Robert Sylvester Kelly, or as you probably know him, are Kelly.

That is who we're talking about today.

If you were live in the 90s or the first two decades of this entry, you almost certainly

have heard his music many, many times.

With such hits as 1994's Bump and Grind, 1995's You Remind Me of Something and 1998's

I'm Your Angel, Kelly had more songs, reached the top 40 of the Billboard singles chart

than any other male solo artist of the 90s.

The popularity of the latter song, a duet with Celine Dion, contributed to the success

of the 1998 album R, which sold more than 8 million copies in the US alone.

That album also featured the smash hit I Believe I Can Fly.

First featured in Space Jam, it would go on to be featured in countless other movies

and TV shows.

Millions of copies of the single would be sold around the world.

2005's Trapped in the Closet, chapters 1 through 12 also sold several million copies

in the US and was heralded by critics.

For much the 90s and 2000s, Arkelly's public persona was synonymous with the themes that

would return again and again in his music, sexuality and religion, the profane and the divine.

He was both the sinner who left the club in the early hours of the morning and the gospel

singer who appeared at church hours later.

Sure he was a ladies man who unabashedly professed his lust, but also he was a god-fearing

ladies man.

And for many, that somehow made him okay.

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