R. Kelly

The following is established of the heading itself.

R. Kelly is recorded in the structured authority under the identifier Q273055. Institutional cataloguing adds that r. Kelly is recorded with the citizenship of United States.

The following is established of origins and background.

R. Kelly was born in 1967 at Chicago. It is also recorded that r. Kelly is recorded at birth as Robert Sylvester Kelly.

The following works and productions are recorded by name or by count.

Wikidata Query Service catalogues 17 works under this heading. It is also recorded that open Library catalogues 20 works under this heading. It is also recorded that wellcome Collection catalogues 8 works under this heading. The record continues: study for "Cité": Brushstrokes Cut into Twenty Squares and Arranged by Chance is dated 1951 and held by The Art Institute of Chicago (inventory 2001.138).

The Art Institute of Chicago catalogues 6 works under this heading.

The following public collections record material under this heading.

The Art Institute of Chicago records 6 objects associated with this heading. Institutional cataloguing adds that wellcome Collection records 152 objects associated with this heading. MGS 2024 Modelbuilder (2024) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive. Institutional cataloguing adds that shard_density_on_slopes_3D (2025) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.

The scholarly and documentary record stands as follows.

R. Kelly is recorded as having received Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance, Grammy Award for Best R&B Song and Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media. Institutional cataloguing adds that open Library catalogues 20 works under this name.

This entry is compiled from 8 catalogued sources across 7 independent registers. The registers consulted are Internet Archive, Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, The Art Institute of Chicago, DOAJ, Deutsche Nationalbibliothek and Wellcome Collection. Every statement above is held against the register that stated it; where the registers are silent, the entry is silent.

R. Kelly studied at Kenwood Academy. the recorded working language is English.

Subjects and genres recorded for the work are contemporary R&B, soul and pop music.

Works named in the authority record are I Believe I Can Fly.

Distinctions recorded are Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance, Grammy Award for Best R&B Song and Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media.