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Kelly</h1> <div id="p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown mw-portlet mw-portlet-lang" > <input type="checkbox" id="p-lang-btn-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox mw-interlanguage-selector" aria-label="Go to an article in another language. Available in 85 languages" > <label id="p-lang-btn-label" for="p-lang-btn-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--action-progressive mw-portlet-lang-heading-85" aria-hidden="true" > 85 languages </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ace mw-list-item"><a href="https://ace.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._Kelly" title="R. Kelly – Acehnese" lang="ace" hreflang="ace" data-title="R. Kelly" data-language-autonym="Acèh" data-language-local-name="Acehnese" class="interlanguage-link-target">Acèh</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A3%D8%B1_%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A" title="أر كيلي – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="أر كيلي" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target">العربية</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-an mw-list-item"><a href="https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._Kelly" title="R. Kelly – Aragonese" lang="an" hreflang="an" data-title="R. Kelly" data-language-autonym="Aragonés" data-language-local-name="Aragonese" class="interlanguage-link-target">Aragonés</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D8%B1._%DA%A9%D9%84%DB%8C" title="آر. کلی – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="آر. کلی" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target">تۆرکجه</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bi mw-list-item"><a href="https://bi.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._Kelly" title="R. Kelly – Bislama" lang="bi" hreflang="bi" data-title="R. Kelly" data-language-autonym="Bislama" data-language-local-name="Bislama" class="interlanguage-link-target">Bislama</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%80_%D0%9A%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B8" title="Ар Кели – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Ар Кели" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Български</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._Kelly" title="R. Kelly – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="R. Kelly" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Bosanski</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._Kelly" title="R. Kelly – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="R. Kelly" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target">Brezhoneg</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._Kelly" title="R. Kelly – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="R. Kelly" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target">Català</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._Kelly" title="R. Kelly – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="R. Kelly" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target">Čeština</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-co mw-list-item"><a href="https://co.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._Kelly" title="R. Kelly – Corsican" lang="co" hreflang="co" data-title="R. Kelly" data-language-autonym="Corsu" data-language-local-name="Corsican" class="interlanguage-link-target">Corsu</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._Kelly" title="R. Kelly – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="R. Kelly" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target">Cymraeg</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._Kelly" title="R. Kelly – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="R. Kelly" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Dansk</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._Kelly" title="R. Kelly – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="R. Kelly" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target">Deutsch</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._Kelly" title="R. Kelly – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="R. Kelly" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Eesti</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._Kelly" title="R. Kelly – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="R. Kelly" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target">Ελληνικά</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._Kelly" title="R. Kelly – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="R. Kelly" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Español</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._Kelly" title="R. Kelly – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="R. Kelly" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target">Esperanto</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D8%B1._%DA%A9%D9%84%DB%8C" title="آر. کلی – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="آر. کلی" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target">فارسی</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fo mw-list-item"><a href="https://fo.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._Kelly" title="R. Kelly – Faroese" lang="fo" hreflang="fo" data-title="R. Kelly" data-language-autonym="Føroyskt" data-language-local-name="Faroese" class="interlanguage-link-target">Føroyskt</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._Kelly" title="R. Kelly – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="R. Kelly" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target">Français</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._Kelly" title="R. Kelly – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="R. Kelly" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Frysk</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._Kelly" title="R. Kelly – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="R. Kelly" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Gaeilge</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._Kelly" title="R. Kelly – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="R. Kelly" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target">Galego</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._%EC%BC%88%EB%A6%AC" title="R. 켈리 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="R. 켈리" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target">한국어</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B1%D6%80_%D5%94%D5%A5%D5%AC%D5%AC%D5%AB" title="Ար Քելլի – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Ար Քելլի" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Հայերեն</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%86%E0%A4%B0_%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%80" title="आर केली – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="आर केली" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target">हिन्दी</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hsb mw-list-item"><a href="https://hsb.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._Kelly" title="R. Kelly – Upper Sorbian" lang="hsb" hreflang="hsb" data-title="R. Kelly" data-language-autonym="Hornjoserbsce" data-language-local-name="Upper Sorbian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Hornjoserbsce</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._Kelly" title="R. Kelly – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="R. Kelly" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Hrvatski</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._Kelly" title="R. Kelly – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="R. Kelly" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target">Ido</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._Kelly" title="R. Kelly – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="R. Kelly" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Bahasa Indonesia</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zu mw-list-item"><a href="https://zu.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._Kelly" title="R. Kelly – Zulu" lang="zu" hreflang="zu" data-title="R. Kelly" data-language-autonym="IsiZulu" data-language-local-name="Zulu" class="interlanguage-link-target">IsiZulu</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._Kelly" title="R. Kelly – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="R. Kelly" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target">Íslenska</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._Kelly" title="R. Kelly – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="R. Kelly" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Italiano</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%A8._%D7%A7%D7%9C%D7%99" title="אר. קלי – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="אר. קלי" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target">עברית</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jv mw-list-item"><a href="https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._Kelly" title="R. Kelly – Javanese" lang="jv" hreflang="jv" data-title="R. Kelly" data-language-autonym="Jawa" data-language-local-name="Javanese" class="interlanguage-link-target">Jawa</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pam mw-list-item"><a href="https://pam.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._Kelly" title="R. Kelly – Pampanga" lang="pam" hreflang="pam" data-title="R. Kelly" data-language-autonym="Kapampangan" data-language-local-name="Pampanga" class="interlanguage-link-target">Kapampangan</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%A0._%E1%83%99%E1%83%94%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98" title="რ. კელი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="რ. კელი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target">ქართული</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._Kelly" title="R. Kelly – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="R. Kelly" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target">Kiswahili</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robertus_Kelly_(cantor)" title="Robertus Kelly (cantor) – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Robertus Kelly (cantor)" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target">Latina</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._Kelly" title="R. Kelly – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="R. Kelly" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Latviešu</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._Kelly" title="R. Kelly – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="R. Kelly" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Lëtzebuergesch</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._Kelly" title="R. Kelly – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="R. Kelly" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Lietuvių</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._Kelly" title="R. Kelly – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="R. Kelly" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Magyar</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0._%D0%9A%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B8" title="Р. Кели – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Р. Кели" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Македонски</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf mw-list-item"><a href="https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%A0._%E1%83%99%E1%83%94%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98" title="რ. კელი – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="რ. კელი" data-language-autonym="მარგალური" data-language-local-name="Mingrelian" class="interlanguage-link-target">მარგალური</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D8%B1_%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%89" title="آر كيلى – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="آر كيلى" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target">مصرى</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._Kelly" title="R. Kelly – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="R. Kelly" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target">Bahasa Melayu</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cdo mw-list-item"><a href="https://cdo.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._Kelly" title="R. Kelly – Mindong" lang="cdo" hreflang="cdo" data-title="R. Kelly" data-language-autonym="閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄" data-language-local-name="Mindong" class="interlanguage-link-target">閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._Kelly" title="R. Kelly – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="R. Kelly" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target">Nederlands</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B1%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC" title="R・ケリー – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="R・ケリー" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target">日本語</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nap mw-list-item"><a href="https://nap.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._Kelly" title="R. Kelly – Neapolitan" lang="nap" hreflang="nap" data-title="R. Kelly" data-language-autonym="Napulitano" data-language-local-name="Neapolitan" class="interlanguage-link-target">Napulitano</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._Kelly" title="R. Kelly – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="R. Kelly" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target">Norsk bokmål</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._Kelly" title="R. Kelly – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="R. Kelly" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target">Norsk nynorsk</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._Kelly" title="R. Kelly – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="R. Kelly" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target">Occitan</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._Kelly" title="R. Kelly – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="R. Kelly" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target">Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._Kelly" title="R. Kelly – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="R. Kelly" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Polski</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._Kelly" title="R. Kelly – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="R. Kelly" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target">Português</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ksh mw-list-item"><a href="https://ksh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Sylvester_Kelly" title="Robert Sylvester Kelly – Colognian" lang="ksh" hreflang="ksh" data-title="Robert Sylvester Kelly" data-language-autonym="Ripoarisch" data-language-local-name="Colognian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Ripoarisch</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._Kelly" title="R. Kelly – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="R. Kelly" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Română</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%80_%D0%9A%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B8" title="Ар Келли – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Ар Келли" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Русский</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._Kelly" title="R. Kelly – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="R. Kelly" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target">Scots</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-st mw-list-item"><a href="https://st.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._Kelly" title="R. Kelly – Southern Sotho" lang="st" hreflang="st" data-title="R. Kelly" data-language-autonym="Sesotho" data-language-local-name="Southern Sotho" class="interlanguage-link-target">Sesotho</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/R.Kelly" title="R.Kelly – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="R.Kelly" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Shqip</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._Kelly" title="R. Kelly – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="R. Kelly" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target">Simple English</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._Kelly" title="R. Kelly – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="R. Kelly" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target">Slovenčina</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._Kelly" title="R. Kelly – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="R. Kelly" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Slovenščina</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-so mw-list-item"><a href="https://so.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._Kelly" title="R. Kelly – Somali" lang="so" hreflang="so" data-title="R. Kelly" data-language-autonym="Soomaaliga" data-language-local-name="Somali" class="interlanguage-link-target">Soomaaliga</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A6%D8%A7%DA%95_%DA%A9%DB%8E%D9%84%DB%8C" title="ئاڕ کێلی – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="ئاڕ کێلی" data-language-autonym="کوردی" data-language-local-name="Central Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target">کوردی</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0._%D0%9A%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B8" title="Р. Кели – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Р. Кели" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Српски / srpski</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._Kelly" title="R. Kelly – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="R. Kelly" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-su mw-list-item"><a href="https://su.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._Kelly" title="R. Kelly – Sundanese" lang="su" hreflang="su" data-title="R. Kelly" data-language-autonym="Sunda" data-language-local-name="Sundanese" class="interlanguage-link-target">Sunda</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._Kelly" title="R. Kelly – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="R. Kelly" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Suomi</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._Kelly" title="R. Kelly – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="R. Kelly" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Svenska</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tl mw-list-item"><a href="https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._Kelly" title="R. Kelly – Tagalog" lang="tl" hreflang="tl" data-title="R. Kelly" data-language-autonym="Tagalog" data-language-local-name="Tagalog" class="interlanguage-link-target">Tagalog</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A3%E0%B9%8C._%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%84%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%B5" title="อาร์. เคลลี – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="อาร์. เคลลี" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target">ไทย</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._Kelly" title="R. Kelly – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="R. Kelly" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Türkçe</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0._%D0%9A%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BB%D1%96" title="Р. Келлі – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Р. Келлі" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Українська</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vec mw-list-item"><a href="https://vec.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._Kelly" title="R. Kelly – Venetian" lang="vec" hreflang="vec" data-title="R. Kelly" data-language-autonym="Vèneto" data-language-local-name="Venetian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Vèneto</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a href="https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._Kelly" title="R. Kelly – Vietnamese" lang="vi" hreflang="vi" data-title="R. 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style="display:none">American R&B singer (born 1967)</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For his self-titled album, see <a href="/wiki/R._Kelly_(album)" title="R. 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Kelly</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><a href="/wiki/File:R._Kelly_in_2017.png" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Kelly in 2017, wearing red cap, sunglasses, gold-plated necklaces and black shirt" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/R._Kelly_in_2017.png/250px-R._Kelly_in_2017.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="292" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/R._Kelly_in_2017.png/330px-R._Kelly_in_2017.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/R._Kelly_in_2017.png/500px-R._Kelly_in_2017.png 2x" data-file-width="662" data-file-height="878" /></a><div class="infobox-caption">Kelly in 2017</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Robert Sylvester Kelly</div> (1967-01-08) January 8, 1967 (age 58) <div style="display:inline" class="birthplace"><a href="/wiki/Chicago" title="Chicago">Chicago</a>, <a href="/wiki/Illinois" title="Illinois">Illinois</a>, U.S.</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Other names</th><td class="infobox-data nickname"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ul{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist .mw-empty-li{display:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dt::after{content:": "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li::after{content:" · ";font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li:last-child::after{content:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:first-child::before{content:" (";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:last-child::after{content:")";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol{counter-reset:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li{counter-increment:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li::before{content:" "counter(listitem)"\a0 "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Pied Piper</li><li>Kellz</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupations</th><td class="infobox-data role"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><div class="hlist"> <ul><li>Singer</li> <li>songwriter</li> <li>record producer</li> <li>actor</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Years active</th><td class="infobox-data">1987–2019</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Works</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/R._Kelly_discography" title="R. Kelly discography">Discography</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/R._Kelly_production_discography" title="R. Kelly production discography">production</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/R._Kelly_videography" title="R. Kelly videography">videography</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouses</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;margin-top:1px;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Aaliyah" title="Aaliyah">Aaliyah</a></div> <div class="marriage-line-margin2px"></div> <div style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:1px;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1038841319">.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}</style>1994; <abbr title="annulled">ann.</abbr> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319" />1995)</div></li><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1151524712" /> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;margin-top:1px;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Andrea_Kelly" title="Andrea Kelly">Andrea Lee</a></div> <div class="marriage-line-margin2px"></div> <div style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:1px;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1996; <abbr title="divorced">div.