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| Birth Name(s) : Kelis Rogers |
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Full Kelis Biography
Kelis Rogers-Jones (née Rogers, born August 21, 1979), better known as Kelis, is an American R&B singer and songwriter.
"Caught out There" entered the UK Singles Chart at number four. With its success, it was decided that another single should be released. A second single, "Good Stuff", was a modest hit, securing a number nineteen position on the UK Singles Chart, although the third release, "Get Along with You", only reached number fifty-one in the United Kingdom, despite Kelis promoting the track there. According to the BPI, a British music charts organization, Kaleidoscope went gold, selling over 100,000 copies in the UK, where it reached number forty-three on the UK Albums Chart. Furthermore, Kelis won the BRIT Award for "International Breakthrough Act" in 2001. Her biggest market was in Europe, where a combination of rap and R&B intermixed with rock and roll, and other genres were readily accepted. Australia and Asia were also easy markets for Kelis.
Kelis, who had moved to Europe during her successful period there, began touring with U2 on their European tour, and in the United States with Moby during his Area:One tour. It was in the U.S. that she met rapper Nas, and the couple got married on January 8, 2005.
The single and album immediately found success in Europe. According to the BPI, Tasty went platinum in the United Kingdom, selling over 300,000 copies, and the hit single "Milkshake" went silver, selling over 200,000 units—it was the fourteenth best-selling single in the UK in 2004. The album's second single, the Dallas Austin-produced "Trick Me", also proved successful on radio and music video channels in Europe and went to the top ten in many European countries during mid-2004. However, the song did not garner success in the U.S., where its music video barely received airplay. "Trick Me" was important because The Neptunes were, for once, not involved in its production. Kelis' success grew in Australia, where the album Tasty went gold (selling over 35,000 copies), and where "Milkshake" and "Trick Me" went platinum (selling over 70,000 copies each).
"Not in Love", Kelis' collaboration with Enrique Iglesias from his 2003 album, 7, was released as a single the following year, reaching number five in the UK. Although the single didn't enter the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, it peaked at number one on the U.S. Hot Dance Club Play chart. Kelis followed the success of the third Tasty single, "Millionaire" (featuring André 3000), with the Rockwilder-produced, sexually suggestive track "In Public" (featuring Nas). The single was a UK-only release, going to number seventeen on the chart with no video.
During this time, she collaborated with Björk on a remix of the first single from Medúlla, "Oceania", which appeared as a B-side to the album's second single, "Who Is It". With the success of Tasty, Kelis went on tour as the opening act for Britney Spears's The Onyx Hotel Tour in 2004.
Kelis collaborated with Busta Rhymes and will.i.am on the track "I Love My Chick", the second single from Rhymes' 2006 album, The Big Bang. This was the second time Kelis has teamed up with Rhymes, with the first time being on his 2002 song "What It Is". Kelis is also featured on the soundtrack to the dance film Step Up with a song called "80's Joint".
Ford has chosen Kelis to help advertise the 2007 Ford Edge. She has recorded a theme song for the commercial, called "Push It to the Edge", with help from Grammy Award-nominated producer Scott Storch.
Also, Kelis and her husband Nas have signed a contract with MTV to record a reality show called Mr. and Mrs. Jones during his tour throughout the U.S. in support of his latest studio album, Hip Hop Is Dead.
Kelis is set to be working with Annie Lennox on a duet for the Eurythmics' new album, due to release in late November. Artists such as Pink, Mary J. Blige, and Madonna will also appear on the album.
The Entertainment Weekly Hollywood Insider reported that Kelis' label, Jive Records, has dropped the artist due to low sales figures from her last album Kelis Was Here, Kelis has been working on an indie dance record with Cee-Lo. A full-on pop effort with Guy Chambers (Robbie Williams) will be shopped around soon]
Kelis was arrested early morning on March 2, 2007 in Miami Beach, Florida. According to the police report, two female officers were working on an undercover operation in South Beach as prostitutes. The singer started screaming racial obscenities at the women and was quickly restrained by her friends. Kelis was detained and charged with two misdemeanor charges of disorderly conduct and for resisting arrest without violence and was taken to Miami-Dade County Jail, where she was later released on a $1,500 bail bond. |
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