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Mick Hucknall Net Worth
Mick Hucknall Net Worth 2020: Wiki Biography, Married, Family, Measurements, Height, Salary, Relationships
Michael James Hucknall net worth is
$60 Million
Michael James Hucknall Wiki Biography
Michael James Hucknall was born on the 8th June 1960, in Manchester, England, and is a musician, singer and songwriter who is widely known as the founder and frontman of British pop/soul music band – Simply Red, which sold over 50 million album copies worldwide.
Have you ever wondered how much wealth this successful musician has accumulated so far? How rich Mick Hucknall is? According to sources, it is estimated that the total of Mick Hucknall’s net worth, as of mid-2017, exceeds the sum of $60 million, including assets such as Glenmore Estate in County Donegal, Ulster, Ireland, from which he operates his tourism business. It has mostly been acquired through his musical career, which currently spans almost 40 years.
Mick Hucknall Net Worth $60 million
Hucknall was the only child of Maureen and Reginald, who was a barber. At the age of three, his mother abandoned the family and Mick was raised by his father. Mick matriculated from Audenshaw School in his home town. In 1976, he was present at Sex Pistols’ concert in Manchester’s Lesser Free Trade Hall which inspired him to launch his own punk band soon after – The Frantic Elevators. As their four singles failed to chart, in 1982 Mick disbanded the group and focused on building a more serious music career.
In 1985 Mick founded Simply Red, which released its debut single “Money’s Too Tight (to Mention)”, becoming an international commercial success, reaching the Top 20 in the UK as well as Top 5 in Italy. This was followed by the group’s debut studio album, entitled “Picture Book”. In 1986, Simply Red released “Holding Back the Years”, the song which Mick wrote inspired by his mother’s abandoning the family, which became an instant hit, reaching No. 1 on the UK charts. All these ventures provided the basis for Mick Hucknall’s net worth, and set his music career on a rising path.
The group’s second studio album – “Men and Women”, released in 1987 – produced another international hit single “The Right Thing”. Becoming more popular world wide, Simply Red led by Mick Hucknall continued to release commercially successful albums through the rest of the 1980s to the mid-1990s including “A New Flame” (1989) and “Stars” (1991) which was named the album of the year and was rated platinum 12 times in the UK only. These achievements dramatically boosted Mick Hucknall’s fame as well as provided a significant increment to his total net worth.
In the course of the next 15 years, Mick and Simply Red released six more studio albums, 11 in total, including the commercially successful “Life” (1995) and “Blue” which produced two Top 10 chart hit singles “The Air I Breathe” and “Say You Love Me”. In 2010, after 25 years Mick Hucknall disbanded Simply Red. In addition to all those already mentioned above, in 2008 Mick has released his debut solo album, entitled “Tribute to Bobby” which was followed by “American Soul” in 2012. He has also added two Brit Awards to his professional portfolio.
Apart from his music career, Mick Hucknall is also a successful businessman – he is a co-founder of reggae music label Blood and Fire and the co-owner of construction company Ask Property Development. Mick also produces a fine selection of wines through his Sicily-based label “Il Cantane”.
When it comes to his personal life, Mick has been married since 2010 to Gabrielle Wilke-Wesberry, with whom he has a daughter. He is an avid supporter of the UK Labour Party.
