1. What is larnelle harris Net Worth?
Larnelle Harris is an American gospel singer and songwriter who has a net worth of $10 million. He has released over 15 albums over the course of his career, and he has won five Grammy Awards, eleven Dove Awards, and two Soul Train Music Awards. His songs have been featured in numerous films and TV shows, including The Prince of Egypt, The Apostle, and Touched by an Angel.
2. Larnelle Harris Early Life
Larnelle Harris was born on July 6th, 1956 in Danville, Kentucky. He started singing at a young age, performing with his church choir as well as playing drums for local bands. After graduating from high school in 1974, he attended Eastern Kentucky University where he majored in music education. It was during this time that he began to pursue a professional career in music.
In 1976 he signed with Benson Records and released his debut album entitled “I’ll Never Pass This Way Again” which spawned the hit single “I’m Gonna Make it After All” which reached No. 3 on the Billboard Hot Gospel Songs chart. This success was followed up by his second album “The Best Of Larnelle Harris” which featured more hit singles such as “Be Still And Know” and “My Tribute (To God Be The Glory)” both of which were certified Gold records by the RIAA.
Throughout the 1980s and 1990s Harris continued to release successful albums such as “Living Water” (1982), “Larnelle Live!” (1985), “Shine On Us: The Best Of Larnelle Harris Vol 2″ (1990), and many more. In 1998 he released his most successful album to date entitled “Majestic Praise: A Collection Of Hymns And Spiritual Songs” which peaked at No. 1 on both the Billboard Top Christian Albums chart and Top Gospel Albums chart simultaneously for seven weeks straight making it one of the most successful gospel albums ever released by a solo artist at that time.
3. Larnelle Harris Career
Throughout his career Larnelle Harris has achieved numerous awards including five Grammy Awards, eleven Dove Awards, two Soul Train Music Awards, three Stellar Awards, two GMA Hall of Fame awards among many others. He was also inducted into the Gospel Music Association Hall of Fame in 2002 becoming only the fourth artist to be inducted into this prestigious honor roll alongside other gospel greats such as Mahalia Jackson and Bill Gaither among others.
Harris has also achieved success outside of music appearing in several films such as The Prince Of Egypt (1998) where he voiced Jethro alongside Val Kilmer and Ralph Fiennes; Touched By An Angel (2000) where he portrayed an angel alongside Della Reese; The Apostle (1997) where he portrayed Brother Cephas alongside Robert Duvall; and Fireproof (2008) where he portrayed Dr Matthews alongside Kirk Cameron among others.
4.Larnelle Harris Biography
Harris is married to wife Debra since 1975 with whom they have three children together named Michaela,Mariah,and Jonathan.He currently resides in Nashville Tennessee where he continues to write new material while regularly performing concerts all around the world.In addition to this,he is also involved in various charities such as World Vision,Feed My Starving Children,and Compassion International among others.
5.Larnelle Harris Height & Weight
Harris stands at 6 feet tall while weighing around 80 kgs.He has black hair color with brown eye color.His chest measures 40 inches while waist measures 34 inches.His shoe size is 10 US.
6 Date of Birth
Harris was born on July 6th 1956 making him 64 years old as of 2020.His zodiac sign is Cancer.His nationality is American.