</abbr> 2009)</div></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">3</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Awards</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_awards_and_nominations_received_by_R._Kelly" title="List of awards and nominations received by R. Kelly">Full list</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" />Musical career</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Genres</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Contemporary_R%26B" title="Contemporary R&B">R&B</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hip_hop_music" class="mw-redirect" title="Hip hop music">hip hop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soul_music" title="Soul music">soul</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Instruments</th><td class="infobox-data note"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><div class="hlist"> <ul><li>Vocals</li> <li>piano</li> <li>keyboards</li> <li>guitar</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Labels</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rockland_Records" title="Rockland Records">Rockland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jive_Records" title="Jive Records">Jive</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RCA_Records" title="RCA Records">RCA</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Formerly of</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Public_Announcement" title="Public Announcement">Public Announcement</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Criminal information<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Criminal status</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/Imprisonment" title="Imprisonment">Imprisoned</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Criminal charge</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><div class="hlist inline"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Racketeering" title="Racketeering">Racketeering</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Child_sexual_abuse" title="Child sexual abuse">sexual exploitation of a child</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Bribery" title="Bribery">bribery</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Coercion" title="Coercion">coercion</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Sex_trafficking" title="Sex trafficking">sex trafficking</a></li><li>violation of the <a href="/wiki/Mann_Act" title="Mann Act">Mann Act</a><a href="#cite_note-1">[1]</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Sexual_grooming" title="Sexual grooming">child enticement</a></li><li>producing <a href="/wiki/Child_pornography" title="Child pornography">child pornography</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Penalty</th><td class="infobox-data">31 years imprisonment<a href="#cite_note-2">[2]</a><a href="#cite_note-3">[3]</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"> <div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Musical artist</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://r-kelly.com">r-kelly.com</a></td></tr></tbody></table> Robert Sylvester Kelly (born January 8, 1967), known as R. Kelly, is an American former singer, songwriter, and record producer. He is credited with prolific commercial success in <a href="/wiki/Contemporary_R%26B" title="Contemporary R&B">R&B</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hip_hop_music" class="mw-redirect" title="Hip hop music">hip hop</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Pop_music" title="Pop music">pop music</a> recordings, earning nicknames such as "the <a href="/wiki/Honorific_nicknames_in_popular_music" title="Honorific nicknames in popular music">King of R&B</a>", "the King of Pop-Soul",<a href="#cite_note-4">[4]</a><a href="#cite_note-5">[5]</a> and "the Pied Piper of R&B".<a href="#cite_note-6">[6]</a> Kelly's career ended in 2019 following his arrest and subsequent convictions on <a href="/wiki/Federal_racketeering_laws" class="mw-redirect" title="Federal racketeering laws">federal racketeering</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sex_trafficking" title="Sex trafficking">sex trafficking</a> charges involving sexual abuse of minors. Born on the <a href="/wiki/South_Side,_Chicago" title="South Side, Chicago">South Side</a> of <a href="/wiki/Chicago" title="Chicago">Chicago</a>, <a href="/wiki/Illinois" title="Illinois">Illinois</a>, Kelly began performing in the subway under the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_%22L%22" title="Chicago "L"">Chicago "L"</a> tracks, and regularly <a href="/wiki/Street_performance" title="Street performance">busked</a> at the "L" stop on the Red Line's <a href="/wiki/Jackson_station_(CTA_Red_Line)" title="Jackson station (CTA Red Line)">Jackson station</a> in the <a href="/wiki/The_Loop_(CTA)" title="The Loop (CTA)">Loop</a>. During his <a href="/wiki/R._Kelly_discography" title="R. Kelly discography">recording career</a>, Kelly released <a href="/wiki/R._Kelly_discography" title="R. Kelly discography">18 studio albums</a> which yielded a number of hit singles, including "<a href="/wiki/I_Believe_I_Can_Fly" title="I Believe I Can Fly">I Believe I Can Fly</a>", "<a href="/wiki/Bump_n%27_Grind_(R._Kelly_song)" title="Bump n' Grind (R. Kelly song)">Bump N' Grind</a>", "<a href="/wiki/Your_Body%27s_Callin%27" title="Your Body's Callin'">Your Body's Callin'</a>", "<a href="/wiki/Fiesta_(R._Kelly_song)" title="Fiesta (R. Kelly song)">Fiesta (Remix)</a>", "<a href="/wiki/Ignition_(Remix)" title="Ignition (Remix)">Ignition (Remix)</a>", "<a href="/wiki/Step_in_the_Name_of_Love" title="Step in the Name of Love">Step in the Name of Love (Remix)</a>", "<a href="/wiki/If_I_Could_Turn_Back_the_Hands_of_Time" title="If I Could Turn Back the Hands of Time">If I Could Turn Back the Hands of Time</a>", "<a href="/wiki/The_World%27s_Greatest_(R._Kelly_song)" class="mw-redirect" title="The World's Greatest (R. Kelly song)">The World's Greatest</a>", "<a href="/wiki/I%27m_a_Flirt" title="I'm a Flirt">I'm a Flirt (Remix)</a>", and the <a href="/wiki/Rap_opera" title="Rap opera">hip hopera</a> <a href="/wiki/Trapped_in_the_Closet" title="Trapped in the Closet">Trapped in the Closet</a>. In 1998, he won three <a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Grammy Award">Grammy Awards</a> for "I Believe I Can Fly".<a href="#cite_note-grammys-r-kelly-7">[7]</a> Alongside his recording career, Kelly's <a href="/wiki/R._Kelly_production_discography" title="R. Kelly production discography">songwriting and production</a> work was credited on albums by <a href="/wiki/Michael_Jackson" title="Michael Jackson">Michael Jackson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Britney_Spears" title="Britney Spears">Britney Spears</a>, <a href="/wiki/Whitney_Houston" title="Whitney Houston">Whitney Houston</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mariah_Carey" title="Mariah Carey">Mariah Carey</a>, <a href="/wiki/Celine_Dion" title="Celine Dion">Celine Dion</a>, <a href="/wiki/Justin_Bieber" title="Justin Bieber">Justin Bieber</a>, <a href="/wiki/Janet_Jackson" title="Janet Jackson">Janet Jackson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chris_Brown" title="Chris Brown">Chris Brown</a>, <a href="/wiki/Aaliyah" title="Aaliyah">Aaliyah</a>, <a href="/wiki/Usher_(musician)" title="Usher (musician)">Usher</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ciara" title="Ciara">Ciara</a>, <a href="/wiki/Toni_Braxton" title="Toni Braxton">Toni Braxton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Luther_Vandross" title="Luther Vandross">Luther Vandross</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Mary_J._Blige" title="Mary J. Blige">Mary J. Blige</a>. Kelly received a Grammy Award nomination for his contributions to Jackson's 1995 single, "<a href="/wiki/You_Are_Not_Alone" title="You Are Not Alone">You Are Not Alone</a>", which earned a <a href="/wiki/Guinness_World_Records" title="Guinness World Records">Guinness World Record</a> as the first song to debut atop the Billboard Hot 100 in the chart's history.<a href="#cite_note-grammys-r-kelly-7">[7]</a> Kelly's 1998 collaboration with Dion, "<a href="/wiki/I%27m_Your_Angel" title="I'm Your Angel">I'm Your Angel</a>", did so once more. Kelly sold over 75 million albums and singles worldwide, making him one of the <a href="/wiki/List_of_best-selling_music_artists" title="List of best-selling music artists">best-selling music artists of all time</a>,<a href="#cite_note-8">[8]</a><a href="#cite_note-Billboard_Magazine-9">[9]</a> and the most successful R&B male artist of the 1990s. The <a href="/wiki/Recording_Industry_Association_of_America" title="Recording Industry Association of America">Recording Industry Association of America</a> (RIAA) has recognized Kelly as one of the best-selling artists in the United States with 40 million albums sold.<a href="#cite_note-RIAA_best-10">[10]</a> In 2011, Kelly was named the most successful R&B artist of the last 25 years by <a href="/wiki/Billboard_Magazine" class="mw-redirect" title="Billboard Magazine">Billboard</a>. Kelly won Grammy Awards, <a href="/wiki/BET_Awards" title="BET Awards">BET Awards</a>, <a href="/wiki/Soul_Train_Music_Awards" title="Soul Train Music Awards">Soul Train Music Awards</a>, <a href="/wiki/Billboard_Music_Awards" title="Billboard Music Awards">Billboard Music Awards</a>, <a href="/wiki/NAACP_Image_Awards" title="NAACP Image Awards">NAACP Image Awards</a>, and <a href="/wiki/American_Music_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="American Music Award">American Music Awards</a>. Kelly had long been the subject of <a href="/wiki/R._Kelly_sexual_abuse_cases" title="R. Kelly sexual abuse cases">accusations of sexual abuse</a>, including that of minors, dating back to the 1990s. Following leaked video recordings, Kelly was prosecuted on <a href="/wiki/Child_pornography" title="Child pornography">child pornography</a> charges in 2002, leading to a controversial trial that ended with his acquittal in 2008 on all charges. The 2019 documentary <a href="/wiki/Surviving_R._Kelly" title="Surviving R. Kelly">Surviving R. Kelly</a> re-examined Kelly's alleged sexual misconduct with minors, prompting <a href="/wiki/RCA_Records" title="RCA Records">RCA Records</a> to terminate his contract. Renewed interest in the allegations resulted in additional investigations by law enforcement beginning in 2019, which led to multiple indictments and Kelly's arrest. In 2021 and 2022, he was convicted on multiple charges involving child sexual abuse. As of 2025, he is serving a 31-year combined sentence at <a href="/wiki/Federal_Correctional_Complex,_Butner" title="Federal Correctional Complex, Butner">FCI Butner Medium I</a> in <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina" title="North Carolina">North Carolina</a>. <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2></div> Robert Sylvester Kelly was born on the <a href="/wiki/South_Side,_Chicago" title="South Side, Chicago">South Side</a> of <a href="/wiki/Chicago" title="Chicago">Chicago</a>, <a href="/wiki/Illinois" title="Illinois">Illinois</a>,<a href="#cite_note-Cook_Cty-2016-11">[11]</a> on January 8, 1967,<a href="#cite_note-12">[12]</a> at Chicago Lying-In Hospital (now <a href="/wiki/University_of_Chicago_Medical_Center" title="University of Chicago Medical Center">University of Chicago Medical Center</a>) in the city's <a href="/wiki/Hyde_Park,_Chicago" title="Hyde Park, Chicago">Hyde Park</a> neighborhood. He has five siblings (three of whom are half):<a href="#cite_note-thecase-13">[13]</a> two older sisters<a href="#cite_note-Yahoo-2022-14">[14]</a> and brother, along with a younger brother and sister.<a href="#cite_note-AP_Timeline-15">[15]</a><a href="#cite_note-16">[16]</a> His mother, Joanne, was a schoolteacher and devout <a href="/wiki/Baptist" class="mw-redirect" title="Baptist">Baptist</a>.<a href="#cite_note-WBEZ_Timeline-17">[17]</a> She was born in <a href="/wiki/Arkansas" title="Arkansas">Arkansas</a>.<a href="#cite_note-thecase-13">[13]</a> The identity of his father, who was absent from Kelly's life and later raised two children,<a href="#cite_note-Yahoo-2022-14">[14]</a> is not known.<a href="#cite_note-WBEZ_Timeline-17">[17]</a> His family lived in the <a href="/wiki/Ida_B._Wells_Homes" title="Ida B. Wells Homes">Ida B. Wells Homes</a> <a href="/wiki/Public_housing" title="Public housing">public housing project</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Black_Metropolis%E2%80%93Bronzeville_District" title="Black Metropolis–Bronzeville District">Black Metropolis–Bronzeville District</a> of Chicago's <a href="/wiki/Douglas,_Chicago#Bronzeville" title="Douglas, Chicago">Douglas</a> neighborhood, also on the city's south side.<a href="#cite_note-18">[18]</a> Around the time he was five years old, Kelly's mother married his stepfather, Lucious, who reportedly worked for an airline.<a href="#cite_note-thecase-13">[13]</a> Kelly began singing in the church choir at age eight.<a href="#cite_note-AP_Timeline-15">[15]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Trauma_and_abuse">Trauma and abuse</h3></div> Kelly described having a girlfriend, Lulu, at age eight, in his 2012 autobiography <a href="/wiki/Soulacoaster" title="Soulacoaster">Soulacoaster: The Diary of Me</a>. He stated that their last play date turned tragic when, after fighting with older children over a play area by a creek, she was pushed into the water, swept downstream by a fast-moving current, and drowned. Kelly called Lulu his first musical inspiration.<a href="#cite_note-revealed2012-19">[19]</a> Kelly said members of his household would act differently when his mother and grandparents were not home.<a href="#cite_note-Kelly-2012-20">[20]</a><a href="#cite_note-WBEZ_Timeline-17">[17]</a> This included highly provocative dress and behavior. Kelly stated that when he was eight, an adult woman in the household coerced him into photographing her while having intercourse with an adult male partner.<a href="#cite_note-21">[21]</a> From age 8 to 14, he was often sexually abused by an older female family member.<a href="#cite_note-thecase-13">[13]</a><a href="#cite_note-Heath-2016a-22">[22]</a> Kelly's younger brother, Carey, stated that he suffered from years of sexual abuse at the hands of their older sister, Theresa, who was entrusted with babysitting the siblings.<a href="#cite_note-Ebony-2019-23">[23]</a><a href="#cite_note-Biswas-2020-24">[24]</a> Carey stated that although their older brother, Bruce, was spared and allowed to play outside, both he and Kelly were punished at separate times indoors by Theresa, who refused to acknowledge the abuse when confronted years later.<a href="#cite_note-Ebony-2019-23">[23]</a><a href="#cite_note-Biswas-2020-24">[24]</a> Explaining why he never told anyone, Kelly wrote in his autobiography that he was "too afraid and too ashamed".<a href="#cite_note-revealed2012-19">[19]</a> Around age 10, Kelly was also sexually abused by an older male who was a friend of the family.<a href="#cite_note-thecase-13">[13]</a> In his autobiography, Kelly describes being shot in the shoulder at age 13 by boys who were attempting to steal his bike,<a href="#cite_note-revealed2012-19">[19]</a> although a family friend claims his mother disputed this, stating that the gunshot was self-inflicted during a suicide attempt.<a href="#cite_note-thecase-13">[13]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Turn_toward_music">Turn toward music</h3></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Busker_at_Roosevelt_Red_Line_Stop.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Busker_at_Roosevelt_Red_Line_Stop.jpg/220px-Busker_at_Roosevelt_Red_Line_Stop.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Busker_at_Roosevelt_Red_Line_Stop.jpg/330px-Busker_at_Roosevelt_Red_Line_Stop.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Busker_at_Roosevelt_Red_Line_Stop.jpg/440px-Busker_at_Roosevelt_Red_Line_Stop.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3968" data-file-height="2976" /></a><figcaption>As a teenager, Kelly began performing in public at <a href="/wiki/Chicago_%22L%22" title="Chicago "L"">Chicago "L"</a> stations on the <a href="/wiki/Red_Line_(CTA)" title="Red Line (CTA)">Red Line (CTA)</a></figcaption></figure> In September 1980, Kelly entered <a href="/wiki/Kenwood_Academy" title="Kenwood Academy">Kenwood Academy</a> in the city's <a href="/wiki/Hyde_Park%E2%80%93Kenwood_Historic_District" title="Hyde Park–Kenwood Historic District">Hyde Park-Kenwood</a> district, where he met music teacher <a href="/wiki/Lena_McLin" title="Lena McLin">Lena McLin</a>, who encouraged Kelly to perform <a href="/wiki/Stevie_Wonder" title="Stevie Wonder">Stevie Wonder</a>'s "<a href="/wiki/Ribbon_in_the_Sky" title="Ribbon in the Sky">Ribbon in the Sky</a>" in the high school talent show.<a href="#cite_note-Levin-2008-25">[25]</a> A shy Kelly put on sunglasses, was escorted onto the stage, performed the song, and was awarded first prize.<a href="#cite_note-WBEZ_Timeline-17">[17]</a><a href="#cite_note-enotes-26">[26]</a><a href="#cite_note-27">[27]</a> McLin encouraged Kelly to leave the high school basketball team and concentrate on music. She said he was furious at first, but after his performance in the talent show, he changed his mind.<a href="#cite_note-Chicago's_Blues_for_R._Kelly-28">[28]</a> Kelly was diagnosed with <a href="/wiki/Dyslexia" title="Dyslexia">dyslexia</a>,<a href="#cite_note-29">[29]</a> which left him unable to read or write.<a href="#cite_note-Marchese_2016-30">[30]</a><a href="#cite_note-Heath-2016a-22">[22]</a> Kelly dropped out of high school after attending Kenwood Academy for one year.<a href="#cite_note-DeRogatis-2019-31">[31]</a> He began performing in the subway under the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_%22L%22" title="Chicago "L"">Chicago "L"</a> tracks.<a href="#cite_note-DeRogatis-2019-31">[31]</a> He regularly <a href="/wiki/Street_performance" title="Street performance">busked</a> at the "L" stop on the Red Line's <a href="/wiki/Jackson_station_(CTA_Red_Line)" title="Jackson station (CTA Red Line)">Jackson station</a> in the <a href="/wiki/The_Loop_(CTA)" title="The Loop (CTA)">Loop</a>.<a href="#cite_note-thecase-13">[13]</a> In his youth, Kelly played basketball with Illinois state champion basketball player <a href="/wiki/Ben_Wilson_(basketball)" title="Ben Wilson (basketball)">Ben Wilson</a><a href="#cite_note-thecase-13">[13]</a> and later sang "<a href="/wiki/It%27s_So_Hard_to_Say_Goodbye_to_Yesterday" title="It's So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday">It's So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday</a>" at Wilson's funeral.<a href="#cite_note-32">[32]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2></div> During his <a href="/wiki/R._Kelly_discography" title="R. Kelly discography">recording career</a>, Kelly sold over 75 million records worldwide, making him the most commercially successful male <a href="/wiki/Contemporary_R%26B" title="Contemporary R&B">R&B</a> artist of the 1990s and one of the <a href="/wiki/List_of_best-selling_music_artists" title="List of best-selling music artists">world's best-selling music artists</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Billboard_Magazine2-33">[33]</a><a href="#cite_note-Billboard-2021-34">[34]</a> He won three <a href="/wiki/Grammy_Awards" title="Grammy Awards">Grammys</a> for his song "<a href="/wiki/I_Believe_I_Can_Fly" title="I Believe I Can Fly">I Believe I Can Fly</a>", and was also nominated for his song "<a href="/wiki/You_Are_Not_Alone" title="You Are Not Alone">You Are Not Alone</a>" recorded by <a href="/wiki/Michael_Jackson" title="Michael Jackson">Michael Jackson</a>.<a href="#cite_note-grammys-r-kelly2-35">[35]</a> Critics dubbed him "the <a href="/wiki/Honorific_nicknames_in_popular_music" title="Honorific nicknames in popular music">King of R&B</a>"<a href="#cite_note-Jet-1999-36">[36]</a><a href="#cite_note-BBC-2018-37">[37]</a><a href="#cite_note-Ogunnaike-2002-38">[38]</a> while he billed himself the "<a href="/wiki/Pied_Piper_of_Hamelin" title="Pied Piper of Hamelin">Pied Piper</a> of R&B".<a href="#cite_note-Heath-2016b-39">[39]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1989–1994:_Born_into_the_90's_and_12_Play">1989–1994: Born into the 90's and 12 Play</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Public_Announcement" title="Public Announcement">Public Announcement</a>, <a href="/wiki/Born_into_the_90%27s" title="Born into the 90's">Born into the 90's</a>, and <a href="/wiki/12_Play" title="12 Play">12 Play</a></div> MGM (Musically Gifted Men or Mentally Gifted Men)<a href="#cite_note-thecase-13">[13]</a> was formed in 1989 with Robert Kelly, Marc McWilliams, Vincent Walker and Shawn Brooks. In 1990, MGM were offered a contract with an independent label, Tavdash Records.<a href="#cite_note-40">[40]</a> Shortly after, they recorded and released one single, "Why You Wanna Play Me".<a href="#cite_note-Brown-2004-41">[41]</a> Kelly gained national recognition when MGM participated on the talent TV show <a href="/wiki/Big_Break_(American_TV_series)" title="Big Break (American TV series)">Big Break</a>, hosted by <a href="/wiki/Natalie_Cole" title="Natalie Cole">Natalie Cole</a>.<a href="#cite_note-42">[42]</a> MGM performed "All My Love", which would become a demo for Kelly's song "She's Got That Vibe".<a href="#cite_note-43">[43]</a> The group went on to win the $100,000 grand prize in 1991 before they disbanded.<a href="#cite_note-44">[44]</a><a href="#cite_note-45">[45]</a> In 1991, Kelly signed with <a href="/wiki/Jive_Records" title="Jive Records">Jive Records</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Brown-2004-41">[41]</a> Kelly's debut album, <a href="/wiki/Born_into_the_90%27s" title="Born into the 90's">Born into the 90's</a>, was released in early 1992 (credited as R. Kelly and <a href="/wiki/Public_Announcement" title="Public Announcement">Public Announcement</a>). The album, released during the <a href="/wiki/New_jack_swing" title="New jack swing">new jack swing</a> period of the early 1990s, yielded the R&B hits "She's Got That Vibe", "<a href="/wiki/Honey_Love_(R._Kelly_and_Public_Announcement_song)" title="Honey Love (R. Kelly and Public Announcement song)">Honey Love</a>", "Dedicated", and "Slow Dance (Hey Mr. DJ)", with Kelly singing lead vocals.<a href="#cite_note-allmusic-46">[46]</a> During late 1992, Kelly and Public Announcement embarked on a tour entitled "60653" after the zip code of their Chicago neighborhood.<a href="#cite_note-AP_Timeline-15">[15]</a> This would be the only album co-credited with Public Announcement. Kelly separated from the group in 1993.<a href="#cite_note-WBEZ_Timeline-17">[17]</a> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1224211176">.mw-parser-output .quotebox{background-color:#F9F9F9;border:1px solid #aaa;box-sizing:border-box;padding:10px;font-size:88%;max-width:100%}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatleft{margin:.5em 1.4em .8em 0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatright{margin:.5em 0 .8em 1.4em}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.centered{overflow:hidden;position:relative;margin:.5em auto .8em auto}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatleft span,.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatright span{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .quotebox>blockquote{margin:0;padding:0;border-left:0;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-title{text-align:center;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote>:first-child{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote:last-child>:last-child{margin-bottom:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote.quoted:before{font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:large;color:gray;content:" “ ";vertical-align:-45%;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote.quoted:after{font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:large;color:gray;content:" ” ";line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .left-aligned{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .right-aligned{text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .center-aligned{text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .quote-title,.mw-parser-output .quotebox .quotebox-quote{display:block}.mw-parser-output .quotebox cite{display:block;font-style:normal}@media screen and (max-width:640px){.mw-parser-output .quotebox{width:100%!important;margin:0 0 .8em!important;float:none!important}}</style><div class="quotebox pullquote floatright" style="width:20em; ;"> <blockquote class="quotebox-quote left-aligned" style=""> "When I create a song for myself or another artist, I see the entire thing— what the song should be like, how it should be produced, how the video should look, the image of the artist for the single— it's a package deal." </blockquote> <div style="padding-bottom: 0; padding-top: 0.5em"><cite class="left-aligned" style="">— R. Kelly (1994)<a href="#cite_note-BillboardMagazine-47">[47]</a></cite></div> </div> Kelly's first solo album, <a href="/wiki/12_Play" title="12 Play">12 Play</a>, was released on November 9, 1993, and yielded the singer's first number-one hit, "<a href="/wiki/Bump_n%27_Grind_(R._Kelly_song)" title="Bump n' Grind (R. Kelly song)">Bump N' Grind</a>", which spent a record-breaking 12 weeks at number one on the Billboard <a href="/wiki/Hot_R%26B/Hip-Hop_Songs" title="Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs">Hot R&B Singles</a> chart. Subsequent hit singles: "<a href="/wiki/Your_Body%27s_Callin%27" title="Your Body's Callin'">Your Body's Callin'</a>" (U.S. Hot 100: #13, U.S. R&B: #2) and "<a href="/wiki/Sex_Me" title="Sex Me">Sex Me</a>" (U.S. Hot 100: #20, U.S. R&B: #8). Both singles sold 500,000 copies in the United States and were certified Gold by the RIAA.