In 2002 Rowland collaborated with rapper Nelly on the single "Dilemma", which reached number-one in numerous countries. Subsequently, she released her debut solo successful album Simply Deep which reached within the top 15 on the Billboard 200 albums chart and went on to be certified gold by the RIAA and a platinum certification by UK Albums Chart. it spawned four successful singles including "Stole" reached number two in UK. the album has sold two and a half million copies worldwide. Following the disbandment of Destiny's Child in 2005, Rowland released her second album Ms. Kelly in 2007 which sold one and half million copies worldwide, making the album, in retrospect, unexpectedly successful. it featured the top-ten hit's "Work", "Like This" and "Daylight". In 2009 she scored her second number-one hit, with her contribution on French DJ David Guetta's single "When Love Takes Over", which earned Rowland her second Grammy Award as a solo artist. In 2010 Rowland released a single titled "Commander" which topped the US Hot Dance Club Songs chart, making it her third number-one single on the chart.
To date, Rowland has scored eleven top-20 singles in the UK, Seven of those being top-10 throughout her solo career, including two number-ones and has sold more than 4 million albums worldwide and seventeen million singles as a solo/featured artis
* 2 Music career
o 2.1 Breakthrough with Destiny's Child
o 2.2 2002-03: Solo career establishment
o 2.3 2004-06: Destiny Fulfilled and group disbandment
o 2.4 2007-08: Ms. Kelly
o 2.5 2009-present: New management, label and third studio album
* 3 Other ventures
o 3.1 Film and television career
o 3.2 Philanthropy
* 4 Discography
* 5 Tours
* 6 Awards and nominations
* 7 Filmography
* 8 References
* 9 External links
Rowland was born Kelendria Trene Rowland in Atlanta, Georgia, the daughter of Doris Rowland Garrison and Christopher Lovett, who were married after Kelly was born. When she was seven, her mother took her and left her father, who was an abusive alcoholic.
At the age of eight, she relocated to Houston. Rowland was placed into a rapping and dancing group, along with friends Beyoncé Knowles and LaTavia Roberson. Originally named Girl's Tyme, they were eventually cut down to six members West coast R&B producer, Arne Frager, flew into Houston to see them and eventually brought them to his studio, The Plant Recording Studio, in Northern California.As part of efforts to sign Girl's Tyme to a major label record deal, Frager's strategy was to debut them in Star Search th talent show on national TV at that time They participated, but lost the competition
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