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.
