Vergroten

Grammy awards:
* Best R&B Song (“I Believe I Can Fly”)
* Best R&B Male Vocal Performance (“I Believe I Can Fly”)
* Best Original Song from A Soundtrack (“I Believe I Can Fly”)
(all were won in 1998)

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Music facts

* R. Kelly had the most Billboard Top 40 hits of any male artist during the 1990s with 15.
* In 2005 VH1 voted “You Remind Me of Something” by R. Kelly as one of the “Top 50 Most Awesomely Bad Songs, Ever”.
* R. Kelly had the longest-running #1 single on Billboard’s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart with “Bump & Grind” registering at #1 for ten consecutive weeks and was also responsible for the second longest-running #1 single on the chart that year with Janet Jackson’s “Any Time, Any Place”, which stayed at #1 for 10 weeks there and ironically was remixed by Kelly himself (1994).
* R. Kelly’s productions on The Isley Brothers’ last album, “Body Kiss”, helped the album reach #1 on the Billboard Top 200 Albums chart, making Kelly one of the only artists to have had performed on a #1 pop album (“Chocolate Factory”)(Which sold way over 500,000 copies in its first week) and produce a #1 pop album for other artists (“Body Kiss”) (2003).
* The Best Of Both Worlds: Unfinished Business (2004) (with Jay-Z) debuted at No. 1 on The Billboard 200 Chart selling 215,000 copies its first week of release in the USA.
* Happy People/U Saved Me (2004) debuted at No. 2 on The Billboard 200 Chart selling 403,000 copies its first week of release in the USA; the album has sold more than 1 million copies to date in the USA.

Bron: Wikipedia

The R. in R&B Collection, Vol. 1
Released: 2003
Label: Jive

Track List:

Disc 1:
1. Bump N’ Grind
2. Your Body’s Callin’
3. Sex Me, Pt. 1
4. You Remind Me of Something
5. Ignition [Remix]
6. Down Low (Nobody Has to Know) – R. Kelly, Ronald Isley, Ernie Isley
7. When a Woman’s Fed Up
8. Step in the Name of Love [Remix]
9. Thoia Thoing
10. Touched a Dream
11. Fiesta [Remix] – Gotti, Boo, Gotti, R. Kelly, Jay-Z
12. I Wish
13. Ghetto Religion – R. Kelly, Jerry Duplessis, Wyclef Jean
14. Honey Love – R. Kelly, Public Announcement
15. She’s Got That Vibe – R. Kelly, Public Announcement
16. The World’s Greatest
17. I’m Your Angel – R. Kelly, Celine Dion
18. I Believe I Can Fly

Disc 2 [Bonus CD]:
1. Bump N’ Grind [Old School Mix]
2. Down Low (Nobody Has to Know) [Live to Regret It Mix (Blame It on the ] – R. Kelly, Ronald Isley
3. I Can’t Sleep Baby (If I) [Remix]
4. Gotham City [Remix]
5. If I Could Turn Back the Hands of Time

TP.3 Reloaded:
Burn it up
Slow Wind

Happy People/U Saved Me:
U Saved Me
Happy People

TP-2.com:
Ignition (Remix)
Snake
The Storm is Over Now
I Wish

R.:
Half On a Baby
When a Woman’s Fed Up

Thank god it’s Friday
Soldier’s Hart
I Can’t Sleep Baby (If I)
A Woman’s Threat
Sex me
Thoia Thoing
You Remind Me of Something
Bump And Grind
To Tha Hommies That We Lost
Your Body’s Callin

Burn it up

Nr. 14 van het album TP.3 Reloaded

Video “Slow Wind”

Nr. 4 van TP.3 Reloaded

Born:
1969 in Chicago, IL

Followers
Jamie Foxx, Houston, Jaheim, Syleena Johnson, Lloyd, Ray J, Sons of Funk, Trey Songz