| Full Name | Mick Hucknall |
| Net Worth | $60 Million |
| Date Of Birth | June 8, 1960 |
| Place Of Birth | Denton, Lancashire, England |
| Height | 5' 11" (1.8 m) |
| Profession | Soundtrack, Actor, Composer |
| Education | Manchester Metropolitan University |
| Nationality | American |
| Spouse | Gabriella Wesberry |
| Children | Romy Hucknall |
| Parents | Reg Hucknall, Maureen Taylor |
| IMDB | http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0399619/ |
| Awards | Brit Award for British Male Solo Artist |
| Music Groups | Simply Red, Faces, Holding Back the Years, If You Don't Know Me by Now, You Make Me Feel Brand New |
| Movies | De-Lovely, Quincy Jones: The 75th Birthday Celebration: Live at Montreux 2008, Quincy Jones: 50 Years in Music: Live at Montreux, Simply Red: Stars |
| # | Trademark |
|---|---|
| 1 | Extensive vocal range and memorable phrasing |
| # | Quote |
|---|---|
| 1 | [on homosexuality] It's a beautiful thing. |
| 2 | [on "Far East Man" by George Harrison and Ronnie Wood] It has beautiful vocal harmonies and fantastic guitar work. |
| 3 | [on "Sally Sue Brown" by Arthur Alexander] I love the groove on this track and the acoustic guitar. |
| 4 | Marvin Gaye is my favourite vocalist of all time. |
| 5 | Al Green is a huge influence on me as a singer. He has such delicate phrasing and sensuality. I'm also very aware of how much women love his singing style. |
| 6 | [on Barry White] He always had a fabulous rhythm section and, together with his extraordinary voice, it makes something really special. |
| 7 | Gene Vincent had such a beautiful voice. |
| 8 | The truth is there was a golden era in music from 1962 to 1978 - after that it all went a bit tits up. I blame the fucking drum machine and the fucking shoulder pads of the 1980s. I feel a bit like the Antichrist as I had the bulk of my success in the 80s and I hate 80s music. I don't care if it's in fashion now, I hate it. I hate everything about it. The only thing I succumbed to was the ridiculous hairstyles. |
| 9 | It's still the same drive that gets me out of bed in the morning. Lust for life. Or, failing that, Iggy Pop's Lust For Life. Whatever it takes, y'know? |
| 10 | I think most amateur psychologists would say that, given my upbringing, I would probably be seeking some kind of approval from the opposite sex. So I think that became a way of seeking endless re-approval for myself. Plus, of course, a little bit of ego, a little bit of power plus a vast amount of alcohol ... before you know it, you are in bed with a different woman every night. I don't think fame is the key. I never had any problems getting off with women. Admittedly, it became a lot easier once I was famous. But I think my success in that department owes a lot to the way I was brought up. I didn't have a mother, but I had lots of different female characters around me. So, compared to a lot of people, I learned a broader idea of the female psyche and maybe I really learned what women are truly like. But, whenever it's mentioned, it's always, "Mick Hucknall, the ugly ginger twat who pulls beautiful girls." No envy there, I don't suppose! |
| 11 | The thing is that I'm red-headed for good reason. I researched my DNA and I'm Irish/Basque with a big dollop of Spanish sea captain in there. |
| 12 | What people say I am worth is bollocks. But I grew up with the idea that socialism meant the Labour Party, and that's what it still means to me. It comes down to social justice, social welfare, everybody getting an equal shot at what life has to offer. I don't see that having a few bob is a contradiction of those beliefs. I still believe in the Labour Party, though I do question some of their policies like any intelligent person should. |
| 13 | I have to admit that The Clash were the best punk band of all. They really delivered the goods and took that original punk attitude to a whole other space. |
| 14 | I was genuinely convinced that The Buzzcocks with Howard Devoto would be bigger than The Beatles. |