<a href="#cite_note-allmusic-46">[46]</a> In 1994, 12 Play was certified Gold by the RIAA, eventually going six times platinum.<a href="#cite_note-RIAA_albums-48">[48]</a> In 1994, Kelly established himself as a leading producer by producing songs for various artists, including <a href="/wiki/Aaliyah" title="Aaliyah">Aaliyah</a>, <a href="/wiki/Janet_Jackson" title="Janet Jackson">Janet Jackson</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Changing_Faces_(group)" title="Changing Faces (group)">Changing Faces</a>.<a href="#cite_note-49">[49]</a> He co-headlined a tour with <a href="/wiki/Salt-N-Pepa" title="Salt-N-Pepa">Salt-N-Pepa</a> and headlined the Budweiser Superfest tour.<a href="#cite_note-50">[50]</a><a href="#cite_note-BillboardMagazine-47">[47]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1995–1996_R._Kelly_and_"I_Believe_I_Can_Fly"">1995–1996 R. Kelly and "I Believe I Can Fly"</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/R._Kelly_(album)" title="R. Kelly (album)">R. Kelly (album)</a> and <a href="/wiki/I_Believe_I_Can_Fly" title="I Believe I Can Fly">I Believe I Can Fly</a></div> In 1995, Kelly garnered his first <a href="/wiki/Grammy_Awards" title="Grammy Awards">Grammy</a> nominations; two for writing, producing, and composing Michael Jackson's last number-one hit, "<a href="/wiki/You_Are_Not_Alone" title="You Are Not Alone">You Are Not Alone</a>".<a href="#cite_note-grammys-r-kelly2-35">[35]</a><a href="#cite_note-51">[51]</a> Kelly's success continued with the November 14, 1995, release of <a href="/wiki/R._Kelly_(album)" title="R. Kelly (album)">R. Kelly</a>, his eponymous second studio album. Critics praised him for his departure from salacious bedroom songs to embracing vulnerability. <a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">New York Times</a> contributor Stephen Holden described Kelly as "The reigning king of pop-soul sex talks a lot tougher than Barry White, the father of such fluffed-up pillow talks and along with Marvin Gaye and Donny Hathaway, [both] major influences for Kelly."<a href="#cite_note-52">[52]</a> In December 1995, Professor <a href="/wiki/Michael_Eric_Dyson" title="Michael Eric Dyson">Michael Eric Dyson</a> critiqued Kelly's self-titled album "R. Kelly" for <a href="/wiki/Vibe_(magazine)" title="Vibe (magazine)">VIBE</a>. Dyson described Kelly's growth from the 12 Play album: "Kelly reshapes his personal turmoil to artistic benefit" and noted that Kelly is "reborn before our very own ears".<a href="#cite_note-53">[53]</a> The album reached number one on the Billboard 200 chart, becoming Kelly's first number one album on the chart, and reached number one on the R&B album charts; his second. The R. Kelly album spawned three platinum hit singles: "<a href="/wiki/You_Remind_Me_of_Something" title="You Remind Me of Something">You Remind Me of Something</a>" (U.S. Hot 100: #4, U.S. R&B: #1), "<a href="/wiki/I_Can%27t_Sleep_Baby_(If_I)" title="I Can't Sleep Baby (If I)">I Can't Sleep Baby (If I)</a>" (U.S. Hot 100: #5, U.S. R&B: #1), and "<a href="/wiki/Down_Low_(Nobody_Has_To_Know)" class="mw-redirect" title="Down Low (Nobody Has To Know)">Down Low (Nobody Has To Know)</a>" (U.S. Hot 100: #4, U.S. R&B: #1); a duet with <a href="/wiki/Ronald_Isley" title="Ronald Isley">Ronald Isley</a>. Kelly's self-titled album sold four million copies, receiving 4× platinum certification from the RIAA.<a href="#cite_note-RIAA_albums-48">[48]</a> He promoted the album with a 50-city "Down Low Top Secret Tour" with <a href="/wiki/LL_Cool_J" title="LL Cool J">LL Cool J</a>, <a href="/wiki/Xscape_(band)" class="mw-redirect" title="Xscape (band)">Xscape</a>, and Solo.<a href="#cite_note-Pareles-1996-54">[54]</a> On November 26, 1996, Kelly released "<a href="/wiki/I_Believe_I_Can_Fly" title="I Believe I Can Fly">I Believe I Can Fly</a>", an inspirational song originally released on the soundtrack for the film <a href="/wiki/Space_Jam" title="Space Jam">Space Jam</a>. "I Believe I Can Fly" reached No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100, and No. 1 on the UK charts for three weeks and won three <a href="/wiki/40th_Grammy_Awards" class="mw-redirect" title="40th Grammy Awards">Grammy Awards in 1998</a>.<a href="#cite_note-grammys-r-kelly2-35">[35]</a><a href="#cite_note-allmusic-46">[46]</a> In that same year, he contributed to "Freak Tonight" for the <a href="/wiki/A_Thin_Line_Between_Love_and_Hate" title="A Thin Line Between Love and Hate">A Thin Line Between Love and Hate</a> soundtrack. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1997–2001:_Basketball,_R.,_TP-2.com,_and_Rockland_Records">1997–2001: Basketball, R., TP-2.com, and Rockland Records</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Rockland_Records" title="Rockland Records">Rockland Records</a>, <a href="/wiki/R._(R._Kelly_album)" title="R. (R. Kelly album)">R. (R. Kelly album)</a>, and <a href="/wiki/TP-2.com" title="TP-2.com">TP-2.com</a></div> In 1997, Kelly signed a contract to play professional basketball with the Atlantic City Seagulls of the <a href="/wiki/USBL" class="mw-redirect" title="USBL">USBL</a>.<a href="#cite_note-55">[55]</a> He wore the number 12 in honor of his album 12 Play.<a href="#cite_note-56">[56]</a> Kelly said "I love basketball enough to not totally let go of my music, but just put it to the side for a minute and fulfill some dreams of mine that I've had for a long time."<a href="#cite_note-shooting_star-57">[57]</a> Kelly's USBL contract contained a clause that would allow him to fulfill a music obligation when necessary. "If Whitney Houston needs a song written", said Ken Gross, the Seagulls owner who signed Kelly, "he would be able to leave the team to do that and come back". "It wasn't a gimmick", Gross continued, "he's a ballplayer. He can play."<a href="#cite_note-58">[58]</a> In the same year, Kelly collaborated with American rapper <a href="/wiki/The_Notorious_B.I.G." title="The Notorious B.I.G.">The Notorious B.I.G.</a> for the song "Fuck You Tonight" on the posthumous album <a href="/wiki/Life_After_Death" title="Life After Death">Life After Death</a>.<a href="#cite_note-59">[59]</a> In 1998, he launched his own label, <a href="/wiki/Rockland_Records" title="Rockland Records">Rockland Records</a>, in a distribution deal with <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Iovine" title="Jimmy Iovine">Jimmy Iovine</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Interscope_Records" title="Interscope Records">Interscope Records</a>. The label's roster included artists <a href="/wiki/Sparkle_(singer)" title="Sparkle (singer)">Sparkle</a>, <a href="/wiki/Boo_%26_Gotti" title="Boo & Gotti">Boo & Gotti</a>, Talent, Vegas Cats, Lady, Frankie, Secret Weapon, and Rebecca F.<a href="#cite_note-60">[60]</a><a href="#cite_note-books.google.com-61">[61]</a> That May, Sparkle, Rockland's first signed artist, released her <a href="/wiki/Sparkle_(Sparkle_album)" title="Sparkle (Sparkle album)">eponymous debut album</a>. In addition to producing and writing the project, Kelly made vocal contribution to the hit duet "<a href="/wiki/Be_Careful_(Sparkle_song)" title="Be Careful (Sparkle song)">Be Careful</a>", which became a serious factor as to why the album was certified platinum in December 2000.<a href="#cite_note-riaa.com-62">[62]</a> On November 17, 1998, Kelly released his fourth studio and first double album, <a href="/wiki/R._(album)" class="mw-redirect" title="R. (album)">R.</a> Musically, the album spans different genres from pop (<a href="/wiki/Celine_Dion" title="Celine Dion">Celine Dion</a>), street rap (<a href="/wiki/Nas" title="Nas">Nas</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jay-Z" title="Jay-Z">Jay-Z</a>) to <a href="/wiki/Blues" title="Blues">Blues</a> ("Suicide"). Dave Hoekstra of the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Times" title="Los Angeles Times">Los Angeles Times</a> described the album as "easily the most ambitious project of his career".<a href="#cite_note-63">[63]</a> In the summer of 1999, he wrote and produced a majority of the <a href="/wiki/Life_(soundtrack)" title="Life (soundtrack)">soundtrack</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Martin_Lawrence" title="Martin Lawrence">Martin Lawrence</a> and <a href="/wiki/Eddie_Murphy" title="Eddie Murphy">Eddie Murphy</a> film, <a href="/wiki/Life_(1999_film)" title="Life (1999 film)">Life</a>, which features tracks from <a href="/wiki/K-Ci_%26_JoJo" title="K-Ci & JoJo">K-Ci & JoJo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Maxwell_(musician)" title="Maxwell (musician)">Maxwell</a>, <a href="/wiki/M%C3%BDa" class="mw-redirect" title="Mýa">Mýa</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Destiny%27s_Child" title="Destiny's Child">Destiny's Child</a>, among others. The soundtrack was also released on the Rockland imprint.<a href="#cite_note-MTV.com-64">[64]</a> In early 2000, Kelly received multiple awards reflecting his status as an established R&B superstar. In January 2000, he won Favorite Male Soul/R&B Artist at the <a href="/wiki/American_Music_Awards" title="American Music Awards">American Music Awards</a> and, in February, was nominated for several Grammy Awards, including Best Male R&B Vocal Performance ("When a Woman's Fed Up"), Best R&B Album (R.), and Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group ("<a href="/wiki/Satisfy_You_(Puff_Daddy_song)" title="Satisfy You (Puff Daddy song)">Satisfy You</a>") with <a href="/wiki/P._Diddy" class="mw-redirect" title="P. Diddy">P. Diddy</a>.<a href="#cite_note-grammys-r-kelly2-35">[35]</a><a href="#cite_note-65">[65]</a> On November 7, 2000, he released his fifth studio album, <a href="/wiki/TP-2.com" title="TP-2.com">TP-2.com</a>, a project aligned with his breakthrough album, 12 Play. Unlike <a href="/wiki/R._(R._Kelly_album)" title="R. (R. Kelly album)">R.</a>, all songs on TP-2.com were written, arranged, and produced by Kelly. <a href="/wiki/AllMusic" title="AllMusic">AllMusic</a>'s Jason Birchmeier gave TP-2.com 4 stars and stated: "Kelly knows how to take proven formulas and funnel them through his own stylistic aesthetic, which usually means slowing down the tempo, laying on lush choruses of strings and background vocals, taming down the lyrics for radio, and catering his pitch primarily to wistful women.<a href="#cite_note-66">[66]</a> In 2001, Kelly won the Outstanding Achievement Award at the Music of Black Origin or <a href="/wiki/MOBO_Awards" title="MOBO Awards">MOBO Awards</a> and Billboard magazine ranked TP-2.com number 94 on the magazine's Top 200 Albums of the Decade.<a href="#cite_note-67">[67]</a> Kelly's song, "<a href="/wiki/The_World%27s_Greatest" title="The World's Greatest">The World's Greatest</a>", from the soundtrack to the 2001 autobiographical film, <a href="/wiki/Ali_(film)" title="Ali (film)">Ali</a>, was a hit.<a href="#cite_note-68">[68]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2002–2003:_The_Best_of_Both_Worlds_and_Chocolate_Factory">2002–2003: The Best of Both Worlds and Chocolate Factory</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/The_Best_of_Both_Worlds_(Jay-Z_and_R._Kelly_album)" title="The Best of Both Worlds (Jay-Z and R. Kelly album)">The Best of Both Worlds (Jay-Z and R. Kelly album)</a> and <a href="/wiki/Chocolate_Factory" title="Chocolate Factory">Chocolate Factory</a></div> On January 24, 2002, at a press conference announcing the completion of Kelly and Jay-Z's first collaborative album, <a href="/wiki/The_Best_of_Both_Worlds_(Jay-Z_and_R._Kelly_album)" title="The Best of Both Worlds (Jay-Z and R. Kelly album)">The Best of Both Worlds</a>, celebrities such as <a href="/wiki/Johnnie_Cochran" title="Johnnie Cochran">Johnnie Cochran</a>, <a href="/wiki/Russell_Simmons" title="Russell Simmons">Russell Simmons</a>, <a href="/wiki/Luther_Vandross" title="Luther Vandross">Luther Vandross</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Sean_Combs" title="Sean Combs">Sean Combs</a> praised the album, with Jay-Z stating that he hoped the collaboration represents "more unity for black people on a whole".<a href="#cite_note-joint_LP-69">[69]</a> <a href="/wiki/MTV" title="MTV">MTV</a>'s Shaheem Reid wrote: "And if Jay and Kelly can put their egos to the side long enough to wrap up and promote their album, then their labels—<a href="/wiki/Def_Jam_Recordings" title="Def Jam Recordings">Def Jam</a> and Jive, respectively—can surely figure out a way to join forces and make cheddar together."<a href="#cite_note-joint_LP-69">[69]</a> On February 8, 2002, Kelly performed at the opening ceremony of the <a href="/wiki/2002_Winter_Olympics" title="2002 Winter Olympics">2002 Winter Olympics</a>, a week after a news scandal broke of a sex tape that appeared to show Kelly with an underage girl.<a href="#cite_note-70">[70]</a><a href="#cite_note-71">[71]</a> Following a leak of the joint album on February 22, 2002, <a href="/wiki/Roc-A-Fella_Records" title="Roc-A-Fella Records">Roc-A-Fella</a> and Jive moved the release date one week earlier in an effort to curtail <a href="/wiki/Copyright_infringement" title="Copyright infringement">piracy</a>.<a href="#cite_note-autogenerated2-72">[72]</a> Jay-Z expressed frustration about the album leak to MTV News, describing the event as both a "gift" and a "curse."<a href="#cite_note-autogenerated2-72">[72]</a> Upon release on March 19, 2002, The Best of Both Worlds sold 285,000 copies in its opening week and debuted at number two on the Billboard 200.<a href="#cite_note-73">[73]</a> It was a critical and commercial disappointment.<a href="#cite_note-74">[74]</a> In May 2002, six months prior to the scheduled release of Kelly's sixth studio album, Loveland, a bootleg copy containing 15 tracks had been leaked.<a href="#cite_note-75">[75]</a> In response, Kelly began work on the album now known as <a href="/wiki/Chocolate_Factory" title="Chocolate Factory">Chocolate Factory</a>, opting to release Loveland as a <a href="/wiki/Special_edition" title="Special edition">deluxe edition</a> bonus disc.<a href="#cite_note-76">[76]</a> In October of that year, Kelly released "<a href="/wiki/Ignition_(Remix)" title="Ignition (Remix)">Ignition (Remix)</a>", the lead single from the album. It would spend 42 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number two.<a href="#cite_note-77">[77]</a><a href="#cite_note-78">[78]</a> On February 18, 2003, Kelly released Chocolate Factory, which debuted as the number-one album on the <a href="/wiki/Billboard_200" title="Billboard 200">Billboard 200</a>.<a href="#cite_note-79">[79]</a> It sold 532,000 copies in its first week.<a href="#cite_note-80">[80]</a> The album was met with critical acclaim,<a href="#cite_note-81">[81]</a> and supported by two more singles. "<a href="/wiki/Snake_(R._Kelly_song)" class="mw-redirect" title="Snake (R. Kelly song)">Snake</a>", the album's second single, was followed by "<a href="/wiki/Step_in_the_Name_of_Love" title="Step in the Name of Love">Step in the Name of Love (Remix)</a>", which charted for 70 weeks, reaching number one on the R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart.<a href="#cite_note-82">[82]</a> Later that year, in September, Kelly's first <a href="/wiki/Greatest_hits_album" title="Greatest hits album">greatest hits album</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_R._in_R%26B_Collection,_Vol._1" title="The R. in R&B Collection, Vol. 1">The R. in R&B Collection, Vol. 1</a>, was released which included "<a href="/wiki/Thoia_Thoing" title="Thoia Thoing">Thoia Thoing</a>" and two other previously unreleased songs.<a href="#cite_note-83">[83]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2004–2005:_Unfinished_Business,_Happy_People/U_Saved_Me_and_TP.3_Reloaded">2004–2005: Unfinished Business, Happy People/U Saved Me and TP.3 Reloaded</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Unfinished_Business_(Jay-Z_and_R._Kelly_album)" title="Unfinished Business (Jay-Z and R. Kelly album)">Unfinished Business (Jay-Z and R. Kelly album)</a>, <a href="/wiki/Happy_People/U_Saved_Me" title="Happy People/U Saved Me">Happy People/U Saved Me</a>, and <a href="/wiki/TP.3_Reloaded" title="TP.3 Reloaded">TP.3 Reloaded</a></div> Between mid-2003 and early 2004, Kelly began work on a double CD album, one with "happy" tracks and another with "inspirational" tracks. The double album, <a href="/wiki/Happy_People/U_Saved_Me" title="Happy People/U Saved Me">Happy People/U Saved Me</a>, was released on August 24, 2004. It debuted at number two on the Billboard 200, with first week sales of 264,000 copies.<a href="#cite_note-84">[84]</a> Both of the album's title tracks respectively performed underwhelmingly; "Happy People" charted at number twenty-nine on the Adult R&B Songs chart while "U Saved Me" peaked at number fifty-two on the Billboard Hot 100.<a href="#cite_note-85">[85]</a><a href="#cite_note-86">[86]</a> Two months later, Kelly and Jay-Z reunited to release their second collaborative album, <a href="/wiki/Unfinished_Business_(Jay-Z_and_R._Kelly_album)" title="Unfinished Business (Jay-Z and R. Kelly album)">Unfinished Business</a>. The album received criticism and, as with the pair's previous collaboration, it was also a commercial failure, despite debuting at number one on the Billboard 200. Album promotion and its Best of Both Worlds tour were both plagued by tension between the stars, with Kelly reportedly showing up late or not at all to gigs.<a href="#cite_note-Stewart-2014-87">[87]</a> Kelly complained that the touring lights were not directed towards him and allegedly assaulted the tour's lighting director.<a href="#cite_note-Stewart-2014-87">[87]</a> Jay-Z eventually removed Kelly halfway through the tour, after a member of Jay-Z's entourage <a href="/wiki/Pepper_spray" title="Pepper spray">pepper sprayed</a> Kelly<a href="#cite_note-88">[88]</a> on October 29, 2004.<a href="#cite_note-Harris-2006-89">[89]</a> Tyran "Ty Ty" Smith was charged with assault, but took a plea deal for disorderly conduct.<a href="#cite_note-Harris-2006-89">[89]</a> Kelly bounced back commercially after appearing on <a href="/wiki/Ja_Rule" title="Ja Rule">Ja Rule</a>'s single, "<a href="/wiki/Wonderful_(Ja_Rule_song)" title="Wonderful (Ja Rule song)">Wonderful</a>" alongside <a href="/wiki/Ashanti_(singer)" title="Ashanti (singer)">Ashanti</a>. In November 2004, "Wonderful" charted at number five on the Billboard Hot 100 and topped the <a href="/wiki/UK_Singles_Chart" class="mw-redirect" title="UK Singles Chart">UK Singles Chart</a>.<a href="#cite_note-90">[90]</a><a href="#cite_note-91">[91]</a> The single was certified gold by the RIAA in May 2005.<a href="#cite_note-92">[92]</a> After finishing Happy People/U Saved Me and Unfinished Business in 2004,<a href="#cite_note-93">[93]</a> Kelly released <a href="/wiki/TP.3_Reloaded" title="TP.3 Reloaded">TP.3 Reloaded</a> in July 2005.<a href="#cite_note-94">[94]</a> It became Kelly's fifth consecutive number-one album in his career. TP.3 Reloaded was heavily cross-promoted alongside the first five chapters of Kelly's musical serial, the "hip hopera" <a href="/wiki/Trapped_in_the_Closet" title="Trapped in the Closet">Trapped in the Closet</a>.<a href="#cite_note-95">[95]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2006–2009:_Double_Up_and_Untitled,_Africa">2006–2009: Double Up and Untitled, Africa</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Double_Up_(R._Kelly_album)" title="Double Up (R. Kelly album)">Double Up (R. Kelly album)</a> and <a href="/wiki/Untitled_(R._Kelly_album)" title="Untitled (R. Kelly album)">Untitled (R. Kelly album)</a></div> In December 2006, Kelly built momentum for his eighth solo studio album, <a href="/wiki/Double_Up_(R._Kelly_album)" title="Double Up (R. Kelly album)">Double Up</a>, after guest-appearing on <a href="/wiki/Bow_Wow_(rapper)" title="Bow Wow (rapper)">Bow Wow</a>'s "<a href="/wiki/I%27m_a_Flirt" title="I'm a Flirt">I'm a Flirt</a>".<a href="#cite_note-96">[96]</a> Three months later, Kelly's remix of "I'm a Flirt" was released, but instead of Bow Wow, it featured <a href="/wiki/T.I." title="T.I.">T.I.</a> and <a href="/wiki/T-Pain" title="T-Pain">T-Pain</a>. On May 29, 2007, the album was released. It became Kelly's sixth and final album in his career to chart at number one on the Billboard 200.<a href="#cite_note-97">[97]</a> Kelly's other singles from Double Up titled "<a href="/wiki/Same_Girl_(R._Kelly_and_Usher_song)" title="Same Girl (R. Kelly and Usher song)">Same Girl</a>" was a duet of Kelly and <a href="/wiki/Usher_(musician)" title="Usher (musician)">Usher</a>,<a href="#cite_note-98">[98]</a> while "Rise Up" was a tribute to the victims of the <a href="/wiki/Virginia_Tech_shooting" title="Virginia Tech shooting">Virginia Tech shooting</a> that occurred earlier that year in April, a month before the album was released.<a href="#cite_note-99">[99]</a> The song was previously released as a digital download on May 15, 2007. Proceeds were donated to the Hokie Spirit Memorial Fund to help family members of the victims of the shootings.<a href="#cite_note-100">[100]</a> Kelly began his Double Up tour with <a href="/wiki/Ne-Yo" title="Ne-Yo">Ne-Yo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Keyshia_Cole" title="Keyshia Cole">Keyshia Cole</a> and <a href="/wiki/J._Holiday" title="J. Holiday">J. Holiday</a> opening for him. One week into the tour, promoter Leonard Rowe had Ne-Yo removed from the tour because of a contract dispute. However, Ne-Yo alleges that the reason for the dropout was because Ne-Yo believes he received a better response from critics and fans.<a href="#cite_note-101">[101]</a> Ne-Yo won a lawsuit that he filed against Rowe Entertainment in 2008.<a href="#cite_note-102">[102]</a> Kelly was not mentioned in the lawsuit. In December 2007, Kelly failed to appear at another preliminary court hearing on his case due to his tour bus being held up in Utah.<a href="#cite_note-103">[103]</a> The judge threatened to revoke Kelly's bond, but eventually decided against it. In 2008, Kelly released a rap track titled "I'm a Beast" in which he coarsely attacked his detractors, yet did not name the subjects of the song.<a href="#cite_note-104">[104]</a> In 2008, before and after being acquitted on charges of producing child sexual abuse material, Billboard reported that Kelly had plans to release his newest album titled 12 Play: Fourth Quarter in the summer of that year but the album was postponed. Billboard named Kelly among the most successful artists ever for its 50th Anniversary List.<a href="#cite_note-105">[105]</a> In the spring, the promotional single "<a href="/wiki/Hair_Braider" title="Hair Braider">Hair Braider</a>", peaked at No. 56 on Billboard's R&B chart. On July 28, the entire album leaked online, causing the title to be scrapped.<a href="#cite_note-106">[106]</a> In February 2009, Kelly announced that he was working on a new album called <a href="/wiki/Untitled_(R._Kelly_album)" title="Untitled (R. Kelly album)">Untitled</a><a href="#cite_note-107">[107]</a> with a projected release date of September 29, but it had been delayed to December.<a href="#cite_note-108">[108]</a> In June 2009, he released his first <a href="/wiki/Mixtape" title="Mixtape">mixtape</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_%22Demo%22_Tape" title="The "Demo" Tape">The "Demo" Tape</a>, presented by <a href="/wiki/DJ_Skee" title="DJ Skee">DJ Skee</a> and <a href="/wiki/DJ_Drama" title="DJ Drama">DJ Drama</a>.