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{{Short description|American singer (born 1973)}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Kelly Price
| image = Kelly Price Jan 2019 (cropped).png
| caption = Price during an interview in January 2019
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age |1973|4|4}}
| birth_place = [[Queens]], [[New York City]], U.S.
| genre = {{hlist|[[Contemporary R&B|R&B]]|[[soul music|soul]]|[[Gospel music|gospel]]
}}
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| occupation = {{hlist|Singer|songwriter|record producer}}
| years_active = 1992–present
| label = {{hlist|[[MNRK Music Group|E1]]|[[Malaco Records|Malaco]]|[[Warryn Campbell|My Block]]|EclectiSounds|[[Gospo Centric Records|Gospo Centric]]|[[Def Soul]]|Sang Girl|[[T-Neck Records|T-Neck]]|[[Island Records|Island]]}}
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| website = {{URL|kellyprice.com}}
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'''Kelly Cherelle Price''' (born April 4, 1973) is an American [[contemporary R&B|R&B]] and [[Gospel music|gospel]] singer. Beginning her career in 1992,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Kelly Price Biography, Songs, & Albums|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/kelly-price-mn0000088035/biography|access-date=2021-11-16|website=AllMusic|language=en}}</ref> Price originally performed backing vocals for [[Mariah Carey]] on multiple songs, including her [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]-number one singles "[[All I Want for Christmas Is You]]" and "[[Fantasy (Mariah Carey song)|Fantasy]]." She rose to wider prominence in 1997 following her uncredited performances on the number-one single "[[Mo Money Mo Problems]]" by [[the Notorious B.I.G.]] and the top-five single "[[Feel So Good]]" by [[Mase]], prompting her to record as a lead artist. Her debut studio album, [[Soul of a Woman (Kelly Price album)|''Soul of a Woman'']] (1998) received [[Music recording certification|platinum]] certification by the [[Recording Industry Association of America]] (RIAA); its lead single, "[[Friend of Mine (Kelly Price song)|Friend of Mine]]" (featuring [[R. Kelly]] and [[Ronald Isley]]) peaked within the top 20 of the ''Billboard'' Hot 100.


Price guest featured alongside [[Faith Evans]] on [[Whitney Houston]]'s 1998 single "[[Heartbreak Hotel (Whitney Houston song)|Heartbreak Hotel]]," which peaked at number two on the chart and earned a [[Grammy Award]] nomination for [[Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals|Best R&B Performance by a Duo or a Group with Vocals]]. Her second and fourth albums, [[Mirror Mirror (Kelly Price album)|''Mirror Mirror'']] (2000) and ''[[Priceless (Kelly Price album)|Priceless]]'' (2003) both peaked within the top ten of the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]]. She provided uncredited guest performances on [[Kanye West]]'s 2016 songs "[[Ultralight Beam]]" and "[[Low Lights]]" (recording a sample of "So Alive" by [[Kings of Tomorrow]]), from his album ''[[The Life of Pablo]]''.
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Price has won a [[Soul Train Music Awards|Soul Train Music Award]], and received nine Grammy Award nominations.<ref>{{Cite web|title=GRAMMY.com|url=https://www.grammy.com/|access-date=2022-01-30|website=GRAMMY.com}}</ref>
{{Infobox musical artist
|name = Kelly Price
|image =
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|background = solo_singer
|birth_name = Kelly Cherelle Price
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1973|4|4}}
|origin = [[Queens, New York]], [[United States]]
|death_date =
|genre = [[Contemporary R&B|R&B]], [[soul music|soul]], [[Gospel music|gospel]]
|occupation = [[Singer]], [[songwriter]], [[author]], [[actress]]
|years_active = 1992–Present
|label = [[Island Records|Island Black Music]]<small> (1997–1999)</small><br>[[Def Jam Recordings|Def Soul]]<small> (1999–2005)</small><br>EcclectiSounds Records, [[Gospo Centric Records|Gospo Centric]] <small>(2006)</small><br>Sang Girl, My Block <small>(2010–present)</small>
|website = [http://www.kellyprice.com/ kellyprice.com]<br>[https://twitter.com/KellyPrice4Real Kelly Price Twitter]}}


== Life and music career ==
'''Kelly Cherelle Price''' (born April 4, 1973) is a seven-time [[Grammy Award|Grammy]]-nominated [[United States|American]] [[Contemporary R&B|R&B]] singer and songwriter, formerly on the [[Def Jam|Def Soul]] [[record label|label]].
Price was born in [[New York City]] in [[Far Rockaway, Queens]], and she sang in church as a youngster. Her first professional engagement was with singer [[George Michael]] at Madison Square Garden in New York City in January 1992. During rehearsals for the 1992 Grammy Awards the next month, Price was overheard singing in the rehearsal hall by [[Mariah Carey]]. Price was later introduced to Carey's then-husband, Sony Columbia's then CEO [[Tommy Mottola]], and was offered a gig as a background singer for Carey, which she did until 1997.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kelly Price on Meeting Mariah Carey|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbr-dMb13Ps |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/gbr-dMb13Ps| archive-date=2021-12-12 |url-status=live|work=YouTube| date=May 23, 2014 }}{{cbignore}}</ref>


Her second album, ''[[Mirror Mirror (Kelly Price album)|Mirror Mirror]]'', was released in 2000 on the Def Soul imprint of [[Def Jam Records]]. Island Records and Def Jam Records had merged in 1999, with Price and some other labelmates being reassigned to the Island Def Jam subsidiary Def Soul. ''Mirror Mirror'' featured the singles "You Should've Told Me" and the [[Grammy Award]] nominated "As We Lay".<ref>[http://www.livedaily.com/news/2402.html Livedaily.com] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060315101353/http://www.livedaily.com/news/2402.html |date=March 15, 2006 }}</ref>
==Life and music career==
Price was born in [[Queens, New York]], and began singing in church as a toddler. Her first professional engagement was with George Michael at Madison Square Garden in January 1992. During rehearsals for the Grammy Awards{{when|date=April 2014}}, Price was overheard singing in the rehearsal hall while everyone else was on a meal break by [[Mariah Carey]], who was late. Price was later introduced to Carey's husband, Sony Columbia's then CEO [[Tommy Mottola]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://elev8.com/daily-offerings/tarveniajones/up-close-and-personal-with-kelly-price-part-1-of-a-3-part-series/|title=Faith And Spirit - Elev8|work=elev8.com}}</ref> She made a name for herself as a backing and guest vocalist, appearing on a number of [[hit single]]s such as [[Mariah Carey]]'s "[[Fantasy (Mariah Carey song)|Fantasy]]", [[The Notorious B.I.G.]]'s "[[Mo Money Mo Problems]]", and [[Whitney Houston]]'s "[[Heartbreak Hotel (Whitney Houston song)|Heartbreak Hotel]]". She has sung background vocals for [[Faith Evans]], [[Aretha Franklin]], [[Brian McKnight]], [[SWV]] and [[R. Kelly]]. {{Citation needed|date=July 2013}}