| 15 | The band I had at the time were in love with punk's individualism, but not always with the punk sound. Also, I thought the idea of a punk uniform was an oxymoron. By the time of "Holidays In The Sun", the whole thing had turned into a bad joke, a cliché, a parody of itself. So I moved from punk to soul because that's where I felt most comfortable. |
| 16 | I am one of the best singer-songwriters this country has produced. Ever. If people don't like me saying that, tough shit. You can't sell 50 million albums without something. |
| 17 | We would never have gained the attention without a major label throughout the world initially. I just got tired of them taking all the money. |
| 18 | Maybe these girls want to sleep with me because I sing quite well. |
| 19 | The influence of black American music has been inherent in British pop culture since the sixties. |
| 20 | What's wrong with coffee tables? Millions of people have got coffee tables. What's wrong with having a book on there and a Simply Red and a Sade CD? I don't have a problem with it. |
| 21 | I was a soul boy before I was a punk. James Brown and Motown - we related to it because we were kind of blue collar. |
| 22 | I believe that music should communicate to as many people as you can get to. In that kind of DJ, music journalist world the snobbery comes from 'it's too successful, therefore I can't like it. It's too big a hit'. |
| 23 | Aretha Franklin was a huge influence on the way I sing. I'd always try and get the notes that she could get. |
| 24 | I'm interested in what legacy you leave behind musically, not about what I am now, what I look like, whether I'm skinny, whether I'm fat, whether I'm good looking, whether I'm ugly. I don't think it matters. It's about the music. |
| 25 | I am in this business for the music. The whole fame and celebrity stuff is the bit that I've always been uncomfortable with. |
| 26 | We've bred this generation of young people who just want to be famous. |
| 27 | Celebrity is a fascination with a fake plastic image. |
| 28 | I've read some amazingly derogatory things about me over the years and I've sat there and thought: if you replaced "ginger" with "black" or even "Asian", you'd be up in front of a judge. |
| 29 | I was listening to the Beatles as well, which you weren't allowed to if you were a punk. So I never quite fitted in. |
| 30 | Like many artists, my deal meant I paid for the cost of recording the music. I paid for the marketing. I don't know any other business where you pay for something and then someone else owns it. |
| # | Fact |
|---|---|
| 1 | (1985 to present) Lead Singer and only Original Band Member of Simply Red |
| 2 | Daughter Romy True, born 18 June 2007. |
| 3 | He and girlfriend Gabriella are expecting a baby girl in June 2007. |
| 4 | He was also the voice of Aida degli alberi (2001), an animation movie scored by Ennio Morricone. In the movie, Mick sang a duet with Filippa Giordano. |
| 5 | Simply Red were joint winners (with KLF) of the 1992 Brit Award for British Group. |
| 6 | Winner of the 1993 Brit Awards for British Male Solo Artist and British Group for Simply Red. |
| 7 | Winner of the 2002 Ivor Novello Award for Outstanding song collection. |
| 8 | He was a guest at the talk show TV-Huset (Oktober 2005) |
| 9 | Agreed to chair proceedings at Alastair Campbell's one-man show at The Bridgewater Hall in Manchester in March 2004. Alastair is Tony Blair's former director of communications. |
| 10 | Performed (as Simply Red) for the BBC's annual Children in Need charity event. [November 2003] |
| 11 | Before Simply Red, Hucknall sang in a punk band. |
| 12 | He has admitted that his band's name, Simply Red, is a tribute to his love of Manchester United, which he has supported since childhood. |
| 13 | He wanted to buy Manchester United football club in 1998. |
| 14 | Labour Party supporter. |
| 15 | Is said to be worth £30,000,000 |
Soundtrack
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sisters | 2015/III | writer: "Holding Back the Years" - as Michael Hucknall | |