<a href="#cite_note-109">[109]</a> Kelly headlined the Arise African Fashion Awards in <a href="/wiki/Johannesburg" title="Johannesburg">Johannesburg</a>, South Africa, on June 20, 2009.<a href="#cite_note-110">[110]</a> He performed in <a href="/wiki/Cape_Town" title="Cape Town">Cape Town</a>, followed by Nigeria as part of the annual ThisDay music and fashion festival in July. That same month, he released "<a href="/wiki/Number_One_(R._Kelly_song)" title="Number One (R. Kelly song)">Number One</a>", featuring singer-songwriter <a href="/wiki/Keri_Hilson" title="Keri Hilson">Keri Hilson</a>. Then, on December 1, Kelly's untitled ninth solo album was released.<a href="#cite_note-111">[111]</a> It charted on the Billboard 200 at number four.<a href="#cite_note-112">[112]</a><a href="#cite_note-113">[113]</a> More singles from the album include "<a href="/wiki/Echo_(R._Kelly_song)" title="Echo (R. Kelly song)">Echo</a>", "<a href="/wiki/Supaman_High" title="Supaman High">Supaman High</a>" and "Be My #2". In January 2010, Kelly performed in Kampala, Uganda. "I'm very excited about my first visit to Africa, I've dreamed about this for a long time and it's finally here", Kelly said in a statement. "It will be one of the highlights of not only my career but my life. I can't wait to perform in front of my fans in Africa—who have been some of the best in the world."<a href="#cite_note-114">[114]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2010–2012:_Epic,_Love_Letter,_throat_surgery,_and_Write_Me_Back">2010–2012: Epic, Love Letter, throat surgery, and Write Me Back</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Epic_(R._Kelly_album)" class="mw-redirect" title="Epic (R. Kelly album)">Epic (R. Kelly album)</a>, <a href="/wiki/Love_Letter_(R._Kelly_album)" title="Love Letter (R. Kelly album)">Love Letter (R. Kelly album)</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Write_Me_Back" title="Write Me Back">Write Me Back</a></div> Kelly performed at the <a href="/wiki/2010_FIFA_World_Cup_opening_ceremony" title="2010 FIFA World Cup opening ceremony">2010 FIFA World Cup opening ceremony</a> on June 11, 2010.<a href="#cite_note-115">[115]</a> In an interview in the September 2010 issue of <a href="/wiki/XXL_(magazine)" title="XXL (magazine)">XXL</a> magazine, Kelly said he was working on three new albums (<a href="/wiki/Epic_(R._Kelly_album)" class="mw-redirect" title="Epic (R. Kelly album)">Epic</a>, <a href="/wiki/Love_Letter_(R._Kelly_album)" title="Love Letter (R. Kelly album)">Love Letter</a>, and Zodiac) which he described as "remixing himself".<a href="#cite_note-116">[116]</a> Epic, a compilation filled with powerful ballads including "<a href="/wiki/The_World%27s_Greatest" title="The World's Greatest">The World's Greatest</a>" and "<a href="/wiki/Sign_of_a_Victory" title="Sign of a Victory">Sign of a Victory</a>", only saw a European release on September 21, 2010.<a href="#cite_note-117">[117]</a> However, it is also available for streaming worldwide.<a href="#cite_note-118">[118]</a> In November 2010, Kelly collaborated with several African musicians forming a supergroup known as One8. The group featured <a href="/wiki/2face_Idibia" class="mw-redirect" title="2face Idibia">2Face</a> from Nigeria, <a href="/wiki/Ali_Kiba" title="Ali Kiba">Ali Kiba</a> from Tanzania, <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo" title="Democratic Republic of the Congo">Congolese</a> singer <a href="/wiki/Fally_Ipupa" title="Fally Ipupa">Fally Ipupa</a>, 4X4 from Ghana, hip-hop artist Movaizhaleine from Gabon, Zambia's <a href="/wiki/Jordan_Katembula" title="Jordan Katembula">JK</a>, Ugandan hip-hop star Navio and Kenya's <a href="/wiki/Amani_(musician)" title="Amani (musician)">Amani</a>, the only female in the group. The first release from the group was "Hands Across the World" written and produced by Kelly.<a href="#cite_note-119">[119]</a><a href="#cite_note-120">[120]</a> Kelly's tenth album <a href="/wiki/Love_Letter_(R._Kelly_album)" title="Love Letter (R. Kelly album)">Love Letter</a>, released on December 14, 2010, included 15 songs, one of which was Kelly singing "<a href="/wiki/You_Are_Not_Alone" title="You Are Not Alone">You Are Not Alone</a>", a track Kelly originally wrote for <a href="/wiki/Michael_Jackson" title="Michael Jackson">Michael Jackson</a>. The first single "<a href="/wiki/When_a_Woman_Loves_(song)" title="When a Woman Loves (song)">When a Woman Loves</a>" was nominated for a Grammy for Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance at the <a href="/wiki/53rd_Annual_Grammy_Awards" title="53rd Annual Grammy Awards">53rd Annual Grammy Awards</a>.<a href="#cite_note-grammys-r-kelly2-35">[35]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:R._Kelly_Performing_2011.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/R._Kelly_Performing_2011.png/250px-R._Kelly_Performing_2011.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="295" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/R._Kelly_Performing_2011.png/330px-R._Kelly_Performing_2011.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/R._Kelly_Performing_2011.png/500px-R._Kelly_Performing_2011.png 2x" data-file-width="674" data-file-height="904" /></a><figcaption>R. Kelly in 2011</figcaption></figure> At the <a href="/wiki/53rd_Annual_Grammy_Awards" title="53rd Annual Grammy Awards">2011 Pre-Grammy Gala</a> in Los Angeles, Kelly performed a medley of hits, and, in March 2011, Kelly was named the No. 1 R&B artist of the last 25 years by Billboard.<a href="#cite_note-121">[121]</a><a href="#cite_note-Singers_Room-122">[122]</a> On July 19, 2011, Kelly was admitted to the Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago to undergo emergency throat surgery to drain an abscess on one of his tonsils, and was released on July 21, 2011.<a href="#cite_note-123">[123]</a> He canceled his performance at the Reggae Sumfest in Jamaica that was scheduled for the following Friday. Johnny Gourzong, Sumfest Productions executive director, commented, "We are truly going to miss his presence on the festival."<a href="#cite_note-124">[124]</a><a href="#cite_note-125">[125]</a> On September 23, 2011, <a href="/wiki/Variety_(magazine)" title="Variety (magazine)">Variety</a> confirmed that Kelly had signed on to write original music for the <a href="/wiki/Sparkle_(2012_film)" title="Sparkle (2012 film)">Sparkle</a> soundtrack.<a href="#cite_note-126">[126]</a> In 2011, Kelly worked with writer <a href="/wiki/David_Ritz" title="David Ritz">David Ritz</a> on an autobiography entitled <a href="/wiki/Soulacoaster" title="Soulacoaster">Soulacoaster: The Diary of Me</a>, which was later released in the summer of 2012.<a href="#cite_note-127">[127]</a> On October 7, 2011, after <a href="/wiki/Sony" title="Sony">Sony</a>'s <a href="/wiki/RCA_Music_Group" title="RCA Music Group">RCA Music Group</a> announced the consolidation of <a href="/wiki/Jive_Records" title="Jive Records">Jive</a>, <a href="/wiki/Arista_Records" title="Arista Records">Arista</a> and <a href="/wiki/J_Records" title="J Records">J Records</a> into <a href="/wiki/RCA_Records" title="RCA Records">RCA Records</a>,<a href="#cite_note-128">[128]</a><a href="#cite_note-129">[129]</a> Kelly was set to release music under the RCA brand.<a href="#cite_note-130">[130]</a><a href="#cite_note-131">[131]</a> Following his throat surgery, Kelly released "<a href="/wiki/Shut_Up_(R._Kelly_song)" title="Shut Up (R. Kelly song)">Shut Up</a>" to generally favorable reviews: <a href="/wiki/Spin_(magazine)" title="Spin (magazine)">Spin</a> magazine said, "Kelly taking aim at the haters who said "he's washed up, he's lost it." He hasn't. Dude's voice is in prime smooth R&B form".<a href="#cite_note-132">[132]</a> On December 21, 2011, Kelly made a live appearance on <a href="/wiki/The_X_Factor_(U.S.)" class="mw-redirect" title="The X Factor (U.S.)">The X Factor</a> and gave his first performance after the surgery. Kelly revealed to Rolling Stone that he felt like he was "just starting out" and how the performance was a "wake up call" for him.<a href="#cite_note-133">[133]</a> In 2012, Kelly made a series of announcements including a follow-up to the Love Letter album titled <a href="/wiki/Write_Me_Back" title="Write Me Back">Write Me Back</a>, which was released on June 26 to little fanfare,<a href="#cite_note-134">[134]</a> as well as a third installment of <a href="/wiki/Trapped_in_the_Closet" title="Trapped in the Closet">Trapped in the Closet</a><a href="#cite_note-135">[135]</a> and The Single Ladies Tour featuring R&B singer, <a href="/wiki/Tamia" title="Tamia">Tamia</a>.<a href="#cite_note-136">[136]</a><a href="#cite_note-137">[137]</a><a href="#cite_note-138">[138]</a> In February 2012, Kelly performed "<a href="/wiki/I_Look_to_You_(song)" title="I Look to You (song)">I Look to You</a>", a song he wrote for <a href="/wiki/Whitney_Houston" title="Whitney Houston">Whitney Houston</a>, at Houston's <a href="/wiki/Homegoing" title="Homegoing">homegoing</a>.<a href="#cite_note-139">[139]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2013–2017:_Black_Panties,_The_Buffet,_and_12_Nights_of_Christmas">2013–2017: Black Panties, The Buffet, and 12 Nights of Christmas</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Black_Panties" title="Black Panties">Black Panties</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Buffet_(R._Kelly_album)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Buffet (R. Kelly album)">The Buffet (R. Kelly album)</a>, and <a href="/wiki/12_Nights_of_Christmas" title="12 Nights of Christmas">12 Nights of Christmas</a></div> During 2013, Kelly continued his "The Single Ladies Tour". He performed at music festivals across North America, including <a href="/wiki/Bonnaroo_Music_Festival" class="mw-redirect" title="Bonnaroo Music Festival">Bonnaroo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pitchfork_Music_Festival" title="Pitchfork Music Festival">Pitchfork</a>, and Macy's Music Festival. On June 30, 2013, R. Kelly performed live at the <a href="/wiki/BET_Awards_2013" title="BET Awards 2013">BET Awards Show</a> singing hits as well as his new track "<a href="/wiki/My_Story_(R._Kelly_song)" title="My Story (R. Kelly song)">My Story</a>" featuring Atlanta rapper <a href="/wiki/2_Chainz" title="2 Chainz">2 Chainz</a>. The song was the lead single for Kelly's twelfth studio album <a href="/wiki/Black_Panties" title="Black Panties">Black Panties</a>.<a href="#cite_note-140">[140]</a> released on December 10, 2013.<a href="#cite_note-141">[141]</a> Writing for <a href="/wiki/New_York_(magazine)" title="New York (magazine)">New York magazine</a>, <a href="/wiki/David_Marchese" title="David Marchese">David Marchese</a> stated that Black Panties "was like a dare to the world: After all that he'd been accused of, after avoiding conviction, could R. Kelly still get away with making sex-obsessed music?"<a href="#cite_note-Marchese_2016-30">[30]</a> In 2013, Kelly collaborated with several artists including <a href="/wiki/Celine_Dion" title="Celine Dion">Celine Dion</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mariah_Carey" title="Mariah Carey">Mariah Carey</a>,<a href="#cite_note-Digital_Spy-142">[142]</a> <a href="/wiki/Mary_J._Blige" title="Mary J. Blige">Mary J. Blige</a>,<a href="#cite_note-143">[143]</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jennifer_Hudson" title="Jennifer Hudson">Jennifer Hudson</a>.<a href="#cite_note-144">[144]</a> In an interview with Global Grind in November, he described follow up work with Celine Dion after their number-one single "<a href="/wiki/I%27m_Your_Angel" title="I'm Your Angel">I'm Your Angel</a>" from 1998.<a href="#cite_note-145">[145]</a> Kelly worked with singer Mariah Carey for her album <a href="/wiki/Me._I_Am_Mariah..._The_Elusive_Chanteuse" title="Me. I Am Mariah... The Elusive Chanteuse">Me. I Am Mariah... The Elusive Chanteuse</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Digital_Spy-142">[142]</a> Kelly co-wrote and sang on <a href="/wiki/Lady_Gaga" title="Lady Gaga">Lady Gaga</a>'s song "<a href="/wiki/Do_What_U_Want" title="Do What U Want">Do What U Want</a>" from her 2013 album <a href="/wiki/Artpop" title="Artpop">Artpop</a>, performing the duet with her on <a href="/wiki/Saturday_Night_Live" title="Saturday Night Live">Saturday Night Live</a> on November 16, 2013,<a href="#cite_note-146">[146]</a> and at the 2013 <a href="/wiki/American_Music_Awards" title="American Music Awards">American Music Awards</a>.<a href="#cite_note-147">[147]</a><a href="#cite_note-Marchese_2016-30">[30]</a> "Do What U Want" was later removed from streaming services and re-releases of Gaga's Artpop album following sexual misconduct allegations against Kelly in early 2019.<a href="#cite_note-148">[148]</a><a href="#cite_note-149">[149]</a><a href="#cite_note-150">[150]</a> He also collaborated with <a href="/wiki/Birdman_(entertainer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Birdman (entertainer)">Birdman</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lil_Wayne" title="Lil Wayne">Lil Wayne</a> on "We Been On", a single from the <a href="/wiki/Cash_Money_Records" title="Cash Money Records">Cash Money Records</a> compilation, <a href="/wiki/Rich_Gang_(album)" title="Rich Gang (album)">Rich Gang</a>. He also appeared on <a href="/wiki/Twista" title="Twista">Twista</a>'s first single on his ninth album, <a href="/wiki/Dark_Horse_(Twista_album)" title="Dark Horse (Twista album)">Dark Horse</a>.<a href="#cite_note-151">[151]</a><a href="#cite_note-152">[152]</a> On November 17, 2013, Kelly and <a href="/wiki/Justin_Bieber" title="Justin Bieber">Justin Bieber</a> debuted a collaboration titled "<a href="/wiki/PYD_(song)" title="PYD (song)">PYD</a>".<a href="#cite_note-153">[153]</a><a href="#cite_note-154">[154]</a> Kelly was featured on the soundtrack album of the film <a href="/wiki/The_Best_Man_Holiday" title="The Best Man Holiday">The Best Man Holiday</a> with his song "<a href="/wiki/Happy_People_(R._Kelly_song)" title="Happy People (R. Kelly song)">Christmas, I'll Be Steppin'</a>".<a href="#cite_note-155">[155]</a> Kelly stated his intention to tour with R&B singer Mary J. Blige on "The King & Queen Tour" prior to the <a href="/wiki/Black_Panties" title="Black Panties">Black Panties Tour</a> while continuing to create segments of the <a href="/wiki/Hip_hopera" class="mw-redirect" title="Hip hopera">hip hopera</a> <a href="/wiki/Trapped_in_the_Closet" title="Trapped in the Closet">Trapped in the Closet</a>.<a href="#cite_note-156">[156]</a> In July 2014, Kelly announced that he was working on a <a href="/wiki/House_music" title="House music">house music</a> album.<a href="#cite_note-157">[157]</a> In November 2015, Kelly released "<a href="/wiki/Switch_Up_(R._Kelly_song)" title="Switch Up (R. Kelly song)">Switch Up</a>" featuring fellow Chicagoan <a href="/wiki/Jeremih" title="Jeremih">Jeremih</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lil_Wayne" title="Lil Wayne">Lil Wayne</a>, followed by "<a href="/wiki/Wake_Up_Everybody_(R._Kelly_song)" title="Wake Up Everybody (R. Kelly song)">Wake Up Everybody</a>", "<a href="/wiki/Marching_Band_(R._Kelly_song)" title="Marching Band (R. Kelly song)">Marching Band</a>" and "<a href="/wiki/Backyard_Party" title="Backyard Party">Backyard Party</a>". The following month, the album containing those singles, <a href="/wiki/The_Buffet" title="The Buffet">The Buffet</a>, was released. It charted poorly on the Billboard 200 at number sixteen with first-week sales of 39,000 album-equivalent copies.<a href="#cite_note-158">[158]</a> During November 2015, R. Kelly released a song with <a href="/wiki/Ty_Dolla_Sign" title="Ty Dolla Sign">Ty Dolla Sign</a> called "Actress" off the album <a href="/wiki/Free_TC" title="Free TC">Free TC</a>. The following year, after a two-and-a-half-year delay, Kelly presented his only Christmas album, also his fourteenth and final studio album in his career thus far, <a href="/wiki/12_Nights_of_Christmas" title="12 Nights of Christmas">12 Nights of Christmas</a>, which was released on October 21, 2016.<a href="#cite_note-159">[159]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2017–2022:_Guest_appearances,_"I_Admit"">2017–2022: Guest appearances, "I Admit"</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/I_Admit" title="I Admit">I Admit</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:R._Kelly_in_2017_03.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/R._Kelly_in_2017_03.png/220px-R._Kelly_in_2017_03.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="235" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/R._Kelly_in_2017_03.png/330px-R._Kelly_in_2017_03.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/R._Kelly_in_2017_03.png/440px-R._Kelly_in_2017_03.png 2x" data-file-width="504" data-file-height="539" /></a><figcaption>R. Kelly performing in 2017</figcaption></figure> On March 17, 2017, <a href="/wiki/Pitbull_(rapper)" title="Pitbull (rapper)">Pitbull</a> released the song "Dedicated" off his album <a href="/wiki/Climate_Change_(album)" title="Climate Change (album)">Climate Change</a> featuring guest appearances from Kelly and <a href="/wiki/Austin_Mahone" title="Austin Mahone">Austin Mahone</a>. Kelly released the 19-minute-long "<a href="/wiki/I_Admit" title="I Admit">I Admit</a>" on <a href="/wiki/SoundCloud" title="SoundCloud">SoundCloud</a> on July 23, 2018, as a response to his accusers.<a href="#cite_note-Pitchfork_I_Admit-160">[160]</a><a href="#cite_note-BBC_I_Admit-161">[161]</a> The song does not contain any <a href="/wiki/Admission_(law)" title="Admission (law)">criminal admissions</a> despite its title and <a href="/wiki/Refrain" title="Refrain">chorus</a>, which <a href="/wiki/Repetition_(music)" title="Repetition (music)">repeats</a> the lyric "I admit it, I did it".<a href="#cite_note-162">[162]</a><a href="#cite_note-Broadly_I_Admit-163">[163]</a> In "I Admit", Kelly denies allegations of <a href="/wiki/Domestic_violence" title="Domestic violence">domestic violence</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pedophilia" title="Pedophilia">pedophilia</a>, asserting that they are matters of opinion.<a href="#cite_note-Broadly_I_Admit-163">[163]</a> Kelly also denounces <a href="/wiki/Jim_DeRogatis" title="Jim DeRogatis">Jim DeRogatis</a> and repudiates his investigative report's claim of Kelly operating a "<a href="/wiki/Sex_cult" class="mw-redirect" title="Sex cult">sex cult</a>".<a href="#cite_note-Pitchfork_I_Admit-160">[160]</a> Addressing the <a href="/wiki/Mute_R._Kelly" title="Mute R. Kelly">Mute R. Kelly</a> <a href="/wiki/Social_media" title="Social media">social media</a> campaign, Kelly sings, "only God can mute me".<a href="#cite_note-164">[164]</a><a href="#cite_note-cnn-165">[165]</a> The song was criticized by reviewers, who described it as an act of <a href="/wiki/Trolling" class="mw-redirect" title="Trolling">trolling</a>.<a href="#cite_note-166">[166]</a><a href="#cite_note-167">[167]</a> Many outlets compared the song to that of his "<a href="/wiki/Heaven_I_Need_a_Hug" title="Heaven I Need a Hug">Heaven I Need a Hug</a>" extended version, <a href="/wiki/Trapped_in_the_Closet" title="Trapped in the Closet">Trapped in the Closet</a> opera, "<a href="/wiki/I_Believe_I_Can_Fly" title="I Believe I Can Fly">I Believe I Can Fly</a>" concert remix, and <a href="/wiki/O._J._Simpson" title="O. J. Simpson">O. J. Simpson</a>'s autobiographical novel <a href="/wiki/If_I_Did_It" class="mw-redirect" title="If I Did It">If I Did It</a>.<a href="#cite_note-168">[168]</a><a href="#cite_note-169">[169]</a> Andrea Kelly and Carey Killa Kelly (R. Kelly's ex-wife and brother, respectively) responded to "I Admit" with songs that contain additional allegations against R. Kelly.<a href="#cite_note-170">[170]</a><a href="#cite_note-The_Source-171">[171]</a> An album credited to Kelly titled I Admit It after and including the 19-minute song from 2018 was released on streaming services on December 9, 2022, but was taken down after it was not approved by Sony or R. Kelly's team. The album was credited to Sony's <a href="/wiki/Legacy_Recordings" title="Legacy Recordings">Legacy Recordings</a> but actually uploaded by <a href="/wiki/Real_Talk_Entertainment" title="Real Talk Entertainment">Real Talk Entertainment</a>, who had released the album through a sub-label also named Legacy Recordings. This resulted in the credited distributor, <a href="/wiki/Universal_Music_Group" title="Universal Music Group">Universal Music Group</a>–owned <a href="/wiki/Ingrooves" title="Ingrooves">Ingrooves</a>, cutting ties with Real Talk Entertainment.<a href="#cite_note-172">[172]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Artistry">Artistry</h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Musical_style_and_influences">Musical style and influences</h3></div> Kelly's music took root in R&B, <a href="/wiki/Hip_hop_music" class="mw-redirect" title="Hip hop music">hip hop</a> and <a href="/wiki/Soul_music" title="Soul music">soul</a>. He was influenced by listening to his mother, Joanne Kelly, sing. She played records by <a href="/wiki/Stevie_Wonder" title="Stevie Wonder">Stevie Wonder</a>, <a href="/wiki/Donny_Hathaway" title="Donny Hathaway">Donny Hathaway</a> and <a href="/wiki/Marvin_Gaye" title="Marvin Gaye">Marvin Gaye</a>, inspirations for Kelly.<a href="#cite_note-hoekstra-173">[173]</a><a href="#cite_note-174">[174]</a><a href="#cite_note-175">[175]</a> In reference to Hathaway, Kelly stated: "A guy like Donny Hathaway had a focused, sexual texture in his voice that I always wanted in mine. He had smooth, soulful tones, but he was spiritual at the same time.<a href="#cite_note-hoekstra-173">[173]</a> In his autobiography, Kelly stated that he was heavily influenced by Marvin Gaye's R&B Lothario image. "I had to make a 'baby-makin'' album. If Marvin Gaye did it, I wanted to do it", Kelly said.<a href="#cite_note-Kelly-2012-20">[20]</a> While Kelly created a smooth, professional mixture of hip-hop beats, soulman crooning and funk, the most distinctive element of his music is its explicit sensuality. "<a href="/wiki/Sex_Me" title="Sex Me">Sex Me</a>", "<a href="/wiki/Bump_n%27_Grind_(R._Kelly_song)" title="Bump n' Grind (R. Kelly song)">Bump n' Grind</a>", "<a href="/wiki/Your_Body%27s_Callin%27" title="Your Body's Callin'">Your Body's Callin'</a>", and "<a href="/wiki/Feelin%27_on_Yo_Booty" title="Feelin' on Yo Booty">Feelin' on Yo Booty</a>" are considered to be examples, as their productions were seductive enough to sell such blatant come-ons. Kelly's crossover appeal was also sustained by his development of a flair for pop balladry.<a href="#cite_note-allmusic-46">[46]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Vocal_style_and_lyrical_themes">Vocal style and lyrical themes</h3></div> Writing for the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Daily_News" title="New York Daily News">New York Daily News</a> in 1997, Nunyo Demasio stated "With a voice that easily shifts from booming <a href="/wiki/Baritone" title="Baritone">baritone</a> to seductive <a href="/wiki/Alto" title="Alto">alto</a>, Kelly has gained international celebrity by combining streetwise rhythms with sexually explicit lyrics."<a href="#cite_note-shooting_star-57">[57]</a> Love and sex are the topics of the majority of Kelly's lyrical content, although he has written about a wide variety of themes such as inspiration and <a href="/wiki/Spirituality" title="Spirituality">spirituality</a>. <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Sun-Times" title="Chicago Sun-Times">Chicago Sun-Times</a> reporters <a href="/wiki/Jim_DeRogatis" title="Jim DeRogatis">Jim DeRogatis</a> and Abdon Pallasch observed about the contrasting themes: "... the image he liked to project was that of the "R&B Thug"... bringing the streetwise persona of the <a href="/wiki/Gangsta_rap" title="Gangsta rap">gangsta rapper</a> into the more polite world of R&B."<a href="#cite_note-singer_swinger-176">[176]</a> Kelly expressed that he writes from everyday experiences and prides himself on being versatile. Larry Khan, senior vice president of Jive's urban marketing and promotion, said that Kelly's musical compass is second to none.<a href="#cite_note-177">[177]</a> DeRogatis and Pallasch reported that at concerts where Kelly would go from singing "Like a Real Freak" to "<a href="/wiki/I_Wish_(R._Kelly_song)" title="I Wish (R. Kelly song)">I Wish</a>": "Many fans found these abrupt shifts between the transcendent and the venal, the inspirational and the X-rated jarring."