  R. Kelly was born on January 8,
1968 and grew up in Chicago. Even though the
odds were against Kelly as he grew up in the
projects of Chicago, getting shot during a
mugging and the guidance of his mother and a
teacher helped Kelly stay away from gangs and
turn to basketball and eventually music. In
the mid-90s, R. Kelly rose out as a solo act
into the limelight of R&B and pop radio
with his smooth style and songwriting. At the
turn of the decade, Kelly was making money
performing his music to an audience - it was
on the streets of Chicago, but the money was
increasing. Kelly's big break came while he
was singing at a friend's barbecue in front
of other guests that included a
representative from Jive Records. Soon Kelly
signed with the record label.
 Kelly, as a member of Public
Announcement, released Born
Into The 90's. The LP went platinum and
contained the hits "She's Got That
Vibe," "Dedicated," "Honey Love," and "Slow
Dance (Hey Mr. DJ)."
Born
Into The 90's was certified gold.
Kelly & Public
Announcement topped the Billboard
R&B Singles chart for 2 weeks with "Honey Love."
 Kelly and Public
Announcement hit the Top 40 with
"Honey Love."
Kelly and Public
Announcement hit the Top 40 with
"Slow Dance (Hey Mr DJ)"."
Kelly & Public
Announcement topped the Billboard
R&B Singles chart for 1 week with "Slow Dance (Hey Mr DJ)"."
 # 85
Singles Artist of the Year
Born
Into The 90's was certified platinum.
R. Kelly &
Public Announcement were nominated for an American Music
Award for Favorite Soul/R&B Single ("Honey Love").
 November 9: By the end of the
year, R. Kelly was on his own and he released
12
Play. Kelly's sexy lyrics took him
the top of the pop charts with "Bump N'
Grind" and found success with the tracks
"Your
Body's Callin'" and "Sex Me (Parts I &
II)."
Kelly hit the
Top 40 with "Sex Me (Parts I &
II)."
 The single "Sex Me (Parts I &
II)"
was certified gold.
 # 14
Singles Artist of the Year
12
Play was certified platinum.
 12
Play topped the Billboard R&B
Albums chart for 9 weeks.
Kelly hit the Top 40 with "Bump
N' Grind."
Kelly topped the Billboard
R&B Singles chart for 12 weeks and the
R&B Singles Sales chart for 13 weeks with
"Bump
N' Grind."
12
Play and the single "Bump
N' Grind" were certified platinum.
Kelly hit the Top 10 with "Bump
N' Grind."
Kelly topped the Billboard Hot
100 Singles Sales chart for 10 weeks and
R&B Airplay chart for 8 weeks with "Bump
N' Grind."
Kelly hit #1 for a week with "Bump
N' Grind."
Kelly topped the Billboard Hot
100 Singles chart for 4 weeks and the
Billboard Hot Dance Music Maxi-Singles Sales
chart for 3 weeks with "Bump
N' Grind."
 Kelly hit the Top 40 with "Your
Body's Callin'."
Kelly topped the Billboard
R&B Airplay chart for 3 weeks with "Your
Body's Callin'."
While Kelly continued to reap
the rewards of a his hit LP throughout the
year, he also produced the debut LP by Aaliyah. By the end of the
summer, rumors of a marriage between Kelly
and the 15-year old songstress had surfaced.
12
Play was certified 3x platinum.
The single "Your
Body's Callin''" was certified gold.
 The video for "Bump
N' Grind" was nominated for a MTV Video Music
Award for Best R&B Video.
Kelly topped the Billboard
Year-End Charts as the Top Pop Artist
- Male (singles & albums), the Top Hot
100 Singles Artist - Male, the Top R&B
Artist (singles & albums), the Top
R&B Artist - Male (singles & albums),
Top R&B Single ("Bump
N' Grind"), the Top R&B Singles
Artist, the Top R&B Singles Artist -
Male, and Top R&B Airplay Track ("Your
Body's Callin'").
 # 100
Singles Artist of the Year
Kelly was nominated for an American Music
Award for Favorite Soul/R&B
Album.
 Kelly found himself on the top
of pop and R&B charts again, but this
time as songwriter and co-producer for Michael
Jackson's "You Are Not
Alone."
Kelly appeared on the soundtrack
for Low
Down Dirty Shame with a remix of
"Homie, Lover, Friend."
12
Play was certified 4x platinum.
 Kelly released R.
Kelly. The LP reflected a change for
Kelly with less emphasis on suggestive and
sexual lyrics, and help from gospel singer, Kirk
Franklin, and rapper, The
Notorious B.I.G.
