Kesha Net Worth (Updated 2023) – Bio Overview

Kesha is an American singer, songwriter, rapper, and actor from Los Angeles, California, who has a net worth of $5 million. She started her music career at an early age and began grabbing the attention of labels.

In 2005 Kesha signed with Kemosabe Records and started releasing tracks and albums. Over the years the singer has dropped numerous hit singles and also collaborated with some big names in the hip hop world. Kesha came to popularity after signing a major record deal with Kemosabe Entertainment founded by Dr. Luke. Around the time Kesha was just 18 years old. 

In 2009 the singer rose to fame after being featured on the hit single Right Round released by American rapper Flo Rida which became his number-1 track. She then gained fame as a solo artist with the release of her first single Tik Tok which went viral, becoming the best-selling digital track in history. Moreover, the song has sold over 14 million copies internationally. 

Kesha Net Worth 2023:

Early Life:

Kesha Rose Sebert was born in Los Angeles, California, on the 1st of March 1987. She is of German Hungarian and Polish descent. Kesha is the daughter of the singer, and songwriter, “Pebe” Sebert. Her mother gained recognition after she co-wrote Joe Sun’s hit single Old Flames Can’t Hold a Candle to You in 1978.

She claims that she has no idea who her father is, then when she became famous, a musician and engineer by the name of Bob Chamberlain came forward with pictures he sold to Star Magazine. 

Kesha was exposed to music at an early age through her mother Pebe a singer-songwriter. The first four years of Kesha’s life were a struggle. Although her mom was a singer she faced financial crises. When she was an infant her mother would often have Kesha and her brother Lagan and  Louis Sage Sebert, plunked in a makeshift crib while she performed on stage. 

At the age of four Kesha’s mom landed a job as a songwriter in Nashville, the music Capital of the world. Although money was still tied and they survived on Welfare and food stamps. Perhaps at times, she pulled a five-finger discount. Kesha stated in an interview “One of my first memories is my mother telling me, if you want something, just take it.”

Her favorite TV show growing up was the Golden Girls but she fell in love with music early on. She cites her musical influences as Beck, Dolly Parton, Iggy Pop, Queen, David Bowie, Led Zeppelin, Madonna, Elton John, Erin Neville, Britany Spears, Bob Dylan, The Damned, and Velvet Underground. 

Kesha spent a lot of time in recording studios during her early years. Her mother encouraged her interest in singing, allowing Kesha to work on some of her song demos. 

Kesha also went to a music school called  Franklin High School where she learned about songwriting and learned to play saxophone as well as a trumpet in the marching band. This was back in 2001 and at the age of just 13, she performed at Radiohead’s Karma Police. 

During high school, Kesha was sitting on cold war lectures at a nearby Belmont College just for fun. She started comparative religion at Columbia University over a summer program for gifted teens. In 2004 Kesha and her family were cast in an episode of the reality TV series The Simple Life where Nicole Richie and Paris sit and moved in with the family to help find mama’s husband. 

Early Career:

Kesha completed high school scoring 1500 on her sats and rejected acceptance letters to college. Kesha and her mother teamed up to co-write the single Stephen which would later feature in her first project. 

She was planning on going to Columbia to study Psychology but she later decided to pursue her music career. The music producer Dr. Luke saw huge potential in young Kesha and encouraged her to move to Los Angeles. So at the age of 17, she moved to LA but things weren’t clicked for a couple of years. 

Kesha had to pick up a job as a waitress and that’s when she adopted the money sign in her name. Kesha got a chance to make her first appearance in one of Katty Pery’s music videos. She was a backup vocalist in Britney Spear’s song Lace and Leather and Paris Hilton’s song Nothing in this World. 

Kesha was determined to break into the business when she found out where the artist formerly known as Prince Lived. she paid a gardener to get inside his mansion so she could leave him one of her demos.

Breakthrough:

Kesha’s big break came in 2009 when she walked into a recording session with Dr. Luke in an upcoming rapper known as Flo Rida. The rapper was looking for a female singer and she quickly found Kesha. She was featured on Flo Rida’s hit single Right Round. She was never paid for vocals and thus decided not to appear in the music video.

Soon after Kesha’s work with rapper Flo Rida, she landed a multi-million record contract with RCA Records in 2009. Kesha dropped her first single titled Tik Tok later that year.

In addition, the song later sold over 25 million units in 20169 breaking several records. More hit singles followed including “Blah Blah Blah”, “Take It Off”, and “Your Love Is My Drug”. 

In 2010 Kesha finally released her debut studio album Animal which featured several hit singles. Tik Tok became the lead single of the album and earned her a lot of fame and recognition. Following the release of her first project, Kesha teamed up with singer Rihanna and toured as an opening act. 

Kesha released her second studio album Warrior in 2012. The album included the hit single Die Young which went viral peaking at #2 on the Billboard Hot 100. In the following year, Kesha came to popularity after she collaborated on the song Timber released by popular American rapper Pitbull. 

