Artist
American singer and songwriter, born 21 August 1979 in Harlem, New York City, USA.
Kelis graduated from Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School in 1997, being a violin player for 14 years, and signed a production deal with the then-under-the-radar production team The Neptunes. They produced her debut album "Kaleidoscope" (1999), released on Virgin. Her sophomore release, "Wanderland" (2001), wasn't as fortunate and did not get released in the US, which led to tensions with Virgin; Kelis was later dropped because of lackluster performance. She found solace in a romance with rapper Nasir Jones whom she married to in 2005 and divorced from in 2010.
Her career started going full throttle with the buzz surrounding her third album, "Tasty" (2003), which features hit single "Milkshake" that was nominated for a Grammy for Best Urban/Alternative Performance in 2004 and peaked at #1 on Billboard's Hot Dance/Club Play Songs chart in December 2003 with remixes by X-Press 2 and DJ Zinc.
"Kelis Was Here" (2006) was certified Silver in the UK for sales of over 60,000 copies. Things went quiet for a while, until Kelis returned to the scene with her first electronic album titled "Flesh Tone" (2010), which features production by the likes of David Guetta, Benny Benassi and Boys Noize, amongst others.
In April 2014, Kelis released her sixth studio album "Food". Fully produced by David Andrew Sitek, the album sees Kelis heading in a new musical direction with the album containing soul, funk and gospel elements.
Tracks
1
Intro
01:55
2
Good Stuff
03:52
3
Caught Out There
04:51
4
Get Along With You
04:27
5
Mafia
04:18
6
Game Show
05:04
7
Suspended
04:53
8
Mars
05:15
9
Ghetto Children
04:48
10
I Want Your Love
04:14
11
No Turning Back
04:10
12
Roller Rink
04:58
13
In The Morning
04:20
14
Wouldn't You Agree
04:32
Releases
Formats
CD, Cassette, Minidisc, CDr, Vinyl, File
Labels
Virgin, Virgin , UMC, Virgin Records America, Inc.
Countries
Australia, Brazil, Canada, Japan, Poland, Russian Federation, United States of America, Europe, UK & Europe
years
1999, 2000, 2019, 2020
