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Danny Gokey Net worth: Danny Gokey is an American singer with a net worth of $600,000. He is best known for his appearance on the eighth season of American Idol, and his most recent single, “Hope in Front of Me.” He was born Daniel Jay Gokey in 1980 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
He started singing with his family in church and grew up with four sisters and a brother. Before joining the eighth season of American Idol, he was the worship director for several years at his church, Faith Builders International Ministries. He auditioned in Kansas City just four weeks after his first wife, Sophia Martinez, passed away from complications from heart surgery. After finishing third in his American Idol season, he signed with 19 Recordings and RCA Nashville. His first album was the single “My Best Days Are Ahead of Me” and his debut album My Best Days was released in 2010. After leaving RCA Nashville in 2011, he turned his music towards adult pop/contemporary Christian and made his second album, Hope Before Me. In 2011, Gokey got engaged to his new wife, Leyicet Peralta, and the two married in 2012. Their son Daniel Emanuel was born on January 20, 2013, and Gokey is still active in the charity he set up for his first wife, Sophia’s Heart Foundation.