In October 2005, Price recorded her first live gospel album. The ''[[This Is Who I Am (Kelly Price album)|This Is Who I Am]]'' album has been released on October 24, 2006, on her own label, EcclecticSounds Records. It debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Gospel Charts and peaked at No. 9 on the [[Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums|R&B album chart]]. Price was inducted as an honorary member of [[Sigma Gamma Rho]] sorority in July 2006. In early 2007, Price kicked off a tour with the 'Sisters in the Spirit 2007'.<ref>[http://www.livedaily.com/news/Sisters_in_the_Spirit_tour_back_in_2007-11192.html?t=1 Live Daily News report on Kelly Price] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061217194826/http://www.livedaily.com/news/Sisters_in_the_Spirit_tour_back_in_2007-11192.html|date=December 17, 2006 }}</ref>
Price issued her debut album, ''Soul of a Woman'', in 1998 on [[Island Records]], which contained the hit single "Friend of Mine". A [[remix]] of the song, also included on the album, features R. Kelly and [[Ronald Isley]]. In the remix, Isley takes on the fictional role of the singer-protagonist's Godfather ("Mr. Biggs"), taking her husband (R. Kelly) to task for cheating on her with her best friend. The "Friend of Mine" LP version and the remix both charted as No. 1 hits on the U.S. [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|R&B]] [[record chart|chart]] and made history by doing so with no music video to support the song. {{Citation needed|date=August 2013}}


In 2006, she recorded the song "Why?" for the soundtrack ''[[Why Did I Get Married?]]'', the film version of ''Why Did I Get Married? Priceless Secrets from The Soul of A Woman'', in which Price created the role of Sheila alongside [[Tyler Perry]] who used the song titles and lyrical content of Price's hit recordings to develop the story. In early 2009, she was featured on [[Coko]]'s gospel album entitled ''[[The Winner in Me]]'' on the track "Oh Mary". In June 2010, Price promoted her single "Tired" on The Jazz Joy and Roy syndicated radio show as "some of the best work of my career to date."<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Gail Mitchell|title=Kelly Price Returns to R&B Roots on New Album|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/471805/kelly-price-returns-to-rb-roots-on-new-album|magazine=Billboard|access-date=January 9, 2012}}</ref> The song was also featured in Tyler Perry's 2011 film ''[[Madea's Big Happy Family]]''. On February 9, 2012, in a pre-[[Grammy]] party to celebrate Price's nominations, the singer sang "[[Jesus Loves Me]]" with [[Whitney Houston]] in what turned out to be Houston's last public performance two days before her death. In September 2009, it was announced she would be joining [[Deborah Cox]] and [[Tamia]] to form the group The Queen Project. The women seek to empower women of all ages, races, and backgrounds by doing a number of community service projects.<ref>{{cite web|last=Krista Henry|title='The Queen Project' to debut at Jazz and Blues Fest|date=January 26, 2010|url=http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20100126/ent/ent1.html|publisher=The Gleaner|access-date=January 9, 2012}}</ref>
She issued her second album, ''Mirror Mirror'', in 2000 on the Def Soul imprint of [[Def Jam Records]]; Island and Def Jam had merged in 1999, with Price and labelmates [[Dru Hill]] being reassigned to Def Soul. ''Mirror Mirror'' featured the singles "You Should've Told Me" and the [[Grammy Award]] nominated<ref>[http://www.livedaily.com/news/2402.html Livedaily.com]</ref> "As We Lay", a [[cover version|cover]] of [[Shirley Murdock]]'s 1986 hit. A remix of "Love Sets You Free" was issued a single in 2000, produced by [[Teddy Riley (new jack swing)|Teddy Riley]] and starring a number of fellow R&B performers. Price was featured in the 2003 film, ''[[Bringing Down the House (film)|Bringing Down the House]]'', performing a cover of the 1983 [[Rufus & Chaka Khan]] hit "[[Ain't Nobody]]". A Christmas album, ''One Family'', was issued in 2001 which had a piano appearance from GospelJazz legend, [[Ben Tankard]]. Two years later, Price returned with her third regular studio album, ''[[Priceless (Kelly Price album)|Priceless]]''. {{Citation needed|date=August 2013}}


In 2016, Kelly was included in several songs on rapper [[Kanye West]]'s album, ''[[The Life of Pablo]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://theb3.net/2013/watch-kelly-price-defends-saying-im-booked-shades-lil-mo|title=Watch: Kelly Price Defends Saying 'I'm Booked,' Shades Lil Mo?|work=theb3.net}}</ref> Kelly was a co-writer with American R&B singer [[K. Michelle]], on her single Not a Little Bit which was released on January 22, 2016. It is the lead single from the singer's third studio album, ''[[More Issues Than Vogue]]''.<ref name="Not a Little Bit">{{cite web|title=Not a Little Bit – Single by K. Michelle|date=January 22, 2016|url=https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/not-a-little-bit-single/id1076718354|publisher=iTunes Store|access-date=February 18, 2016}}</ref>
In October 2005, Price recorded her first live gospel project. The ''This Is Who I Am'' album has been released on October 24, 2006 on her own label, EcclecticSounds Records. It debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Gospel Charts and peaked at No. 9 on the [[Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums|R&B album chart]]. Price was inducted as an honorary member of [[Sigma Gamma Rho]] sorority in July 2006. In early 2007, Price kicked off a tour with the 'Sisters in the Spirit 2007'.<ref>[http://www.livedaily.com/news/Sisters_in_the_Spirit_tour_back_in_2007-11192.html?t=1 Live Daily News report on Kelly Price]</ref>


