"I Believe I Can Fly," a gospel-inspired ballad for the 1996 film Space Jam, peaked at number two on the Hot 100, and won Grammy awards for Best R&B Song, Best Male R&B Vocal Performance, and Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or for Television. Between full-lengths, Kelly further consolidated his crossover success with soundtrack work. Kelly topped the Billboard 200, spawned a trio of Top Ten singles, and went quintuple platinum. Kelly's eponymous second album was also out that year. It became Jackson's last number one hit and earned Kelly his first Grammy nominations. Later that year, Michael Jackson released "You Are Not Alone," a ballad Kelly wrote and co-produced. Aaliyah's parents sought an annulment based on their daughter's age (the marriage certificate stated she was 18, three years older than her actual age), which was granted in February 1995. Kelly and Aaliyah wed in secret that August. 12 Play was followed within six months by Age Ain't Nothing But a Number, the Kelly-produced 1994 debut from Aaliyah. Kelly went solo in 1993 with 12 Play, an album that contained the number one pop hit "Bump N' Grind," reached number two on the Billboard 200, and eventually went platinum six times over. DJ)" were number one R&B/hip-hop hits, while "Dedicated" was the album's biggest pop hit, a Top 40 single. The singles "Honey Love" and "Slow Dance (Hey Mr. Kelly and Public Announcement released their debut album, Born into the '90s, in 1992. MGM released the single "Why You Wanna Play Me" in 1990, but Kelly disbanded the group within a year and teamed with Public Announcement. He dropped out of school and formed MGM (Musically Gifted Men), a vocal group that in 1989 won the grand prize on the syndicated talent competition Big Break. After he won a high school talent show, Kelly decided to concentrate on music. Kelly grew up singing in the Baptist church choir in which his mother sang lead. Kelly was arrested on federal sex crime charges in 2019, and was convicted two years later on nine counts of sex trafficking and racketeering.īorn Robert Sylvester Kelly on Januin Chicago, R. Among Kelly's Top Ten pop singles are the Hot 100-topping "Bump N' Grind," the Grammy-winning "I Believe I Can Fly," and the remixes of "Step in the Name of Love" and "Ignition." He was also behind Top Ten hits by the likes of Aaliyah and Michael Jackson. (1998), and (2000), as well as Chocolate Factory (2003) and Happy People/U Saved Me (2004). Fourteen of Kelly's studio albums reached in the Top Ten of the Billboard 200, a count that includes the RIAA-certified multi-platinum sets 12 Play (1993), R. Kelly picked up where new jack swing left off by developing his own mix of soul, funk, hip-hop, and gospel.
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One of the most popular artists during a period lasting from the early '90s into the mid-2010s, contemporary R&B singer, songwriter, and producer R.