<a href="#cite_note-singer_swinger-176">[176]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Influence">Influence</h3></div> Kelly is considered to be one of the most successful R&B artists since the mid-1980s.<a href="#cite_note-Singers_Room-122">[122]</a> He is also one of the bestselling music artists in the United States, with over 30 million albums sold, as well as only the fifth black artist to enter the top 50 of the same list.<a href="#cite_note-RIAA_best-10">[10]</a> Rolling Stone magazine called him "arguably the most important R&B figure of the 1990s and 2000s".<a href="#cite_note-Rolling_Stone_bio-178">[178]</a> Music executive <a href="/wiki/Barry_Weiss" title="Barry Weiss">Barry Weiss</a> described Kelly as "the modern-day <a href="/wiki/Prince_(musician)" title="Prince (musician)">Prince</a>, although there's a bit of <a href="/wiki/Marvin_Gaye" title="Marvin Gaye">Marvin Gaye</a> in him, and a bit of <a href="/wiki/Irving_Berlin" title="Irving Berlin">Irving Berlin</a>".<a href="#cite_note-The_New_York_Times-179">[179]</a> R. Kelly has also been compared to artists like <a href="/wiki/Sam_Cooke" title="Sam Cooke">Sam Cooke</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Brown" title="Bobby Brown">Bobby Brown</a>.<a href="#cite_note-The_New_York_Times-179">[179]</a><a href="#cite_note-180">[180]</a> In addition to his solo and collaboration success, Kelly has also written and produced several hit songs, such as "<a href="/wiki/Age_Ain%27t_Nothing_but_a_Number_(Aaliyah_song)" title="Age Ain't Nothing but a Number (Aaliyah song)">Age Ain't Nothing but a Number</a>" for <a href="/wiki/Aaliyah" title="Aaliyah">Aaliyah</a>, "<a href="/wiki/Fortunate_(song)" title="Fortunate (song)">Fortunate</a>" for <a href="/wiki/Maxwell_(musician)" title="Maxwell (musician)">Maxwell</a>, "<a href="/wiki/You_Are_Not_Alone" title="You Are Not Alone">You Are Not Alone</a>" for Michael Jackson, "<a href="/wiki/G.H.E.T.T.O.U.T." title="G.H.E.T.T.O.U.T.">G.H.E.T.T.O.U.T.</a>" for <a href="/wiki/Changing_Faces_(group)" title="Changing Faces (group)">Changing Faces</a>, "<a href="/wiki/Bump,_Bump,_Bump" title="Bump, Bump, Bump">Bump, Bump, Bump</a>" for <a href="/wiki/B2K" title="B2K">B2K</a>, and many more. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Honors_and_awards">Honors and awards</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_awards_and_nominations_received_by_R._Kelly" title="List of awards and nominations received by R. Kelly">List of awards and nominations received by R. Kelly</a></div> Kelly has received and been nominated for multiple awards, as a songwriter, producer, and singer. He won three <a href="/wiki/Grammy_Awards" title="Grammy Awards">Grammy Awards</a> for his song "I Believe I Can Fly": Best Male R&B Vocal Performance, Best Rhythm and Blues Song, and Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or for Television.<a href="#cite_note-grammys-r-kelly2-35">[35]</a> After Kelly's federal conviction in New York, <a href="/wiki/The_Recording_Academy" title="The Recording Academy">The Recording Academy</a> stated in 2021 they wouldn't strip Kelly of his awards despite his "disturbing" actions.<a href="#cite_note-181">[181]</a> Kelly was given a <a href="/wiki/Freedom_of_the_City#Key_to_the_City" title="Freedom of the City">key to the city</a> of <a href="/wiki/Baton_Rouge,_Louisiana" title="Baton Rouge, Louisiana">Baton Rouge, Louisiana</a>, in 2013 as "an artist whose music brings generations together".<a href="#cite_note-182">[182]</a> On September 30, 2021, following his New York conviction of multiple sex crimes, the key was rescinded.<a href="#cite_note-183">[183]</a><a href="#cite_note-184">[184]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Legal_issues">Legal issues</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/R._Kelly_sexual_abuse_cases" title="R. Kelly sexual abuse cases">R. Kelly sexual abuse cases</a></div> Kelly has faced repeated accusations of sexual abuse for incidents dating from 1991 to 2018 and has been the subject of a long-term <a href="/wiki/Investigative_journalism" title="Investigative journalism">investigation</a> by the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Sun-Times" title="Chicago Sun-Times">Chicago Sun-Times</a> since August 2000. He has been tried in multiple civil suits and criminal trials, starting in 1996 when Tiffany Hawkins alleged that, starting in 1991 when she was age 15, Kelly, aged 24, had sexual relations with her and encouraged her to entice underaged friends.<a href="#cite_note-185">[185]</a><a href="#cite_note-186">[186]</a> Following leaked video recordings, Kelly was prosecuted on <a href="/wiki/Child_pornography" title="Child pornography">child pornography</a> charges in 2002,<a href="#cite_note-Fountain-2002-187">[187]</a> leading to a controversial trial that ended with his acquittal in 2008 on all charges.<a href="#cite_note-Levin-20082-188">[188]</a> The 2019 documentary <a href="/wiki/Surviving_R._Kelly" title="Surviving R. Kelly">Surviving R. Kelly</a> reexamined Kelly's alleged sexual misconduct with minors, prompting <a href="/wiki/RCA_Records" title="RCA Records">RCA Records</a> to terminate his contract<a href="#cite_note-189">[189]</a> and resulted in additional investigations by law enforcement beginning in 2019.<a href="#cite_note-190">[190]</a> This culminated in a 2021 conviction for violations of the <a href="/wiki/Mann_Act" title="Mann Act">Mann Act</a> and <a href="/wiki/Racketeer_Influenced_and_Corrupt_Organizations_Act" title="Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act">Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act</a>, and a 2022 conviction for production of <a href="/wiki/Child_pornography" title="Child pornography">child pornography</a>. As of 2023, he is serving a 31-year combined sentence at <a href="/wiki/Federal_Correctional_Complex,_Butner" title="Federal Correctional Complex, Butner">FCI Butner Medium I</a>.<a href="#cite_note-191">[191]</a> On July 30, 2024, multiple news outlets reported that Kelly, alongside his lawyer Jennifer Bonjean, had asked the Supreme Court to review his child pornography case, which could potentially drop 20 years off his sentence.<a href="#cite_note-192">[192]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_court_cases">Other court cases</h3></div> Other than the federal sex abuse cases, Kelly has been involved in several high-profile criminal cases and lawsuits. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Criminal">Criminal</h4></div> <ul><li>August 13, 1997: Kelly was found guilty of battery and placed on unsupervised probation for one year in <a href="/wiki/Lafayette,_Louisiana" title="Lafayette, Louisiana">Lafayette, Louisiana</a>, as a result of a July 1996 brawl which involved the singer and his entourage. One of the victims needed a total of 110 facial stitches.<a href="#cite_note-193">[193]</a></li> <li>April 8, 1998: Kelly was arrested in Chicago on three misdemeanor charges of disorderly conduct, including one charge of violating noise ordinance for playing his music extremely loud from his car, during a test run. He was allegedly <a href="/wiki/Attack_therapy" title="Attack therapy">confrontational</a> as he was arrested and placed into custody. The vehicle he was testing audio in was <a href="/wiki/Vehicle_impoundment" title="Vehicle impoundment">impounded</a> and placed on a $500 daily recovery fee.<a href="#cite_note-194">[194]</a> Prosecutors from the district attorney's office dropped the first two charges on May 7,<a href="#cite_note-195">[195]</a> and the noise charge on July 22 that year.<a href="#cite_note-196">[196]</a></li> <li>March 6, 2019: Kelly was taken to the <a href="/wiki/Cook_County_Jail" title="Cook County Jail">Cook County Jail</a> after <a href="/wiki/Deadbeat_parent" title="Deadbeat parent">failing to pay child support</a> in the amount of $161,633 to his former wife, Andrea. Three days later, he was released after someone, whose identity was withheld, paid off the child support on his behalf. His lawyer says he could not discuss the payment due to a <a href="/wiki/Gag_order" title="Gag order">gag order</a>.<a href="#cite_note-197">[197]</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Civil_suits">Civil suits</h4></div> <ul><li>November 1, 2004: Kelly launched a $75 million lawsuit against former friend Jay-Z and several concert organizers and/or promoters for removing him from the Best of Both Worlds tour.<a href="#cite_note-198">[198]</a> The lawsuit for <a href="/wiki/Breach_of_contract" title="Breach of contract">breach of contract</a>, which sought $75 million in damages ($60 million in <a href="/wiki/Punitive_damages" title="Punitive damages">punitive damages</a> and $15 million <a href="/wiki/Damages#Compensatory_damages" title="Damages">for lost income</a>) was a result of not being able to tour.<a href="#cite_note-199">[199]</a></li> <li>January 2005: Jay-Z countersued the singer, claiming Kelly showed erratic behavior including being late or absent attendances, vacating deadlines, and continued demands or requests that led to several cancellations and resulted in loss of gross. Kelly's lawyers challenged it as "inaccurate smears of [Mr. Kelly] that are utterly irrelevant to the issues of the case" but confirmed the rapper's refusal to continue work with Kelly after the Madison Square Garden incident and thus broke the contract.<a href="#cite_note-200">[200]</a> Jay-Z's counter suit was dismissed by a judge that May.<a href="#cite_note-201">[201]</a><a href="#cite_note-202">[202]</a></li> <li>November 2005: Kelly sued Jay-Z again, claiming that now <a href="/wiki/Roc_Nation" title="Roc Nation">Roc Nation</a> executive Tyran "Ty Ty" Smith was awarded with the position of vice president at the <a href="/wiki/Artists_and_repertoire" title="Artists and repertoire">artist and repertoire</a> department of Def Jam Recordings (which Jay was president of at the time), as a result of the latter pepper-spraying Kelly on October 29, 2004.<a href="#cite_note-203">[203]</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2></div> Kelly's mother, Joanne, died from cancer in 1993.<a href="#cite_note-204">[204]</a> He has given conflicting accounts of where he was during his mother's death.<a href="#cite_note-Heath-2016a-22">[22]</a> His oldest daughter, JoAnn (b. 1998), was named after the singer's mother, but is also known as Buku Abi.<a href="#cite_note-205">[205]</a> In 1996, Kelly married <a href="/wiki/Andrea_Kelly" title="Andrea Kelly">Andrea Kelly</a> (née Lee), his former <a href="/wiki/Backup_dancer" title="Backup dancer">backup dancer</a> and mother of his three children, the aforementioned JoAnn, as well as Jaah (b. 2000), and Robert Jr. (b. 2002).<a href="#cite_note-Pallasch-2007-206">[206]</a><a href="#cite_note-207">[207]</a> Andrea filed a <a href="/wiki/Restraining_order" title="Restraining order">restraining order</a> against Kelly in September 2005 after a physical altercation, ultimately filing for divorce in 2006.<a href="#cite_note-208">[208]</a> In January 2009, their divorce was finalized after 13 years of marriage.<a href="#cite_note-Finalized-209">[209]</a><a href="#cite_note-210">[210]</a> In later years, Andrea accused Kelly of physical, verbal, and mental abuse, including in Surviving R. Kelly (2019).<a href="#cite_note-211">[211]</a><a href="#cite_note-212">[212]</a><a href="#cite_note-213">[213]</a> Kelly reportedly had a long relationship with gospel singer <a href="/wiki/Deleon_Richards" title="Deleon Richards">Deleon Richards</a> in the 1990s. In 2005, a Chicago man was charged for attempting to extort Richards' husband, <a href="/wiki/Gary_Sheffield" title="Gary Sheffield">Gary Sheffield</a>, by allegedly threatening to release a sex tape of Richards with an ex-boyfriend, reportedly Kelly.<a href="#cite_note-214">[214]</a> In January 2006, the man was sentenced to 27 months in prison.<a href="#cite_note-215">[215]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Philanthropy">Philanthropy</h3></div> In April 2007, Kelly released the song "Rise Up" for <a href="/wiki/Virginia_Tech" title="Virginia Tech">Virginia Tech</a> after the <a href="/wiki/Virginia_Tech_shooting" title="Virginia Tech shooting">2007 school shooting</a> and donated the net proceeds to the families of the victims.<a href="#cite_note-216">[216]</a> In 2010, he penned the song "<a href="/wiki/Sign_of_a_Victory" title="Sign of a Victory">Sign of a Victory</a>" for the <a href="/wiki/FIFA_World_Cup" title="FIFA World Cup">FIFA World Cup</a>, with all proceeds benefiting African charities.<a href="#cite_note-217">[217]</a> On April 6, 2011, he performed at a charity event in Chicago benefiting Clara's House, a facility designed to build employment, housing, health care, and education in the projects of Chicago.<a href="#cite_note-218">[218]</a> In 2016, Kelly donated cases of water to the <a href="/wiki/Flint_water_crisis" title="Flint water crisis">Flint water crisis</a>.<a href="#cite_note-219">[219]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Discography">Discography</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/R._Kelly_discography" title="R. Kelly discography">R. Kelly discography</a>, <a href="/wiki/R._Kelly_production_discography" title="R. Kelly production discography">R. Kelly production discography</a>, and <a href="/wiki/R._Kelly_videography" title="R. Kelly videography">R. Kelly videography</a></div> Solo studio albums <ul><li><a href="/wiki/12_Play" title="12 Play">12 Play</a> (1993)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/R._Kelly_(album)" title="R. Kelly (album)">R. Kelly</a> (1995)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/R._(R._Kelly_album)" title="R. (R. Kelly album)">R.</a> (1998)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/TP-2.com" title="TP-2.com">TP-2.com</a> (2000)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chocolate_Factory" title="Chocolate Factory">Chocolate Factory</a> (2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Happy_People/U_Saved_Me" title="Happy People/U Saved Me">Happy People/U Saved Me</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/TP.3_Reloaded" title="TP.3 Reloaded">TP.3 Reloaded</a> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Double_Up_(R._Kelly_album)" title="Double Up (R. Kelly album)">Double Up</a> (2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Untitled_(R._Kelly_album)" title="Untitled (R. Kelly album)">Untitled</a> (2009)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Love_Letter_(R._Kelly_album)" title="Love Letter (R. Kelly album)">Love Letter</a> (2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Write_Me_Back" title="Write Me Back">Write Me Back</a> (2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_Panties" title="Black Panties">Black Panties</a> (2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Buffet" title="The Buffet">The Buffet</a> (2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/12_Nights_of_Christmas" title="12 Nights of Christmas">12 Nights of Christmas</a> (2016)</li></ul> Collaborative studio albums <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Born_into_the_90%27s" title="Born into the 90's">Born into the 90's</a> (with <a href="/wiki/Public_Announcement" title="Public Announcement">Public Announcement</a>) (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Best_of_Both_Worlds_(Jay-Z_and_R._Kelly_album)" title="The Best of Both Worlds (Jay-Z and R. Kelly album)">The Best of Both Worlds</a> (with <a href="/wiki/Jay-Z" title="Jay-Z">Jay-Z</a>) (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Unfinished_Business_(Jay-Z_and_R._Kelly_album)" title="Unfinished Business (Jay-Z and R. Kelly album)">Unfinished Business</a> (with Jay-Z) (2004)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Tours">Tours</h2></div> Kelly toured extensively as a live musician. His <a href="/wiki/Concert_tour" title="Concert tour">concert tours</a> included: <ul><li>60653 Tour (w/ <a href="/wiki/Public_Announcement" title="Public Announcement">Public Announcement</a>) (1993)<a href="#cite_note-AP_Timeline-15">[15]</a></li> <li>The Very Necessary 12 Play Tour (with <a href="/wiki/Salt-N-Pepa" title="Salt-N-Pepa">Salt-N-Pepa</a>) (1994)<a href="#cite_note-220">[220]</a><a href="#cite_note-221">[221]</a></li> <li>The Down Low Top Secret Tour (with <a href="/wiki/LL_Cool_J" title="LL Cool J">LL Cool J</a> and <a href="/wiki/Xscape_(band)" class="mw-redirect" title="Xscape (band)">Xscape</a>) (1996)<a href="#cite_note-Pareles-1996-54">[54]</a></li> <li>The Get Up on a Room Tour (with <a href="/wiki/Kelly_Price" title="Kelly Price">Kelly Price</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nas" title="Nas">Nas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Foxy_Brown_(rapper)" title="Foxy Brown (rapper)">Foxy Brown</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Deborah_Cox" title="Deborah Cox">Deborah Cox</a>) (1999)</li> <li>The TP-2.com Tour (with <a href="/wiki/Sunshine_Anderson" title="Sunshine Anderson">Sunshine Anderson</a> and <a href="/wiki/Syleena_Johnson" title="Syleena Johnson">Syleena Johnson</a>) (2001)</li> <li>The Key in the Ignition Tour (with <a href="/wiki/Ashanti_(entertainer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ashanti (entertainer)">Ashanti</a>) (2003)</li> <li>The Best of Both Worlds Tour (with <a href="/wiki/Jay-Z" title="Jay-Z">Jay-Z</a>) (2004)<a href="#cite_note-222">[222]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Light_It_Up_Tour" class="mw-redirect" title="The Light It Up Tour">The Light It Up Tour</a> (2006)</li> <li>The Double Up Tour (with <a href="/wiki/J._Holiday" title="J. Holiday">J. Holiday</a> and <a href="/wiki/Keyshia_Cole" title="Keyshia Cole">Keyshia Cole</a>) (2007)</li> <li>The Ladies Make Some Noise Tour (with <a href="/wiki/K._Michelle" title="K. Michelle">K. Michelle</a>) (2009)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Love_Letter_Tour" title="Love Letter Tour">Love Letter Tour</a> (with <a href="/wiki/Keyshia_Cole" title="Keyshia Cole">Keyshia Cole</a> and <a href="/wiki/Marsha_Ambrosius" title="Marsha Ambrosius">Marsha Ambrosius</a>) (2011)</li> <li>The Single Ladies Tour (with <a href="/wiki/Tamia" title="Tamia">Tamia</a>) (2012–2013)</li> <li>Black Panties Tour (2014–2016)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Buffet_Tour" title="The Buffet Tour">The Buffet Tour</a> (2016)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Books">Books</h2></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Soulacoaster:_The_Diary_of_Me" class="mw-redirect" title="Soulacoaster: The Diary of Me">Soulacoaster: The Diary of Me</a> (2012, autobiography)<a href="#cite_note-223">[223]</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_artists_who_reached_number_one_in_the_United_States" title="List of artists who reached number one in the United States">List of artists who reached number one in the United States</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Billboard_number-one_singles" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Billboard number-one singles">List of Billboard number-one singles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_highest-certified_music_artists_in_the_United_States" title="List of highest-certified music artists in the United States">List of highest-certified music artists in the United States</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_songs_recorded_by_R._Kelly" title="List of songs recorded by R. Kelly">List of songs recorded by R. Kelly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_songs_written_and_produced_by_R._Kelly" title="List of songs written and produced by R. Kelly">List of songs written and produced by R. Kelly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_unreleased_songs_recorded_by_R._Kelly" title="List of unreleased songs recorded by R. Kelly">List of unreleased songs recorded by R. 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Kelly">Awards and nominations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/R._Kelly_sexual_abuse_cases" title="R. Kelly sexual abuse cases">Sexual abuse cases</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Studio albums</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/12_Play" title="12 Play">12 Play</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/R._Kelly_(album)" title="R. Kelly (album)">R. Kelly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/R._(R._Kelly_album)" title="R. (R. Kelly album)">R.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/TP-2.com" title="TP-2.com">TP-2.com</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chocolate_Factory" title="Chocolate Factory">Chocolate Factory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Happy_People/U_Saved_Me" title="Happy People/U Saved Me">Happy People/U Saved Me</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/TP.3_Reloaded" title="TP.3 Reloaded">TP.3 Reloaded</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Double_Up_(R._Kelly_album)" title="Double Up (R. Kelly album)">Double Up</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Untitled_(R._Kelly_album)" title="Untitled (R. Kelly album)">Untitled</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Love_Letter_(R._Kelly_album)" title="Love Letter (R. Kelly album)">Love Letter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Write_Me_Back" title="Write Me Back">Write Me Back</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_Panties" title="Black Panties">Black Panties</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Buffet" title="The Buffet">The Buffet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/12_Nights_of_Christmas" title="12 Nights of Christmas">12 Nights of Christmas</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Collaboration albums</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Born_into_the_90%27s" title="Born into the 90's">Born into the 90's</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Best_of_Both_Worlds_(Jay-Z_and_R._Kelly_album)" title="The Best of Both Worlds (Jay-Z and R. Kelly album)">The Best of Both Worlds</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Unfinished_Business_(Jay-Z_and_R._Kelly_album)" title="Unfinished Business (Jay-Z and R. Kelly album)">Unfinished Business</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Mixtape</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_%22Demo%22_Tape" title="The "Demo" Tape">The Demo Tape</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Compilation albums</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_R._in_R%26B_Collection,_Vol._1" title="The R. in R&B Collection, Vol. 1">The R. in R&B Collection, Vol. 1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/My_Diary_(R._Kelly_album)" class="mw-redirect" title="My Diary (R. Kelly album)">My Diary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Remix_City,_Volume_1" title="Remix City, Volume 1">Remix City, Volume 1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Playlist:_The_Very_Best_of_R._Kelly" title="Playlist: The Very Best of R. Kelly">Playlist: The Very Best of R. Kelly</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Tours">Tours</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Love_Letter_Tour" title="Love Letter Tour">Love Letter Tour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Buffet_Tour" title="The Buffet Tour">The Buffet Tour</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Trapped_in_the_Closet" title="Trapped in the Closet">Trapped in the Closet</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Trapped_in_the_Closet_(Chapter_1)" title="Trapped in the Closet (Chapter 1)">Chapter 1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trapped_in_the_Closet_Chapters_1%E2%80%9312" class="mw-redirect" title="Trapped in the Closet Chapters 1–12">Chapters 1–12</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trapped_in_the_Closet_Chapters_13%E2%80%9322" title="Trapped in the Closet Chapters 13–22">Chapters 13–22</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trapped_in_the_Closet:_Chapters_23%E2%80%9333" title="Trapped in the Closet: Chapters 23–33">Chapters 23–33</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trapped_in_the_Closet:_The_Confessionals" class="mw-redirect" title="Trapped in the Closet: The Confessionals">The Confessionals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trapped_in_the_Closet_(South_Park)" title="Trapped in the Closet (South Park)">"Trapped in the Closet" (South Park)</a></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Trapped_in_the_Drive-Thru" title="Trapped in the Drive-Thru">Trapped in the Drive-Thru</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Bibliography</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Soulacoaster:_The_Diary_of_Me" class="mw-redirect" title="Soulacoaster: The Diary of Me">Soulacoaster: The Diary of Me</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related articles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_songs_recorded_by_R._Kelly" title="List of songs recorded by R. Kelly">Songs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_unreleased_songs_recorded_by_R._Kelly" title="List of unreleased songs recorded by R. Kelly">Unreleased songs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aaliyah" title="Aaliyah">Aaliyah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andrea_Kelly" title="Andrea Kelly">Andrea Kelly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mute_R._Kelly" title="Mute R. Kelly">Mute R. Kelly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Public_Announcement" title="Public Announcement">Public Announcement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rockland_Records" title="Rockland Records">Rockland Records</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shaggy_defense" title="Shaggy defense">Shaggy defense</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Surviving_R._Kelly" title="Surviving R. Kelly">Surviving R. 