| Ochéntame... otra vez | 2014 | TV Series documentary writer - 1 episode | |
| Alba | 2014 | TV Series documentary writer - 1 episode | |
| World Championship Snooker | 2014 | TV Series writer - 1 episode | |
| The Voice UK | 2014 | TV Series writer - 1 episode | |
| Grand Theft Auto V | 2013 | Video Game writer: "Something Got Me Started Hurley's House Mix" - as Michael James Hucknall | |
| Sunday Brunch | 2013 | TV Series performer - 1 episode | |
| Idool 2011 | 2011 | TV Series writer - 1 episode | |
| Ghosts of Girlfriends Past | 2009 | writer: "Holding Back the Years" | |
| They Came from Manchester: Five Decades of Mancunian Pop | 2008 | TV Movie writer: "Holding Back The Years" | |
| Later... With Jools Holland | 2008 | TV Series performer - 1 episode | |
| The Nanny Diaries | 2007 | writer: "Stay" | |
| Polly World: Her First Full-Length Movie | 2006 | Video "Smile" | |
| Idols | 2005 | TV Series writer - 1 episode | |
| Six Feet Under | 2005 | TV Series writer - 1 episode | |
| De-Lovely | 2004 | performer: "I Love You" 1943 | |
| EastEnders | 2003-2004 | TV Series writer - 2 episodes | |
| Idol | 2003 | TV Series writer - 1 episode | |
| Door to Door | 2002 | TV Movie writer: "Holding Back The Years" | |
| Zwei Männer am Herd | 2001 | TV Series writer - 1 episode | |
| Whatever It Takes | 2000 | writer: "Holding Back the Years" | |
| Love & Basketball | 2000 | writer: "Holding Back The Years" - as Michael James Hucknall | |
| An Audience with Tom Jones | 1999 | TV Special performer: "Ain't That a Lot of Love" | |
| Me Myself I | 1999 | writer: "So Beautiful" 1995 - as M. Hucknall | |
| Top of the Pops | 1995-1998 | TV Series writer - 8 episodes | |
| Brit Awards 1996 | 1996 | TV Special writer: "Fairground" | |
| Jack & Sarah | 1995 | writer: "Stars" | |
| Stars in Their Eyes | 1991-1994 | TV Series writer - 2 episodes | |
| Après l'amour | 1992 | writer: "The Right Thing" | |
| Sjans | 1992 | TV Series writer - 1 episode | |
| Only Fools and Horses.... | 1989 | TV Series writer - 1 episode | |
| Frantic | 1988 | writer: "I'm Gonna' Lose You" | |
| 3 Men and a Baby | 1987 | writer: "The Right Thing" | |
| Cross My Heart | 1987 | writer: "Holding Back the Years" | |
| A Year in the Life | 1987 | TV Series writer - 1 episode | |
| Miami Vice | 1986-1987 | TV Series writer - 2 episodes |
Actor
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Simply Red: Farewell - Live at the Sydney Opera House | 2011 | ||
| De-Lovely | 2004 | Musical Performer - "I Love You" |
Composer
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aufregung auf der Weide | 2009 | TV Short |
Self
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Question Time | 2004-2014 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Beatles' Please Please Me: Remaking a Classic | 2014 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Night of the Proms | 2013 | TV Series | Himself - Singer |
| Loose Women | 2006-2013 | TV Series | Himself - Performer / Himself |
| Sunday Brunch | 2013 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| The 2012 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony | 2012 | TV Movie | Himself |
| B.B. King: The Life of Riley | 2012 | Documentary | Himself |
| The Nation's Favourite Bee Gees Song | 2011 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Breakfast | 2008-2011 | TV Series | Himself - Musician / Himself |
| Music Nuggets | 2011 | TV Series | Himself |
| Legends | 2010 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| The Alan Titchmarsh Show | 2009 | TV Series | Himself |
| Mastermind | 2008 | TV Series | Himself |
| The One Show | 2008 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| Wetten, dass..? | 2003-2008 | TV Series | Himself |
| Songbook | 2008 | TV Series | Himself |
| Later... With Jools Holland | 1998-2008 | TV Series | Himself / Himself - Interviewee |
| Quelli che... il calcio | 2008 | TV Series | Himself - Performer |
| Simply Red: Stay - Live at the Royal Albert Hall | 2007 | Himself / Vocals | |
