Between 19, Kelly was sued by three different women who accused him of sexual assault, privacy invasion, and underage sex with a minor. In 2005, Kelly won the American Music Award for Favorite Soul/ R&B Male Artist.ĭespite his successful music career, controversy has followed Kelly because of the many sexual allegations made against him. Each album Kelly released produced many songs that made Billboard’s Top 100 Hits. Kelly released his third album, Chocolate Factory, in 2003 followed by Tp.3 Reloaded in 2005, Double Up in 2007, and Love Letter in 2010. Kelly was released and soon became a chart-topper with three number one songs, “You Remind Me of Something,” “Down Low (Nobody Has to Know),” and “I Can’t Sleep Baby (If I).” In 1998, Kelly released the R album it became the most commercially successful one of his career, with over eight million copies sold in the U.S. In February of 1995, the marriage was annulled. The marriage was controversial because Aaliyah was 15 years old at the time. Kelly, who was 27 at the time, secretly married a well-known R&B singer, Aaliyah, in Chicago. The collaboration launched Kelly’s career. The album produced many chart-topping songs and became certified platinum. In 1991, Kelly collaborated with the R&B group Public Announcement, which released its first album, Born in the 90’s, in 1992. In 1990, the group recorded and released their first single, “Why You Wanna Play Me,” but disbanded shortly afterward.

He formed a group named Musically Gifted Men with his friends Marc McWilliams, Vincent Walker, and Shawn Brooks. After successfully performing in his high school talent show, Kelly dropped out to earn a living as a singer. He was on his high school basketball team until his music teacher, Lena McLin, who recognized his talent, encouraged him to focus on music. Kelly attended Kenwood Academy in Chicago’s Hyde Park. When Kelly was just eight years old, he joined his local church choir which launched his interest in performing music. Kelly’s deeply religious mother required her children to attend church regularly. Wells Public Housing project in Chicago’s Bronzeville neighborhood. Kelly is the third of four children all raised by Joanne Kelly, a single mother who was also a singer. Kelly, is an R&B singer, songwriter, and producer who is best known for his hit song “I Believe I Can Fly.” Kelly was born on January 8, 1967, in Chicago, Illinois to Joanne Kelly. Robert Sylvester Kelly, better known as R.

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