Sunny Michaela Sweeney is an American singer-songwriter. Before becoming a singer she dreamed of being an improvising actress. She moved to New York to achieve that goal; however, her colleagues encouraged her to become a singer, and for that reason, she returned to Texas.
She signed a deal with Big Machine Records. Her debut album, Heartbreaker’s Hall of Fame, was released in 2007, but neither the album nor the three singles from it made it to the charts. In 2011 Concrete was released, which entered the twenty-first position of the US ranking. The first single from Concrete, From a Table Away, entered the top ten in the US country chart.
Sunny Sweeney Age, Birthday, Parents, Siblings
Born on December 7, 1976, in Houston, East Texas as Sunny Michaela Sweeney, she is a Sagittarius. In her early childhood, she spends being a gutsy and musical child. Her father and mother separated when she was a child but she got the amazing stepdad, Paul Strickland. He was a veteran and he is the teacher who persuaded Sunny on her musical journey and taught her to play guitar. Sunny gives all the credit to her step-dad for her success in her musical career.
She adores her biological father as well and feels blessed for having two fathers in her life. Her Instagram posts show her mother pictures holding her when she was a baby. Her mother is a beautiful and amazing woman to whom Sunny still talks frequently for advice and support after herself being a mother. She has a sister not biological but whom she thinks to be more than her sister, Lashonda. She and Lashonda are childhood friends from Longview, and Lashonda used to be the first audience when Sunny started out her musical performances for the first time in her career.
When she was in the senior year of her high school, she for the chance to sing in the year-end choir show. However, she never intended to become a singer again. After school, she attended Southwest Texas State University. But then she moved to New York City to take a break from school. After being mentally prepared to face school again, she returned and got a degree in Public Relations from SWT.
Sunny Sweeney Career, Songs, Tour
Sunny’s intention was from the start was to become an actress, so when she moved to New York for a while she tried her hands at acting. She went on to perform on the improv comedy circuit, at the same time juggling between various day jobs(dog walker, nanny, and waitress). however, that didn’t turn out well, so she completed her education. She then formed a band and started laying in local bars of Austin. In March 2006, she put out her first album with Tommy Detamore. She then went on to sign to the independent Big Machine Records label.
She released her debut album in the same year and was reissued in March 2007 on Big Machine. the album and her songs were critically acclaimed but they failed to the charts. 2009 came with a bigger opportunity for her as she signed with Republic Nashville. In 2010, her first single From a Table Away was released which debuted at 58th spot on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. the same company released her second album Concrete in 2011. in 2012 however, Sunny parted ways with the company.
Sunny signed a recording contract with the Thirty Tigers record label in the year 2013 releasing her debut label single named Bad Girl Phase in 2014. she released her third studio record named Provoked in the same year. And in 2015, she released a duet song with Will Hoge titles My Bed. In 2016, she along with Randy Roger released a duet song Between You and Me as a tribute to Kent Finlay. Later, in 2017, Sunny released Trophy as her fourth studio album. In 2020, she has released her song Poet’s Prayer from the album TBD.
Sunny Sweeney Net Worth, Income and Earnings 2021
Sunny is an emerging singer, songwriter, and a YouTuber. Her YouTube channel has a total video count of 13.5 million and she has 27.5k subscribers to date. His means, Sunny has already earned between $13,510.00 to $27,020.00 US dollars on YouTube already.
This is her YouTube earning only, besides she has her musical career, from which Sunny Sweeney has accumulated a net worth of 2 million dollars.
Sunny Sweeney Husband / Married / Divorce
Sunny was married to Jeff Hellmer on November 11, 2011, and has two stepchildren from the marriage, Kati and Michael. Jeff Hellmer was a Sergeant with the Austin Police Department in Texas and he is a former Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force.
She has her own son Doug from the marriage. However, it is worth mentioning that Sunny has declared that she and her husband are already separated and she is tired of calling her ex-husband her current husband on the internet.
Sunny Sweeney Miscarriage/Children
Sunny and her then-husband had to go through a tough time when they were trying to conceive. the couple went through shots, creams, hormones, medications, and finally in vitro fertilization. After numerous trials and failure, one embryo did implant and Sunny was able to feel the effect of pregnancy.
She embraced morning sickness and the changes that came to her body. But it was not destined to be and she had to suffer a miscarriage. the experience has devastated her but she turned her experience into a song titled Bottle by My Bed.
She has no children as of now but she has a pet dog named Doug which she treats like her own son. He has his own Instagram account by the name of thewinnerisdoug with 1074 followers.
Sunny Sweeney Height / Weight
Sunny is a tall girl with a slim build, blonde hair, and blue eyes. She is 44 eats of age but she looks amazing and beautiful. Her pictures on her Instagram posts give us a glimpse of her making the 40s to be new 30s.
Sunny Sweeney Social Media
Sunny is very active on her Instagram account gettinsweenered with 49.5k followers and 4135 posts to date. She has even shared her mailing address for her fans so they can write to her, the address is Sunny, 6705 Highway 290 West Suite 502 Box 217 Austin, TX 78735. she has shared her own pictures, her pet’s pictures, and the pictures of her parents as well.
Sunny is active on her Facebook account Sunny Sweeney@OfficialSunnySweeney that is liked by 162,467 people and followed by 240,767 people. Her most recent post on Facebook is about her ex-husband still being listed as her current husband on the internet.
Sunny has her Twitter account as @GettinSweenered which she joined in February 2009. she has to date 68.8k followers. She has announced the release of her new album LIVE from the Machine Shop.
Sunny has an official YouTube channel as Sunny Sweeney which has to date 27.5k subscribers. She has joined YouTube on Jan 17, 2013, and have received 13,518,084 views for the videos she has posted.
Quick Facts and Information on Sunny Sweeney
| Full Name/Real Name | Sunny Michaela Sweeney |
| Date of Birth/Birthday | December 7, 1976 |
| Age | 44 |
| Birth Sign | Sagittarius |
| Born Country | USA |
| Hometown | Houston, East Texas |
| Nationality | American |
| Ethnicity | White |
| Parents | Paul Strickland stepdad |
| Siblings | N/A |
| Profession | Singer and songwriter |
| Education(college/university) | Southwest Texas State University |
| Marital status | Divorce |
| Ex-Husband | Jeff Hellmer |
| Children | None |
| Social Media | Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube |
| Net Worth | 2 million dollars |
| Hair color | Blonde |
| Eye color | Blue |
