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 | KELLY PRICE
As a young child Kelly knew that music was more than just something that happened on the radio, in church or during TV commercials. For her it was a part of life that quickly became a necessity. One day, after experiencing deep sadness from a book she read for a black history project in school, Kelly wrote a song to express her complicated emotions. This was her first song, at the tender age of seven.
Kelly has shared her musical gifts with many artists and reached the number one spot on Billboard several times, before anyone even knew what the girl behind the voice and the pen looked like. Throughout her career Kelly has sung, recorded, toured, arranged and produced music for such incredible artists as George Michael, Mariah Carey, Aretha Franklin, Brian McKnight, LL Cool J, Ben Tankard, Mary J Blige, Brandy, The LOX, Donnie McClurkin, The Williams Brothers, Faith Evans, Karen Clarke-Sheard, Yolanda Adams, MASE, Whitney Houston, Mary Mary, Richard Smallwood, Eric Clapton, Wynona Judd, Gerald Levert, Angela Winbush, The Isley Bros and the legendary Ronald Isley just to name a few.
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Though many record labels pursued Kelly as a solo recording artist, it was her connection with Isley and his relentless persistence that convinced her to enter into an alliance between Price and him that resulted in her debut solo CD, Soul of A Woman. In 1998, Kelly followed with the #1 smash women’s anthem of the year “Friend of Mine,” written by her.
Out of the box, Price was a trendsetter and broke records by reaching Billboard’s top spot twice with the same song, having achieved that initial #1 victory with no music video at television. (Up until that point, it had never been done before.) This was a sweet victory for Price after being told by many music and marketing executives that she was talented and beautiful, but, “No one wants to look at a fat girl no matter how good she sounds” Kelly reminded the world that big was beautiful.
In 2006, Price recorded her first Gospel album, ‘This Is Who I Am’on GospoCentric / Zomba Records. The album was at or near the top of the Gospel charts for nearly a year. Price has also entered the acting arena as well having written a book. Now, Price is expanding her reach again with the formation of a new production company, HERCKelly’s Entertainment. The HERCKelly’s Production Team is the combined creativity and musical expertise of H.R Crump (the “ghost” beat maker to the stars) and Kelly Price the platinum plus R&B singer, songwriter and producer extraordinaire. H.R Crump is the sound you know and the name you don’t. With charted hits on artist such as Destiny’s Child, Beyonce, Kelly Rowland, Michelle Williams, Kelly Price and others, this former Teddy Riley protégée has worked and paid dues the old fashioned way and is now ready to let his name stand with his music.
In addition to all of this, Kelly is well on her way to completing her new R&B album, which is scheduled for release during the first quarter 2008, the 10th Anniversary of the release of her first album.
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