In September 2021, Price was declared missing as reported by [[TMZ]]. Her attorney later stated she was privately recuperating from a severe COVID-19 infection.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/sep/28/kelly-price-covid-not-missing|website=[[TheGuardian.com]]|title=Kelly Price says she almost died from Covid – and was never missing|date=September 28, 2021}}</ref>
In 2006, she recorded the song "Why?" for the soundtrack ''[[Why Did I Get Married?]]'', the film version of ''Why Did I Get Married? Priceless Secrets from The Soul of A Woman'', in which Price created the role of Sheila alongside [[Tyler Perry]] who used the song titles and lyrical content of Price's hit recordings to develop the story. In early 2009, she was featured on [[Coko]]'s gospel album entitled ''[[The Winner in Me]]'' on the track "Oh Mary". In June 2010, Price promoted her single "Tired" on The Jazz Joy and Roy syndicated radio show as "some of the best work of my career to date."<ref>{{cite web|last=Gail Mitchell,|title=Kelly Price Returns to R&B Roots on New Album|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/471805/kelly-price-returns-to-rb-roots-on-new-album|publisher=Billboard|accessdate=January 9, 2012}}</ref> The song was also featured in Tyler Perrys 2011 film ''[[Madea's Big Happy Family]]''. On February 9, 2012, in a pre-[[Grammy]] party to celebrate Price's nominations, the singer sang "[[Jesus Loves Me]]" with [[Whitney Houston]] in what turned out to be Houston's last public performance two days prior to her death. In September 2009, it was announced she would be joining [[Deborah Cox]] and [[Tamia]] to form the super group The Queen Project. The women seek to empower women of all ages, races and backgrounds by doing a number of community service projects.<ref>{{cite web|last=Krista Henry|title='The Queen Project' to debut at Jazz and Blues Fest|url=http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20100126/ent/ent1.html|publisher=The Gleaner|accessdate=January 9, 2012}}</ref>


As of early 2014, Price is working on new material for her follow up album and is currently booked.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://theb3.net/2013/watch-kelly-price-defends-saying-im-booked-shades-lil-mo|title=Watch: Kelly Price Defends Saying 'I'm Booked,' Shades Lil Mo?|work=theb3.net}}</ref>
During the [[R. Kelly sexual abuse cases]] Price opened up about witnessing R. Kelly's behaviour, during concerts and events and confirmed the allegations against him. <ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/403267-kelly-price-speaks-on-r-kelly-ive-seen-mothers-bring-their-daughters-backstage-news | title=Kelly Price Speaks on R. Kelly: "I've Seen Mothers Bring Their Daughters Backstage" | website=HNHH | date=January 22, 2022 }}</ref>


===Legal issues===
== Family ==
Price grew up in the Edgemere Projects located in New York City in Far Rockaway, Queens. Her father died when she was nine years old. She resides in [[Atlanta, Georgia]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.urblife.com/the-life/parent-trap-kelly-price|title=Parent Trap! Kelly Price Gets Real on Teen Sex, Breaking Cycles and More!|work=UrbLife.com|date=December 30, 2010}}</ref> Price's grandfather was Jerome Norman, Bishop and Pastor of the Full Gospel Mission [[Church of God in Christ]] in Queens and Jurisdictional Prelate of the [[Barbados]] First Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction, since 1985. He was installed by the late Presiding Bishop J.O. Patterson. Her mother, Claudia (1951–2020), was the former musical director of the church. Price’s sister, Shanrae Price, is also a singer and served as a background vocalist for Mariah Carey.<ref>[https://www.babbie.com/shanrae-price] {{ |access-date=October 6, 2024 }}</ref>
On July 16, 2010, a lawsuit was filed in a Texas federal court by Price against a nationally known prosperity ministry, New Light Church of [[Houston]], ''et al.'' Other defendants in the case include New Light's pastor, I. V. Hilliard, wife, Bridget Hilliard and daughter, Preshea Hilliard. Price claims she wrote and copyrighted the tune, "Women Who Win," which New Light Church and three members of the Hilliard family used without permission in a church show, on DVDs, on a website and at a "Women Who Win" conference in Houston. The original court docket<ref>http://www.courthousenews.com/2010/07/19/WWW.pdf</ref> indicates that the involved parties continued to use the work in a variety of ways despite being refused license to use.


In 2020, Price lost her grandfather to [[COVID-19]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=May 20, 2020|title=Kelly Price on The Quarantine Chronicles (Part 1, 2 and 3)|url=https://houstonradio.thecore94.com/kelly-price-on-the-quarantine-chronicles-part-1-2-and-3/|access-date=May 13, 2021|website=The Core 94!|language=en-US}}</ref>
==Voice and musical ability==
Price, a mezzo-soprano, has been called an "urban crooner" and a cross between a "streetwise [[Mariah Carey]]" and "a domesticated [[Mary J. Blige]]". Her voice has been called "sweet and smooth", and critics have praised her songwriting and being smart for "choosing smart material to go along with her big, bad, beautiful voice." Her voice has been described as "equal parts powerful and sensual". She has earned songwriting or background vocal credits from Houston, Carey, [[Tatyana Ali]], [[Mint Condition]], [[Shirley Murdock]], [[Keke Wyatt]], [[SWV]], [[Coco Lee]], [[Trey Lorenz]], [[Faith Evans]], R. Kelly and [[The Notorious B.I.G.]], among others.<ref name="allmusic">{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/soul-of-a-woman-mw0000038562|title=Soul of a Woman - Kelly Price - Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards - AllMusic|author=Stephen Thomas Erlewine|work=AllMusic}}</ref>


