Kelly Rowland

AS A FOUNDING MEMBER OF DESTINY'S CHILD , R&B/POP VOCALIST KELLY ROWLAND EXPERIENCED SUCCESS ON A LEVEL THAT FEW ARTISTS EVER SEE. THE GROUP WAS ONE OF THE BEST-SELLING ACTS OF ITS DAY, AND PLATINUM SALES SPILLED OVER TO ROWLAND'S SOLO CAREER WITH HER 2002 ALBUM SIMPLY DEEP, RELEASED WHEN DESTINY'S CHILD WAS STILL ACTIVE BUT ON HIATUS. FOLLOWING THE GROUP'S BREAKUP, ROWLAND CONTINUED A HEALTHY CAREER IN BOTH MUSIC AND ACTING, MAKING APPEARANCES IN VARIOUS FILM AND TELEVISION PRODUCTIONS, AND SPORADICALLY RELEASING NEW ALBUMS, WHICH SHIFTED STYLISTICALLY WITH THE CHANGING TIMES. IN 2018, NEW SONGS BEGAN APPEARING AFTER A LONG SILENCE. IN ADDITION TO A VOCAL FEATURE ON A BUSTA RHYMES TRACK, ROWLAND'S TRAP-INFLECTED SINGLE "KELLY" WAS RELEASED IN LATE 2018. THE FOLLOWING YEAR, SHE PLAYED THE "EMPRESS OF SOUL," SINGER GLADYS KNIGHT, IN THE BET TELEVISION SERIES AMERICAN SOUL. ANOTHER SINGLE, "CROWN," APPEARED IN 2019 AS WELL AS THE HOLIDAY SINGLE "LOVE YOU MORE AT CHRISTMAS TIME." THE NEW WORK CONTINUED IN 2020 WITH SINGLES LIKE "COFFEE," "CRAZY," AND "HITMAN."