Kelly topped the Billboard
R&B Singles chart for a week and the
Singles Sales chart for a week with "You Remind Me Of
Something."
Kelly hit the Top 40 with "You Remind Me Of
Something."
 R.
Kelly topped the Billboard Pop Albums
chart for a week and the R&B Albums chart
for 2 weeks.
Kelly hit the Top 10 with "You Remind Me Of
Something."
 # 21
Singles Artist of the Year
R.
Kelly was certified 2x platinum and
the single "You Remind Me Of
Something" was certified platinum.
R. Kelly was nominated for a Grammy Award for Song of the Year (songwriting
nomination for Michael
Jackson's "You Are Not
Alone."
 Kelly hit the Top 40 with "Down
Low (Nobody Has To Know)."
Kelly topped the Billboard Hot
R&B Singles chart for 7 weeks, the Hot
R&B Singles Sales chart for 7 weeks, the
Hot R&B Singles Airplay chart for a week,
and the Dance Music Maxi-Singles Sales chart
for 3 weeks with "Down
Low (Nobody Has To Know)."
The single "Down
Low (Nobody Has To Know)" was certified
platinum and hit the Top 10.
12
Play was certified 5x platinum and R.
Kelly was certified 3x platinum.
Kelly hit the Top 40 with "I Can't Sleep Baby (If
I)."
 Kelly topped the Billboard Hot
R&B Singles chart for 2 weeks with "I Can't Sleep Baby (If
I)."
Kelly hit the Top 10 with "I Can't Sleep Baby (If
I)."
The single "I Can't Sleep
(If I)" was certified platinum.
The video for "Down
Low (Nobody Has To Know)" was nominated
for an MTV Video Music Award for Best Male Video.
 Kelly hit the Top 40 with "I Believe I Can Fly" from the Space
Jams soundtrack.
"I Believe I Can Fly" topped the
Billboard Hot 100 Singles Sales chart for 7
weeks, the Hot R&B Singles chart for 6
weeks, the Hot R&B Singles Sales chart
for 5 weeks, and the Hot R&B Singles
Airplay chart for 2 weeks.
Kelly hit the Top 10 with "I Believe I Can Fly."
 # 42
Singles Artist of the Year
 Kelly began the year at a Kirk
Franklin concert announcing that his
musical direction was now directed at the
Lord instead of the libido.
Kelly was nominated for an American Music
Award for Favorite Soul/R&B Male
Artist.
"I Believe I Can Fly" topped the
Billboard R&B Singles Sales chart for 5
weeks.
The single "I Believe I Can Fly" was certified
platinum.
 Kelly topped the UK Singles
chart with "I Believe I Can Fly" for 3 weeks.
Kelly hit the Top 40 with "Gotham City" from the Batman
And Robin soundtrack.
Kelly hit the Top 10 with "Gotham City."
 The single "Gotham City" was certified
gold.
Kelly was nominated for 2 MTV Video Music
Awards including Best Male Video and Best Video from a Film
("I Believe I Can Fly").
R.
Kelly was certified 4x platinum.
Kelly topped the Billboard
Year-End Charts with the Top
Soundtrack Single ("I Believe I Can Fly").
 # 71
Singles Artist of the Year
 R. Kelly took home 3 Grammy Awards for Best R&B Song
(awarded to the songwriter), Best Song Written
Specifically for a Motion Picture, and Best R&B Vocal Performance -
Male
("I Believe I Can Fly") and was also
nominated for Record Of The Year and Song of the Year ("I Believe I Can Fly").
R. Kelly won a BMI Award for Pop
Songwriter of the Year ("I Believe I Can Fly," "I Can't Sleep Baby (If
I),"
and "I Don't Want To" (recorded by Toni
Braxton)).
 Kelly was arrested in Chicago
for disorderly conduct for a loud car stereo.
Kelly reportedly refused to turn down his
stereo and got verbally abusive.
2 of the 3 charges were dropped
(including disorderly conduct), but Kelly was
still charged with a noise violation.
Kelly hit the Top 40 helping out
Sparkle with "Be Careful" from her LP Sparkle.
 "Be Careful" topped the
Billboard R&B Singles Airplay chart for 6
weeks.
The noise violation charges were
dropped with no explanation given.
Kelly appeared on the soundtrack
for Wood with "It's All
Good."
 Kelly released the double set, R. with the
first single "I'm
Your Angel" - a duet with Celine
Dion - hitting the Top 40.
R. topped the Billboard
R&B Albums chart for a week.
R. was certified 3x
platinum and the single "I'm
Your Angel" was certified platinum
and hit the Top
10.
