Eric Church
Net Worth: $14 million
Venture: Double Down Tour
The young Eric Church is an up and coming Country artist who’s been in the serious part of his career for the last 15 or so years. With six studio albums to his name, Church has produced many hit singles that seem to jive well with the younger fanbase of the genre. His first album, Sinners Like Me, was fairly well received and led to him teaming up with various other musicians such as Jason Aldean and Luke Bryan.
Church’s most recent album, Desperate Man, was also quite well received but has not attained exceptional acclaim or popularity. If you’re interested in checking his music, look no further than his best singles: “Springsteen,” “Drink in My Hand,” and his top hit “Raise ‘Em Up,” which he performed with Keith Urban.
Johnny Rodriguez
Net Worth: $4.6 million
Venture: RunninWide
Most people know Johnny Rodriguez as the Latin American country singer who managed to build his musical legacy and millions of dollars in net worth during the '70s and '80s. What most people don't know is that the young boy from Texas used to live in a family of ten and was put in jail at a young age following his father's and brother's deaths, which caused the young teen to stray. At just 20 years old, Rodriguez decided to turn his life around and moved to Nashville to try his luck as a country singer. He arrived with a guitar and $14 but soon found the demand for his musical and songwriting skills.
From there the Latin-American country singer went on to gain fame and national attention with his debut single "Pass Me By." Rodriguez's success peaked in 1975 with three number-one singles: "I Just Can't Get Her Out of My Mind," "Just Get Up and Close the Door," and "Love Put a Song in My Heart." His troubled youth kept creeping up on him as he was involved in very severe legal troubles. Fortunately, Rodriguez was able to stay on the straight path and continues to perform and release albums even today, with his latest album, "Live From Texas" coming out just a few years ago.
Tyler Farr
Net Worth: $4 million
Venture: Broken Bow Records
Tyler Farr started his career as a songwriter and expanded his endeavors over time to include a country singing career as-well. He was born in Missouri but relocated at a young age to Nashville in hopes of being discovered and becoming a successful country singer. His plan seemed to work at first, as he was signed to BNA label, but to his dismay, the label closed its doors just shortly after Farr released his first two singles. Luckily, he recovered quickly from the event and managed to sign with Columbia Records label, leading him to release two studio albums over the next two years and release eight singles which have successfully appeared on the Billboard charts.
Farr broke up with his second label, Columbia, after a falling out between the two, and from there he moved to Broken Bow Records in mid-2018. His highest rated single is "A Guy Walks Into a Bar", reaching the number-one spot in the chart when it was released in 2015. Far is married as of 2016 to his long-time girlfriend, and was featured on the Outdoor Channel show Buck Commander, where he talked about his love for hunting.
Hunter Hayes
Net Worth: $4.5 million
Venture: The 21 Project
The multi-talented Hunter Hayes is known for a lot more than his awesome voice and great looks. The 18-year-old debuted his first album entitled Hunter Hayes back in 2011 to fantastic sales figures and critical acclaim. The album reached the number seven spot on the Billboard 200 charts and dominated the country album charts. What makes Hayes unique across the board is his talent and skill at playing over thirty different types of instruments.
The country artists were promptly approached by Nashville’s Atlantic Records and started working with them. His first single, “Wanted” became a massive hit and sold over three and a half million copies in its first year since release. This made Hayes the youngest artist to reach such records and put him up as a contender for future country Hall of Fame status. All that’s left for him to do is to keep up the good work.
Joe Diffie
Net Worth: $36 million
Venture: All in the Same Boat
You may not recognize Joe Diffie in the picture above because most fans remember him as with the mullet-long-hair and mustache combination that just didn't seem to work but was still cool. Diffle is a country singer-songwriter from Nashville, Tennessee who was very famous during the '90s and early 2000s. Since his debut in 1989 as a country singer, he has released 35 singles which appeared in the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, with his top five songs being "Home," "If the Devil Danced (In Empty Pockets)," "Third Rock from the Sun," "Bigger Than the Beatles," and "Pickup Man," which was his most successful single and lasted four weeks at the number one spot.
He is often compared to George Jones and Mark Chesnutt, although he's regarded more as a humorous, rock-tinged singer rather than a traditional country artist. Diffie has been married four times so far. He used to hold charity concerts in the '90s for First Steps, a nonprofit that helps with education for mentally and physically disabled kids. He was even awarded a Humanitarian Award for his contributions in 1997 by Country Radio Broadcasters.