== Breast cancer activism ==
==Family==
In December 2000, Price donated $250,000 to fight breast cancer. She presented a check to Tony Martell of the T.J. Martell Foundation and Denise Rich of G&P Foundation For Cancer Research to help with the ongoing fight against breast cancer. Price donated the proceeds from her single "Love Sets You Free" which she recorded in January 2000.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://music.yahoo.com/read/news/12049506|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070312042443/http://music.yahoo.com/read/news/12049506|url-status=dead|title=Yahoo News coverage of Kelly Price|archive-date=March 12, 2007}}</ref> In April 1999, Price volunteered to showcase her fashion designs during a special charity gala and fashion show to help the National Breast Cancer Awareness Initiative raise money for breast cancer education for minority women.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1427556/19990407/story.jhtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010822011949/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1427556/19990407/story.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 22, 2001|title=Deborah Cox, Kelly Price, Mase Get Stylish For Cancer Awareness|publisher=MTV News}}</ref> The previous year, in 1998, Price learned that both her mother and her mother-in-law had been diagnosed with breast cancer, which would later claim her mother-in-law's life.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.vh1.com/artists/news/971668/06052000/jordan_montell.jhtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021018194210/http://www.vh1.com/artists/news/971668/06052000/jordan_montell.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 18, 2002|title=VH1 News|website=Vh1.com|access-date=February 13, 2020}}</ref>
Price grew up in a second apartment in the Edgemere Projects in [[Far Rockaway, Queens]]. Her father died when she was nine years old. Residing outside [[Atlanta, Georgia]], and she stays in Los Angeles Price lives with her husband/manager, Jeffrey Rolle, and their two children.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.urblife.com/the-life/parent-trap-kelly-price|title=Parent Trap! Kelly Price Gets Real on Teen Sex, Breaking Cycles and More!|work=UrbLife.com|date=December 30, 2010}}</ref> Price's grandfather is Jerome Norman, bishop and pastor of the Full Gospel Mission [[Church of God in Christ]] in Queens and Jurisdictional Prelate of the First Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction of [[Barbados]] since 1990 by the late Presiding Bishop J.O. Patterson. Her mother, Claudia, is the former musical director of the church. Price began singing in the church at the age of six; and due to her voice gained the nickname 'Little [[Mahalia Jackson]]'.<ref>[http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1077/is_12_55/ai_65572104 FindArticles.Com]</ref>


Price's mother was a survivor of [[inflammatory breast cancer]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ibcsurvivors.org/claudia.html|title=ibcsurvivors.org|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929175006/http://www.ibcsurvivors.org/claudia.html|archive-date=September 29, 2007}}</ref> and an activist in educating the public about the disease. She was the chairwoman of the seventh annual Sister to Sister Fitness Festival held in [[Dallas]], Texas which was sponsored by the Celebrating Life Foundation. Claudia experienced pain in her breast in 1997, but said fear and a lack of insurance kept her from seeking immediate medical attention. Instead, she waited two years before seeing a doctor. While at work one day in 1999, her doctor called and said she had inflammatory breast cancer. Doctors gave her two months to live. She underwent chemotherapy, and the disease was in remission as of October 2006.<ref>Price is a member of Sigma Gamma Rho sorority [http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/city/southdallas/stories/DN-ocfocus_07met.ART.Central.Edition1.3e9162d.html ''Dallas News'' profile of Claudia Price]</ref>
==Breast cancer activism==
In December 2000, Price donated $250,000 to fight breast cancer. She presented a check to Tony Martell of the T.J. Martell Foundation and Denise Rich of G&P Foundation For Cancer Research to help with the ongoing fight against breast cancer. Price donated the proceeds from her single "Love Sets You Free" which she recorded in January 2000.<ref>[http://music.yahoo.com/read/news/12049506 Yahoo News coverage of Kelly Price]</ref> In April 1999, Price volunteered to showcase her fashion designs during a special charity gala and fashion show to help the National Breast Cancer Awareness Initiative raise money for breast cancer education for minority women.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1427556/19990407/story.jhtml|title=Deborah Cox, Kelly Price, Mase Get Stylish For Cancer Awareness|work=MTV News}}</ref> The previous year, in 1998, Price learned that both her mother and her mother-in-law had been diagnosed with breast cancer, which would later claim her mother-in-law's life.<ref>[http://www.vh1.com/artists/news/971668/06052000/jordan_montell.jhtml VH1 News]</ref>


== Discography ==
Price's mother is a survivor of [[inflammatory breast cancer]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ibcsurvivors.org/claudia.html|title=ibcsurvivors.org|work=ibcsurvivors.org}}</ref> and she is an activist in educating the public about the disease. She was the chairwoman of the seventh annual Sister to Sister Fitness Festival held in [[Dallas, Texas]] which was sponsored by the Celebrating Life Foundation. Claudia experienced pain in her breast in 1997, but said fear and a lack of insurance kept her from seeking immediate medical attention. Instead, she waited two years before seeing a doctor. While at work one day in 1999, her doctor called and said she had inflammatory breast cancer. Doctors gave her two months to live. She underwent chemotherapy, and the disease is in remission as of October 2006.<ref>Price is a member of Sigma Gamma Rho sorority [http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/city/southdallas/stories/DN-ocfocus_07met.ART.Central.Edition1.3e9162d.html ''Dallas News'' profile of Claudia Price]</ref>
{{Main|Kelly Price discography}}


;Studio albums
==Discography==
* ''[[Soul of a Woman (Kelly Price album)|Soul of a Woman]]'' (1998)
* ''[[Mirror Mirror (Kelly Price album)|Mirror Mirror]]'' (2000)
* ''One Family: A Christmas Album'' (2001)
* ''[[Priceless (Kelly Price album)|Priceless]]'' (2003)
* ''[[This Is Who I Am (Kelly Price album)|This Is Who I Am]]'' (2006)
* ''[[Kelly (Kelly Price album)|Kelly]]'' (2011)
* ''[[Sing Pray Love, Vol. 1: Sing]]'' (2014)
* ''Grace'' (2021)<ref name="youknowigotsoul">{{cite web|title=Kelly Price Signs With Motown Gospel, Announces New Album "Grace"|url=https://youknowigotsoul.com/kelly-price-signs-with-motown-gospel-announces-new-album-grace|website=youknowigotsoul.com|access-date=February 22, 2021}}</ref>


