What Is Sheena Easton’s Net Worth?
Sheena Easton, a Scottish singer, songwriter, and actress, has a net worth of $12 million. With more than a dozen studio albums under her belt, including “Take My Time” (1981) and “Fabulous” (2000), she is known for hits such as “9 to 5 (Morning Train)” and “For Your Eyes Only.”
Easton has earned six Grammy nominations and has sold more than 30 million records throughout her career. She has also made appearances in films such as “For Your Eyes Only” (1981) and “Romances of the Republics” (2015) and on television shows like “Miami Vice” (1987–1988) and “Highlander” (1993).
Not just limited to music and acting, Easton has also lent her voice to various animated shows such as “All Dogs Go to Heaven: The Series” (1996–1998) and “Scooby-Doo and the Loch Ness Monster” (2004). She has also performed on Broadway in productions like “Man of La Mancha” and “Grease.”
Early Life and Career
Sheena Easton was born in Bellshill, Scotland in 1959 and grew up with six siblings. Her father was a steel mill labourer who passed away when she was young. She showed an early interest in singing and attended Glasgow’s Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama on a scholarship from 1975 to 1979. During this time, she sang with a local band and pursued becoming a speech and drama teacher.
In 1979, Easton auditioned for Esther Rantzen’s BBC series “The Big Time” and was chosen to be the subject of a documentary about an unknown artist’s rise to fame. She signed with EMI and had her first single, “Modern Girl,” reach the top 10 after being reissued following the release of the documentary. Her next single, “Nine to Five,” was also a top 10 hit.
Sheena Easton’s Music Career
Sheena Easton’s single “9 to 5” was renamed “Morning Train (Nine To Five)” when it was released in the U.S. and Canada to avoid confusion with Dolly Parton’s “9 to 5,” and it topped the “Billboard” Hot 100 chart and the Canadian “RPM” chart.
In 1981, “For Your Eyes Only,” the theme song for the James Bond film of the same name, was a top 10 hit in several countries, and it earned nominations from the Academy Awards and Golden Globes in 1982.
Easton’s first two albums, “Take My Time” and “You Could Have Been with Me,” were both released in 1981 and went Platinum in Canada and Gold in the U.S. In 1982, Easton won her first Grammy and embarked on her first U.S. tour.
She released the albums “Madness, Money & Music” (1982) and “Best Kept Secret” (1983), which were both certified Gold in Canada, and in 1983, “We’ve Got Tonight,” her duet with Kenny Rogers, was a top 10 hit in the U.S. and Canada.
Her 1984 single “Me Gustas Tal Como Eres” (“I Like You Just the Way You Are”), a duet with Luis Miguel, earned Sheena her second Grammy Award. The 1984 album “A Private Heaven” was certified Platinum in the U.S. and Canada, then she released the albums “Do You” (1985), “No Sound But a Heart” (1987), and “The Lover in Me” (1988).
In 1987, Easton teamed up with Prince for the Grammy-nominated song “U Got the Look,” which reached #2 on the “Billboard” Hot 100 chart. Prince also wrote her 1984 single “Sugar Walls,” which was included on Tipper Gore’s “Filthy Fifteen” list of indecent songs.
In the ’90s, Sheena released several albums and contributed songs to the soundtracks of various films. After adopting two children in the mid-1990s, Easton began focusing on corporate shows, casino gigs, and Broadway musicals.
In 2000, she released “Fabulous,” an album of disco covers, and she performed some of the tracks at the 2001 Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras celebration.
In 2016, she starred as Dorothy Brock in a West End production of “42nd Street” at London’s Theatre Royal.
Sheena Easton’s Marital History
Sheena Easton has been married four times. Her first marriage was to Sandi Easton in 1978, but they divorced in 1979. She married talent agent Robert Light in 1985, but they divorced a year later in 1986. Easton’s third husband was producer Timothy Delarm, and they were married from 1997 to 1998. She then married plastic surgeon John Minolini in 2002, but they divorced in 2004. Easton has two adopted children: a son named Jake, whom she adopted in 1994, and a daughter named Skyler, whom she adopted in 1996. She became an American citizen in 1992 and has dual citizenship with the U.K.
Sheena Easton’s Grammy Awards and Other Accolades
Sheena Easton has been nominated for six Grammy Awards and has won two. She won Best New Artist in 1982 and Best Mexican-American Performance for “Me Gustas Tal Como Eres” (shared with Luis Miguel) in 1985. She was also nominated for Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female for “For Your Eyes Only” in 1982, “Telefone (Long Distance Love Affair)” in 1984, and “Strut” in 1985, and Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal for “U Got the Look” (shared with Prince) in 1988.
In addition to her Grammy Awards, Easton won a “Billboard” Music Award for Top Pop New Artist in 1981 and was nominated for an American Music Award for Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist in 1982. She was named Best British Female Singer by the “Daily Mirror” Pop & Rock Awards, Best Newcomer by Capital Radio, and Best Female Singer by “The TV Times” Readers Awards in 1980. Easton was also inducted into the Casino Legends Hall of Fame in 2004.
Sheena Easton’s Henderson Home
In 2005, Sheena Easton purchased a 4,137 square foot home in Henderson, Nevada for $511,000. The home boasts six bedrooms and 4.5 bathrooms.