"I'm
Your Angel" topped the Billboard Hot
100 Singles chart, the Hot 100 Singles Sales
chart for 6 weeks, and the Adult Contemporary
chart for 12 weeks.
 # 25
Singles Artist of the Year
 R. was certified 4x
platinum.
Kelly hit#1 with "I'm
Your Angel" (with Celine
Dion) and the Top 40 with "When
A Woman's Fed Up"
At the Grammy Awards, R.
Kelly was nominated for Best Pop Collaboration With
Vocals
("I'm
Your Angel" (with Celine
Dion)) and Best R&B Vocal
Performance by a Duo or Group ("Lean On
Me" (with Kirk
Franklin, Mary
J. Blige, Bono, & Crystal
Lewis)).
 R.
Kelly was certified 5x platinum.
R. Kelly won 2 Soul Train Music
Awards for Best R&B/Soul Album, Male (R.) and the Sammy Davis
Jr. Entertainer of the Year Award. Kelly was
also nominated for for Best R&B/Soul
Single, Male ("Half On A Baby").
R. Kelly was named R&B
Artist of the Year at the Source Hip-Hip
Music Awards.
R. was certified 5x
platinum.
 R. Kelly hit the Top 40 as
featured on Puff
Daddy's "Satisfy
You"
and with his own hit, "If
I Could Turn Back The Hands Of Time."
"Satisfy
You"
topped the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Sales
chart for 3 weeks, the the Billboard
R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart
for 2 weeks, and the Billboard Rap Singles
chart for 4 weeks.
 Kelly topped the Billboard
Year-End Chart-Toppers as the Top R&B /
Hip-Hop Artist (singles & albums), Top
R&B / Hip-Hop Artist - Male (singles
& albums), and Top Hot R&B / Hip-Hop
Singles & Tracks Artist - Male.
 # 140
Singles Artist of the Year
 Kelly won an American Music
Award for Favorite
Male Soul/R&B Artist.
Kelly returned to the Top
40
featured on Puff
Daddy's "Satisfy
You."
Kelly was nominated for a few Grammy Awards including Best R&B Vocal Performance -
Male
("When
A Woman's Fed Up"), Best R&B Album (R.) and Best Rap Performance by a Duo or
Group
("Satisfy
You"
with Puff
Daddy).
 R. Kelly won a Soul Train Music
Award for Best R&B/Soul or Rap Album (R.).
R. was certified 6x
platinum.
R. Kelly could be heard on the
soundtrack for Shaft with "Bad
Man" and the soundtrack for Nutty
Professor 2: The Klumps with "Just A
Touch."
 R. Kelly's next LP, TP-2.com was released.
TP-2.com hit #1 on the
Billboard 200 LP chart for a week and the
R&B/Hip-Hop charts for 3 weeks.
R. Kelly hit #1 for 2 weeks on
the Billboard R&B/Hip Hot chart with
"I
Wish"
and hit the Top 40 (re-entering in February).
R.
Kelly was certified 7x platinum.
TP-2.com was certified 2x
platinum.
 # 49
Singles Artist of the Year
 Kelly was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best R&B Vocal Performance -
Male
("I
Wish").
TP-2.com was certified 3x
platinum.
Kelly won 2 Soul Train Music
Awards for Best R&B/Soul Single, Male
("I
Wish")
and Best R&B/Soul Album, Male (TP-2.com) and was nominated for
Best R&B/Soul or Rap Album.
Kelly won 2 NAACP Image Award
for Outstanding Male Artist and Outstanding
Music Video ("I
Wish").
 Kelly was nominated for a
Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite
Male Artist - R&B.
Kelly hit the Top 40 with "Fiesta" (with Jay-Z).
 Kelly hit #1 on the Billboard
R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart
for 5 weeks and the R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay
chart for a week with "Fiesta" (with Jay-Z).
Kelly could be heard on the
soundtrack for Fast
And The Furious with "Take My Time
Tonight."
Kelly's video for
"I
Wish"
was nominated for a MTV Video Music
Award for Best R&B Video.
Kelly won a Source
Award for R&B Artist of the Year.
 The single "If
I Could Turn Back The Hands Of Time" was certified
gold.
Kelly hit the Top 40 with "Feelin' On Yo Booty."
Kelly could be heard on the
soundtrack for Ali with "The World's Greatest" and "Hold
On."
 Kelly hit the Top 40 with "The World's Greatest."
Kelly topped the Billboard
Year-End Charts as Top R&B/Hip-Hop
Artist, Top R&B/Hip-Hop Album (TP-2.com), Top Hot
R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks ("Fiesta"), Top
R&B/Hip-Hop Artist - Male, Top
R&B/Hip-Hop Album Artist, and Top
R&B/Hip-Hop Album Artist - Male.
