Alison Krauss was born on the 23rd July 1971, in Decatur, Illinois USA, and is a musician and country blues singer, best known for her work with the band Union Station, but Alison also for her collaborations with numerous musicians. Her apparently incredible skills have earned her a record 27 Grammy awards, helping to significantly increase her net worth. She plays the fiddle, piano, and mandolin, to add to her vocal ability. Krauss’ career started in 1984.
Have you ever wondered how rich Alison Krauss is, as of mid-2016? According to authoritative sources, it has been estimated that Krauss’ net worth is as high as $16 million, an amount mostly earned through his career as a successful singer, however, Alison is also a producer, which has further improved her wealth.
Alison Krauss Net Worth $16 Million
Alison Maria Krauss is a daughter of Louise and Fred, German-Italian parents who raised her in Champagne, Illinois. Her mother sent her to violin classes at the age five, but Alison soon switched to bluegrass. She expressed her enormous talent from an early age, and when eight was already competing in local talent contests, then at ten she had her band. Alison won the Walnut Valley Festival Fiddle Championship at 13, and became one of the most promising fiddle players in the Midwest.
Krauss had her recording debut with the release of “Different Strokes” album in 1985, and two years later she recorded another album called “Too Late to Cry” (1987), with Union Station as her backup band. Her first group album with Union Station was called “Two Highways” (1989), then soon afterwards Krauss released her third album – “I’ve Got That Old Feeling” (1990). The single “Steel Rails” earned Alison her first Grammy Award and launched her on to the Billboard country chart.
Krauss’ early success was a good foundation for the 90’s, when she released five more albums, two of them with Union Station and one with The Cox Family. These were “Every Time You Say Goodbye” (1992), “I Know Who Holds Tomorrow” (1994), “Now That I’ve Found You: A Collection” (1995), “So Long So Wrong” (1997), and “Forget About It” (1999).
“Every Time You Say Goodbye” earned her a Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album of the year, and her astronomic success was followed by numerous covers and collaborations such as Bad Company’s “Oh Atlanta” and Keith Whitley’s “When You Say Nothing at All”.
In the 2000’s, Krauss released six more albums: “New Favorite” (2001) which won two Grammy’s, “Live” (2002) that went double platinum, “Lonely Runs Both Ways” (2004), “A Hundred Miles or More: A Collection” (2007), “Raising Sand” (2007) with Robert Plant which won five Grammy’s, and “Essential Alison Krauss” (2009). All contributed to her net worth.
Her latest album is called “Paper Airplane” (2011), and she and Union Station toured with Willie Nelson and Family in 2014. Alison Krauss has appeared in film and on television including five episodes of the public television music program “Austin City Limits”, from 1996 to 2005, and also in the children’s television series “Sesame Street” in 2005.
Regarding her personal life, Alison Krauss married Pat Bergeson, a musician, in 1997 but the marriage didn’t last long, and they divorced in 2001 while their only child, a son named Sam, was born in 1999.
Grammy Award for Album of the Year, Grammy Award for Record of the Year, Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album, Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals, Grammy Award for Best Country Collaboration with Vocals, Country Music Association Award for New Artist of the Year, Country Music Asso...
Music Groups
Alison Krauss & Union Station
Nominations
Grammy Award for Best Country Album, Grammy Award for Best Country Duo/Group Performance, Academy of Country Music Award for Song of the Year, Grammy Award for Best American Roots Performance, Academy of Country Music Award for Vocal Group of the Year, Academy of Country Music Award for New Female V...
Movies
Annabelle's Wish, Down from the Mountain, Eight Crazy Nights, All Star Bluegrass Celebration, Grand Ole Opry at Carnegie Hall, James Taylor: A MusiCares Person of the Year Tribute, Paul Simon and Friends, Alison Krauss & Union Station: Live, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band: Will the Circle Be Unbroken: Farth...
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Fact
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Recorded an album, Raising Sand, with Robert Plant in 2007. It won five Grammys in 2009.
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Joined the Grand Ole Opry in 1993.