In that year Kemosabe Records’ producer Dr. Luke was sued by Kesha for several violations such as sexual harassment and sexual assault. 

After taking a break for two years from the music industry, Kesha returned in 2016 and started touring and performing in concerts. Next year, Kesha released her 3rd studio album Rainbow which again earned her a lot of praise from various critics. In order to promote her album, she also embarked on a tour. Since the release of her third album, her vocal abilities helped her to catch the attention of a larger audience. 

High Road was her fourth studio album which she dropped in 2019. Despite receiving good reviews, the album was not as commercially successful as her previous projects were. 

Lawsuits:

Over the years Kesha has been involved in a number of lawsuits and faced a lot of troubles throughout her career. After releasing her debut record, her first lawsuit came when Kesha was demanded to pay $14 million in commissions from her new contract with RCA, and the lawsuit came from her previous management firm.

Around that time, the management company was acting as an unlicensed talent agency according to Kesha. The case was dropped later that time. 

Battle With Dr. Luke:

Kesha has been in an ongoing battle with the well-known producer Dr. Luke for several years. This war has caused a lot of problems between the two, especially for Kesha, whose goal is to be free from her record contract. Kesha and Luke started working together when she was 18 years old. But soon they were on opposite sides of one another. 

Later things got serious and heated what seemed like a possible takeoff for Kesha’s career turned out to be an intense ongoing war. Dr. Luke and Kesha started clashing in private when Kesha wanted to produce a more rock-type direction with her music. But Luke insisted on her keeping her current sound, dance-pop. 

After the sandy hook tragedy in 2012 Die Young, a song that was released in the same year was pulled off from multiple radio stations in the wake of the strategy. The song dropped from number one to number two on Billboard’s pop songs charts due to an 11 percent decline in radio play.

Although it seemed insensitive at the moment, Kesha expressed her sympathy in a Tweet where she revealed that she had no control over those lyrics and singing them as she was forced to do so. 

Kesha initially intended for the track to show her vulnerable side but because it was released at a specific time, people took offense to the song. As a response, the free Kesha movement emerged.

In 2013 a fan of Kesha put together a petition in order to free Kesha from the management of the producer. The fan along with other fans claimed that Dr. Luke was stunning Kesha’s creative growth as an artist. 

In early 2014 Kesha admitted herself to the rehab center for 30 days due to an eating disorder, specifically bulimia nervosa. Her mother made allegations that Dr. Luke pressured Kesha to lose weight.

According to Kesha’s mother, Luke said that Kesha looked like a refrigerator, he also intimidated her into dieting, saying A list songwriters and producers are reluctant to give Kesha their songs because of her weight. 

In October 2014, Kesha sued and got walled after claiming sexual assault, sexual harassment, gender discrimination, and the battery including the incident in 2005. The month was October and the occasion was the birthday party at the Hollywood Hills home of Paris Hilton.

While attending the party Kesha alleged that Dr. Luke gave her sober pills. After giving her the drugs he took her back to his hotel room and violated her while she was unconscious. 

Years prior, Das Communications incorporation and Kesha made up an agreement that the company would be paid 20 percent of the revenue that came from her music. They also gave her the option of ending the partnership if the company didn’t get her a major label record deal in a year.  

Kesha ended up leaving the record label to work with Dr. Luke again and agreed to have him bring a contract over the RCA Records and songs which Das and Kesha say was her war to do. 

In the year 2015, Kesha’s lawsuit was halted at the request of Dr.Luke over a clause in the contract that stated, that all legal issues must be resolved in New York. Kesha then filed an emergency preliminary injunction request in New York Supreme Court to be released from her record contract with Dr. Luke.

Although the request was denied by a New York judge since there had been no showing of irreparable harm. The judge also noted that Kesha was allowed to record new music without Luke’s involvement.

As a result, Kesha received so much support from her fans as well as many celebrities. One celebrity was Taylor Swift who donated $250,000 towards Kesha’s legal fees. 

In 2017 troubles hit the waters again after Kesha claimed that the producer violated Ketty Perry. In 2020 the Supreme court justice in Manhattan ruled that Kesha defamed the producer in a text exchange with Lady Gaga.

The unnamed producer who violated Lady Gaga was suggested to be Dr. Luke. Luke then filed a defamation lawsuit against her former lawyer Kesha who Tweeted this. 

House:

Kesha has a net worth of $5 million which allowed her to buy expensive properties for herself. She bought a luxury house for about $5 million which is located in one of the posh areas of Los Angeles’ Mar Vista neighborhood. She purchased this mansion in March 2020 and also spend some extra money on its renovations. 

Apart from that, Kesha also spends millions on properties throughout her early life. In 2014 she paid for a house located in Venice, California, which was sold by her for $1.7 million in the year 2015. Another house purchased by Kesha was in Nashville. She put this house on the market and sold it for $1.4 million in the year 2016.