What’s Happened To R&B Music? The Real Men of R&B We Love
- By
Esi Mensah
R. Kelly
Despite his legal woes, many still refer to R. Kelly as the “King of R&B.” In May 2011, Billboard named R. Kelly the most successful R&B artist of the last 25 years. They were definitely right, as Kelly has sold over 54 million albums worldwide. For an R&B artist, that is a lot. In addition to this, he has written and produced for many top artists such as Michael Jackson and Luther Vandross. At this point, no pure R&B artist has since matched the success that R. Kelly had in the 1990s. In June 2012, R Kelly released his new album Write Me Back and is currently working on a third installment of Trapped In The Closet.
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