Biografie:
Urban R&B producer/vocalist/multi-instrumentalist/songwriter R. Kelly and his supporting band Public Announcement began recording in 1992 at the tail end of the new jack swing era, yet he was able to keep much of its sound alive while remaining commercially successful. While he created a smooth, professional mixture of hip-hop beats, soul-man crooning, and funk, the most distinctive element of Kelly’s music is its explicit carnality. He was able to make songs like “Sex Me,” “Bump n’ Grind,” “Your Body’s Callin’,” and “Feelin’ on Yo Booty” into hits because his production was seductive enough to sell such blatant come-ons. As his crossover success broadened, Kelly also developed a flair for pop balladry that helped cement his status as one of the biggest-selling male artists of the ’90s. Kelly and Public Announcement released their debut album, Born Into the 90′s, at the beginning of 1992. It was an instant R&B smash, while earning a fair amount of pop airplay; “Honey Love” and “Slow Dance (Hey Mr. DJ)” were number one R&B hits, while “Dedicated” was his biggest pop hit at number 31. 12 Play, released in the fall of 1993, established Kelly as an R&B superstar, eventually selling over five million copies. The first single, “Sex Me, Pts. I & II,” went gold, and the second, “Bump n’ Grind,” hit number one on both the pop and R&B charts in 1994; it stayed on top of the R&B charts for an astonishing 12 weeks, while logging four weeks at number one the pop charts. The follow-up, “Your Body’s Callin’,” was another gold single, peaking at number 13 pop. Also in 1994, he produced Age Ain’t Nothing But a Number, the hit debut album for then 15-year-old Detroit R&B singer Aaliyah. Late in the year, it was revealed that Kelly and Aaliyah had wed in August and gotten an annulment shortly thereafter. The news sparked a small storm of controversy in the media, yet it didn’t hurt the careers of either singer. Kelly next wrote and co-produced “You Are Not Alone,” the second single from Michael Jackson’s HIStory album, which was released in the summer of 1995. Later that year, Kelly released a self-titled album which became his first to top the pop charts. R. Kelly sold four million copies and produced three platinum singles — “You Remind Me of Something,” “Down Low (Nobody Has to Know),” and “I Can’t Sleep Baby (If I)” — all of which hit number one R&B and reached the pop Top Ten. Kelly truly consolidated his crossover success with the 1996 single “I Believe I Can Fly,” which he recorded for the Michael Jordan movie Space Jam. Transcending Kelly’s prior sexed-up image, the song reached number two on the pop charts and won Grammy Awards for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance, Best R&B Song, and Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or for Television. Kelly remained in the public eye in 1997 with another Top Ten soundtrack tune, Batman & Robin’s “Gotham City.” The ambitious two-disc R. followed in 1998, and even though it downplayed the explicit lover-man routine that had made him a star, it became Kelly’s biggest-selling album yet, going platinum seven times over. Its first single, a duet with Celine Dion titled “I’m Your Angel,” became Kelly’s second number one pop hit with a six-week run on top. Even though subsequent singles “When a Woman’s Fed Up” and “If I Could Turn Back the Hands of Time” were more successful on the R&B charts, Kelly was well on his way to landing more Top 40 hits in the ’90s than any other male solo artist, and notched another with his guest appearance on Puff Daddy’s R&B chart-topper “Satisfy You.” Moving his blockbuster success into a new decade, Kelly returned in 2000 with TP-2.com, which spent three weeks at number one on the album charts and scaled back the ambition of R. to return to familiar lyrical themes. He scored two more R&B number ones with “I Wish” and “Fiesta” (the latter featuring guest Jay-Z), and had further hits with “Feelin’ on Yo Booty” and “The World’s Greatest,” the latter from the soundtrack of the Will Smith film Ali. In the wake of “Fiesta,” Kelly and Jay-Z teamed up to record an entire album together. The Best of Both Worlds was heavily hyped and even more heavily bootlegged, but problems of a much more serious nature arose in February 2002, when the Chicago Sun-Times reported that it had been given a videotape showing Kelly having sex with a 14-year-old girl. When the scandal broke, other reports surfaced that Kelly had settled a civil suit in 1998 involving a sexual relationship with a then-underage girl, and that he was in the process of settling another suit brought by an Epic Records intern making similar allegations. Copies of the tape in question were sold as bootlegs and on the Internet, and while there was some question as to whether the man was really Kelly, and whether the girl really was underage, Kelly’s past history seemed to lend credence to the charge. Some radio stations dropped him from their play lists, and anti-Kelly protests were staged in Chicago. Meanwhile, The Best of Both Worlds entered the charts at number two, but sold disappointingly; some blamed the scandal, others the extensive pre-release bootlegging, although the generally unfavorable reviews suggested that the record’s overall quality might also have been to blame. Following the initial sex-tape scandal, Kelly was dogged by numerous civil suits, including one from a girl who alleged that during her relationship with Kelly (which occurred while she was underage), she had become pregnant and gotten an abortion at the singer’s urging. A variety of other sex videos purporting to feature Kelly appeared as bootlegs, and a onetime Kelly protxc3xa9gxc3xa9e, a singer called Sparkle, stepped forward to identify the girl on the original tape as her then-14-year-old niece. In June, Chicago police officially charged Kelly with 21 counts of child pornography-related offenses, all related to the original tape. Kelly pleaded not guilty and released a new song, “Heaven, I Need a Hug,” which got extensive airplay for a brief period. Meanwhile, work on his next album, Loveland, stalled amid more heavy bootlegging. Kelly eventually scrapped some of the most pirated tracks, recorded some new songs, and reassembled the album as Chocolate Factory (which was slated to include a bonus disc with some of the deleted material). Released in advance of the album, lead single “Ignition” shot to number one on the R&B charts in late 2002. Chocolate Factory itself was released in early 2003, and followed in 2004 by Happy People/U Saved Me. Surprisingly, despite reports of a feud with Jay-Z, later in 2004 another album was released from The Best of Both Worlds sessions. Weeks before his child pornography trial the following year, TP.3 Reloaded was released, featuring the first five chapters of his soapy “Trapped in the Closet” saga. The Remix City, Vol. 1 compilation was released a few months later. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine & Steve Huey, All Music Guide

