Kelly Rowland
Kelly Rowland (* 11. February 1981 in Atlanta , Georgia as Kelendria Trene Rowland ) is an American R & B - singer , songwriter and actress . She became known as a member of the girl group Destiny’s Child .
Career
youth
Rowland was born in Atlanta , Georgia in 1981 , the second child to a single parent, Doris Lovett Rowland. She has an older brother named Orlando. After moving several times, she eventually spent much of her childhood at the home of her good friend Beyoncé Knowles in Houston , Texas , after joining the dance and singing band Girls Tyme at the age of ten. Over the years, Rowland and her bandmates succeeded in drawing attention to themselves locally through numerous appearances in shopping centers or at talent and singing competitions (including the TV format Star Search ). When a record deal with Elektra Records was imminent, the name of the group, which from then on consisted of Beyoncé Knowles, Kelly Rowland, LeToya Luckett and LaTavia Roberson , was changed to Destiny's Child .
Destiny's Child
After some delays, the quartet finally signed their first recording deal with Columbia Records in 1996 . The band's first single, No, No, No , climbed to # 1 on the US Billboard charts and made the band known nationwide overnight. Further successful decoupling followed; including the other # 1 hits Bills Bills Bills and Say My Name . Two successful albums were also released: Destiny's Child (1998) and The Writing's on the Wall (1999).
At the height of their careers, two of the four members broke away from the group. In late 1999, LeToya Luckett and LaTavia Roberson left the band because of a disagreement with manager Mathew Knowles. Then Destiny's Child took on two new members: Michelle Williams and Farrah Franklin . The latter left the band after only six months due to internal problems, Destiny's Child stayed as a trio.
Published in late autumn 2000, Destiny's Child, the single Independent Women Part II , the film song for the hit movie 3 Charlie's Angels and as a harbinger of their third album Survivor , which was released in May 2001 and both in the United States , Great Britain and in Germany , Austria of and Switzerland topped the album charts. The record sold over 4 million copies in the USA alone by the end of 2001 and produced three more hit singles with Survivor , Bootylicious and Emotion (a cover version of the Bee Gees ). After the subsequent world tour, the band members parted ways in favor of solo careers in 2002 for the time being.
Two years later, in 2004, Rowland, Knowles and Williams met again to record their fourth studio album, Destiny Fulfilled . The album sold more than 8 million copies worldwide and produced further top 10 hits with the singles Lose My Breath , Soldier , Girl and Cater 2 U. On June 11, 2005, the band finally announced their final separation during their world tour in Barcelona / Spain . In 2012 the band made a comeback to release a best of album and perform at the 2013 Super Bowl.
Solo career
2002-2007: Simply Deep
Rowland landed her first success as a solo artist in the summer of 2002 with the song Dilemma , a collaboration with rapper Nelly . The single became a worldwide hit and climbed to number 1 in the charts in the USA , Great Britain , Germany , Switzerland and a large number of other countries. The song was one of the most successful of the year. The release date of the solo debut Simply Deep was brought forward to October 2002 in the wake of the success and the first release from the album was selected with Stole . This made it into the top 20 of the charts. Although the single and its successors Can't Nobody and Train on a Track could not follow the success of the duet, Simply Deep made it to the top of the album charts, at least in the UK. Rowland then toured Europe for fourteen concerts in 2003 and stood for both the horror film Freddy vs. Jason (2003), the romantic comedy The Seat Filler (2004) and for a variety of television productions in front of the camera.
2007-2009: Ms. Kelly
After Destiny's Child broke up in autumn 2005, Rowland first drew attention to herself as a solo performer as the chorus voice on Here We Go , the first single from the album The Glamorest Life by rapper Trina . The mid-tempo ballad made it to the top 20 of the singles charts in the United States, as well as Great Britain, Finland and New Zealand. Kelly Rowland's own second solo album, the original release of which was scheduled for July 2006 under the title My Story , was postponed several times due to internal label conflicts and was only released in June 2007 as Ms. Kelly . Among others Scott Storch , Polow Da Don, Solange Knowles and Sean Garrett were involved in the new version of the record, on whose first single Like This also the rapper Eve could be heard. After the Europe-wide success of the third single Work Rowland released the album between March and May 2008 in a new version with newly recorded songs. The new version, Ms. Kelly Deluxe , brought, among other things with Travie McCoy from Gym Class Heroes captured Bobby Womack - cover Daylight than single out, at the same time as the theme song for French cinema production of Asterix at the Olympic Games acted (2008). The world premiere of the associated video took place on January 6, 2008 in the French program Vivement Dimanche on France 2 . Rowland and David Guetta recorded the song When Love Takes Over , which became a worldwide number one hit. With this success, Rowland recorded her next studio album rapidly within a year.
2010-2014: Here I Am & Talk a Good Game
Rowland moved to Universal, ending her business relationship with Beyoncé's father & Destiny's Child’s manager, Matthew Knowles. She then began working on her third album, Here I Am, together with David Guetta , Solange Knowles , Rico Love and a few other well-known producers . In April 2010 she sang the song Commander produced by David Guetta for the first time from the new album, which was released in October 2010. A remix version with Nelly was released afterwards. The album's second and third singles, Rose Colored Glasses and Grown Woman , were released exclusively in the US, while the fourth, Forever & a Day , was released worldwide. In 2011 Kelly Rowland recorded the song Invincible with rapper Tinie Tempah and the song Gone with Nelly .
