Daniel Jay Gokey was born on the 24th April 1980, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin USA, and is a country music singer, who came to prominence by winning third place in “American Idol’s” eighth season in 2008. After the show, Gokey signed with 19 Recordings / RCA Records Nashville. He released his first single “My Best Days Are Ahead of Me” in 2009. His first album “My Best Days” was released the following year. He is the winner of Wisconsin Area Music Industry Award as the Male Vocalist of the Year (2010) and GMA Dove Award for the Christmas Album of the Year (2016). Gokey has been active in the entertainment industry since 2008.
How much is the net worth of Danny Gokey? It has been estimated by authoritative sources that the outright size of his wealth is equal to $600,000, as of the data presented in early 2017. Music is the main source of Gokey’s modest fortune.
Danny Gokey Net Worth $600,000
To begin with, Danny Gokey came to music by singing in weekly worship in church, and later became involved performing religious services, including holding the position of the musical director of the Faith Builders International Ministries. His first wife Sophia, whom he had met in high school and married in 2004, encouraged him to sign up for the reality competition show “American Idol” several times. In 2008, she had to undergo heart surgery, which she did not survive. Gokey then fulfilled her wish posthumously, only four weeks after her death singing in the casting show for the eighth season. He qualified, and made it to the top three. After the show, he went on the Idol Tour, and signed a record deal with 19 recordings / RCA Nashville. Despite his background with Christian pop music, he released a country album entitled “My Best Days” (2010) on the recommendation of his mentor, Randy Travis. The single from the album “My Best Days Are Ahead of Me” (2009) made it to the single charts, and afterwards he released two EPs with country songs.
Since 2014, he has turned back to religious music, and with his second album “Hope in Front of Me” he reached the top position of the Christian Music Charts, while in the official album charts he was still in 40th place. A Spanish version of the album entered the Latin Music Charts in 2016, while in between he released the album “Christmas Is Here”, and came in first place among the Christmas albums, so winning the GMA Dove Award as Christmas Album of the Year. His third studio album – “Rise”- released at the beginning of 2017, brought him back to the top position on the Christian charts.
Finally, in the personal life Danny Gokey, as previously mentioned he was married to his high school sweetheart Sophia from 2004 to her passing in 2008. In 2011, Danny started a relationship with Leyicet Peralta, and in 2012 the two married; they now have a son and a daughter.