 # 60
Singles Artist of the Year
 Kelly was
nominated for 2 American Music
Awards for Favorite Male Pop/Rock
Artist and Favorite Male Soul/R&B Artist.
Kelly hit the Top 40 helping out
Fat Joe with "We Thuggin'" and hit the Top 10 with "The World's Greatest."
Kelly performed at the opening
ceremonies of the Winter Olympics in Utah.
Controversy hit Kelly when a
newspaper in Chicago said they anonymously
received video footage showing Kelly have sex
with an underage girl.
 Kelly teamed up with Jay-Z for
the LP The
Best Of Both Worlds.
The
Best Of Both Worlds topped the Billboard
Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Album chart.
TP-2.com was certified 4x
platinum.
Kelly's controversies
surrounding the 'sex scandal' continued with
Kelly settling 2 lawsuits against him made by
families claiming the singer had sex with
underage girls. Promotional appearances for The
Best Of Both Worlds were also cancelled.
The allegations continued with former
protégé, Sparkle, telling
a radio station that one video tape Kelly is
accused of being a part of also includes her
then 14 year old niece.
 The
Best Of Both Worlds was certified
platinum.
Another lawsuit was filed
against Kelly - this time for invasion of
privacy. The woman claims she was video taped
without her consent on one of the alleged
'Kelly sex tapes.'
Kelly was arrested on charges of
producing child pornography - charges that
were based on video tapes allegedly made by
Kelly and allegedly showing Kelly engaged in
sex with an under-aged girl.
Kelly topped the R&B/Hip-Hop
Singles Sales chart for 17 weeks with "Ignition."
 Kelly had several R&B hits
with Jay-Z on the tracks
"Get This Money," "The Best Of
Both Worlds (Intro)," "Take You
Home With Me a.k.a. Body,"
"Somebody's Girl," and "Shake
Ya Body" (also with Lil' Kim), and the solo tracks
"Heaven I Need A Hug" and
"Step In The Name Of Love."
 # 16
Singles Artist of the Year
Kelly was arrested again for
child pornography charges - this time in
Florida - due to the finding of pictures of a
sexual nature found in his home last year.
Kelly was charged with 12 counts of child
pornography possession.
 R. Kelly was
nominated for a Soul Train Music Award with Jay-Z for R&B/Soul Album
Group, Band or Duo (The
Best Of Both Worlds).
Kelly released his next LP, Chocolate
Factory.
Kelly was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best R&B Vocal Performance -
Male
("The World's Greatest").
Chocolate
Factory sold over 532,000 copies in its
first week of release and topped the
Billboard 200 LP Chart and the
R&B/Hip-Hop chart for a week.
Kelly hit the Top 40 with "Ignition."
 Kelly recorded and released the
single "Soldier's Heart" - a
tribute the US military fighting in the war
in Iraq. Kelly said of the single in a
statement: "This song is my way of
saying thank you to everyone protecting us
and allowing us to sleep comfortable at night
and send our children off to school in the
morning." Proceeds of the single will go
to the soldier's family.
Kelly hit the Top 10 with "Ignition."
 Kelly topped the Billboard Top
40 Tracks chart and the UK Singles chart for
4 weeks with "Ignition."
Chocolate
Factory was certified 2x platinum.
Kelly could be heard on the
soundtrack for 2
Fast 2 Furious with "Pick Up The
Phone" (with Ludacris and Tyrese).
Kelly topped the Billboard
R&B/Hip-Hop Singles Sales chart for a
week with "Snake."
 Kelly won a BET Award for Best
Male R&B Artist.
Kelly hit the Top 40 with the
help of Big Tigger with
"Snake."
Kelly's video for "Ignition" was nominated
for a MTV Video Music
Award for Best R&B Video.
R. was certified 8x
platinum.
 Kelly told Blender
magazine: "People can say whatever they
want about you without knowing the facts.
They can criticize you without even knowing
you and hate you when they don't even know
you. All of a sudden, you're like the bin
Laden of America. Osama bin Laden is the only
one who knows exactly what I'm going
through."
Kelly released a hits collection
- The
"R" In R&B Collection Volume 1.
 Kelly was nominated for 2 American Music
Awards for Favorite Soul/R&B Male
Artist and Favorite Soul/R&B Album.
Kelly was honored at the Vibe
Awards with the R&B Vanguard Award.
Kelly could heard on Missy Elliott's LP This
Is Not A Test on the track "Dats What
I'm Talkin About."
