Janiva Magness

Quick Facts

Full Name	Janiva Magness
Occupation	Blues Singer
Date Of Birth	Jan 30, 1957(1957-01-30)
Age	67
Birthplace	Detroit
Country	United States
Birth City	Michigan
Horoscope	Capricorn

Janiva Magness Biography

Janiva Magness is one of the most popular and richest Blues Singer who was born on January 30, 1957 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Blues artist named B.B. In 2009, the Entertainer and Contemporary Blues Female Artists of the Year were selected.

Koko TAYLOR and Magness were both the first women to win B.B. King Entertainer Award.

Having been initially inspired by the music in her father’s record collection, an underage Magness attended an Otis Rush concert in Minneapolis that changed her outlook. Magness later recalled, “Otis played as if his life depended on it. There was a completely desperate, absolute intensity. I knew, whatever it was, I needed more of it.” Studying to become an engineer, she worked in a recording studio in Saint Paul, Minnesota, when she was coerced into doing some backing singing. Her work, which included backing Kid Ramos and R. L. Burnside, led her to Phoenix, Arizona and in forming her own band, the Mojomatics. They enjoyed local success before Magness relocated in 1986 to Los Angeles. Her first album More Than Live was released in 1991, her second release titled It Takes One to Know One, was released in 1997. In 1999, Magness starred in a stage production of It Ain’t Nothin’ But the Blues, at the David Geffen Theater in Westwood, Los Angeles.

Three independent releases followed before Magness was signed to a recording contract by NorthernBlues Music. They released Bury Him at the Crossroads (2004) and Do I Move You? (2006). Both albums were co-produced by Magness and Colin Linden, with the former earning them a Canadian Maple Blues Award for Producers Of The Year. Do I Move You? reached number 8 on the Billboard Blues Album Chart.

In 2012, she ended her seventeen-year-long relationship with Jeff Turmes, her husband and musical collaborator.

Janiva Magness Net Worth

Janiva Magness is one of the richest Blues Singer from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Janiva Magness 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

In 1997, she released It Takes One to Be One, her first album of blues.

In 2012, she released Stronger for It.

Janiva Magness (born January 30, 1957) is a Grammy Award nominated American blues, soul, and Americana singer and songwriter. To date she has released twelve albums.

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In 2013, Magness was nominated in five categories for more Blues Music Awards (BMA). In 2014, Magness left Alligator Records re-launching her own label, Fathead Records, and released Original, saying, “I’ve had an entire career up to this point of being an interpreter of other people’s songs. And I’ve been fine with that. But it became necessary to change that thinking. This record is titled Original because its eleven original tracks. I’m co-writer on seven of the eleven tracks.”

Facts & Trivia

Janiva Ranked on the list of most popular Blues Singer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Janiva Magness celebrates birthday on January 30 of every year.

In late 2016, she performed at the Americana Music Conference and Festival in Nashville, to further cement her cross-over into the genre.