== Awards and nominations ==
===Albums===

{|class="wikitable"
{{award table|caption=AMFT Awards nominations for Kelly Price}}
!rowspan="2"|Year
!Ref.
!rowspan="2"|Album
!colspan="2"|Peak chart positions
!rowspan="2"|Certifications
|-
|-
| rowspan=2|2016
!width=40|<small>[[Billboard 200|U.S.]]</small><br /><ref name="US-albums">{{cite web | url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=Kelly Price|chart=Billboard 200}} | title=Kelly Price – Chart History: Billboard 200 | work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] | publisher=[[Prometheus Global Media]] | accessdate=May 9, 2014}}</ref>
| rowspan=2|"[[Ultralight Beam]]" <small>(with [[Kanye West]], [[Chance the Rapper]], [[Kirk Franklin]] and [[The-Dream]])</small>
!width=40|<small>[[Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums|U.S. R&B/HH]]</small><br /><ref name="US-R&B-albums">{{cite web | url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=Kelly Price|chart=R&B/Hip-Hop Albums B}} | title=Kelly Price – Chart History: R&B/Hip-Hop Albums | work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] | publisher=[[Prometheus Global Media]] | accessdate=May 9, 2014}}</ref>
| Best Rap Song
| {{won}}
| rowspan=2|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://amft-awards.jimdosite.com/winners/|title=Winners}}</ref>
|-
|-
| Best Rap Duo/Group Performance
|1998
| {{won}}
|'''''[[Soul of a Woman]]'''''
{{end}}
*<small>Released: June 23, 1998
*Label: [[T-Neck Records|T-Neck]]/[[Island Records|Island]]
|align="center"|15
|align="center"|2
|
* [[Recording Industry Association of America|RIAA]]: Platinum<ref name="RIAA">{{cite web | url=http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?artist=PRICE, KELLY | title=American certifications – PRICE, KELLY | publisher=[[Recording Industry Association of America]] | accessdate=May 9, 2014}}</ref>
|-
|2000
|'''''[[Mirror Mirror (Kelly Price album)|Mirror Mirror]]'''''
*<small>Released: June 27, 2000
*Label: [[Def Jam Records|Def Soul]]
|align="center"|5
|align="center"|3
|
*RIAA: Platinum<ref name="RIAA" />
|-
|2001
|'''''One Family: A Christmas Album'''''
*<small>Released: November 20, 2001
*Label: Def Soul
|align="center"|176
|align="center"|43
|
|-
|2003
|'''''[[Priceless (Kelly Price album)|Priceless]]'''''
*<small>Released: April 29, 2003
*Label: Def Soul
|align="center"|10
|align="center"|2
|
|-
|2006
|'''''[[This Is Who I Am (Kelly Price album)|This Is Who I Am]]'''''
*<small>Released: October 24, 2006
*Label: [[EcclecticSounds Records|EcclecticSounds]]/[[GospoCentric Records|GospoCentric]]
|align="center"|54
|align="center"|9
|
|-
|2011
|'''''[[Kelly (album)|Kelly]]'''''
*<small>Released: May 3, 2011
*Label: [[Sang Girl Records]]/[[My Block Records|My Block]]/[[Malaco Records|Malaco]]
|align="center"|36
|align="center"|9
|
|-
|2014
|'''''[[Sing Pray Love, Vol. 1: Sing]]'''''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/sing-pray-love-vol.-1-sing/id872608608|title=iTunes - Music - Sing Pray Love, Vol. 1: Sing by Kelly Price|work=iTunes}}</ref>
*<small>Released: June 3, 2014
*Label: Sang Girl Records/[[eOne Music|eOne]]
|align="center"|64
|align="center"|10
|
|-
|}