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Won her first Grammy Award in 1991.
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Began studying classical violin at age 5, but soon switched to bluegrass.
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Signed with Rounder Records in 1985.
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Released her first solo album in 1987. Released her first album with Union Station in 1989.
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As of February 2012, Alison has won 27 Grammy Awards. She has the most Grammys of any solo female artist in any genre of music. She is now tied in second place with Quincy Jones for most Grammys ever won.
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Has a son named Sam Patrick Bergeson, born in 1999.
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Has received 26 Grammy Awards, more than any other female in the history of the Grammys. She is ranked #3 of most Grammy wins by any artist in Grammy history.
Smoky Mountains Rise: A Benefit for the My People Fund
2016
TV Movie performer: "A Living Prayer"
Love the Coopers
2015
performer: "The Light of Christmas Day"
Sicario
2015
performer: "Rich Woman"
Dance Moms
2014
TV Series performer - 2 episodes
The Neighbors
TV Series performer - 1 episode, 2013 writer - 1 episode, 2013
60 Minutes
2013
TV Series performer - 1 episode
Late Show with David Letterman
2011-2012
TV Series performer - 2 episodes
The Marty Stuart Show
2012
TV Series performer - 1 episode
The Simpsons
2012
TV Series performer - 1 episode
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
2011
TV Series performer - 3 episodes
Conan
2011
TV Series performer - 1 episode
Case Histories
2011
TV Series performer - 1 episode
Kenny Rogers: The First 50 Years
2011
TV Movie performer: "Sweet Music Man", "But You Know I Love You"
CMT: 40 Greatest Love Songs
2011
TV Movie performer: "When You Say Nothing At All"
Get Low
2009
performer: "Lay My Burden Down" 2010
Best of CMT Music Awards
2009
TV Special performer: "Forever and For Always"
In Plain Sight
2009
TV Series performer - 1 episode
The Wire
2006-2008
TV Series performer - 2 episodes
Qwerty
2008
TV Series performer - 1 episode
Mad Money
2008
performer: "Rich Woman"
CMT Hot 20 Countdown
2007
TV Series performer - 1 episode
41st Annual Country Music Association Awards
2007
TV Special performer: "Simple Love"
The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts
2006
TV Special performer: "My Tennessee Mountain Home", "Jolene", "Coat of Many Colors"
Brad Paisley: The Video Collection
2006
Video short performer: "Whiskey Lullaby"
The Passion: Films, Faith & Fury
2006
TV Movie documentary performer: "Down to the River to Pray"
Bambi II
2006
performer: "There is Life"
Sesame Street
2005
TV Series performer - 1 episode
The 47th Annual Grammy Awards
2005
TV Special performer: "Across the Universe"
Crossing Jordan
2003-2005
TV Series performer - 2 episodes
LAX
2004
TV Series performer - 1 episode
Paper Clips
2004
Documentary performer: "Jubilee"
The 76th Annual Academy Awards
2004
TV Special performer: "You Will Be My Ain True Love", "Scarlet Tide"
Cold Mountain
2003
performer: "You Will Be My Ain True Love" 2003, "The Scarlet Tide" 2003
Mona Lisa Smile
2003
performer: "What'll I Do"
The Oprah Winfrey Show
2003
TV Series performer - 1 episode
Where the Red Fern Grows
2003
performer: "Sweet Beulah Land"
Eight Crazy Nights
2002
performer: "Long Ago"
Alias
2002
TV Series performer - 1 episode
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
2002
performer: "Sitting in the Window of My Room"
Die Frauenversteher - Männer unter sich
2002
TV Movie performer: "It doesn't matter"
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
1997-2002
TV Series 2 episodes
Heartbreakers
2001
performer: "Baby, Now That I've Found You"
Delivering Milo
2001
performer: "Baby Now That I Found You"
Down from the Mountain
2000
Documentary performer: "Wild Bill Jones", "Didn't Leave Nobody But the Baby", "Blue and Lonesome", "Down to the River to Pray"
Ed
2000
TV Series performer - 1 episode
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
2000
performer: "Down to the River to Pray", "Didn't Leave Nobody But the Baby"
Dolly Parton's Precious Memories
1999
TV Movie performer: "In The Garden", "Softly and Tenderly", "When the Roll is Called Up Yonder", "Washed in the Blood", "Power in the Blood", "Coat of Many Colors", "Over in the Glory Land", "Your Grace Provides for Me" aka "In the Palm of Your Hand"
The Other Sister
1999
performer: "When You Say Nothing At All"
Happy, Texas
1999
performer: "Stay"
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
1997
performer: "This Time The Dream's On Me"
Annabelle's Wish
1997
Video performer: "The World From Way Up Here", "The World From Way Up Here Reprise"
The Castle
1997
performer: "Baby, Now That I've Found You" 1967
Edie & Pen
1996
performer: "Dusty Miller"
Twister
1996
performer: "Moments Like This" / producer: "Moments Like This"
F.T.W.
