Elmer Figueroa Arce, better known by his stage name Chayanne, was born on the 28th June 1968 in Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico. He is probably best known for being a Puerto Rican Latin musician, singer, songwriter as well as a composer, who has released over 20 studio albums and has sold over 30 million albums around the world, including “Atado A Tu Amor” (1998), “Mi Tiempo” (2007), “En Todo Estaré” (2014), etc. He is also recognized as an actor. His career has been active since 1978.
So, have you ever wondered how rich Chayanne is? As of mid- 2016, sources estimate that the overall size of Chayanne’s net worth is $40 million, with the main source of this amount of money being not only his musical career, but also his acting career, including appearances in various TV shows, which have also added to his net worth.
Chayanne Net Worth $40 Million
Chayanne was raised with four siblings as the middle child of Quintino Figueroa, who worked as a sales manager, and Irma Luz Arce, who was a teacher. He earned the nickname “Chayanne” after the TV series “Cheyenne”, which his mother liked a lot.
Chayanne’s career began in the late 1970s, when he became a member of the group Los Chicos. However, the group disbanded in 1984, and so Chayanne started a career on his own. He signed with RCA Victor records soon after, and started working on his debut album. The same year his album was released, entitled “Chayanne Es Mi Nombre”, and two years later his second album came out, entitled “Sangre Latina”, but his first two albums weren’t as popular as he had hoped, and as a result he changed record labels. In 1986 he signed with Sony Music, and the following year his third, self-titled album was released, and ti received positive critiques, and singles such as “Fiesta In America”, and “Peligro de Amor”, reached No. 4 on the US HLT chart, which boosted his overall net worth. Since then, Chayanne has released 12 more studio albums, some of which achieved gold and platinum status, which have increased his net worth by a large margin.
Since 1996 and the release of album “Volver A Nacer”, which achieved double platinum status in Argentina, his career has gone only upwards, and so has his net worth. Albums such as “Sincero” (2003), “Cautivo” (2005), “No Hay Imposibles” (2010), and his most recent release “En Todo Estaré” (2014), have topped the US Latin chart, and achieved at least gold status in the USA, and platinum in Argentina, which only increased further his net worth.
Apart from his successful career as a singer, Chayanne is also recognized as actor, appearing in several film and TV titles, including “Pobrejuventud” (1984), “Dance with Me” (1998) alongside Vanessa Williams, “Ally McBeal” (2001), and “Gabriel” (2008), among others, all of which have contributed considerably to the overall size of his net worth as well.
If to talk about his personal life, Chayanne has been married to Marilisa Maronese, a Venezuelan beauty queen, since 1989; they are the parents of two children and their current residence is in Miami, Florida.
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