 100. In addition to the several song collaborations that reached top 10, she also had "Tik Tok", "We R Who We R”, "Blah Blah Blah", "Your Love Is My Drug", "Take It Off", “Blow" and "Die Young”.
9 Reality TV Show
In 2013, Kesha had her own television series titled Kesha: My Crazy Beautiful Life. It ran for two seasons on MTV. The show covered pretty much everything in her life at the time while she was touring and creating her second album. It also showed the lengths a celebrity has to go to have a semi-normal life.
8 Music Video Appearances
Just because someone is a famous music artist doesn’t mean that is all they do. In 2008, Kesha also appeared in Katy Perry’s music video for her single “I Kissed a Girl”. The song was a huge hit and was on the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart for seven weeks in a row.
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7 Touring
Touring is a huge source of income for any music artist which might be why Kesha has continued to tour over the years. Her most recent tour, The Rainbow Tour, grossed over $76 million. And this was the fourth heading concert tour of her career, which means she’s made a ton of money from touring.
6 Writes Songs For Other Artists
Not only is Kesha an amazing singer, she’s also a talented songwriter. In addition to writing her own songs, she’s also written a hit songs for a ton of other popular artists. Some of these songs include, "Till the World Ends” by Britney Spears, "The Time of Our Lives” by Miley Cyrus, and "What Baby Wants” by Alice Cooper.
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5 Acting Gigs
It seems like Kesha can do it all. Not only can Kesha sing and write, but she can also act! She has has a couple of smaller roles in shows such as Nashville, Jane the Virgin and Robot Chicken. Kesha was also in A Ghost Story, a movie that premiered at Sundance Film Festival.
4 Movie Soundtracks
It’s definitely not a surprise that a singer as talented as Kesha would have worked on a movie soundtrack. One of the songs she did was for The Angry Birds Movie 2, and it was called “Best Day.” It’s just one more job you can add to her rather lengthy resume.
3 TV Show Judge
With shows like The Voice or American Idol, it seems like a lot of celebrities are branching out and becoming judges. And you can add being a TV show judge to Kesha’s impressive list of accomplishments. She has been a judge on RuPaul's Drag Race as well as Rising Star.
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2 Exclusive Merch
No huge celebrity would be complete without their own merchandise line. Some of her trademark designs are a rainbow which is the name of one of her albums or saying things like “weird and wonderful rainbow ride”, or “I’ve found a rainbow”. While she’s not getting rich on her merch alone, it doesn’t hurt.
1 ‘Rainbow: The Film’ Documentary
In 2018, Kesha released a documentary titled Rainbow: The Film. A lot of fans were interested in this because Kesha explains a lot of issues she went through over the years including going to rehab for her eating disorder. Overall, it’s just about her journey to finding happiness where she’s at now.
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