1994
performer: "If I Give My Heart"
Guncrazy
1992
performer: "IF I GIVE MY HEART"
Music Department
Title
Year
Status
Character
Gintberg på kanten
2011-2014
TV Series documentary music - 9 episodes
Actress
Title
Year
Status
Character
Eight Crazy Nights
2002
Jennifer (singing voice)
Annabelle's Wish
1997
Video
Additional Voices (voice, uncredited)
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Alison Krauss & Union Station Live
2003
Video
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Tao of Bluegrass: A Portrait of Peter Rowan
2013
Documentary post-production
Smoky Mountains Rise: A Benefit for the My People Fund
2016
TV Movie
Herself
The Life & Songs of Emmylou Harris
2016
TV Movie
Herself
The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song: Willie Nelson
2016
TV Movie
Herself
Taylor Swift: The 1989 World Tour Live
2015
Video
Herself
Revival: The Sam Bush Story
2015
Documentary
Herself
Great Performances
2003-2015
TV Series
Herself / Herself - Fiddle & Vocals
Late Show with David Letterman
1995-2012
TV Series
Herself / Herself - Musical Guest
The Marty Stuart Show
2012
TV Series
Herself - Special Guest
The Ringmaster General
2012
Video documentary
Herself
The Simpsons
2012
TV Series
Herself
CMT Insider
2005-2012
TV Series
Herself
Tavis Smiley
2011
TV Series
Herself
The Talk
2011
TV Series
Herself - Musical guest
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1995-2011
TV Series
Herself / Herself - Musical Guest
Charlie Louvin: Still Rattlin' the Devil's Cage
2011
Documentary
Herself
Conan
2011
TV Series
Herself - Musical Guest
Later... With Jools Holland
1997-2011
TV Series
Herself / Themselves
CMT: What's Your 20? 20 Greatest Women, 20 Years
2011
TV Movie
Herself
Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003-2011
TV Series
Herself - Musical Guest / Herself
CMT Hot 20 Countdown
2011
TV Series
Herself - Guest
Breakfast
2011
TV Series
Herself - Singer-Songwriter
Heart: Night at Sky Church
2011
TV Movie
Himself
Kenny Rogers: The First 50 Years
2011
TV Movie
Herself
American Masters
2010
TV Series documentary
Herself
2009 CMT Music Awards
2009
TV Special
Herself
The 51st Annual Grammy Awards
2009
TV Special
Herself - Performer
Yo-Yo Ma & Friends: Songs of Joy & Peace
2008
TV Movie
Herself
Robert Plant & Alison Krauss: Please Read the Letter
2008
Video short
Herself
CMT Crossroads
2008
TV Series
Robert Plant & Alison Krauss: Gone, Gone, Gone (Done Moved On)/Music Video
2007
Short
Herself
Charlie Rose
2007
TV Series
Herself
41st Annual Country Music Association Awards
2007
TV Special
Herself
Paul Simon: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song
2007
TV Special
Performer
Kids' Favorite Country Songs
2007
Video
Herself
Alison Krauss & John Waite: Missing You
2007
Short
Herself
A Tribute to Les Paul
2007
TV Special
The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts
2006
TV Special
Herself
CMA Red Carpet 2006
2006
TV Movie
Herself
CMT: The Greatest - 40 Days That Shaped Country Music
2006
TV Movie documentary
Herself
CMT Cross Country
2006
TV Series
Performer
