The critics have weighed in and Double Up has received knock out praise. The follow-up single “Same Girl,” a duet with Usher, is already Top 10 at urban radio. The smash first single “I’m A Flirt” has been burning up the charts and radio airwaves for close to 16 weeks. Kelly’s eighth top 5 debut and his fifth #1 album as a solo artist. The #1 debut of Double Up marks the highest first-week sales of the year for any R&B solo artist.ĭouble Up is R.
Kelly’s Double Up debuts this week as the #1 selling album on both Billboard’s Top 200 and Top R&B/Hip-Hop album charts. Highest First Week Sales Of The Year For An R&B Solo Artist Marks His Fifth #1 Pop Debut And Eighth #1 R&B Album “DOUBLE UP” IS THE #1 SELLING ALBUM IN THE COUNTRY! Thank God for my fans and radio stations cause all that overwhelms the bullsh-t as far as the haters.” I’m very competitive and the more you talk about me, the more I’m gonna ride and the more I’m gonna strive and stay focused. I’ve come to find out that whatever it is you want, it’s in the Lord.“The haters spark fire in me to strive even more and work harder. Every day I seem to be falling in love with the Lord. “Some may think it’s a gimmick, but I tell you, here stands a broken man. Some of Kelly’s explicit ballads brimmed with dark undercurrents, and the conflict between sexuality and spirituality was central to his 1998 album, “R.” He wrestled with personal demons on tracks such as “When a Woman’s Fed Up” and “Suicide.”ĭuring a Chicago concert by gospel singer Kirk Franklin in 1997, Kelly strolled onstage and obliquely addressed some of his private turmoil: “It amazes me when I look back eight months ago - cars, women, money, the media. His self-empowerment ballad “I Believe I Can Fly,” featured in the Michael Jordan movie “Space Jam,” crossed him over to a huge mainstream audience. He helped launch the career of R&B singer Aaliyah (he also married the then-15-year-old in secrecy, only to have the marriage annulled soon after) and collaborated with Michael Jackson, Celine Dion, Kirk Franklin and Sean “Diddy” Combs, among others. Kelly’s 1993 album, “12 Play,” sold 8 million copies, and soon he was among pop’s most successful quadruple-threat artists: singer, songwriter, producer and performer.
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