{{award table|caption=Billboard Music Awards nominations for Kelly Price}}
===Singles===
!Ref.
{|class="wikitable"
!rowspan="2"| Year
!rowspan="2"| Single
!colspan="2"| Chart positions
!rowspan="2"| Album
|-
|-
| [[Billboard Year-End|1998]]
!style="width:3em;font-size:90%"| [[Billboard Hot 100|U.S.]]<br /><ref name="US-singles">{{cite web | url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=Kelly Price|chart=Hot 100}} | title=Kelly Price – Chart History: Hot 100 | work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] | publisher=[[Prometheus Global Media]] | accessdate=May 9, 2014}}</ref>
| Kelly Price
!style="width:3em;font-size:90%"| [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|U.S. R&B/HH]]<br /><ref name="US-R&B-singles">{{cite web | url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=Kelly Price|chart=R&B/Hip-Hop Songs}} | title=Kelly Price – Chart History: R&B/Hip-Hop Songs | work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] | publisher=[[Prometheus Global Media]] | accessdate=May 9, 2014}}</ref>
| Top Hot R&B Singles Artists – Female
| {{nom}}
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/1998/bbyearend.htm|title=Rock on the Net: Billboard Year-End Chart-Toppers: 1998}}</ref>
|-
|-
|rowspan="1"| 1998
| rowspan=3|[[Billboard Year-End|1999]]
| "[[Friend of Mine (Kelly Price song)|Friend of Mine (Remix)]]" <small>(featuring [[Ronald Isley]] and [[R. Kelly]])</small>
| rowspan=3|"[[Heartbreak Hotel (Whitney Houston song)|Heartbreak Hotel]]" <small>(with [[Whitney Houston]] and [[Faith Evans]])</small>
| [[Billboard Music Award for Top Hot 100 Song|Top Hot 100 Song]]
|align="center"| 12
| {{nom}}
|align="center"| 1
|rowspan=3|<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/1999/bbyearend.htm|title=Rock on the Net: Billboard Year-End Chart-Toppers: 1999}}</ref>
|rowspan="3"| ''[[Soul of a Woman]]''
|-
|-
| [[Billboard Music Award for Top R&B Song|Top Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Single]]
|rowspan="4"| 1999
| {{nom}}
| "Secret Love"
|align="center"| 112{{efn|group=upper-alpha|"Secret Love" did not enter the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, but peaked at number 12 on the [[Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles]] chart, which acts as an extension to the Hot 100.<ref name="US-Bubbling-singles">{{cite web | url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=Kelly Price|chart=Bubbling Under Hot 100}} | title=Kelly Price – Chart History: Bubbling Under Hot 100 | work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] | publisher=[[Prometheus Global Media]] | accessdate=May 9, 2014}}</ref>}}
|align="center"| 34
|-
|-
| Top Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Single Sales
| "Soul of a Woman"
| {{nom}}
|align="center"| —
{{end}}
|align="center"| —
|-
| "It's Gonna Rain"
|align="center"| —
|align="center"| 51
|rowspan="1"| ''[[Life (soundtrack)|Life]] soundtrack''
|-
| "While You Were Gone"
|align="center"| —
|align="center"| —
|rowspan="1"| ''[[Blue Streak (soundtrack)|Blue Streak]] soundtrack''
|-
|rowspan="4"| 2000
| "As We Lay"
|align="center"| 64
|align="center"| 12
|rowspan="1"| ''[[Mirror Mirror (Kelly Price album)|Mirror Mirror]]''
|-
| "[[You and Me (LL Cool J song)|You and Me]]" <small>([[LL Cool J]] featuring Kelly Price)</small>
|align="center"| —
|align="center"| 59
|rowspan="1"| ''[[G.O.A.T.]]''
|-
| "Love Sets You Free (Remix)"
|align="center"| 91
|align="center"| 14
|rowspan="3"| ''[[Mirror Mirror (Kelly Price album)|Mirror Mirror]]''
|-
| "You Should've Told Me"
|align="center"| 64
|align="center"| 16
|-
|rowspan="1"| 2001
| "Mirror, Mirror"
|align="center"| —
|align="center"| —
|-
|rowspan="4"| 2002
| "In Love at Christmas" <small>(featuring [[Mary Mary]])
|align="center"| —
|align="center"| 71
|rowspan="1"| ''One Family – A Christmas Album''
|-
| "Take It 2 The Head" <small>(featuring [[Keith Murray (rapper)|Keith Murray]])</small>
|align="center"| —
|align="center"| 125
|rowspan="4"| ''[[Priceless (Kelly Price album)|Priceless]]''
|-
| "Someday"
|align="center"| —
|align="center"| 112
|-
| "How Does It Feel (Married Your Girl)"
|align="center"| —
|align="center"| 117
|-
|rowspan=""| 2003
| "He Proposed"
|align="center"| —
|align="center"| 58
|-
|rowspan="3"| 2006
| "God's Gift" <small>(Jeff Majors featuring Kelly Price)</small>
|align="center"| —
|align="center"| 32
|rowspan="1"| ''CD single''
|-
| "This Is Who I Am"
|align="center"| —
|align="center"| —
|rowspan="2"| ''This Is Who I Am''
|-
| "Healing"
|align="center"| —
|align="center"| 110
|-
|rowspan="1"| 2010
| "Tired"
|align="center"| —
|align="center"| 93
|rowspan="1"| ''Kelly''
|-
|rowspan="2"| 2011
| "Not My Daddy" <small>(with [[Stokley Williams|Stokley]] and [[Mint Condition (band)|Mint Condition]])</small>
|align="center"| 122{{efn|group=upper-alpha|"Not My Daddy" did not enter the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, but peaked at number 22 on the [[Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles]] chart, which acts as an extension to the Hot 100.<ref name="US-Bubbling-singles" />}}
|align="center"| 22
|rowspan="1"| ''Kelly'' and ''[[7...]]''
|-
| "Himaholic"
|align="center"| —
|align="center"| 69
|rowspan="1"| ''Kelly''
|-
|2014
|"It's My Time"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allaccess.com/urban/future-releases|title=Urban/UAC Future Releases - R&B, Hip Hop, Release Schedule and Street Dates - ...|work=All Access}}</ref>
|align="center"| —
|align="center"| 32
|rowspan="1"| ''Sing Pray Love, Vol. 1: Sing''
|-
|align="center" colspan="5" style="font-size: 8pt"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart.
|-
|}

==Awards and nominations==
;American Music Awards
{{awards table}}
|-
|[[American Music Awards of 2001|2001]]
|Kelly Price
|[[American Music Award for Favorite Soul/R&B Female Artist|Favorite Soul/R&B Female Artist]]
|{{nom}}
|}


{{awards table|caption=Grammy Award nominations for Kelly Price<ref name="kpgrammys">{{Cite web |url=https://www.grammy.com/artists/kelly-price/13903 |title=Kelly Price {{!}} Artist |publisher=[[Grammy Awards]] |accessdate=2023-06-12 |language=en-US}}</ref>}}
;Grammy Awards
{{awards table}}
|-
|-
|[[42nd Annual Grammy Awards|2000]]
|[[42nd Annual Grammy Awards|2000]]
|"[[Heartbreak Hotel (Whitney Houston song)|Heartbreak Hotel]]" (with [[Whitney Houston]] and [[Faith Evans]])
|"[[Heartbreak Hotel (Whitney Houston song)|Heartbreak Hotel]]" <small>(with [[Whitney Houston]] and [[Faith Evans]])</small>
|[[Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals|Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals]]<ref name="2000grammy">{{cite web | url = http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/2000/grammys.htm | title = 2000 The 42nd Grammy Award Winners & Nominees | publisher = rockonthenet.com | date = February 23, 2000 | access-date = July 4, 2010}}</ref><ref name="grammys">{{Cite web |url=https://www.grammy.com/artists/faith-evans/3318 |title=Faith Evans {{!}} Artist |publisher=[[Grammy Awards]] |accessdate=2023-06-12 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="amgawards">{{Cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/faith-evans-mn0000164053/awards |title=Faith Evans {{!}} Awards |language=en-US |accessdate=2023-06-12 |publisher=[[AllMusic Guide]]}}</ref>
|[[Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals|Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals]]
|{{nom}}
|{{nom}}
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|-
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|rowspan="3"|[[54th Annual Grammy Awards|2012]]
|rowspan="3"|[[54th Annual Grammy Awards|2012]]
|rowspan="2"|"Not My Daddy" (feat. [[Stokley Williams]])
|rowspan="2"|"Not My Daddy" <small>(feat. [[Stokley Williams]])</small>
|[[Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance|Best R&B Performance]]
|[[Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance|Best R&B Performance]]
|{{nom}}
|{{nom}}
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|{{nom}}
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|Kelly
|''Kelly''
|[[Grammy Award for Best R&B Album|Best R&B Album]]
|[[Grammy Award for Best R&B Album|Best R&B Album]]
|{{nom}}
|{{nom}}
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;MTV Video Music Award
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|-
|[[1999 MTV Video Music Awards|1999]]
|rowspan="2"|[[59th Annual Grammy Awards|2017]]
|rowspan="2"|"[[Ultralight Beam]]" <small>(with [[Kanye West]], [[Chance the Rapper]], [[Kirk Franklin]] and [[The-Dream]])</small>
|"Heartbreak Hotel"
|[[Best Rap/Sung Performance]]
|[[MTV Video Music Award for Best R&B Video|Best R&B Video]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[Best Rap Song]]
|{{nom}}
|{{nom}}
|}
|}
*[[Soul Train Awards]]
**1999, Favorite Female R&B/Soul Single: "Friend of Mine" (Nominated)
**1999, Favorite R&B/Soul or Rap New Artist ('''WON''')
**1999, Favorite Female R&B/Soul Album: Soul of a Woman (Nominated)
**2001, Favorite Female R&B/Soul Album: Mirror, Mirror (Nominated)