Single/EP
2005 In The Kitchen
2005 Playa’s Only [US 12"]
2005 In the Kitchen
2005 Slow Wind Remix [Single]
2005 Let Your Light Shine
2005 In The Kitchen/Trapped In The Closet (Chapter 1 of 5)
2005 Playa’s Only [Germany CD #2]
2005 Trapped in the Closet – Chapter 2
2005 In The Kitchen
2005 In the Kitchen [Clean]
2004 U Saved Me
2004 Happy People/U Saved Me [Import CD]
2004 Happy People [CD #1]
2004 Snake [UK CD]
2003 Thoia Thoing
2003 Step in the Name of Love
2003 Thoia Thoing [Remixes]
2003 Step in the Name of Love/Thoia Thoing [UK CD]
2003 Ignition [UK CD #1]
2003 Ignition [UK CD #2]
2003 Snake [Remix]
2002 Honey Love/Get This Money
2002 Honey Love [UK CD]
2002 World’s Greatest
2002 A Soldier’s Heart
2002 Ignition [US 12"/CD]
2002 Heaven I Need a Hug
2001 Storm Is over Now
2001 Fiesta [US CD]
2001 Feeling on You Booty: The Remixes
2001 Fiesta [Holland CD]
2001 Fiesta [Australia CD]
2001 Fiesta [US 12"]
2000 I Wish
2000 I Wish (Remix)
2000 I Believe I Can Fly [Germany CD Single]
2000 Only the Loot Can Make Me Happy
2000 Bad Man
1999 If I Could Turn Back the Hands of Time [CD/Vinyl Single]
1999 Home Alone [UK]
1999 Turn Back the Hands of Time [UK CD Single]
1999 Home Alone [Australia]
1999 If I Could Turn Back the Hands of Time [CD5/Cassette Single]
1999 Did You Ever Think?
1998 I’m Your Angel [CD5/Cassette Single]
1998 I’m Your Angel [Vinyl Single]
1998 Half on a Baby
1997 I Believe I Can Fly [UK Single]
1997 Gotham City [Netherlands CD]
1997 Gotham City [5 Tracks]
1997 Gotham City [2 Tracks]
1996 Down Low (Nobody Has to Know) [#1]
1996 I Believe I Can Fly [US Single #1]
1996 Down Low (Nobody Has to Know) [#2]
1996 I Can’t Sleep
1996 I Believe I Can Fly [US Single #2]
1995 You Remind Me of Something
1994 Bump N’ Grind [Cassette Single]
1994 Summer Bunnies [Cassette Single]
1994 Summer Bunnies [Single]
1994 Your Body’s Callin’
1994 Bump N’ Grind [CD5/ Vinyl Single]
1993 Sex Me [Cassette Single]
1993 Dedicated
1993 Sex Me (Part I & II) [Single]
1992 Honey Love [Cassette Single]
1992 Honey Love [Vinyl Single]
1992 Slow Dance (Hey Mr DJ)
1991 She’s Got That Vibe [Vinyl Single]
1991 She’s Got That Vibe [Cassette Single]
1990 Why You Wanna Play Me

Born into the ’90s
Released: 1992
Label: Jive
Artists: R. Kelly & Public Announcement

Track List:
1. She’s Loving Me
2. She’s Got That Vibe
3. Definition of a Hotti
4. I Know What You Need
5. Keep It Street
6. Born into the 90′s
7. Slow Dance
8. Dedicated
9. Honey Love
10. Hangin’ Out
11. Hey Love (Can I Have a Word) – Mr. Lee, R. Kelly & Public Announcement