''Kelly'' is the sixth studio album by American R&B singer-songwriter

Kelly Price Kelly Cherelle Price (born April 4, 1973) is an American R&B and gospel singer. She started her singing career in 1992. Price originally garnered attention by singing backing vocals for Mariah Carey on multiple songs, including her ''Billboa ...

released on May 3, 2011 on the labels My Block Records and

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. The album was preceded by the release of three singles, "Tired", "Not My Daddy" (featuring

Stokley Williams Stokley Williams (born July 15, 1967) also known simply as Stokley, is an American singer, record producer, and percussionist. Williams is best known as the lead singer and studio drummer of the band Mint Condition. Career In 2011, he was feat ...

) and "Himaholic".

Critical reception

Andy Kellman from

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gave a positive review of the album stating "Four and a half years after releasing a contemporary gospel album on Gospocentric, Kelly Price returns to secular R&B on producer

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's My Block label. On Kelly, Price collaborates extensively with Campbell (

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), who comes up with some of his biggest-sounding productions in order to match her voice. The cathartic, closet-cleaning “Tired" and the following song, a club throwback based around War's "Galaxy" (with a touch of

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's "

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)", are highlights, as is the relaxed "Speechless"—adroit synth-funk that recalls the early-‘80s productions of

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and Prince. A handful of other producers, such as longtime Price associate

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, contribute in smaller capacities; on "Not My Daddy," Price and Campbell are joined by Mint Condition's

and Lawrence Waddell (if not the rest of the band), and the result sounds just like classic MC—a vibrant, almost live-sounding song filled with hooks that deserves to be one of the bigger adult R&B singles of 2011."

Singles

"Tired" was released to iTunes as the lead single on August 17, 2010. On September 4, 2010 "Tired" debuted at number 29 on the Billboard

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chart. The following week the song peaked at 26 on September 4, 2010 and spent 3 weeks on the chart. On September 18, 2010 the song debuted at number 87 on the

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chart. The following week the song peaked at number 82 on September 25, 2011 and spent 6 weeks on the chart. "Not My Daddy" was released to iTunes as the second single on March 8, 2011. On May 21, 2011 "Not My Daddy" debuted at number 6 on the Billboard

chart and spent 21 weeks on the chart. On May 21, 2011 the song debuted at number 85 on Billboard Radio Songs chart. On June 11, 2011 the song debuted at number 29 on the Billboard

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chart. The following week the song peaked at number 22 on June 18, 2011 and spent 18 weeks on the chart. "Himaholic" was released as the album's third and final single in August 2011. On August 20, 2011 the song debuted at number 69 on the

chart. The song debuted at number 91 on

chart. The following week the song peaked at number 69 on August 20, 2011 and spent 4 weeks on the chart. The song debuted at number 24 on the Billboard

chart on September 3, 2011. The following week the song peaked at number 21 on September 10, 2011 and spent 9 weeks on the chart.

Commercial performance

The album debuted at number 36 on the US ''Billboard'' 200, number 9 on the US

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chart and number 7 on the US

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chart on May 21, 2011.

Accolades

"Not My Daddy" was nominated for two

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s at the

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for

Best R&B Song The Grammy Award for Best R&B Song (sometimes known as the R&B Songwriter's Award) has been awarded since 1969. From 1969 to 2000, it was known as the Grammy Award for Best Rhythm and Blues Song. Beyoncé has won it a record four times, while Bab ...

and

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. The album also got a Grammy nomination for

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Critical reception

Singles

Commercial performance

Accolades

Track listing

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Release history

References