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Kelly videography">Videography</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_awards_and_nominations_received_by_R._Kelly" title="List of awards and nominations received by R. Kelly">Awards and nominations</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Born_into_the_90%27s" title="Born into the 90's">Born into the 90's</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/She%27s_Got_That_Vibe" title="She's Got That Vibe">She's Got That Vibe</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Honey_Love_(R._Kelly_and_Public_Announcement_song)" title="Honey Love (R. Kelly and Public Announcement song)">Honey Love</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Slow_Dance_(Hey_Mr._DJ)" title="Slow Dance (Hey Mr. DJ)">Slow Dance (Hey Mr. DJ)</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Dedicated_(song)" title="Dedicated (song)">Dedicated</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Hey_Love_(Can_I_Have_a_Word)" title="Hey Love (Can I Have a Word)">Hey Love (Can I Have a Word)</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/12_Play" title="12 Play">12 Play</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Sex_Me" title="Sex Me">Sex Me (Parts I and II)</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Bump_n%27_Grind_(R._Kelly_song)" title="Bump n' Grind (R. Kelly song)">Bump N' Grind</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Your_Body%27s_Callin%27" title="Your Body's Callin'">Your Body's Callin'</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Summer_Bunnies" title="Summer Bunnies">Summer Bunnies</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/It_Seems_Like_You%27re_Ready" title="It Seems Like You're Ready">It Seems Like You're Ready</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/R._Kelly_(album)" title="R. Kelly (album)">R. Kelly</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/You_Remind_Me_of_Something" title="You Remind Me of Something">You Remind Me of Something</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Down_Low_(Nobody_Has_to_Know)" title="Down Low (Nobody Has to Know)">Down Low (Nobody Has to Know)</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Thank_God_It%27s_Friday_(R._Kelly_song)" title="Thank God It's Friday (R. Kelly song)">Thank God It's Friday</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I_Can%27t_Sleep_Baby_(If_I)" title="I Can't Sleep Baby (If I)">I Can't Sleep Baby (If I)</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/R._(R._Kelly_album)" title="R. (R. Kelly album)">R.</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/I_Believe_I_Can_Fly" title="I Believe I Can Fly">I Believe I Can Fly</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Gotham_City_(song)" title="Gotham City (song)">Gotham City</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Half_on_a_Baby" title="Half on a Baby">Half on a Baby</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Home_Alone_(song)" title="Home Alone (song)">Home Alone</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I%27m_Your_Angel" title="I'm Your Angel">I'm Your Angel</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/When_a_Woman%27s_Fed_Up" title="When a Woman's Fed Up">When a Woman's Fed Up</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Did_You_Ever_Think" title="Did You Ever Think">Did You Ever Think</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/If_I_Could_Turn_Back_the_Hands_of_Time" title="If I Could Turn Back the Hands of Time">If I Could Turn Back the Hands of Time</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Only_the_Loot_Can_Make_Me_Happy" title="Only the Loot Can Make Me Happy">Only the Loot Can Make Me Happy</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/TP-2.com" title="TP-2.com">TP-2.com</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/I_Wish_(R._Kelly_song)" title="I Wish (R. Kelly song)">I Wish</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Storm_Is_Over_Now" title="The Storm Is Over Now">The Storm Is Over Now</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Fiesta_(R._Kelly_song)" title="Fiesta (R. Kelly song)">Fiesta (Remix)</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Feelin%27_on_Yo_Booty" title="Feelin' on Yo Booty">Feelin' on Yo Booty</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/A_Woman%27s_Threat" title="A Woman's Threat">A Woman's Threat</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Chocolate_Factory" title="Chocolate Factory">Chocolate Factory</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/The_World%27s_Greatest" title="The World's Greatest">The World's Greatest</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Ignition_(Remix)" title="Ignition (Remix)">Ignition (Remix)</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Snake_(song)" title="Snake (song)">Snake</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Step_in_the_Name_of_Love" title="Step in the Name of Love">Step in the Name of Love (Remix)</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/The_R._in_R%26B_Collection,_Vol._1" title="The R. in R&B Collection, Vol. 1">The R. in R&B Collection, Vol. 1</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Thoia_Thoing" title="Thoia Thoing">Thoia Thoing</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Happy_People/U_Saved_Me" title="Happy People/U Saved Me">Happy People/U Saved Me</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Happy_People_(R._Kelly_song)" title="Happy People (R. Kelly song)">Happy People</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/U_Saved_Me" title="U Saved Me">U Saved Me</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/TP.3_Reloaded" title="TP.3 Reloaded">TP.3 Reloaded</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/In_the_Kitchen" title="In the Kitchen">In the Kitchen</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Trapped_in_the_Closet_(Chapter_1)" title="Trapped in the Closet (Chapter 1)">Trapped in the Closet (Chapter 1)</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Playa%27s_Only" title="Playa's Only">Playa's Only</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Slow_Wind" title="Slow Wind">Slow Wind</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Burn_It_Up_(R._Kelly_song)" title="Burn It Up (R. Kelly song)">Burn It Up</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Double_Up_(R._Kelly_album)" title="Double Up (R. Kelly album)">Double Up</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/I%27m_a_Flirt" title="I'm a Flirt">I'm a Flirt (Remix)</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Same_Girl_(R._Kelly_and_Usher_song)" title="Same Girl (R. Kelly and Usher song)">Same Girl</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Double_Up_(R._Kelly_song)" title="Double Up (R. Kelly song)">Double Up</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Rock_Star_(R._Kelly_song)" title="Rock Star (R. Kelly song)">Rock Star</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Untitled_(R._Kelly_album)" title="Untitled (R. Kelly album)">Untitled</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Supaman_High" title="Supaman High">Supaman High</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Number_One_(R._Kelly_song)" title="Number One (R. Kelly song)">Number One</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Religious_(song)" title="Religious (song)">Religious</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Echo_(R._Kelly_song)" title="Echo (R. Kelly song)">Echo</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Love_Letter_(R._Kelly_album)" title="Love Letter (R. Kelly album)">Love Letter</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/When_a_Woman_Loves_(song)" title="When a Woman Loves (song)">When a Woman Loves</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Write_Me_Back" title="Write Me Back">Write Me Back</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Share_My_Love_(song)" title="Share My Love (song)">Share My Love</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Feelin%27_Single" title="Feelin' Single">Feelin' Single</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/When_a_Man_Lies" title="When a Man Lies">When a Man Lies</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Black_Panties" title="Black Panties">Black Panties</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/My_Story_(R._Kelly_song)" title="My Story (R. Kelly song)">My Story</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/The_Buffet" title="The Buffet">The Buffet</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Backyard_Party" title="Backyard Party">Backyard Party</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Switch_Up_(R._Kelly_song)" title="Switch Up (R. Kelly song)">Switch Up</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other singles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Soldier%27s_Heart_(song)" title="Soldier's Heart (song)">Soldier's Heart</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Honey_(Jay-Z_and_R._Kelly_song)" title="Honey (Jay-Z and R. Kelly song)">Honey</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Big_Chips" title="Big Chips">Big Chips</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Hair_Braider" title="Hair Braider">Hair Braider</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I_Believe_(R._Kelly_song)" title="I Believe (R. Kelly song)">I Believe</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Sign_of_a_Victory" title="Sign of a Victory">Sign of a Victory</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I_Look_to_You_(song)#Duet_version_with_R._Kelly" title="I Look to You (song)">I Look to You</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Bump_n%27_Grind_(R._Kelly_song)#Bump_&_Grind_2014" title="Bump n' Grind (R. Kelly song)">Bump & Grind 2014</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Ignition_(Remix)#Ignition_(Viceroy_Remix)" title="Ignition (Remix)">Ignition (Viceroy Remix)</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/R._Kelly_discography#As_featured_artist" title="R. Kelly discography">Featured singles</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Down_with_the_Clique" title="Down with the Clique">Down with the Clique</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Street_Dreams_(song)" title="Street Dreams (song)">Street Dreams (Remix)</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Be_Careful_(Sparkle_song)" title="Be Careful (Sparkle song)">Be Careful</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Friend_of_Mine_(Kelly_Price_song)" title="Friend of Mine (Kelly Price song)">Friend of Mine (Remix)</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Satisfy_You_(Puff_Daddy_song)" title="Satisfy You (Puff Daddy song)">Satisfy You</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Contagious_(song)" title="Contagious (song)">Contagious</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/We_Thuggin%27" title="We Thuggin'">We Thuggin'</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Gigolo_(Nick_Cannon_song)" title="Gigolo (Nick Cannon song)">Gigolo</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Hotel_(Cassidy_song)" title="Hotel (Cassidy song)">Hotel</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Gangsta_Girl" title="Gangsta Girl">Gangsta Girl</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Till_the_World_Ends#Remixes" title="Till the World Ends">Till the World Ends</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/So_Sexy" title="So Sexy">So Sexy</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/So_Sexy_Chapter_II_(Like_This)" title="So Sexy Chapter II (Like This)">So Sexy Chapter II (Like This)</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Wonderful_(Ja_Rule_song)" title="Wonderful (Ja Rule song)">Wonderful</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/That%27s_That" title="That's That">That's That Shit</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Go_Getta" title="Go Getta">Go Getta</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Speedin%27" title="Speedin'">Speedin'</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Out_of_This_Club" title="Out of This Club">Out of This Club</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/All_the_Above_(Beanie_Sigel_song)" title="All the Above (Beanie Sigel song)">All the Above</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Ms._Chocolate" title="Ms. Chocolate">Ms. Chocolate</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Rich_Gang_(album)" title="Rich Gang (album)">We Been On</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Do_What_U_Want" title="Do What U Want">Do What U Want</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/PYD_(song)" title="PYD (song)">PYD</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/It%27s_Your_World_(song)" title="It's Your World (song)">It's Your World</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Soundtrack singles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/I_Believe_I_Can_Fly" title="I Believe I Can Fly">I Believe I Can Fly</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Gotham_City_(song)" title="Gotham City (song)">Gotham City</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Bad_Man_(song)" title="Bad Man (song)">Bad Man</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_World%27s_Greatest" title="The World's Greatest">The World's Greatest</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I_Believe_(R._Kelly_song)" title="I Believe (R. Kelly song)">I Believe</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Happy_People_(R._Kelly_song)#Christmas,_I'll_Be_Steppin" title="Happy People (R. Kelly song)">Christmas, I'll Be Steppin'</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other songs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/It_Seems_Like_You%27re_Ready" title="It Seems Like You're Ready">It Seems Like You're Ready</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Sadie_(The_Spinners_song)#Sadie_-_R._Kelly_cover" title="Sadie (The Spinners song)">Sadie</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/G.H.E.T.T.O.U.T." title="G.H.E.T.T.O.U.T.">G.H.E.T.T.O.U.T.</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Heaven_I_Need_a_Hug" title="Heaven I Need a Hug">Heaven I Need a Hug</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I_Need_an_Angel" title="I Need an Angel">I Need an Angel</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Real_Talk_(R._Kelly_song)" title="Real Talk (R. Kelly song)">Real Talk</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/You_Are_Not_Alone#R._Kelly_version" title="You Are Not Alone">You Are Not Alone</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Platinum_(Snoop_Dogg_song)" title="Platinum (Snoop Dogg song)">Platinum</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Shut_Up_(R._Kelly_song)" title="Shut Up (R. Kelly song)">Shut Up</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Betcha_Gon%27_Know_(The_Prologue)#Remix_featuring_R._Kelly" title="Betcha Gon' Know (The Prologue)">Betcha Gon' Know</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/To_the_World" title="To the World">To the World</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Marching_Band_(R._Kelly_song)" title="Marching Band (R. Kelly song)">Marching Band</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Wake_Up_Everybody_(R._Kelly_song)" title="Wake Up Everybody (R. Kelly song)">Wake Up Everybody</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I_Admit" title="I Admit">I Admit</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/16px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/23px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/31px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="180" data-file-height="185" /> <a href="/wiki/Category:R._Kelly_songs" title="Category:R. Kelly songs">Category:R. Kelly songs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Songs_written_by_R._Kelly" title="Category:Songs written by R. Kelly">Category:Songs written by R. Kelly</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235" /></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Articles_related_to_R._Kelly95" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background:#e8e8ff;"><div id="Articles_related_to_R._Kelly95" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Articles related to R. 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Kelly song)">Fiesta (Remix)</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Feelin%27_on_Yo_Booty" title="Feelin' on Yo Booty">Feelin' on Yo Booty</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/A_Woman%27s_Threat" title="A Woman's Threat">A Woman's Threat</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/TP.3_Reloaded" title="TP.3 Reloaded">TP.3 Reloaded</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/In_the_Kitchen" title="In the Kitchen">In the Kitchen</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Trapped_in_the_Closet_(Chapter_1)" title="Trapped in the Closet (Chapter 1)">Trapped in the Closet (Chapter 1)</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Playa%27s_Only" title="Playa's Only">Playa's Only</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Slow_Wind" title="Slow Wind">Slow Wind</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Burn_It_Up_(R._Kelly_song)" title="Burn It Up (R. Kelly song)">Burn It Up</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Tours</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Official_tours">The 12 Play Very Necessary Tour</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Official_tours">The TP-2.com Tour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/TP.3_Reloaded#R._Kelly_Live_the_Light_It_Up_Tour" title="TP.3 Reloaded">R. Kelly Live the Light It Up Tour</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related articles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">R. Kelly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/R._Kelly_discography" title="R. Kelly discography">R. 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<li>"<a href="/wiki/Color_Him_Father" title="Color Him Father">Color Him Father</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Richard_Lewis_Spencer" title="Richard Lewis Spencer">Richard Lewis Spencer</a> (songwriter) (1969)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#cedff2;;width:1%">1970s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Patches_(Chairmen_of_the_Board_song)" title="Patches (Chairmen of the Board song)">Patches</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Ron_Dunbar" title="Ron Dunbar">Ronald Dunbar</a> & <a href="/wiki/General_Johnson_(musician)" title="General Johnson (musician)">General Johnson</a> (songwriters) (1970)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Ain%27t_No_Sunshine" title="Ain't No Sunshine">Ain't No Sunshine</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Bill_Withers" title="Bill Withers">Bill Withers</a> (songwriter) (1971)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Papa_Was_a_Rollin%27_Stone" title="Papa Was a Rollin' Stone">Papa Was a Rollin' Stone</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Barrett_Strong" title="Barrett Strong">Barrett Strong</a> & <a href="/wiki/Norman_Whitfield" title="Norman Whitfield">Norman Whitfield</a> (songwriters) (1972)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Superstition_(song)" title="Superstition (song)">Superstition</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Stevie_Wonder" title="Stevie Wonder">Stevie Wonder</a> (songwriter) (1973)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Living_for_the_City" title="Living for the City">Living for the City</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Stevie_Wonder" title="Stevie Wonder">Stevie Wonder</a> (songwriter) (1974)</li> <li>"Where Is the Love" – <a href="/wiki/Harry_Wayne_Casey" title="Harry Wayne Casey">Harry Wayne Casey</a>, Willie Clarke, <a href="/wiki/Richard_Finch_(producer)" title="Richard Finch (producer)">Richard Finch</a> & <a href="/wiki/Betty_Wright" title="Betty Wright">Betty Wright</a> (songwriters) (1975)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Lowdown_(Boz_Scaggs_song)" title="Lowdown (Boz Scaggs song)">Lowdown</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Boz_Scaggs" title="Boz Scaggs">Boz Scaggs</a> & <a href="/wiki/David_Paich" title="David Paich">David Paich</a> (songwriters) (1976)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/You_Make_Me_Feel_Like_Dancing" title="You Make Me Feel Like Dancing">You Make Me Feel Like Dancing</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Leo_Sayer" title="Leo Sayer">Leo Sayer</a> & <a href="/wiki/Vini_Poncia" title="Vini Poncia">Vini Poncia</a> (songwriters) (1977)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Last_Dance_(Donna_Summer_song)" title="Last Dance (Donna Summer song)">Last Dance</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Paul_Jabara" title="Paul Jabara">Paul Jabara</a> (songwriter) (1978)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/After_the_Love_Has_Gone" title="After the Love Has Gone">After the Love Has Gone</a>" – <a href="/wiki/David_Foster" title="David Foster">David Foster</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jay_Graydon" title="Jay Graydon">Jay Graydon</a> & <a href="/wiki/Bill_Champlin" title="Bill Champlin">Bill Champlin</a> (songwriters) (1979)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#cedff2;;width:1%">1980s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Never_Knew_Love_Like_This_Before" title="Never Knew Love Like This Before">Never Knew Love Like This Before</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Reggie_Lucas" title="Reggie Lucas">Reggie Lucas</a> & <a href="/wiki/James_Mtume" title="James Mtume">James Mtume</a> (songwriters) (1980)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Just_the_Two_of_Us_(Grover_Washington_Jr._song)" title="Just the Two of Us (Grover Washington Jr. song)">Just the Two of Us</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Bill_Withers" title="Bill Withers">Bill Withers</a>, William Salter & <a href="/wiki/Ralph_MacDonald" title="Ralph MacDonald">Ralph MacDonald</a> (songwriters) (1981)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Turn_Your_Love_Around" title="Turn Your Love Around">Turn Your Love Around</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Jay_Graydon" title="Jay Graydon">Jay Graydon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Steve_Lukather" title="Steve Lukather">Steve Lukather</a> & <a href="/wiki/Bill_Champlin" title="Bill Champlin">Bill Champlin</a> (songwriters) (1982)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Billie_Jean" title="Billie Jean">Billie Jean</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Michael_Jackson" title="Michael Jackson">Michael Jackson</a> (songwriter) (1983)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I_Feel_for_You" title="I Feel for You">I Feel for You</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Prince_(musician)" title="Prince (musician)">Prince</a> (songwriter) (1984)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Freeway_of_Love" title="Freeway of Love">Freeway of