American singer

Kelly Rowland Kelendria Trene Rowland (born February 11, 1981) is an American singer, actress, and television personality. She rose to fame in the late 1990s as a member of Destiny's Child, one of the world's List of best-selling girl groups, best-selling gir ...

has released four

studio album An album is a collection of audio recordings (e.g., music) issued on a medium such as compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl (record), audio tape (like 8-track cartridge, 8-track or Cassette tape, cassette), or digital distribution, dig ...

s, two

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s and a

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, four

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s, three video albums and DVDs, 45 official, featuring, charity and promotional singles, and 55

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s. She began her career in 1997 with one of the best-selling girl groups,

Destiny's Child Destiny's Child was an American girl group whose final lineup comprised Beyoncé, Beyoncé Knowles, Kelly Rowland, and Michelle Williams (singer), Michelle Williams. The group began their musical career as Girl's Tyme, formed in 1990 in Hou ...

, who have sold around 60 million records worldwide. During the hiatus of Destiny's Child, Rowland released her debut solo album, ''

Simply Deep ''Simply Deep'' is the debut solo studio album by American singer Kelly Rowland. It was first released on October 22, 2002, by Columbia Records and Music World Entertainment. Initially expected to be released during the hiatus of her group Destin ...

'' (2002), on

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. It included her worldwide number-one single "

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" with rapper

Nelly Cornell Iral Haynes Jr. (born November 2, 1974), better known by his stage name Nelly, is an American rapper, singer, and actor. He grew up in St. Louis, Missouri, and embarked on his musical career in 1993 as a member of the Midwest hip hop g ...

, which spent ten consecutive weeks atop the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100. The album's other singles include " Stole", " Can't Nobody" and " Train on a Track". "Stole" peaked in the top 30 of the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, and the top five in most other regions, including the United Kingdom, where it reached number two. More than 2.5 million copies of the album were sold worldwide. It was subsequently certified platinum in the UK and gold in Australia, Ireland, New Zealand and the United States. After the disbandment of Destiny's Child in 2006, Rowland was featured on

Trina Katrina Laverne Kearse (née Taylor; born December 3, 1974), is an American rapper. She rose to prominence in the late 1990s for her collaborations with Trick Daddy on the singles " Nann Nigga", " Shut Up", and " Take It to da House". In 2000, ...

's top-twenty single, " Here We Go". Her second studio album, '' Ms. Kelly'', was released in 2007 and debuted at number six on the US ''Billboard'' 200. It featured the singles " Like This", "

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", "

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" and "

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". "Like This" peaked in the top thirty of the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and top five in Ireland and the UK. "Work" reached the top ten in several countries including Australia, Italy, New Zealand, Switzerland and the UK. ''Ms. Kelly'' was considerably less successful than its predecessor, failing to earn any chart certificates, and Columbia subsequently ended their contract with Rowland. Between 2009 and 2011, Rowland was featured on a number of commercially successful singles by European artists Tiziano Ferro,

David Guetta Pierre David Guetta (; born 7 November 1967) is a French DJ and record producer. He has sold over 10 million albums and 65 million singles globally, with more than 30 billion streams on Spotify. Guetta was voted the number one DJ in the DJ Mag ...

, Tinie Tempah and Alex Gaudino. Her collaboration with Guetta, " When Love Takes Over", became a worldwide number-one hit. She later signed a new record deal with Universal Motown Records, and released her third studio album, '' Here I Am'' (2011). It debuted at number three on the ''Billboard'' 200 and produced the singles "

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", " Rose Colored Glasses", "Forever and a Day", "

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", " Lay It on Me" and " Down for Whatever". "Commander" reached the top ten in several charts worldwide, and "Motivation" topped the US

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chart for seven weeks and was certified 2× Platinum by the

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. Rowland's fourth studio album, '' Talk a Good Game'', was released in 2013 through

Republic Records Republic Records is an American record label owned by Universal Music Group (UMG). Based in New York City, it was founded by Avery Lipman and Monte Lipman as an independent label in 1995, and was acquired by UMG in 2000. Republic was initially ...

. It debuted at number four on the ''Billboard'' 200 and included the singles " Kisses Down Low", which was certified gold in the US, and " Dirty Laundry".

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Box sets and compilations

Extended plays

Singles

As a lead artist

As a featured artist

Charity single

Promotional singles

Other charted songs

Guest appearances

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