*SoulTracks Readers' Choice Awards
**2011, Favorite Female Vocalist of The Year ('''Winner''')
**2011, Indie Album of The Year KELLY ('''Winner''')


==See also==
== See also ==
*[[List of number-one dance hits (United States)]]
*[[List of number-one dance hits (United States)]]
*[[List of artists who reached number one on the US Dance chart]]
*[[List of artists who reached number one on the US Dance chart|List of artists who reached number one on the U.S. Dance chart]]


==References==
== References ==
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==External links==
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*[http://www.vibe.com/celebs/feature.html?id=180 VIBE Profile]
*[http://benji.cc/confessions-of-an-rb-diva-my-chat-with-kelly-price/ Kelly Price Interview with Benji Irby]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20140802161420/http://benji.cc/confessions-of-an-rb-diva-my-chat-with-kelly-price/ Kelly Price Interview with Benji Irby]
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Latest revision as of 06:21, 21 October 2024

Not to be confused with Kelly Pryce.

Kelly Price
Price during an interview in January 2019
Price during an interview in January 2019
Background information
Born (1973-04-04) April 4, 1973 (age 51)
Queens, New York City, U.S.
Genres
Occupations
  • Singer
  • songwriter
  • record producer
Years active1992–present
Labels
Websitekellyprice.com

Kelly Cherelle Price (born April 4, 1973) is an American R&B and gospel singer. Beginning her career in 1992,[1] Price originally performed backing vocals for Mariah Carey on multiple songs, including her Billboard Hot 100-number one singles "All I Want for Christmas Is You" and "Fantasy." She rose to wider prominence in 1997 following her uncredited performances on the number-one single "Mo Money Mo Problems" by the Notorious B.I.G. and the top-five single "Feel So Good" by Mase, prompting her to record as a lead artist. Her debut studio album, Soul of a Woman (1998) received platinum certification by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA); its lead single, "Friend of Mine" (featuring R. Kelly and Ronald Isley) peaked within the top 20 of the Billboard Hot 100.

Price guest featured alongside Faith Evans on Whitney Houston's 1998 single "Heartbreak Hotel," which peaked at number two on the chart and earned a Grammy Award nomination for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or a Group with Vocals. Her second and fourth albums, Mirror Mirror (2000) and Priceless (2003) both peaked within the top ten of the Billboard 200. She provided uncredited guest performances on Kanye West's 2016 songs "Ultralight Beam" and "Low Lights" (recording a sample of "So Alive" by Kings of Tomorrow), from his album The Life of Pablo.

Price has won a Soul Train Music Award, and received nine Grammy Award nominations.[2]

Life and music career

[edit]

Price was born in New York City in Far Rockaway, Queens, and she sang in church as a youngster. Her first professional engagement was with singer George Michael at Madison Square Garden in New York City in January 1992. During rehearsals for the 1992 Grammy Awards the next month, Price was overheard singing in the rehearsal hall by Mariah Carey. Price was later introduced to Carey's then-husband, Sony Columbia's then CEO Tommy Mottola, and was offered a gig as a background singer for Carey, which she did until 1997.[3]

Her second album, Mirror Mirror, was released in 2000 on the Def Soul imprint of Def Jam Records. Island Records and Def Jam Records had merged in 1999, with Price and some other labelmates being reassigned to the Island Def Jam subsidiary Def Soul. Mirror Mirror featured the singles "You Should've Told Me" and the Grammy Award nominated "As We Lay".[4]

In October 2005, Price recorded her first live gospel album. The This Is Who I Am album has been released on October 24, 2006, on her own label, EcclecticSounds Records. It debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Gospel Charts and peaked at No. 9 on the R&B album chart. Price was inducted as an honorary member of Sigma Gamma Rho sorority in July 2006. In early 2007, Price kicked off a tour with the 'Sisters in the Spirit 2007'.[5]

In 2006, she recorded the song "Why?" for the soundtrack Why Did I Get Married?, the film version of Why Did I Get Married? Priceless Secrets from The Soul of A Woman, in which Price created the role of Sheila alongside Tyler Perry who used the song titles and lyrical content of Price's hit recordings to develop the story. In early 2009, she was featured on Coko's gospel album entitled The Winner in Me on the track "Oh Mary". In June 2010, Price promoted her single "Tired" on The Jazz Joy and Roy syndicated radio show as "some of the best work of my career to date."[6] The song was also featured in Tyler Perry's 2011 film Madea's Big Happy Family. On February 9, 2012, in a pre-Grammy party to celebrate Price's nominations, the singer sang "Jesus Loves Me" with Whitney Houston in what turned out to be Houston's last public performance two days before her death. In September 2009, it was announced she would be joining Deborah Cox and Tamia to form the group The Queen Project. The women seek to empower women of all ages, races, and backgrounds by doing a number of community service projects.[7]

In 2016, Kelly was included in several songs on rapper Kanye West's album, The Life of Pablo.[8] Kelly was a co-writer with American R&B singer K. Michelle, on her single Not a Little Bit which was released on January 22, 2016. It is the lead single from the singer's third studio album, More Issues Than Vogue.[9]

In September 2021, Price was declared missing as reported by TMZ. Her attorney later stated she was privately recuperating from a severe COVID-19 infection.[10]

During the R. Kelly sexual abuse cases Price opened up about witnessing R. Kelly's behaviour, during concerts and events and confirmed the allegations against him. [11]

