R. (R. Kelly album)
1998 studio album by R. Kelly / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
R. is the third solo album by American singer R. Kelly, released as a double album on November 10, 1998, by Jive Records. It marked the first time Kelly worked with other producers as opposed to producing the entire album himself. Its cover artwork uses the same image of Kelly from his 1993 debut 12 Play, only in silhouette form against a red and black background.
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Released | November 10, 1998 | |||
Recorded | 1996–98 | |||
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Length | 129:40 | |||
Label | Jive | |||
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
Robert Christgau | [2] |
Entertainment Weekly | B−[3] |
Los Angeles Times | [4] |
Q | [5] |
Rolling Stone | [6] |
The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [7] |
Spin | (7/10)[8] |
Yahoo! Music | (mixed)[9] |
Yahoo! Music UK | [10] |
Upon its release, R. went to number one on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart and number two on the US Billboard 200, selling over 612,000 copies in its first week of sales.[11] It spawned Kelly's second number-one Billboard Hot 100 hit "I'm Your Angel", as well as the number-one Top R&B hit "I Believe I Can Fly", which had been released two years earlier on the Space Jam soundtrack. R. is currently Kelly's best-selling release to date, having sold over eight million copies in the United States and over 12.4 million copies worldwide.