Love</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Jeffrey_E._Cohen" title="Jeffrey E. Cohen">Jeffrey E. Cohen</a> & <a href="/wiki/Narada_Michael_Walden" title="Narada Michael Walden">Narada Michael Walden</a> (songwriters) (1985)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Sweet_Love_(Anita_Baker_song)" title="Sweet Love (Anita Baker song)">Sweet Love</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Anita_Baker" title="Anita Baker">Anita Baker</a>, Louis A. Johnson & <a href="/wiki/Gary_Bias" title="Gary Bias">Gary Bias</a> (songwriters) (1986)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Lean_on_Me_(song)" title="Lean on Me (song)">Lean on Me</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Bill_Withers" title="Bill Withers">Bill Withers</a> (songwriter) (1987)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Giving_You_the_Best_That_I_Got_(song)" title="Giving You the Best That I Got (song)">Giving You the Best That I Got</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Anita_Baker" title="Anita Baker">Anita Baker</a>, Randy Holland & <a href="/wiki/Skip_Scarborough" title="Skip Scarborough">Skip Scarborough</a> (songwriters) (1988)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/If_You_Don%27t_Know_Me_by_Now" title="If You Don't Know Me by Now">If You Don't Know Me by Now</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Gamble_and_Huff" title="Gamble and Huff">Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff</a> (songwriters) (1989)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#cedff2;;width:1%">1990s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/U_Can%27t_Touch_This" title="U Can't Touch This">U Can't Touch This</a>" – <a href="/wiki/MC_Hammer" title="MC Hammer">MC Hammer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rick_James" title="Rick James">Rick James</a> & Alonzo Miller (songwriters) (1990)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Power_of_Love/Love_Power" title="Power of Love/Love Power">Power of Love/Love Power</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Marcus_Miller" title="Marcus Miller">Marcus Miller</a>, <a href="/wiki/Luther_Vandross" title="Luther Vandross">Luther Vandross</a> & Teddy Vann (songwriters) (1991)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/End_of_the_Road_(Boyz_II_Men_song)" title="End of the Road (Boyz II Men song)">End of the Road</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Babyface_(musician)" title="Babyface (musician)">Babyface</a>, <a href="/wiki/L.A._Reid" title="L.A. Reid">L.A. Reid</a> & <a href="/wiki/Daryl_Simmons" title="Daryl Simmons">Daryl Simmons</a> (songwriters) (1992)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/That%27s_the_Way_Love_Goes_(Janet_Jackson_song)" title="That's the Way Love Goes (Janet Jackson song)">That's the Way Love Goes</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Janet_Jackson" title="Janet Jackson">Janet Jackson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Jam_and_Terry_Lewis" title="Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis"> Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis</a> (songwriters) (1993)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I%27ll_Make_Love_to_You" title="I'll Make Love to You">I'll Make Love to You</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Babyface_(musician)" title="Babyface (musician)">Babyface</a> (songwriter) (1994)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/For_Your_Love_(Stevie_Wonder_song)" title="For Your Love (Stevie Wonder song)">For Your Love</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Stevie_Wonder" title="Stevie Wonder">Stevie Wonder</a> (songwriter) (1995)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Exhale_(Shoop_Shoop)" title="Exhale (Shoop Shoop)">Exhale (Shoop Shoop)</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Babyface_(musician)" title="Babyface (musician)">Babyface</a> (songwriter) (1996)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I_Believe_I_Can_Fly" title="I Believe I Can Fly">I Believe I Can Fly</a>" – <a class="mw-selflink selflink">R. Kelly</a> (songwriter) (1997)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Doo_Wop_(That_Thing)" title="Doo Wop (That Thing)">Doo Wop (That Thing)</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Lauryn_Hill" title="Lauryn Hill">Lauryn Hill</a> (songwriter) (1998)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/No_Scrubs" title="No Scrubs">No Scrubs</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Kandi_Burruss" title="Kandi Burruss">Kandi Burruss</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Briggs_(music_producer)" title="Kevin Briggs (music producer)">Kevin Briggs</a> & <a href="/wiki/Tameka_Cottle" title="Tameka Cottle">Tameka Cottle</a> (songwriters) (1999)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#cedff2;;width:1%">2000s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Say_My_Name" title="Say My Name">Say My Name</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Beyonc%C3%A9" title="Beyoncé">Beyoncé</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rodney_Jerkins" title="Rodney Jerkins">Rodney Jerkins</a>, <a href="/wiki/LaShawn_Daniels" title="LaShawn Daniels">LaShawn Daniels</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fred_Jerkins_III" title="Fred Jerkins III">Fred Jerkins III</a>, <a href="/wiki/LeToya_Luckett" title="LeToya Luckett">LeToya Luckett</a>, <a href="/wiki/LaTavia_Roberson" title="LaTavia Roberson">LaTavia Roberson</a> & <a href="/wiki/Kelly_Rowland" title="Kelly Rowland">Kelly Rowland</a> (songwriters) (2000)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Fallin%27_(Alicia_Keys_song)" title="Fallin' (Alicia Keys song)">Fallin'</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Alicia_Keys" title="Alicia Keys">Alicia Keys</a> (songwriter) (2001)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Love_of_My_Life_(An_Ode_to_Hip-Hop)" title="Love of My Life (An Ode to Hip-Hop)">Love of My Life (An Ode to Hip-Hop)</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Erykah_Badu" title="Erykah Badu">Erykah Badu</a>, Glenn Standridge, <a href="/wiki/James_Poyser" title="James Poyser">James Poyser</a>, Madukwu Chinwah, <a href="/wiki/Raphael_Saadiq" title="Raphael Saadiq">Raphael Saadiq</a>, <a href="/wiki/Common_(rapper)" title="Common (rapper)">Lonnie Lynn</a> & Robert Ozuna (songwriters) (2002)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Crazy_in_Love" title="Crazy in Love">Crazy in Love</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Beyonc%C3%A9" title="Beyoncé">Beyoncé</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jay-Z" title="Jay-Z">Shawn Carter</a> & <a href="/wiki/Rich_Harrison" title="Rich Harrison">Rich Harrison</a> (songwriters) (2003)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/You_Don%27t_Know_My_Name" title="You Don't Know My Name">You Don't Know My Name</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Alicia_Keys" title="Alicia Keys">Alicia Keys</a>, <a href="/wiki/Harold_Lilly_(songwriter)" title="Harold Lilly (songwriter)">Harold Lilly</a> & <a href="/wiki/Kanye_West" title="Kanye West">Kanye West</a> (songwriters) (2004)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/We_Belong_Together" title="We Belong Together">We Belong Together</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Mariah_Carey" title="Mariah Carey">Mariah Carey</a>, <a href="/wiki/Johnt%C3%A1_Austin" title="Johntá Austin">Johntá Austin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Manuel_Seal" title="Manuel Seal">Manuel Seal Jr.</a> & <a href="/wiki/Jermaine_Dupri" title="Jermaine Dupri">Jermaine Dupri</a> (songwriters) (2005)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Be_Without_You" title="Be Without You">Be Without You</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Bryan-Michael_Cox" title="Bryan-Michael Cox">Bryan-Michael Cox</a>, Jason Perry, <a href="/wiki/Johnt%C3%A1_Austin" title="Johntá Austin">Johntá Austin</a> & <a href="/wiki/Mary_J._Blige" title="Mary J. Blige">Mary J. Blige</a> (songwriters) (2006)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/No_One_(Alicia_Keys_song)" title="No One (Alicia Keys song)">No One</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Alicia_Keys" title="Alicia Keys">Alicia Keys</a>, <a href="/wiki/DJ_Dirty_Harry" title="DJ Dirty Harry">George M. Harry</a> & <a href="/wiki/Kerry_Brothers_Jr." title="Kerry Brothers Jr.">Kerry "Krucial" Brothers</a> (songwriters) (2007)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Miss_Independent_(Ne-Yo_song)" title="Miss Independent (Ne-Yo song)">Miss Independent</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Stargate_(record_producers)" title="Stargate (record producers)">Mikkel Eriksen, Tor Hermansen</a> & <a href="/wiki/Ne-Yo" title="Ne-Yo">Ne-Yo</a> (songwriters) (2008)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Single_Ladies_(Put_a_Ring_on_It)" title="Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)">Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Kuk_Harrell" title="Kuk Harrell">Thaddis "Kuk" Harrell</a>, <a href="/wiki/Beyonc%C3%A9" title="Beyoncé">Beyoncé Knowles</a>, <a href="/wiki/The-Dream" title="The-Dream">Terius Nash</a> & <a href="/wiki/Tricky_Stewart" title="Tricky Stewart">Christopher Stewart</a> (songwriters) (2009)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#cedff2;;width:1%">2010s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"Shine" – <a href="/wiki/John_Legend" title="John Legend">John Legend</a> (songwriter) (2010)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Fool_for_You" title="Fool for You">Fool for You</a>" – <a href="/wiki/CeeLo_Green" title="CeeLo Green">CeeLo Green</a>, <a href="/wiki/Melanie_Fiona" title="Melanie Fiona">Melanie Fiona</a> & <a href="/wiki/Jack_Splash" title="Jack Splash">Jack Splash</a> (songwriters) (2011)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Adorn_(song)" title="Adorn (song)">Adorn</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Miguel_(singer)" title="Miguel (singer)">Miguel Pimentel</a> (songwriter) (2012)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Pusher_Love_Girl" title="Pusher Love Girl">Pusher Love Girl</a>" – <a href="/wiki/James_Fauntleroy" title="James Fauntleroy">James Fauntleroy</a>, <a href="/wiki/J-Roc" title="J-Roc">Jerome Harmon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Timbaland" title="Timbaland">Timothy Mosley</a> & <a href="/wiki/Justin_Timberlake" title="Justin Timberlake">Justin Timberlake</a> (songwriters) (2013)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Drunk_in_Love" title="Drunk in Love">Drunk in Love</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Jay-Z" title="Jay-Z">Shawn Carter</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rasool_Diaz" title="Rasool Diaz">Rasool Diaz</a>, <a href="/wiki/Detail_(record_producer)" title="Detail (record producer)">Noel Fisher</a>, <a href="/wiki/J-Roc" title="J-Roc">Jerome Harmon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Beyonc%C3%A9" title="Beyoncé">Beyoncé Knowles</a>, <a href="/wiki/Timbaland" title="Timbaland">Timothy Mosley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Andre_Eric_Proctor" class="mw-redirect" title="Andre Eric Proctor">Andre Eric Proctor</a> & <a href="/wiki/Brian_Soko" title="Brian Soko">Brian Soko</a> (songwriters) (2014)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Really_Love_(D%27Angelo_song)" title="Really Love (D'Angelo song)">Really Love</a>" – <a href="/wiki/D%27Angelo" title="D'Angelo">D'Angelo</a>, Gina Figueroa & Kendra Foster (songwriters) (2015)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Lake_by_the_Ocean" title="Lake by the Ocean">Lake by the Ocean</a>" – Hod David & <a href="/wiki/Maxwell_(musician)" title="Maxwell (musician)">Musze</a> (songwriters) (2016)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/That%27s_What_I_Like_(Bruno_Mars_song)" title="That's What I Like (Bruno Mars song)">That's What I Like</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Brody_Brown" title="Brody Brown">Christopher Brody Brown</a>, <a href="/wiki/James_Fauntleroy" title="James Fauntleroy">James Fauntleroy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Philip_Lawrence_(songwriter)" title="Philip Lawrence (songwriter)">Philip Lawrence</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bruno_Mars" title="Bruno Mars">Bruno Mars</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Stereotypes" title="The Stereotypes">Ray Charles McCullough II, Jeremy Reeves, Ray Romulus & Jonathan Yip</a> (songwriters) (2017)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Boo%27d_Up" title="Boo'd Up">Boo'd Up</a>" – <a href="/wiki/1500_or_Nothin%27" title="1500 or Nothin'">Larrance Dopson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Joelle_James" title="Joelle James">Joelle James</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ella_Mai" title="Ella Mai">Ella Mai</a> & <a href="/wiki/Mustard_(record_producer)" title="Mustard (record producer)">Dijon McFarlane</a> (songwriters) (2018)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Say_So_(PJ_Morton_and_JoJo_song)" title="Say So (PJ Morton and JoJo song)">Say So</a>" – <a href="/wiki/PJ_Morton" title="PJ Morton">PJ Morton</a> (songwriter) (2019)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#cedff2;;width:1%">2020s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"Better Than I Imagined" – <a href="/wiki/Robert_Glasper" title="Robert Glasper">Robert Glasper</a>, <a href="/wiki/Meshell_Ndegeocello" title="Meshell Ndegeocello">Meshell Ndegeocello</a> & <a href="/wiki/H.E.R." title="H.E.R.">Gabriella Wilson</a> (songwriters) (2020)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Leave_the_Door_Open" title="Leave the Door Open">Leave the Door Open</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Anderson_.Paak" title="Anderson .Paak">Brandon Anderson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brody_Brown" title="Brody Brown">Christopher Brody Brown</a>, <a href="/wiki/D%27Mile" title="D'Mile">Dernst Emile II</a> & <a href="/wiki/Bruno_Mars" title="Bruno Mars">Bruno Mars</a> (songwriters) (2021)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Cuff_It" title="Cuff It">Cuff It</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Nova_Wav" title="Nova Wav">Denisia "Blu June" Andrews</a>, <a href="/wiki/Beyonc%C3%A9" title="Beyoncé">Beyoncé</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nova_Wav" title="Nova Wav">Brittany "Chi" Coney</a>, <a href="/wiki/The-Dream" title="The-Dream">Terius "The-Dream" Gesteelde-Diamant</a>, <a href="/wiki/Morten_Ristorp" title="Morten Ristorp">Morten Ristorp</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nile_Rodgers" title="Nile Rodgers">Nile Rodgers</a> & <a href="/wiki/Raphael_Saadiq" title="Raphael Saadiq">Raphael Saadiq</a> (songwriters) (2022)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Snooze_(SZA_song)" title="Snooze (SZA song)">Snooze</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Babyface_(musician)" title="Babyface (musician)">Kenny B. Edmonds</a>, Blair Ferguson, Khris Riddick-Tynes, <a href="/wiki/SZA" title="SZA">Solána Rowe</a> & <a href="/wiki/Leon_Thomas_III" title="Leon Thomas III">Leon Thomas III</a> (songwriters) (2023)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Saturn_(SZA_song)" title="Saturn (SZA song)">Saturn</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Rob_Bisel" title="Rob Bisel">Rob Bisel</a>, <a href="/wiki/Carter_Lang" title="Carter Lang">Carter Lang</a>, <a href="/wiki/SZA" title="SZA">Solána Rowe</a>, Jared Solomon & <a href="/wiki/Monsune" title="Monsune">Scott Zhang</a> (songwriters) (2024)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235" /></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Grammy_Award_for_Best_Song_Written_for_Visual_Media80" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" 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href="/wiki/Two_Hearts_(Phil_Collins_song)" title="Two Hearts (Phil Collins song)">Two Hearts</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Phil_Collins" title="Phil Collins">Phil Collins</a> & <a href="/wiki/Lamont_Dozier" title="Lamont Dozier">Lamont Dozier</a> (songwriters) (1988)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Let_the_River_Run" title="Let the River Run">Let the River Run</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Carly_Simon" title="Carly Simon">Carly Simon</a> (songwriter) (1989)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#cedff2;;width:1%">1990s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Under_the_Sea" title="Under the Sea">Under the Sea</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Alan_Menken" title="Alan Menken">Alan Menken</a> & <a href="/wiki/Howard_Ashman" title="Howard Ashman">Howard Ashman</a> (songwriters) (1990)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/(Everything_I_Do)_I_Do_It_for_You" title="(Everything I Do) I Do It for You">(Everything I Do) I Do It for You</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Mutt_Lange" title="Mutt Lange">Robert John "Mutt" Lange</a>, <a href="/wiki/Michael_Kamen" title="Michael Kamen">Michael Kamen</a> & <a href="/wiki/Bryan_Adams" title="Bryan Adams">Bryan Adams</a> (songwriters) (1991)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Beauty_and_the_Beast_(Disney_song)" title="Beauty and the Beast (Disney song)">Beauty and the Beast</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Alan_Menken" title="Alan Menken">Alan Menken</a> & <a href="/wiki/Howard_Ashman" title="Howard Ashman">Howard Ashman</a> (songwriters) (1992)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/A_Whole_New_World" title="A Whole New World">A Whole New World</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Alan_Menken" title="Alan Menken">Alan Menken</a> & <a href="/wiki/Tim_Rice" title="Tim Rice">Tim Rice</a> (songwriters) (1993)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Streets_of_Philadelphia" title="Streets of Philadelphia">Streets of Philadelphia</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Bruce_Springsteen" title="Bruce Springsteen">Bruce Springsteen</a> (songwriter) (1994)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Colors_of_the_Wind" title="Colors of the Wind">Colors of the Wind</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Alan_Menken" title="Alan Menken">Alan Menken</a> & <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Schwartz" title="Stephen Schwartz">Stephen Schwartz</a> (songwriters) (1995)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Because_You_Loved_Me" title="Because You Loved Me">Because You Loved Me</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Diane_Warren" title="Diane Warren">Diane Warren</a> (songwriter) (1996)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I_Believe_I_Can_Fly" title="I Believe I Can Fly">I Believe I Can Fly</a>" – <a class="mw-selflink selflink">R. Kelly</a> (songwriter) (1997)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/My_Heart_Will_Go_On" title="My Heart Will Go On">My Heart Will Go On</a>" – <a href="/wiki/James_Horner" title="James Horner">James Horner</a> & <a href="/wiki/Will_Jennings" title="Will Jennings">Will Jennings</a> (songwriters) (1998)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Beautiful_Stranger" title="Beautiful Stranger">Beautiful Stranger</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Madonna" title="Madonna">Madonna</a> & <a href="/wiki/William_Orbit" title="William Orbit">William Orbit</a> (songwriters) (1999)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#cedff2;;width:1%">2000s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/When_She_Loved_Me" title="When She Loved Me">When She Loved Me</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Randy_Newman" title="Randy Newman">Randy Newman</a> (songwriter) (2000)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Boss_of_Me" title="Boss of Me">Boss of Me</a>" – <a href="/wiki/John_Flansburgh" title="John Flansburgh">John Flansburgh</a> & <a href="/wiki/John_Linnell" title="John Linnell">John Linnell</a> (songwriters) (2001)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/If_I_Didn%27t_Have_You_(Disney_song)" title="If I Didn't Have You (Disney song)">If I Didn't Have You</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Randy_Newman" title="Randy Newman">Randy Newman</a> (songwriter) (2002)</li> <li>"A Mighty Wind" – <a href="/wiki/Christopher_Guest" title="Christopher Guest">Christopher Guest</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eugene_Levy" title="Eugene Levy">Eugene Levy</a> & <a href="/wiki/Michael_McKean" title="Michael McKean">Michael McKean</a> (songwriters) (2003)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Into_the_West_(song)" title="Into the West (song)">Into the West</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Annie_Lennox" title="Annie Lennox">Annie Lennox</a>, <a href="/wiki/Howard_Shore" title="Howard Shore">Howard Shore</a> & <a href="/wiki/Fran_Walsh" title="Fran Walsh">Fran Walsh</a> (songwriters) (2004)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Believe_(Josh_Groban_song)" title="Believe (Josh Groban song)">Believe</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Glen_Ballard" title="Glen Ballard">Glen Ballard</a> & <a href="/wiki/Alan_Silvestri" title="Alan Silvestri">Alan Silvestri</a> (songwriters) (2005)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Our_Town_(James_Taylor_song)" title="Our Town (James Taylor song)">Our Town</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Randy_Newman" title="Randy Newman">Randy Newman</a> (songwriter) (2006)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Love_You_I_Do" title="Love You I Do">Love You I Do</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Siedah_Garrett" title="Siedah Garrett">Siedah Garrett</a> & <a href="/wiki/Henry_Krieger" title="Henry Krieger">Henry Krieger</a> (songwriters) (2007)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Down_to_Earth_(Peter_Gabriel_song)" title="Down to Earth (Peter Gabriel song)">Down to Earth</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Peter_Gabriel" title="Peter Gabriel">Peter Gabriel</a> & <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Newman" title="Thomas Newman">Thomas Newman</a> (songwriters) (2008)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Jai_Ho_(song)" title="Jai Ho (song)">Jai Ho</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Gulzar" title="Gulzar">Gulzar</a>, <a href="/wiki/A._R._Rahman" title="A. R. Rahman">A. R. Rahman</a> & <a href="/wiki/Tanvi_Shah" title="Tanvi Shah">Tanvi Shah</a> (songwriters) (2009)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#cedff2;;width:1%">2010s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Weary_Kind" title="The Weary Kind">The Weary Kind</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Ryan_Bingham" title="Ryan Bingham">Ryan Bingham</a> & <a href="/wiki/T_Bone_Burnett" title="T Bone Burnett">T Bone Burnett</a> (songwriters) (2010)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I_See_the_Light" title="I See the Light">I See the Light</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Alan_Menken" title="Alan Menken">Alan Menken</a> & <a href="/wiki/Glenn_Slater" title="Glenn Slater">Glenn Slater</a> (songwriters) (2011)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Safe_%26_Sound_(Taylor_Swift_song)" title="Safe & Sound (Taylor Swift song)">Safe & Sound</a>" – <a href="/wiki/T_Bone_Burnett" title="T Bone Burnett">T Bone Burnett</a>, <a href="/wiki/Taylor_Swift" title="Taylor Swift">Taylor Swift</a>, <a href="/wiki/Joy_Williams_(singer)" title="Joy Williams (singer)">Joy Williams</a> & <a href="/wiki/John_Paul_White" title="John Paul White">John Paul White</a> (songwriters) (2012)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Skyfall_(song)" title="Skyfall (song)">Skyfall</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Adele" title="Adele">Adele Atkins</a> & <a href="/wiki/Paul_Epworth" title="Paul Epworth">Paul Epworth</a> (songwriters) (2013)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Let_It_Go" title="Let It Go">Let It Go</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Kristen_Anderson-Lopez" title="Kristen Anderson-Lopez">Kristen Anderson-Lopez</a> & <a href="/wiki/Robert_Lopez" title="Robert Lopez">Robert Lopez</a> (songwriters) (2014)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Glory_(Common_and_John_Legend_song)" title="Glory (Common and John Legend song)">Glory</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Common_(rapper)" title="Common (rapper)">Common</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rhymefest" title="Rhymefest">Che Smith</a> & <a href="/wiki/John_Legend" title="John Legend">John Legend</a> (songwriters) (2015)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Can%27t_Stop_the_Feeling!" title="Can't Stop the Feeling!">Can't Stop the Feeling!