How Much is Elle King Worth? Elle King in Net Worth 2026: Career Earnings & Assets

Many fans are curious about Elle King's financial success in 2026. In this article, we dive deep into the assets and career highlights.

What Is Elle King's Net Worth?

Elle King is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and actress who has a net worth of $4 million. King is the daughter of comedianRob Schneider, and she has appeared in his films "Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo" (1999), "The Benchwarmers" (2006), and "Wild Cherry" (2009). She also performed with her father in his 2020 Netflix special "Rob Schneider: Asian Momma, Mexican Kids," and that year she co-starred withDiane KeatonandJeremy Ironsin the romantic comedy "Love, Weddings & Other Disasters." Elle has released the studio albums "Love Stuff" (2015) and "Shake the Spirit" (2018), and her 2014 single "Ex's & Oh's" reached #1 on the "Billboard" Hot Rock & Alternative Songs chart and earned her two Grammy nominations. She was also featured on the Grammy-nominatedDierks Bentleysingle "Different for Girls," which was certified Platinum in the U.S. and Canada.

Early Life

Elle King was born Tanner Elle Schneider on July 3, 1989, in Los Angeles, California. Her father, Rob Schneider, joined the cast of "Saturday Night Live" the year after Elle was born, and her mother, London King, is a former model who now works as a doula. After King's parents divorced, she lived in Ohio with her mother and stepfather, Justin Tesa. When Elle was 9 years old, Tesa gave her an album by the female hard rock band the Donnas, and King became interested in pursuing music. Around this time, Elle appeared in Schneider's 1999 film "Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo," and at age 13, she began learning to play the guitar. She later learned to play the banjo because of her love for the music of Earl Scruggs andHank Williams. As a teenager, King attended Buck's Rock Performing and Creative Arts Camp in Connecticut, where she performed in several musicals. Elle attended Elisabeth Irwin High School/Little Red School House in Manhattan, and after graduation, she enrolled at Philadelphia's University of the Arts to study film and painting. After college, King moved to Copenhagen, Denmark, then she lived in Los Angeles before returning to New York City.

Career

At age 16, Elle began performing in NYC nightclubs using a fake ID, and after signing with RCA, she released the single "Good to Be a Man" in March 2012, followed by "The Elle King EP" in June. "The Elle King EP" reached #34 on the "Billboard" Top Heatseekers chart, and the track "Playing for Keeps" was the theme song for the 2012 VH1 reality series "Mob Wives Chicago." "Esquire" magazine named King an "Artist to Watch in 2012," and she performed on "Late Show withDavid Letterman" in August of that year. In September 2014, Elle released the hit single "Ex's & Oh's," which was certified 4x Platinum in the U.S. and 5x Platinum in Canada. "Ex's & Oh's" reached the top 10 in more than a dozen countries, and King performed the song on "The Today Show," "The Tonight Show StarringJimmy Fallon," "Jimmy KimmelLive!," and "Dick Clark'sNew Year's Rockin' Eve." Her debut album, "Love Stuff," was released in February 2015, and it went Platinum in the U.S., Gold in Canada, and Silver in the U.K. The album reached #26 on the "Billboard" 200 chart, and the single "America's Sweetheart" was certified Gold in the U.S. and Platinum in Canada. In 2016, Elle's song "Good Girls" was featured in the film "Ghostbusters, and she performed on Dierks Bentley's "Different for Girls," which earned numerous award nominations.

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In October 2018, King released her second album, "Shake the Spirit," and it reached #68 on the "Billboard" 200 chart. The album featured the singles "Shame" and "Baby Outlaw," and "Shame" reached #22 on the "Billboard" Hot Rock & Alternative Songs chart. In 2019, Elle co-hosted MTV's "Catfish: The TV Show," recorded "Under the Mistletoe" withRonnie Spector, and performed on theMiranda Lambertsong "Fooled Around and Fell in Love," which also featuredMaren Morris, Caylee Hammack, Tenille Townes, and Ashley McBryde. In 2020, King released the EP "In Isolation" and was featured on Needtobreathe's "Who Am I" and The Night Game's "Companion." In 2021, she teamed up with Miranda Lambert again for the song "Drunk (And I Don't Wanna Go Home)," which reached #6 on the Hot Rock & Alternative Songs chart and #9 on the Country Airplay chart. The song earned the duo nominations from the Grammys and Country Music Association Awards, and they performed it at the 56th Academy of Country Music Awards in April 2021.

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