Iconic music artist Frank Farian initially was trained as a chef but he went on to pursue a musical career initially as a singer and then also as a producer.
Farian has worked with iconic musical artists, including Meat Loaf and Stevie Wonder. Frank Farian is credited for selling an estimated 800 million records worldwide. The artist landed in a major controversy with Milli Vanilli.
Frank Farian went on to find the disco-pop group, Boney M. The group comprised Liz Mitchell, Bobby Farrell, Marcia Barrett, and Maizie Williams, during the 1970s.
Farian was the band’s main songwriter. The band went on to release some iconic tracks, including Rasputin, Daddy Cool, Sunny,” and Rivers of Babylon.
The track, Rasputin, has recently gone viral after the intro of the track has resurfaced on TikTok over the last several years.
Believe it or not, Farian sang all the male lead vocals for the band that would go on to sell more than a whopping 100 million records. Let us find out all about Frank Farian’s Net Worth.
What Is Frank Farian’s Net Worth
Frank Farian’s Net Worth is estimated to be something around $40 million. Frank Farian is credited for founding the hit R&B pop duo Milli Vanilli.
The group comprised of Fab Morvan and Rob Pilatus and the group came into the limelight during the late 1980s. The group went on to release tracks like, Blame It on the Rain, Girl You Know It’s True,” and “I’m Gonna Miss You,” these tracks were big hits amongst music lovers.
However, the group landed in some major controversy after it was revealed that Fab Morvan and Rob Pilatus had lip-synced their songs with session singers.
Milli Vanilli grabbed huge attention and fame while also earning a Grammy for Best New Artist at the 1990 awards show. However, with the controversy coming out, the award was later revoked, and the musical duo gave the award back.
Frank Farian also founded the group No Mercy back in 1995, along with twin brothers Ariel and Gabriel Hernandez and Marty Cintron. The musical trio went on to release More in 1998, the album My Promise back in 1996, and their last album Day by Day in 2007.
What Happened To Frank Farian?
Sadly, renowned artist Frank Farian has passed away. He was 82 years old. The devastating news has been further confirmed by his agency. Earlier in 2022, the artist revealed that he had undergone heart surgery and further added that he also had a pig heart valve inserted, which saved his life.
It has been further revealed that the late artist was forced to use a wheelchair and was also given breathing equipment due to his ongoing health struggle with his lungs.
A friend of Frank’s, and his ex-partner, Ingrid “Milli” Segith, used to visit him at his residence in Miami over the New Year. As Ingrid revealed Frank was physically very weak, but he was still full of energy, while further adding that Frank was still sitting in the recording studio all day working on some of his new music.
Fab Morvan has sent his condolences while saying that Frank’s music will live on and pointed out that with everything that happened, no one should forget the happiness and joy that the late artist brought into the world with his music. Frank’s daughter further stated that he lived peacefully in his apartment in Miami.
Was Frank Farian Married?
While Frank Farian was never married, he was together with Chinya Onyewenjo for 20 years. Although the two were together for two long decades, but never really tied the knot. However, the pair parted ways in 2008.
Frank had three daughters and a son, including Yanina and Zoe. Both his daughters, whom the former partners shared, paid heartfelt tribute to their father. Frank’s former partner Chinya also took to social media to pay tribute to her longtime partner as she will continue to cherish some of the spent together.