The
"R" In R&B Collection Volume 1 was certified
platinum.
 Kelly topped the Billboard Hot
R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart
for 2 weeks and Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay
chart for 2 weeks with "Step In The Name
Of Love."
Kelly had the
7th biggest selling LP of the year - Chocolate
Factory - which sold over 2.4
million copies during the year in the US.
 # 47
Singles Artist of the Year
 Kelly was nominated for 2 Grammy Awards including Best Contemporary R&B Album (Chocolate
Factory) and Best R&B Vocal Performance -
Male ("Step
In The Name Of Love").
Kelly hit the Top 40 helping out
Cassidy with "Hotel."
Kelly won a Soul Train Music
Award for R&B/Soul Album, Male (Chocolate
Factory).
Kelly hit the Top 10 helping out Cassidy
with "Hotel."
 Kelly was given court permission
to tour for 2 months starting in October.
Kelly released the double LP Happy
People / U Saved Me.
The video for "Step In The
Name Of Love" was nominated for a MTV Video Music
Award including Best R&B Video.
 Kelly topped the Billboard Top
R&B/Hip-Hop Album chart for a week with Happy
People / U Saved Me.
Happy
People / U Saved Me was certified 3x
platinum.
Kelly could be heard on Ciara's LP Goodies on the track
"Next To You."
 Kelly released The
Best Of Both Worlds: Unfinished Business with Jay-Z.
Kelly's fall tour with Jay-Z was cancelled one
night after Kelly was allegedly pepper
sprayed by a member of Jay-Z's entourage at a show
in New York which resulted in Kelly leaving
his set complaining of security concerns. Jay-Z ended up performing
longer for the show with special guests.
 Kelly topped the Billboard 200
LP chart with The
Best Of Both Worlds: Unfinished Business with Jay-Z selling over 215,000
copies in the US its first week of release.
Kelly was nominated for an American Music
Award for Favorite Soul/R&B Male
Artist.
Kelly hit the
Top 40 helping out Ja Rule and Ashanti with
"Wonderful."
 The
Best Of Both Worlds: Unfinished Business was certified
platinum.
# 36 on the Top Pop Artists
of the Past 25 Years chart.
 # 125
Singles Artist of the Year
Kelly was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best R&B Vocal Performance -
Male
("Happy People").
 Kelly topped the Billboard
R&B/Hip-Hop Singles Sales chart with
"In The Kitchen."
Kelly released TP3:
Reloaded.
Kelly topped the Billboard 200
LP chart and Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart
with TP3:
Reloaded. The LP sold over 491,000
copies its first week of release in the US.
 TP3:
Reloaded was certified platinum.
Kelly could be heard on the Hurricane
Relief: Come Together Now compilation
with "Let Your Light Shine."
Kelly won an American Music
Award for Favorite Soul/R&B Male
Artist.
Kelly released
the remix LP Remix
City, Volume One.
 Kelly could be heard on The Notorious
B.I.G. posthumous creation - Duets:
The Final Chapter.
 # 155
Singles Artist of the Year
Kelly was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Music Video, Long Form (Trapped
In The Closet).
 Kelly hit the Top 40 helping
out Snoop
Dogg with "That's That."
 # 79
Singles Artist of the Year
 Kelly hit the Top 40 helping out
Young Jeezy with "Go Getta."
Kelly hit the Top 40 with T.I. and T-Pain with
"I'm A Flirt."
Kelly topped the Billboard Hot
Rap Tracks chart with T.I. and T-Pain with
"I'm A Flirt."
 May 29: Kelly released his
next LP Double
Up.
Kelly topped the Billboard 200
LP chart and Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart
with Double
Up.
The set sold over 386,000 copies its first
week of release in the US.
The single "I'm A Flirt " was certified
platinum.
 Double
Up
was certified platinum.
Kelly releleased the DVD Trapped
In The Closet: Chapeters 13-22.
 Kelly was nominated for an American Music
Award for Favorite Soul/R&B Album.
 Kelly was nominated for 2 Grammy Awards including Best R&B Vocal
Performance by a Duo or Group ("Same Girl"
with Usher) and Best Music Video, Long Form (Trapped
In The Closet Chapters 13-22).
June 5: Kelly was acquitted
of 14 charges of child pornography.
 Kelly could be heard on the Nelly LP Brass
Knuckles on the track "U Can Get
It."
Kelly could be heard on the Pussycat Dolls LP Doll
Domination on the track "Out Of This
Club."
 Kelly hit the Top 10 on the
Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart
with "Number One" - his 35th Top 10
surpassing Nat King Cole for
the record of most Top 10 hits on that chart.
