Gwen Stefani Story

Born on October 3rd, 1969 in Fullerton, California, Gwen Stefani was raised as a Roman Catholic in Anaheim, California. Her middle name, Renee, is from the Four Tops’ 1968 cover of the Left Banke’s 1966 song ‘Walk Away Renee’. Her name has been inspired from the 1968 novel Airport – the name of the stewardess in the same.

Her parents are Dennis and Patti (nee Flynn) Stefani. Her mother was an accountant-turned-housewife. Her father worked as a marketing executive in Yamaha. They were folk music fans. Artists like Bob Dylan and Emmylou Harries were known to the household. Her three siblings are – elder brother Eric (who was the keyboard player for No Doubt before he left the band to pursue animation on The Simpsons), and younger siblings Jill and Todd.

Career

After a slow start, her career eventually picked up. She was part of the No Doubt which came up with plenty of successful albums. Some of the studio albums were No Doubt (1992), The Beacon Street Collection (1995), Tragic Kingdom (1995), Return of Saturn (2000), Rock Steady (2001), and Push and Shove (2012). They have held some major concerts as a band like Tragic Kingdom World Tour, Rock Steady Tour, among others.

Gwen Stefani has three solo studio albums to her name – ‘Love. Angel. Music. Baby.’, ‘The Sweet Escape’, and ‘This is What the Truth Feels Like’. Her DVD video album is named Harajuku Lovers Live. She has several other works as a lead singer, solo singer, contributing artist, among others. Apart from her fashion brand L.A.M.B., she also has been part of various films and TV shows – either as herself or as part of ‘No Doubt’.

Personal Life

When she joined No Doubt, Stefani and bandmate Tony Kanal began dating each other. Stefani is known to have said, "...all I ever did was look at Tony and pray that God would let me have a baby with him." When Kanal broke the relationship, even the band had almost split. She later dated and married guitarist and lead singer of band Bush Gavin Rossdale. They married in 2002, first in London and then in Los Angeles. They have three sons together – Kingston James McGregor Rossdale, Zuma Nesta Rock Rossdale, and Apollo Bowie Flynn Rossdale

They put curtains on their wedding and filed for divorce in 2015. Before the divorce was granted in 2015, she had already announced that she was dating her The Voice co-star Blake Shelton. She has been involved in various philanthropic works – the biggest being her $1 million contributions to Save the Children’s Japan Earthquake – Tsunami Children. She auctioned her personal items on eBay to raise funds for some of the charities and donations.

Net Worth

The current net worth for the musician and fashion designer stands roughly at $100 million.

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