On May 30, 2011, the British broadcaster ITV confirmed that Rowland will be on the jury for the eighth season of the talent show The X Factor . Kelly Rowland's third album Here I Am was released on July 26th . The standard version features 10 tracks, including their hit Commander .
Her fourth studio album is called Talk a Good Game , as she announced on YouTube . The project was originally supposed to be called Year of the Woman . The studio album was released on June 17, 2013 in the UK and the day after in the US. The first official single is Kisses Down Low , which was released worldwide. Chart entry was successful in many countries, including the United States. On May 28, 2013, Dirty Laundry was released as a second single. In the song Dirty Laundry (German: "dirty laundry") she sings about her difficult time after Destiny's Child , the comparison to Beyoncé and a difficult relationship. The third and final single from the album is the joint song with Wiz Khalifa Gone . As a promotion for the album Rowland released the song Ice with rapper Lil Wayne . Her Destiny's Child colleagues Michelle Williams and Beyoncé can also be heard on the album .
From 2015: fifth album
Rowland cast a five-piece girl band with the American broadcaster BET in June 2016, which is called June's Diary . The show was called Chasing Destiny’s . She released a song called Dumb in the finale of the show. She has also published a book called Whoa! Baby is called. Another song called Conceidet , which is not part of the new album, was released on the Internet. Rowland started working on her fifth studio album while she was pregnant. Rowland has been a member of The Voice jury in Australia since the end of 2017 . Towards the end of 2018, Rowland released a new single called Kelly . She published the song Crown for an advertising campaign .
Discography
Studio albums
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||||
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| 2002 | Simply deep |
DE14 (11 weeks) DE |
AT42 (10 weeks) AT |
CH17 (15 weeks) CH |
UK1  (29 weeks)UK |
US12  (19 weeks)US |
First published: October 22, 2002
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| 2007 | Ms. Kelly |
DE80 (1 week) DE |
- |
CH38 (9 weeks) CH |
UK23 (6 weeks) UK |
US6 (11 weeks) US |
First published: June 22, 2007
Sales: 1,200,000 |
| 2011 | Here I Am | - | - |
CH69 (3 weeks) CH |
UK43  (5 weeks)UK |
US3 (14 weeks) US |
First published: July 22, 2011
Sales: 500,000 |
| 2013 | Talk a good game | - | - |
CH74 (1 week) CH |
UK80 (1 week) UK |
US4 (13 weeks) US |
First published: June 14, 2013
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Filmography
movie theater
- 1999: Beverly Hood
- 2003: Freddy vs. Jason
- 2004: The Seat Filler
- 2011: Good Save My Shoes (Documentation)
- 2012: Think Like A Man (Think like a Man)
- 2012: The Goree Girls
watch TV
- 1998: Smart Guy (an episode)
- 2002: Taina (one episode)
- 2002: Alone Among the Neighbors ( The Hughleys , three episodes)
- 2003: Eve (one episode)
- 2003: American Dreams (two episodes)
- 2006: Girlfriends (three episodes)
- 2007: Clash of the Choirs (member of the jury)
- 2009–2011: The Fashion Show (22 episodes, jury member)
- 2010: Brandy and Ray J: A Family Business
- 2010: The Spin Crowd (one episode)
- 2010: When I Was 17
- 2010: X Factor (one episode)
- 2010: X Factor Australia (member of the jury)
- 2010: La La Full Court Wedding
- 2010: The A-list: New York
- 2011: Kourtney and Kim Take New York (one episode)
- 2011: Single Ladies (one episode)
- 2011: The X Factor (jury member)
- 2011: Keeping Up with the Kardashians (one episode)
- 2012: La La's Full Court Life
- 2012: Everybody Dance Now
- 2013: What Would Dylan Do? (TV movie)
- 2013: Real Husbands of Hollywood (two episodes)
- 2015: Empire (four episodes)
- 2017: Love by the 10th date (TV movie)
- 2017-present: The Voice (Australia)
Web links
- Kelly Rowland in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Official German website
- Official international website
- Kelly Rowland at laut.de
- Kelly Rowland in the German dubbing file
Individual evidence
- ↑ Alex Fletcher: Tulisa, Kelly Rowland, Gary Barlow Confirmed For "X Factor" . DigitalSpy, May 30, 2011
- ↑ youtube.com
- ↑ theboxhouston.com
- ↑ itunes.apple.com
- ↑ twitter.com
- ↑ allaccess.com ( Memento from May 16, 2013 on WebCite )
- ↑ digitalspy.co.uk
- ↑ Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US
- ↑ mnet.co.za ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ thecelebrityinc.com ( Memento of the original from March 20, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Rowland, Kelly |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Rowland, Kelendria Trene (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American R&B singer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 11, 1981 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Atlanta , Georgia, United States |