Kelly released Untitled.
 Kelly could be heard on the Snoop Dogg LP Malice
N Wonderland on the track "Pimpin Aint
EZ."
Kelly topped the Billboard
R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart with Untitled.
Rolling Stone:
'100 Best Songs of the Decade (2000-2009)' included "Ignition" at # 30.
 Kelly could be heard on the Fat Joe LP Dark
Side on the track "How Did We
Get Here."
Kelly released Love
Letter.
Kelly was nominated for 2 Grammy Awards including
Best Traditional
R&B Vocal Performance ("When A Man
Loves A Woman") and Best Contemporary R&B Album (Untitled).
Kelly could be heard on the Snoop Dogg LP Doggumentary
Music on the track
"Platinum."
Love
Letter was certified gold.
 Kelly was nominated for 2 Grammy Awards including Best R&B Album (Love
Letter) and Best Traditional R&B
Performance ("Radio Message").
Kelly released Write
Me Back.
 Kelly could be heard on the
compilation Kanye
West Presents Good Music Cruel Summer on the track "Two
The World."
Kelly could be heard on the T.I.
LP Trouble
Man: Heavy Is The Head on the track "Can
You Learn."
 Kelly was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best R&B Album (Write
Me Back).
Kelly hit the Top 40 helping out
Lady Gaga with "Do What U Want."
 Kelly released his next LP Black
Panties.
Kelly hit the Top 10 helping out Lady Gaga with "Do What U Want."
- February 22: Kelly was charged
with 10 counts of aggravated criminal
sexual abuse that involved four victims -
3 who were underage.
- July 11: Kelly was
arrested in Chicago by New York Police
Department detectives on federal charges
including child pronography, enticement
of a child, and obstruction of justice.
- September
27: Kelly was found guilty on
one count of racketeering and 8 counts of
violating an interstate anti-sex
trafficking law. Sentencing will be
handed down in early 2022 with a minium
sentence of 10 years to possible life in
prison.
- June 29: R, Kelly was
sentened to 30 years in prison for
federal racketeering and sex trafficking
charges.
|
Born Into The 90's
Released: January, 1992
US: Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 42
Entertainment
Weekly: D+
Tracks: "She's
Loving Me" - "She's Got That
Vibe" - "Definition Of A
Hotti" - "I Know What You
Need" - "Keep It Street" -
"Born Into The 90's" - "Slow Dance" - "Dedicated" - "Honey Love" -
"Hangin' Out" - "Hey Love
(Can I Have A Word)" |
|
12 Play
Released: November 9, 1993
US: 5x Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 2
Entertainment
Weekly: C-
Tracks: "Your Body's Callin'" - "Bump N' Grind" -
"Homie Lover Friend" - "It
Seems Like You're Ready" -
"Freak Dat Body" - "I Like
The Crotch On You" - "Summer
Bunnies" - "For You" -
"Back To The Hood Of Things" -
"Sadie" - "Sex Me (Parts I
& II)" - "12 Inch
Play" |
|
R. Kelly
Released: November, 1995
US: 7x Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 1 (1 week)
Entertainment
Weekly: A-
Tracks: "Hump
Bounce" - "Not Gonna Hold
On" - "You Remind Me Of
Something" - "Step In My
Room" - "Baby, Baby, Baby,
Baby" - "(You To Be) Be
Happy" - "Down Low (Nobody Has To
Know)" - "I Can't Sleep Baby
(If I)" - "Thank God
It's Friday" - "Love Is On The
Way" - "Heaven If You Hear
Me" - "Religious Love" -
"Tempo Slow" - "As I Look
Into My Life" - "Trade In My
Life" |
|
R.
