Who is country singer Ashley Monroe?
ASHLEY Monroe is a native of Tennessee. Monroe made headlines after revealing she has a rare blood condition. Monroe, is a country music singer-songwriter from Knoxville, TN. Born September 10, 1986, the artist is 34-years-old. In 2011, Monroe was apart of the country music group Pistol Annies, along with Miranda Lambert and Angaleena Presley. In 2014, Presley confirmed that the group was taking a temporary hiatus due to the success of Lambert and Monroe's solo career. Monroe's debut album, Satisfied, was released in 2009 after she left Columbia records, her songs Satisfied and I Don't Want To from the album reached the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. She is currently signed to Warner Records and Sony Music Nashville. Throughout her career, she has been nominated for multiple Grammy and Academy of Country Music Awards. On April 30, 2021, Monroe released her fifth studio album, Rose Gold. On July 13, 2021, Monroe announced on Instagram that she has a rare type of blood cancer called Waldenstrm macroglobulinemia (WM). The condition is a type of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma also known as lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma. "It's causing my body to be pretty severely anemic, and I feel it," she reveled. After undergoing a bone marrow biopsy, doctors discovered the cancer. Monroe will begin chemotherapy on July 14, 2021, to fight the disease. "I'm thankful there IS a treatment that actually works to fight what is causing harm to my body. THANKFUL for friends and family who have gathered around me praying and sending flowers and letting me lean on them during this super weird chapter of my life," she continued in her social media post. According to the American Cancer Society, WM cells grow in bone marrow and can lead to anemia, tiredness, and weakness. WM "can also cause low numbers of white blood cells, which makes it hard for the body to fight infection. The numbers of platelets in the blood can also drop, leading to increased bleeding and bruising." Monroe's condition is treatable. Since 2013, Monroe has been married to 36-year-old John Danks. Danks is a former MLB pitcher who played for the Chicago White Sox. In August 2017, the couple welcomed their first child Dalton William Danks, 3, to the world. "Welcome to the world, love of my life. Dalton William Danks," Monroe captioned pictures of her newborn on Instagram back in 2017. According to Net Worth Post, Monroe has a net worth of an estimated $14million. Her net worth comes from her musical career. Over the years, she has also performed on multiple talk-shows including Conan, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. She was also a credited TV series writer on American Idol, Saturday Night Live, Nashville, and the Late Show with David Letterman.