Kelly, was born on January 8, in Chicago, Illinois. From early childhood his passions were basketball and music, which he loved more. In Robert took his electronic keyboard and went in the city streets to sing and earn money.
Soon he was noticed by a musical producer Wayne Williams, the owner of Jive Records label, and by the end of the year a contract with the young artist was signed. DJ , and all of them were performed by Robert Kelly. Thinking that solo career would bring him more success, he left the band and in released his solo album 12 Play.
Afterwards the album became multi-platinum with more than five million sold copies and brought the artist the all-time fame. In the following year Kelly decided to broaden his activities and began to work as a producer for young acts and artists, such as Aaliyah, then unknown year old girl from Detroit.
Her debut album was released several month before the marriage of the two artists came to light. Many have admitted that the lyrics were more mature in comparison with the first solo experience and the critics still consider this disc the best work of Kelly in all his career.
In a double album called R. To the moment of its release R. Kelly became not only a famous artist and producer, but also an acclaimed songwriter for such stars as Mary J. The following two works, TP It was the success of that single that led to collaboration of the two artists and creation of a joint album called The Best Of Both Worlds. Jul 09, Kelly's official music video for 'Bad Man'. Click to listen to R. Kelly on Spotify: Click to buy the track or album vi.
Free mp3 music download: R. The song also appeared at Number on Rolling Stone's greatest songs of all time. Previous Itools Pro 1. 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 The first single, "Sex Me, Pts. The follow-up, "Your Body's Callin'," was another gold single, peaking at number 13 pop.
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. Later that year, Kelly released a self-titled album that became his first to top the pop charts. 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.
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 , when The Chicago Sun-Times reported that it had been given a videotape showing Kelly having sex with a year-old girl. When the scandal broke, other reports surfaced that Kelly had settled a civil suit in 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 playlists, 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.
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. Surprisingly, despite reports of a feud with Jay-Z, later in another album was released from The Best of Both Worlds sessions.
Weeks before his child pornography trial the following year, TP. The relatively uneventful eighth and ninth studio albums Double Up and Untitled followed.
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