Esther Renay Dean was born on the 15th April 1982 in Muskogee, Oklahoma USA. She is best known under her stage name Ester Dean, and is a singer, song writer and voice actress, who broke into the music world with her hit single “Drop It Low” in 2009. She has also gained recognition for her songwriting skills; she has written songs for other notable artists such as Rihanna, Christina Aguilera, Beyonce and Katy Perry. She has been an active member of the entertainment industry since 2006.
Have you ever wondered how rich Ester Dean is? According to sources, it is estimated that Ester Dean`s total net worth is $24 million, an amount earned through her successful career in the music industry, however, she has recently expanded her career to voice acting, as she has appeared in animated films “Rio”(2012) and “Ice Age: Continental Drift” (2014).
Ester Dean Net Worth $24 Million
Ester grew up in Tulsa, the youngest of five sibling. When she was 15 Ester and her mother moved to Omaha, Nebraska, and in 2001 she graduated from Omaha North High School, after which she moved to Atlanta, Georgia. While in Atlanta, she appeared in every possible audition, until music producer Tricky Stewart spotted her talents and signed her to a local label, which enabled her to connect with other artists of the music scene.
Ester then moved to Los Angeles, and struck her first major songwriting deal, when she wrote a song for Rihanna entitled “Rude Boy”, which soon became Rihanna`s first No. 1 hit single, which enabled Ester to collaborate further with Rihanna, as well as gaining engagements with other notable artists. Over the course of her career as a songwriter, she has collaborated with Christina Aguilera, Britney Spears, Usher, Chris Brown, Kelly Clarkson, Nicki Minaj among others.
In addition to her songwriting, Ester Dean has also been recognized as a singer; her first single was released in 2009, entitled “Drop It Low” and it entered the top 40 on the Billboard chart. Several more singles have been released to date, which include “Baby Makin Love”, “How You Love It” featuring Missy Elliott, and “Crazy Youngsters”. Furthermore, she has released her debut EP entitled “Miss Ester Dean” in 2015. She was also featured in the songs “Love Suicide” by Tinie Tempah and “We`ve Only Just Began” by Michael Woods and has appeared on Chris Brown`s album “Graffiti”. All these projects added to Ester’s net worth.
Over the course of her career, Ester has also featured in animated films as a voice actress, and recently she was in the main cast of the film “Pitch Perfect” (2012) and its sequel “Pitch Perfect 2” (2015).
Overall, Ester Dean’s career has been very successful, particularly when counting her many nominations for prestigious awards. She has been nominated five times for a Grammy Award, BET Award for Best Hip-Hop Female Artist, and she has won the MTV Movie Award for Best Musical Moment.
Adding to her fame and net worth, Ester has developed a sex toy, which has the name of the first hit song she wrote “Rude Boy.
Regarding her personal life, she has been dedicated to her career in the entertainment industry, which keeps her busy so far, as she hasn’t married, and she tends to keep her relationships a close secret, although interestingly she claims to have ‘huge crushes on gay guys’, and says that she ‘plans to turn lesbian in 2015’!
