Anita Baker
Net Worth: $40 million*
Year of Retirement: 2018
Where Are They Now: Retired
Anita Baker was and continues to be one of the most well-known R&B singers. Her tracks “Sweet Love,” “Caught Up in the Rapture,” “No One in the World,” and others propelled her to the top of the charts and solidified her position as a music legend. Baker rose to prominence as a deep ballad singer during the 1980s’ “Quiet Storm” genre of music. Baker has continued to perform consistently since then, relying on her big fan base to keep her going. However, the singer-songwriter announced her retirement from music a few years ago. It’s unclear what she’ll do in retirement, but the 63-year-old has accumulated enough money to live off her achievements for quite some time.
Willa Ford
Net Worth: $1 million*
Year of Retirement: 2014
Where Are They Now: Interior designer
Willa Ford has been a fixture in Hollywood for many years. You probably remember her from “I Wanna Be Bad,” a pop hit that made Britney Spears’ “Slave 4 U” and Christina Aguilera’s “Dirrty” look tame. Ford’s acting credits include Friday the 13th, Impulse, The Anna Nicole Smith Show, The Nurse, and others. She took a break from performing and soft-retired in 2014 (the year of her final film). Ford is currently an interior designer with her own firm, as well as a position on Flip it Like Disick, Kourtney Kardashian’s ex-husband’s house-flipping reality show.