Bonnie Raitt and Friends
2006
Video
Herself
CMT Greatest Moments: Dolly Parton
2006
TV Movie documentary
Herself
Biography
2006
TV Series documentary
Herself
Grand Ole Opry at Carnegie Hall
2006
TV Special
Herself
The Heaven and Earth Show
2006
TV Series
Herself
Decades Rock Live
2006
TV Series
Herself
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1995-2005
TV Series
Herself / Herself - Musical Guest
Austin City Limits
1996-2005
TV Series documentary
Herself
CMT: 100 Greatest Duets Concert
2005
TV Special
Herself
CMT: Class of 1995
2005
TV Movie
Herself
Alison Krauss & Union Station: Goodbye Is All We Have
2005
Short
Herself
Sesame Street
2005
TV Series
Herself
The 47th Annual Grammy Awards
2005
TV Special
Herself - Performer
Alison Krauss & Union Station: Restless
2004
Short
Herself
The 39th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards
2004
TV Special
Herself
The 76th Annual Academy Awards
2004
TV Special
Herself - Performer: 'You Will Be My Ain True Love, ' 'The Scarlet Tide'
Lightning in a Bottle
2004
Documentary
Herself
The 46th Annual Grammy Awards
2004
TV Special
Herself - Performer
Grand Ole Opry
2004
TV Series
Herself
The Words and Music of 'Cold Mountain'
2003
TV Movie
Herself
Women Rock! Concert: Songs from the Movies
2003
TV Special
Performer
Alison Krauss & Union Station Live
2003
Video
Herself
CMT Flame Worthy Video Music Awards
2003
TV Special
Herself
Wheel of Fortune
2003
TV Series
Herself - Celebrity Contestant
Dolly Parton: Platinum Blonde
2003
TV Movie documentary
Herself
Will the Circle Be Unbroken: Farther Along
2003
TV Movie documentary
Herself
The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts
2002
TV Movie
Herself
Christmas in Washington
2002
TV Special
Herself - Performer
CMT: 40 Greatest Women of Country Music
2002
TV Movie documentary
Herself
Alison Krauss & Union Station: Sitting in the Window of My Room
2002
Short
Herself
Hazel Dickens: It's Hard to Tell the Singer from the Song
2002
Documentary
Herself
Natalie MacMaster: My Roots Are Showing
2001
TV Movie
Herself
Alison Krauss & Union Station: Let Me Touch You for Awhile
2001
Short
Herself
Alison Krauss & Union Station: The Lucky One
2001
Short
Herself
Down from the Mountain
2000
Documentary
Herself
Inside Look: Down from the Mountain
2000
TV Short documentary
Herself
Alison Krauss & Union Station: Maybe
2000
Short
Herself
Dolly Parton's Precious Memories
1999
TV Movie
Herself
When You Believe: Music from 'The Prince of Egypt'
1998
TV Movie documentary
Performer
Miracle on Highway 31
1997
TV Movie
Herself
The 39th Annual Grammy Awards
1997
TV Special
Herself
Dolly Parton: Treasures
1996
TV Movie documentary
Herself
Grand Ole Opry 70th Anniversary
1996
TV Special
Herself
A Sam's Place Christmas
1995
TV Movie
Herself
29th Annual Country Music Association Awards
1995
TV Special
Herself - Performer
High Lonesome: The Story of Bluegrass Music
1994
Documentary
Herself
Nanci Griffith: Other Voices, Other Rooms
1993
Herself
The Women of Country
1993
TV Movie
Herself
The Best of Country '92: Countdown at the Neon Armadillo