Released: November, 1998
US: 8x Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 2
Rolling Stone:  - Entertainment
Weekly: B-
Tracks: "Home
Alone" (with Keith Murray) -
"Spendin' Money" - "If I'm
Wit You" - "Half On A
Baby" - "When A Woman's Fed Up" - "Get
Up On A Room" - "One Man"
- "We Ride" (featuring Cam'ron,
Noreaga, Jay-Z & Vegas Cats) -
"The Opera" - "Only The
Loot Can Make Me Happy" -
"Don't Put Me Out" -
"Suicide" -
"Etcetera" - "If I Could Turn Back The
Hands Of Time" - "What I Feel /
Issues " - "The Chase" -
"V.I.P." - "Did You Ever
Think" - "Dollar Bill"
(featuring Foxy Brown) -
"Reality" - "2nd
Kelly" - "Ghetto Queen"
(featuring Crucial Conflict) - "Down
Low Double Life" - "Looking For
Love" - "Dancing With A Rich
Man" - "I'm Your Angel" (with Celine
Dion) - "Money Makes The World Go
Round" (featuring Nas) - "I Believe I Can Fly" |
|
TP-2.com
Released: November, 2000
US: 4x Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 1 (1 week)
Rolling Stone:  - Entertainment
Weekly: B+
Tracks: "TP-2"
- "Strip For You" -
"R&B Thing" - "The
Greatest Sex" - "I Don't Mean
It" - "Just Like That" -
"Like A Real Freak" - "Fiesta" (with
Jay-Z)- "Don't Say No" -
"One Me" - "I Wish" - "A
Woman's Threat" - "I
Decided" - "I Mean (I Don't
Mean It)" - "I Wish" (Remix) -
"All I Really Want" - "Feelin' On Yo Booty" - "The
Storm Is Over Now" |
iTunes
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The Best Of Both Worlds (with Jay-Z)
Released: March, 2002
US: Platinum
Billboard
Top 200 LPs
peak: # 2
Billboard
#1: R&B/Hip-Hop Albums
Rolling
Stone: - Entertainment
Weekly: C+
Tracks: "The Best Of
Both Worlds" - "Take You Home
With Me A.K.A. Body" - "Break
Up To Make Up" - "It Ain't
Personal" - "The Streets"
- "Green Light" -
"Naked" - "Shake Ya
Body" - "Somebody's Girl"
- "Get This Money" -
"Shorty" - "Honey" -
"P****" |
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Chocolate Factory
Released: February, 2003
US: 2x Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 1 (for 1 week)
Entertainment
Weekly: B-
Tracks: "Chocolate
Factory" - "Step in The Name Of
Love" - "Heart Of A Woman"
- "I'll Never Leave" -
"Been Around The World" (with
Ja Rule) - "You Made Me Love
You" - "Forever" -
"Dream Girl" - "Ignition" - "Ignition" (Remix) -
"Forever" - "You Knock Me
Out" - "Step In The Name Of
Love" (Remix) - "Imagine
That" - "Showdown" (with
Ronald Isley) - "Snake" (with Big
Tigger) - "Who's That" (with
Fat Joe) |
iTunes
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The "R" In
R&B Collection Volume 1
Released: September, 2003
US: 2x Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 4
Rolling Stone:
Tracks: "Bump N' Grind" - "Your Body's Callin'" - "Sex Me (Part 1)" - "You Remind Me Of
Something" - "Ignition" - "Down Low (Nobody Has To
Know)" - "When A Woman's Fed Up" - "Step
In The Name Of Love" - "Thoia
Thoing" - "Touched A
Dream" - "Fiesta" - "I Wish" -
"Ghetto Religion" - "Honey Love" -
"She's s Got The Vibe" - "The World's
Greatest" - "I'm Your Angel" - "I Believe I Can Fly" |
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Happy People / U Saved
Me
Released: August, 2004
US: 3x Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 2
Rolling Stone: - Entertainment
Weekly: B+ / B-
Tracks:
"Weatherman" - "Red Carpet
(Pause, Flash)" - "Love
Signals" - "Love Street" -
"Ladie's Night (Treat Her Like
Heaven)" - "If" -
"The Greatest Show On Earth" -
"It's Your Birthday" -
"Steppin' Into Heaven" -
"If I Could Make The World
Dance" - "Happy People" -
"3-Way Phone Call" - "U
Saved Me" - "Prayer
Changes" - "How Did You
Manage" - "I Surrender" -
"When I Think About You" -
"The Diary Of Me" -
"Spirit" - "Leap Of
Faith" - "Peace" |
iTunes
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The Best Of Both Worlds:
Unfinished Business (with Jay-Z)
Released: October, 2004
US: Platinum
Billboard
Top 200 LPs
peak: # 1 (for
1 week)
Billboard
#1: R&B/Hip-Hop Albums,
Rap Albums
Rolling
Stone:  - Entertainment
Weekly: C
Tracks:
"Return" - "Big
Chips" - "We Got Em Goin'"
- "She's Coming Home With Me" -