Family

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Price grew up in the Edgemere Projects located in New York City in Far Rockaway, Queens. Her father died when she was nine years old. She resides in Atlanta, Georgia.[12] Price's grandfather was Jerome Norman, Bishop and Pastor of the Full Gospel Mission Church of God in Christ in Queens and Jurisdictional Prelate of the Barbados First Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction, since 1985. He was installed by the late Presiding Bishop J.O. Patterson. Her mother, Claudia (1951–2020), was the former musical director of the church. Price’s sister, Shanrae Price, is also a singer and served as a background vocalist for Mariah Carey.[13]

In 2020, Price lost her grandfather to COVID-19.[14]

Breast cancer activism

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In December 2000, Price donated $250,000 to fight breast cancer. She presented a check to Tony Martell of the T.J. Martell Foundation and Denise Rich of G&P Foundation For Cancer Research to help with the ongoing fight against breast cancer. Price donated the proceeds from her single "Love Sets You Free" which she recorded in January 2000.[15] In April 1999, Price volunteered to showcase her fashion designs during a special charity gala and fashion show to help the National Breast Cancer Awareness Initiative raise money for breast cancer education for minority women.[16] The previous year, in 1998, Price learned that both her mother and her mother-in-law had been diagnosed with breast cancer, which would later claim her mother-in-law's life.[17]

Price's mother was a survivor of inflammatory breast cancer[18] and an activist in educating the public about the disease. She was the chairwoman of the seventh annual Sister to Sister Fitness Festival held in Dallas, Texas which was sponsored by the Celebrating Life Foundation. Claudia experienced pain in her breast in 1997, but said fear and a lack of insurance kept her from seeking immediate medical attention. Instead, she waited two years before seeing a doctor. While at work one day in 1999, her doctor called and said she had inflammatory breast cancer. Doctors gave her two months to live. She underwent chemotherapy, and the disease was in remission as of October 2006.[19]

Discography

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Main article: Kelly Price discography
Studio albums

Awards and nominations

[edit]
AMFT Awards nominations for Kelly Price
Year Nominee / work Award Result Ref.
2016 "Ultralight Beam" (with Kanye West, Chance the Rapper, Kirk Franklin and The-Dream) Best Rap Song Won [21]
Best Rap Duo/Group Performance Won
Billboard Music Awards nominations for Kelly Price
Year Nominee / work Award Result Ref.
1998 Kelly Price Top Hot R&B Singles Artists – Female Nominated [22]
1999 "Heartbreak Hotel" (with Whitney Houston and Faith Evans) Top Hot 100 Song Nominated [23]
Top Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Single Nominated
Top Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Single Sales Nominated
Grammy Award nominations for Kelly Price[24]
Year Nominee / work Award Result
2000 "Heartbreak Hotel" (with Whitney Houston and Faith Evans) Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals[25][26][27] Nominated
2001 "As We Lay" Best Female R&B Vocal Performance Nominated
2004 "He Proposed" Best Traditional R&B Performance Nominated
2011 "Tired" Best Female R&B Vocal Performance Nominated
2012 "Not My Daddy" (feat. Stokley Williams) Best R&B Performance Nominated
Best R&B Song Nominated
Kelly Best R&B Album Nominated
2017 "Ultralight Beam" (with Kanye West, Chance the Rapper, Kirk Franklin and The-Dream) Best Rap/Sung Performance Nominated
Best Rap Song Nominated

See also

[edit]

References

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  1. ^ "Kelly Price Biography, Songs, & Albums". AllMusic. Retrieved November 16, 2021.
  2. ^ "GRAMMY.com". GRAMMY.com. Retrieved January 30, 2022.
  3. ^ "Kelly Price on Meeting Mariah Carey". YouTube. May 23, 2014. Archived from the original on December 12, 2021.
  4. ^ Livedaily.com Archived March 15, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ Live Daily News report on Kelly Price Archived December 17, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ Gail Mitchell. "Kelly Price Returns to R&B Roots on New Album". Billboard. Retrieved January 9, 2012.
  7. ^ Krista Henry (January 26, 2010). "'The Queen Project' to debut at Jazz and Blues Fest". The Gleaner. Retrieved January 9, 2012.
  8. ^ "Watch: Kelly Price Defends Saying 'I'm Booked,' Shades Lil Mo?". theb3.net.
  9. ^ "Not a Little Bit – Single by K. Michelle". iTunes Store. January 22, 2016. Retrieved February 18, 2016.
  10. ^ "Kelly Price says she almost died from Covid – and was never missing". TheGuardian.com. September 28, 2021.
  11. ^ "Kelly Price Speaks on R. Kelly: "I've Seen Mothers Bring Their Daughters Backstage"". HNHH. January 22, 2022.
  12. ^ "Parent Trap! Kelly Price Gets Real on Teen Sex, Breaking Cycles and More!". UrbLife.com. December 30, 2010.
  13. ^ [1] {{ |access-date=October 6, 2024 }}
  14. ^ "Kelly Price on The Quarantine Chronicles (Part 1, 2 and 3)". The Core 94!. May 20, 2020. Retrieved May 13, 2021.
  15. ^ "Yahoo News coverage of Kelly Price". Archived from the original on March 12, 2007.
  16. ^ "Deborah Cox, Kelly Price, Mase Get Stylish For Cancer Awareness". MTV News. Archived from the original on August 22, 2001.
  17. ^ "VH1 News". Vh1.com. Archived from the original on October 18, 2002. Retrieved February 13, 2020.
  18. ^ "ibcsurvivors.org". Archived from the original on September 29, 2007.
  19. ^ Price is a member of Sigma Gamma Rho sorority Dallas News profile of Claudia Price
  20. ^ "Kelly Price Signs With Motown Gospel, Announces New Album "Grace"". youknowigotsoul.com. Retrieved February 22, 2021.
  21. ^ "Winners".
  22. ^ "Rock on the Net: Billboard Year-End Chart-Toppers: 1998".
  23. ^ "Rock on the Net: Billboard Year-End Chart-Toppers: 1999".
  24. ^ "Kelly Price | Artist". Grammy Awards. Retrieved June 12, 2023.
  25. ^ "2000 The 42nd Grammy Award Winners & Nominees". rockonthenet.com. February 23, 2000. Retrieved July 4, 2010.
  26. ^ "Faith Evans | Artist". Grammy Awards. Retrieved June 12, 2023.
  27. ^ "Faith Evans | Awards". AllMusic Guide. Retrieved June 12, 2023.
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