| Family Guy | 2007 | TV Series | Himself |
| This Morning | 2004-2007 | TV Series | Himself / Himself - Performer |
| Comic Relief: The Apprentice | 2007 | TV Movie | Himself |
| Soul Britannia | 2007 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Himself |
| The Sharon Osbourne Show | 2006 | TV Series | Himself |
| How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria? | 2006 | TV Series | Himself - Performer |
| All-Time Greatest Party Songs | 2005 | TV Movie documentary | Performer / Himself (as Simply Red) |
| GMTV | 2003-2005 | TV Series | Himself |
| Strictly Come Dancing | 2005 | TV Series | Himself - Musical Guest |
| Saturday Swings | 2005 | TV Movie | Himself |
| 42. Sopot Festival | 2005 | TV Movie | Himself |
| Classic Albums | 2004 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| All-Time Greatest Love Songs | 2004 | TV Movie documentary | Himself - Performer (as Simply Red) |
| Parkinson | 2003-2004 | TV Series | Himself / Themselves |
| Kelly | 2004 | TV Series | Himself |
| One Life to Live | 2004 | TV Series | Himself |
| Children in Need | 2003 | TV Series | Himself |
| TV total | 2003 | TV Series | Himself |
| The National Music Awards 2003 | 2003 | TV Movie documentary | Himself - Performer |
| Celebridade | 2003 | TV Series | Himself |
| Jimmy Kimmel Live! | 2003 | TV Series | Himself |
| 95.8 Capital FM's Party in the Park for the Prince's Trust 2003 | 2003 | TV Special | Himself - Performer (as Simply Red) |
| Verstehen Sie Spaß? | 2003 | TV Series | Himself |
| Top of the Pops | 1985-2003 | TV Series | Himself |
| V Graham Norton | 2003 | TV Series | Himself |
| It's the Number One Party | 2003 | TV Movie documentary | Himself - Performer (as Simply Red) |
| ABC 2000: The Millennium | 1999 | TV Movie documentary | |
| Die Lotto-Show | 1998-1999 | TV Series | Himself |
| TFI Friday | 1996-1999 | TV Series | Himself |
| An Audience with Tom Jones | 1999 | TV Special | Himself |
| Martine McCutcheon: This Is My Moment | 1999 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Lenny Goes to Town | 1998 | TV Series | Himself |
| An Audience with Rod Stewart | 1998 | TV Movie | Performer / Himself |
| Dennis Pennis R.I.P. | 1997 | Video | Himself |
| The Tony Ferrino Phenomenon | 1997 | TV Movie | Himself |
| MTV Europe Music Awards 1996 | 1996 | TV Special | Himself (as Simply Red) |
| Lauren Hutton and... | 1996 | TV Series | Himself |
| Knowing Me, Knowing You with Alan Partridge | 1995 | TV Series | Himself - Special Guest |
| MTV Europe Music Awards 1995 | 1995 | TV Special | Himself - Performer (as Simply Red) |
| Masterchef | 1995 | TV Series | Himself |
| Brit Awards 1992 | 1992 | TV Special | Himself - Award Winner |
| Aspel & Company | 1992 | TV Series | Himself |
| Late Night with David Letterman | 1991 | TV Series | Himself |
| Cilla's Goodbye to the '80s | 1989 | TV Movie as Simply Red | |
| The 29th Annual Grammy Awards | 1987 | TV Special | Himself (as Simply Red) |
| The Last Resort with Jonathan Ross | 1987 | TV Series | Himself |
| Tocata | 1987 | TV Series | Himself |
| Brit Awards 1987 | 1987 | TV Special | Himself - Performer (as Simply Red) |
| MTV Video Music Awards 1986 | 1986 | TV Special | Himself - Performer (as Simply Red) |
Archive Footage
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stayin' Alive - 50 Jahre Bee Gees | 2013 | Documentary | Himself |
| Essential Music Videos: Classic '80s | 2004 | Video short | Himself - Simply Red (segment "Holding Back the Years") (uncredited) |
| The Way They Were | 1999 | TV Movie | |
| Omnibus | 1998 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Top of the Pops | 1995 | TV Series | Himself |
Won Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Gold Badge Award | BASCA Gold Badge Awards |
Known for movies
An Audience with Tom Jones (1999)
as Himself
The Tony Ferrino Phenomenon (1997)
as Himself
Grand Theft Auto V (2013)
as Soundtrack
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (2009)
as Soundtrack
