A-Z songs by R. Kelly

About R. Kelly

Robert Sylvester Kelly (born January 8, 1967) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer and convicted felon. He achieved tremendous success in R&B, hip hop, and popular music, earning nicknames such as "the King of R&B", "the King of Pop-Soul", and "the Pied Piper of R&B". However, his illustrious career has been overshadowed by convictions involving the sexual abuse of minors, including federal racketeering and sex trafficking charges in 2021 and 2022, for which he is currently serving a 31-year prison sentence.Kelly has released 18 studio albums which yielded a number of hit singles, including "I Believe I Can Fly", "Bump N' Grind", "Your Body's Callin'", "Fiesta (Remix)", "Ignition (Remix)", "Step in the Name of Love (Remix)", "If I Could Turn Back the Hands of Time", "The World's Greatest", "I'm a Flirt (Remix)", and the hip hopera Trapped in the Closet. In 1998, he won three Grammy Awards for "I Believe I Can Fly".In addition to his own recordings, Kelly's extensive songwriting and production work for other artists include credits for Michael Jackson, Britney Spears, Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey, Celine Dion, The Isley Brothers, Aaliyah, Toni Braxton, Luther Vandross, Mary J. Blige, Trisha Yearwood, and B2K, among others. In 1996, Kelly received a Grammy Award nomination for writing and producing "You Are Not Alone" for Jackson, which also earned a Guinness World Record as the first song in history to debut atop the Billboard Hot 100. Kelly's 1998 collaboration with Dion, "I'm Your Angel" did so once more.

Kelly has sold over 75 million albums and singles worldwide, making him one of the best-selling music artists of all time, and the most successful R&B male artist of the 1990s. The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has recognized Kelly as one of the best-selling music artists in the United States with 40 million albums sold. In March 2011, Kelly was named the most successful R&B artist of the last 25 years by Billboard. Throughout his career, Kelly has been awarded Grammy Awards, BET Awards, Soul Train Music Awards, Billboard Music Awards, NAACP Image Awards, and American Music Awards.

Following leaked video recordings, Kelly was prosecuted on child pornography charges in 2002, leading to a controversial trial that ended with his acquittal in 2008 on all charges. Renewed interest in the allegations resulted in additional investigations by law enforcement beginning in 2019, which led to multiple convictions and Kelly's arrest. In 2021 and 2022, Kelly was convicted on multiple charges involving child sexual abuse. As of 2023, Kelly is serving a 31-year combined sentence at FCI Butner Medium I.