"Feelin' You In Stereo" -
"Stop" - "Mo' Money"
- "Pretty Girls" - "Break
Up (That's All We Do)" - "Don't
Let Me Die" - "Return"
(Remix) |
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TP3: Reloaded
Released: July, 2005
Billboard
peak:
# 1
US:
Platinum
Rolling Stone:  - Entertainment
Weekly: C-
Tracks: "Playa's
Only" (with The Game) - "Happy
Summertime" (with Snoop Dogg) -
"Sex In The Kitchen" -
"Slow Wind" - "Put My
T-Shirt On" - "Remote
Control" - "Kickin' It With
Your Girlfriend" - "Reggae
Bump, Bump" (with Elephant Man) -
"Touchin'" (with Nivea) -
"Girls Go Crazy" (with Baby) -
"Hit It Till The Mornin'" (with
Twista & Do Or Die) - "Sex
Weed" - "(Sex) Love Is What We
Makin" - "Burn It Up"
(with Wysen & Yindell) -
"Trapped In The Closet"
(Chapters 1-5) |
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Remix City, Volume One
Released: November, 2005
Billboard
peak:
# 72
Tracks: "Slow Dance (Hey Mr. DJ)"
- "Sex Me (Part 1)" (Extended
Street Version) - "Bump N' Grind" (Old School
Mix) - "Your Body's Callin'" (His &
Hers Extended Mix) - ""I Can't Sleep Baby
(If I)" - (Remix Radio
Version) "Down Low (Nobody Has To
Know)" - "I Wish" (To The
Homies That We Lost) - "Feelin' On Yo Booty" (Hypnosis
Mix) - "I Mean (I Don't Mean)"
- "Ignition" (Remix) -
"Step In The Name Of Love"
(Remix) - "Slow Wind" (Remix) -
"Burn It Up" (Remix) - "Feelin' On Yo Booty" (Dirty South
Mix) |
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Double Up
Released: May 29, 2007
US: Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 1
Rolling Stone: - Entertainment
Weekly: C
Tracks: "The
Champ" (with Swizz Beatz) -
"Double Up" (with Snoop Dogg) -
"Tryin' To Get A Number" (with
Nelly) - "Get Dirty" (with
Chamillionaire) - "Leave Your
Name" - "Freaky In The
Club" - "The Zoo" - "I'm A Flirt" (with T.I.
& T-Pain) - "Same Girl"
(with Usher) - "Real Talk" -
"Hook It Up" (with Huey) -
"Rock Star" (with Ludacris
& Kid Rock) - "Best Friend"
(with Keyshia Cole & Polow Da Don) -
"Rollin'" - "Sweet
Tooth" - "Havin' A Baby" -
"Sex Planet" - "Rise
Up" |
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Untitled
Released: December, 2009
Billboard
peak:
# 4
Rolling Stone: - Entertainment
Weekly: C+
Tracks: "Crazy
Night" - "Exit" -
"Echo" - "Bangin' The
Headboard" - "Go Low" -
"Whole Lotta Kisses" -
"Like I Do" - 'Number One"
- "I Love The DJ" -
"Supaman High" - "Be My
#2" - "Text Me" -
"Religious" -
"Elsewhere" -
"Pregnant" |
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Love Letter
US: Gold
Released: December, 2010
Tracks: "Love Letter
Prelude" - "Love Letter" -
"Number One Hit" - "Not
Feelin' The Love" - "Lost In
Your Love" - "Just Can't Get
Enough" - "Taxi Cab" -
"Radio Message" - "When A
Man Loves" - "Love Is" -
"Just Like This" - "Music
Must Be A Lady" - "A Love
Letter Christmas" - "How Do I
Tell Her?" |
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Write Me Back
Released: June, 2012
Tracks: "Love
Is" - "Feelin' Single" -
"Lady Sunday" - "When A
Man Lies" - "Clipped
Wings" - "Believe That It's
So" - "Fool For You" -
"All Rounds On Me" -
"Believe In Me" - "Green
Light" - "Party Jumpin'" -
"Share My Love" |
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Black Panties
Released: December 10, 2013
US: Gold
Billboard
peak:
# 4
Tracks: "Legs
Shakin'" - "Cookie" -
"Throw This Money On You" -
"Prelude" - "Marry The
P****" - "You Deserve
Better" - "Genius" -
"All The Way" - "My
Story" - "Right Back" -
"Spend That" - "Crazy
Sex" - "Shut Up" |
iTunes
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The Buffet
Released: December 11, 2015
Billboard
Top 200 LPs
peak: # 16
Tracks: "The
Poem" - "Poetic Sex" -
"Anythng Goes" (featuring Ty
Dolla Sign) - "Let's Make Some
Noise" (featuring Jhene Aiko) -
"Marching Band" (featuring
Juicy J) - "Swith Up"
(featuring Lil Wayne & Jeremih) -
"Wanna Be There" (featuring
Ariiraye) - "All My Fault" -
"Wake Up Everybody" - "Get
Out Of Here With Me" -
"Backyard Party" -
"Sextime" - "Let's Be Real
Now" (featuring Tinashe) |
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