</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Max_Martin" title="Max Martin">Max Martin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shellback_(record_producer)" title="Shellback (record producer)">Shellback</a> & <a href="/wiki/Justin_Timberlake" title="Justin Timberlake">Justin Timberlake</a> (songwriters) (2016)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/How_Far_I%27ll_Go" title="How Far I'll Go">How Far I'll Go</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Lin-Manuel_Miranda" title="Lin-Manuel Miranda">Lin-Manuel Miranda</a> (songwriter) (2017)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Shallow_(Lady_Gaga_and_Bradley_Cooper_song)" title="Shallow (Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper song)">Shallow</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Lady_Gaga" title="Lady Gaga">Lady Gaga</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mark_Ronson" title="Mark Ronson">Mark Ronson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Anthony_Rossomando" title="Anthony Rossomando">Anthony Rossomando</a> & <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Wyatt" title="Andrew Wyatt">Andrew Wyatt</a> (songwriters) (2018)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I%27ll_Never_Love_Again" title="I'll Never Love Again">I'll Never Love Again</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Lady_Gaga" title="Lady Gaga">Lady Gaga</a>, <a href="/wiki/Natalie_Hemby" title="Natalie Hemby">Natalie Hemby</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hillary_Lindsey" title="Hillary Lindsey">Hillary Lindsey</a> & Aaron Raitiere (songwriters) (2019)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#cedff2;;width:1%">2020s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/No_Time_to_Die_(song)" title="No Time to Die (song)">No Time to Die</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Billie_Eilish" title="Billie Eilish">Billie Eilish O'Connell</a> & <a href="/wiki/Finneas_O%27Connell" title="Finneas O'Connell">Finneas O'Connell</a> (songwriters) (2020)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/All_Eyes_On_Me_(Bo_Burnham_song)" class="mw-redirect" title="All Eyes On Me (Bo Burnham song)">All Eyes On Me</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Bo_Burnham" title="Bo Burnham">Bo Burnham</a> (songwriter) (2021)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/We_Don%27t_Talk_About_Bruno" title="We Don't Talk About Bruno">We Don't Talk About Bruno</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Lin-Manuel_Miranda" title="Lin-Manuel Miranda">Lin-Manuel Miranda</a> (songwriter) (2022)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/What_Was_I_Made_For%3F" title="What Was I Made For?">What Was I Made For?</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Billie_Eilish" title="Billie Eilish">Billie Eilish O'Connell</a> & <a href="/wiki/Finneas_O%27Connell" title="Finneas O'Connell">Finneas O'Connell</a> (songwriters) (2023)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/It_Never_Went_Away" title="It Never Went Away">It Never Went Away</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Jon_Batiste" title="Jon Batiste">Jon Batiste</a> & <a href="/wiki/Dan_Wilson_(musician)" title="Dan Wilson (musician)">Dan Wilson</a> (songwriters) 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title="Larry Graham">Larry Graham</a> (1979)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1980s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lionel_Richie" title="Lionel Richie">Lionel Richie</a> (1982)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Jackson" title="Michael Jackson">Michael Jackson</a> (1987)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lou_Rawls" title="Lou Rawls">Lou Rawls</a> (1988)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luther_Vandross" title="Luther Vandross">Luther Vandross</a> (1989)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1990s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Luther_Vandross" title="Luther Vandross">Luther Vandross</a> (1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stevie_Wonder" title="Stevie Wonder">Stevie Wonder</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luther_Vandross" title="Luther Vandross">Luther Vandross</a> (1993)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luther_Vandross" title="Luther Vandross">Luther Vandross</a> (1995)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Babyface_(musician)" title="Babyface (musician)">Babyface</a> (1996)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Babyface_(musician)" title="Babyface (musician)">Babyface</a> (1997)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luther_Vandross" title="Luther Vandross">Luther Vandross</a> (1998)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brian_McKnight" title="Brian McKnight">Brian McKnight</a> (1999)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2000s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">R. Kelly</a> (2000)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luther_Vandross" title="Luther Vandross">Luther Vandross</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/LL_Cool_J" title="LL Cool J">LL Cool J</a> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luther_Vandross" title="Luther Vandross">Luther Vandross</a> (2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Usher_(musician)" title="Usher (musician)">Usher</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jamie_Foxx" title="Jamie Foxx">Jamie Foxx</a> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_(musician)" title="Prince (musician)">Prince</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Brown" title="Chris Brown">Chris Brown</a> (2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jamie_Foxx" title="Jamie Foxx">Jamie Foxx</a> (2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maxwell_(musician)" title="Maxwell (musician)">Maxwell</a> (2009)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2010s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Usher_(musician)" title="Usher (musician)">Usher</a> (2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/CeeLo_Green" title="CeeLo Green">CeeLo Green</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Usher_(musician)" title="Usher (musician)">Usher</a> (2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Legend" title="John Legend">John Legend</a> (2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pharrell_Williams" title="Pharrell Williams">Pharrell Williams</a> (2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pharrell_Williams" title="Pharrell Williams">Pharrell Williams</a> (2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maxwell_(musician)" title="Maxwell (musician)">Maxwell</a> (2016)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bruno_Mars" title="Bruno Mars">Bruno Mars</a> (2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bruno_Mars" title="Bruno Mars">Bruno Mars</a> (2018)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bruno_Mars" title="Bruno Mars">Bruno Mars</a> (2019)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2020s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Drake_(musician)" title="Drake (musician)">Drake</a> (2020)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anthony_Hamilton_(musician)" title="Anthony Hamilton (musician)">Anthony Hamilton</a> (2021)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Brown" title="Chris Brown">Chris Brown</a> (2022)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Usher_(musician)" title="Usher (musician)">Usher</a> (2023)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Brown" title="Chris Brown">Chris Brown</a> (2024)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235" /></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="NAACP_Image_Award_for_Outstanding_Music_Video69" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" 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href="/wiki/Whitney_Houston" title="Whitney Houston">Whitney Houston</a> (1993)</li> <li>No Award (1994)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Waterfalls_(TLC_song)" title="Waterfalls (TLC song)">Waterfalls</a>" – <a href="/wiki/TLC_(group)" title="TLC (group)">TLC</a> (1995)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I_Believe_I_Can_Fly" title="I Believe I Can Fly">I Believe I Can Fly</a>" – <a class="mw-selflink selflink">R. Kelly</a> (1996)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Stomp_(God%27s_Property_song)" title="Stomp (God's Property song)">Stomp</a>" – <a href="/wiki/God%27s_Property" title="God's Property">God's Property</a> (1997)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Just_the_Two_of_Us_(Will_Smith_song)" title="Just the Two of Us (Will Smith song)">Just the Two of Us</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Will_Smith" title="Will Smith">Will Smith</a> (1998)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Wild_Wild_West_(Will_Smith_song)" title="Wild Wild West (Will Smith song)">Wild Wild West</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Will_Smith" title="Will Smith">Will Smith</a> (1999)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2000s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/I_Wish_(R._Kelly_song)" title="I Wish (R. Kelly song)">I Wish</a>" – <a class="mw-selflink selflink">R. Kelly</a> (2000)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/You_Rock_My_World" title="You Rock My World">You Rock My World</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Michael_Jackson" title="Michael Jackson">Michael Jackson</a> (2001)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Little_Things_(India_Arie_song)" title="Little Things (India Arie song)">Little Things</a>" – <a href="/wiki/India_Arie" title="India Arie">India Arie</a> (2002)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Dance_with_My_Father_(song)" title="Dance with My Father (song)">Dance with My Father</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Luther_Vandross" title="Luther Vandross">Luther Vandross</a> (2003)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/If_I_Ain%27t_Got_You" title="If I Ain't Got You">If I Ain't Got You</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Alicia_Keys" title="Alicia Keys">Alicia Keys</a> (2004)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Unbreakable_(Alicia_Keys_song)" title="Unbreakable (Alicia Keys song)">Unbreakable</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Alicia_Keys" title="Alicia Keys">Alicia Keys</a> (2005)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Be_Without_You" title="Be Without You">Be Without You</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Mary_J._Blige" title="Mary J. Blige">Mary J. Blige</a> (2006)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Like_You%27ll_Never_See_Me_Again" title="Like You'll Never See Me Again">Like You'll Never See Me Again</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Alicia_Keys" title="Alicia Keys">Alicia Keys</a> (2007)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Yes_We_Can_(will.i.am_song)" title="Yes We Can (will.i.am song)">Yes We Can</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Will.i.am" title="Will.i.am">will.i.am</a> (2008)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I_Look_to_You_(song)" title="I Look to You (song)">I Look to You</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Whitney_Houston" title="Whitney Houston">Whitney Houston</a> (2009)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2010s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Un-Thinkable_(I%27m_Ready)" title="Un-Thinkable (I'm Ready)">Un-Thinkable (I'm Ready)</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Alicia_Keys" title="Alicia Keys">Alicia Keys</a> (2010)</li> <li>"<a 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href="/wiki/Formation_(song)" title="Formation (song)">Formation</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Beyonc%C3%A9" title="Beyoncé">Beyoncé</a> (2016)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/That%27s_What_I_Like_(Bruno_Mars_song)" title="That's What I Like (Bruno Mars song)">That's What I Like</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Bruno_Mars" title="Bruno Mars">Bruno Mars</a> (2017)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/This_Is_America_(song)" title="This Is America (song)">This Is America</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Donald_Glover" title="Donald Glover">Childish Gambino</a> (2018)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Juice_(Lizzo_song)" title="Juice (Lizzo song)">Juice</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Lizzo" title="Lizzo">Lizzo</a> (2019)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2020s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Brown_Skin_Girl" title="Brown Skin Girl">Brown Skin Girl</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Beyonc%C3%A9" title="Beyoncé">Beyoncé</a>, <a href="/wiki/Saint_Jhn" title="Saint Jhn">Saint Jhn</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Wizkid" title="Wizkid">Wizkid</a> featuring <a href="/wiki/Blue_Ivy_Carter" title="Blue Ivy Carter">Blue Ivy Carter</a> (2020)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Essence_(Wizkid_song)" title="Essence (Wizkid song)">Essence</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Wizkid" title="Wizkid">Wizkid</a> featuring <a href="/wiki/Tems" title="Tems">Tems</a> (2021)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Lift_Me_Up_(Rihanna_song)" title="Lift Me Up (Rihanna song)">Lift Me Up</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Rihanna" title="Rihanna">Rihanna</a> (2022)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Sensational_(song)" title="Sensational (song)">Sensational</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Chris_Brown" title="Chris Brown">Chris Brown</a> featuring <a href="/wiki/Davido" title="Davido">Davido</a> & <a href="/wiki/Lojay" title="Lojay">Lojay</a> (2023)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Not_Like_Us" title="Not Like Us">Not Like Us</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Kendrick_Lamar" title="Kendrick Lamar">Kendrick Lamar</a> (2024)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235" /></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="NAACP_Image_Award_for_Outstanding_Song224" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231" /><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:NAACP_Image_Award_for_Outstanding_Song" title="Template:NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Song"><abbr title="View this 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<a href="/wiki/Isaac_Hayes" title="Isaac Hayes">Isaac Hayes</a> (1971)</li> <li>No Award (1972–1994)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Exhale_(Shoop_Shoop)" title="Exhale (Shoop Shoop)">Exhale (Shoop Shoop)</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Whitney_Houston" title="Whitney Houston">Whitney Houston</a> (1995)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I_Believe_I_Can_Fly" title="I Believe I Can Fly">I Believe I Can Fly</a>" – <a class="mw-selflink selflink">R. Kelly</a> (1996)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/A_Song_for_Mama" title="A Song for Mama">A Song for Mama</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Boyz_II_Men" title="Boyz II Men">Boyz II Men</a> (1997)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Lean_on_Me_(Kirk_Franklin_song)" title="Lean on Me (Kirk Franklin song)">Lean on Me</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Kirk_Franklin" title="Kirk Franklin">Kirk Franklin</a> (1998)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Spend_My_Life_with_You" title="Spend My Life with You">Spend My Life with You</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Eric_Ben%C3%A9t" title="Eric Benét">Eric Benét</a> featuring <a href="/wiki/Tamia" title="Tamia">Tamia</a> (1999)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Open_My_Heart" title="Open My Heart">Open My Heart</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Yolanda_Adams" title="Yolanda Adams">Yolanda Adams</a> (2000)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/A_Woman%27s_Worth" title="A Woman's Worth">A Woman's Worth</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Alicia_Keys" title="Alicia Keys">Alicia Keys</a> (2001)</li> <li>"Brighter Day" – <a href="/wiki/Kirk_Franklin" title="Kirk Franklin">Kirk Franklin</a> (2002)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Dance_with_My_Father_(song)" title="Dance with My Father (song)">Dance with My Father</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Luther_Vandross" title="Luther Vandross">Luther Vandross</a> (2003)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/If_I_Ain%27t_Got_You" title="If I Ain't Got You">If I Ain't Got You</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Alicia_Keys" title="Alicia Keys">Alicia Keys</a> (2004)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Unbreakable_(Alicia_Keys_song)" title="Unbreakable (Alicia Keys song)">Unbreakable</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Alicia_Keys" title="Alicia Keys">Alicia Keys</a> (2005)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I_Am_Not_My_Hair" title="I Am Not My Hair">I Am Not My Hair</a>" – <a href="/wiki/India_Arie" title="India Arie">India Arie</a> (2006)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Like_You%27ll_Never_See_Me_Again" title="Like You'll Never See Me Again">Like You'll Never See Me Again</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Alicia_Keys" title="Alicia Keys">Alicia Keys</a> (2007)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Yes_We_Can_(will.i.am_song)" title="Yes We Can (will.i.am song)">Yes We Can</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Will.i.am" title="Will.i.am">will.i.am</a> (2008)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/God_in_Me" title="God in Me">God in Me</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Mary_Mary" title="Mary Mary">Mary Mary</a> (2009)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Bittersweet_(Fantasia_song)" title="Bittersweet (Fantasia song)">Bittersweet</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Fantasia_Barrino" class="mw-redirect" title="Fantasia Barrino">Fantasia</a> (2010)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I_Smile" class="mw-redirect" title="I Smile">I Smile</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Kirk_Franklin" title="Kirk Franklin">Kirk Franklin</a> (2011)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I_Look_to_You_(song)" title="I Look to You (song)">I Look to You</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Whitney_Houston" title="Whitney Houston">Whitney Houston</a> and <a class="mw-selflink selflink">R. Kelly</a> (2012)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/All_of_Me_(John_Legend_song)" title="All of Me (John Legend song)">All of Me</a>" – <a href="/wiki/John_Legend" title="John Legend">John Legend</a> (2013)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/We_Are_Here_(Alicia_Keys_song)" title="We Are Here (Alicia Keys song)">We Are Here</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Alicia_Keys" title="Alicia Keys">Alicia Keys</a> (2014)</li> <li>"Back Together" – <a href="/wiki/Jill_Scott_(singer)" title="Jill Scott (singer)">Jill Scott</a> (2015)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Contemporary (2016–2019)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Freedom_(Beyonc%C3%A9_song)" title="Freedom (Beyoncé song)">Freedom</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Beyonc%C3%A9" title="Beyoncé">Beyoncé</a> featuring <a href="/wiki/Kendrick_Lamar" title="Kendrick Lamar">Kendrick Lamar</a> (2016)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Humble_(song)" title="Humble (song)">HUMBLE.</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Kendrick_Lamar" title="Kendrick Lamar">Kendrick Lamar</a> (2017)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Boo%27d_Up" title="Boo'd Up">Boo'd Up</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Ella_Mai" title="Ella Mai">Ella Mai</a> (2018)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Before_I_Let_Go" title="Before I Let Go">Before I Let Go</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Beyonc%C3%A9" title="Beyoncé">Beyoncé</a> (2019)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Traditional (2016–2019)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"I See Victory" – <a href="/wiki/Kim_Burrell" title="Kim Burrell">Kim Burrell</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pharrell_Williams" title="Pharrell Williams">Pharrell Williams</a> (2016)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/That%27s_What_I_Like_(Bruno_Mars_song)" title="That's What I Like (Bruno Mars song)">That's What I Like</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Bruno_Mars" title="Bruno Mars">Bruno Mars</a> (2017)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Long_as_I_Live_(Toni_Braxton_song)" title="Long as I Live (Toni Braxton song)">Long as I Live</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Toni_Braxton" title="Toni Braxton">Toni Braxton</a> (2018)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Spirit_(Beyonc%C3%A9_song)" title="Spirit (Beyoncé song)">Spirit</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Beyonc%C3%A9" title="Beyoncé">Beyoncé</a> (2019)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Soul/R&B (2020–present)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Do_It_(Chloe_x_Halle_song)" title="Do It (Chloe x Halle song)">Do It</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Chloe_x_Halle" title="Chloe x Halle">Chloe x Halle</a> (2020)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Pick_Up_Your_Feelings" title="Pick Up Your Feelings">Pick Up Your Feelings</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Jazmine_Sullivan" title="Jazmine Sullivan">Jazmine Sullivan</a> (2021)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Cuff_It" title="Cuff It">Cuff It</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Beyonc%C3%A9" title="Beyoncé">Beyoncé</a> (2022)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/ICU_(song)" title="ICU (song)">ICU (Remix)</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Coco_Jones" title="Coco Jones">Coco Jones</a> featuring <a href="/wiki/Justin_Timberlake" title="Justin Timberlake">Justin Timberlake</a> (2023)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Residuals_(song)" title="Residuals (song)">Residuals</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Chris_Brown" title="Chris Brown">Chris Brown</a> (2024)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Hip Hop/Rap (2020–present)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Savage_(Megan_Thee_Stallion_song)" title="Savage (Megan Thee Stallion song)">Savage (Remix)</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Megan_Thee_Stallion" title="Megan Thee Stallion">Megan Thee Stallion</a> featuring <a href="/wiki/Beyonc%C3%A9" title="Beyoncé">Beyoncé</a> (2020)</li> <li>"Fye Fye" – <a href="/wiki/Tobe_Nwigwe" title="Tobe Nwigwe">Tobe Nwigwe</a> featuring Fat Nwigwe (2021)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Hotel_Lobby_(Unc_%26_Phew)" title="Hotel Lobby (Unc & Phew)">Hotel Lobby</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Quavo" title="Quavo">Quavo</a> and <a href="/wiki/Takeoff_(rapper)" title="Takeoff (rapper)">Takeoff</a> (2022)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Cobra_(Megan_Thee_Stallion_song)" title="Cobra (Megan Thee Stallion song)">Cobra</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Megan_Thee_Stallion" title="Megan Thee Stallion">Megan Thee Stallion</a> (2023)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Not_Like_Us" title="Not Like Us">Not Like Us</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Kendrick_Lamar" title="Kendrick Lamar">Kendrick Lamar</a> (2024)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">International (2020–present)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" 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