- Source of Wealth: Music
- Age: 49
- Birth Place: Kansas City, Kansas, U.S.
- Height: 5′ 7″ (1.70 m)
- Weight: 54 kg (119.05 lbs)
- Marital Status: Married (Lauren Blitzer)
- Full Name: Richell Renee Wright
- Nationality: American
- Date of Birth: October 25, 1970
- Ethnicity: English, German and possibly other
- Occupation: Musician, Singer and Songwriter
- Education: Middle Tennessee State University and University of Missouri
- Children: 2 (George Samuel and Everett Joseph)
Richell Rene “Chely” Wright is an American country singer and gay rights advocate with an estimated net worth of $9 million. The Kansas City-born singer and songwriter had a passion for music at a very young age, her love for music grew when she started taking piano lessons around nine years old. At the age of fourteen, she started her own group called “The County Line“.
Upon moving to Nashville, her career flourished more when she started songwriting in the 1990s and eventually release her debut album “Woman in the Moon” in 1994. That same year, Academy of Country Music named her Top New Female Vocalist in 1995. “Shut Up and Drive” is her first Country Music hit. She has written her personal memoir in an autobiographical book called Like Me: Confessions of a Heart and Country Singer.