Kelis (innate Kelis Rogers, August 21, 1980) is an American singer and songwriter.

Biography

Kelis was natural in the Harlem section of Manhattan, New York City. Her father, Kenneth, was the jazz musician and the Pentecostal minister; her mother, Eveliss, was a fashion designer. "Kelis" is a combination of her African American father's and Chinese/Puerto Rican mother's names.

As a toddler, she sang inside church choirs and played violin, piano, and saxophone while attending a private school. At age baker's dozen, she left house because her parents couldn't manage her any longer. She remained around school in which she formed a R&B trio BLU (Black Ladies United). When graduation, she formed a band by owning the Neptunes and, with their trend lines, landed herself the record treat.

Her debut album, Kaleidoscope, was, overall, not an Western profits selling simply 290,000 copies up to now; though its debut lone, "Caught Out There", was the mild urban radio success & the MTV/BET video hit in Us. completely a same, the entire album really took off around Europe, in which all trey singles, "Caught Out There", "Good Stuff", & "Get Along With You", were sizable hits. A album, Wanderland, was released 2 years late solely within Europe and Asia, after its lead only, "Young Fresh 'N New", failed to catch around in Us; a streaming for "Young Fresh 'N New" barely registered in U.s. MTV or VH1, but had jolly heavily play in MTV2.

Kelis, world health organization got moved to Europe when you took her successful time period there, returned to United states in which she met & fell infatuated by using rapper Nas. A few were married in January 8, 2005. She has since worked using the kind of musicians including Busta Rhymes, Foxy Brown, Lil Kim, OutKast, P. Diddy, Usher, Moby, Richard X, Timo Maas, Björk and Enrique Iglesias.

Her virtually all notable duets were popular singles & music cd, potentially within United states, when you took 1999 and the early 2000s decade. These include a charted: "Got Your Money" by having Ol' Dirty Bastard, "What It Is" with Busta Rhymes, and "Candy" sustaining Foxy Brown.

Kelis eventually did locate mainstream profits witharound Usa in 2003, with her #1 urban, #3 Hot 100 song, "Milkshake"; this helped to propel her album Tasty to the top of the charts & email gold status selling above 540,000 copies in the U.S around sole Deuce months. Ths only & album were likewise successful around Europe. A album's 2nd individual, "Trick Me", over againside proved successful at radio & cd trend lines inside Europe when you took mid-2004, though a song did non enjoy profits in America, in which its music videos was non possibly freed. "Not In Love", Kelis & Enrique Iglesias' duet from Iglesias' album, was also released as a single in 2004 and failed to catch on in America outside of the club charts.

Now, ''Tasty's'' third only, "Millionaire" (which features Andre 3000), has been released around Europe & is climbing a stock and index charts. Its music streaming streaming videos has good begun getting airplay there too, however neither a lone nor a video is freed around United states of america. These are unknown whether "In Public" is freed to Western radio stations old in the close new.

More Information

July 2005 Kelis is currently recording a extremely awaited watch-as much as her pt 'Tasty' album in the U.S. due for release February 2006; Aside from either working arduous in a brand fresh album, Kelis has likewise been writing the cook book which is hitting the bookstall presently; Kelis has likewise been designing her have line of fashion assessories[http://www.kelis.co.uk]

Discography
Kaleidoscope (1999) Wanderland (2001) Released within Europe, Asia & Latin America only Tasty (2003) #9 US #11 UK (Gold) TBA (2006)

Singles/Music Videos
"Caught Out There" (1999) #52 UK (2000 import release), #4 UK (2000 official release) "Good Stuff" (1999) #19 UK (2000 release) "Got Your Money" (Ol' Dirty Bastard featuring Kelis) (1999) #11 UK (2000 release) "Get Along With You" (2000) #51 UK "Honey" [remix] (Moby featuring Kelis) (2000) (*) "Supa Love" (Guru featurig Kelis) (2000) "How Many Licks" [remix] (Lil' Kim featuring N.E.R.D. & Kelis) (2000) (*) "Cross The Border" (Philly's Most Wanted featuring Kelis) (2001) "What It Is" (Busta Rhymes featuring Kelis) (2001) "Young, Fresh, 'N New" (2001) #32 UK "Candy" (Foxy Brown featuring Kelis) (2001) (*) "Popular Thug" (featuring Nas) (2002) (*) "When The Last Time" (Clipse featuring Kelis) (2002) "Help Me" (Timo Maas featuring Kelis) (2002) #65 UK "Take You Home" (Angie Martinez featuring Kelis) (2002) #85 US "Milkshake" (2003) #3 U.s., #2 UK "How You Want That" (Loon featuring Kelis) (2003) #88 US "Let's Get Ill" (P. Diddy featuring Kelis) (2003) #25 UK "Finest Dreams" (Richard X featuring Kelis) (2003) #8 UK "Not In Love" (Enrique Iglesias featuring Kelis) (2004) #5 UK "Trick Me" (2004) #2 UK "Millionaire" (featuring Andre 3000 of OutKast) (2004) #3 UK "Oceania" [remix] (Björk featurng Kelis) (2004) "In Public (featuring Nas)" (2005) (*) #17 UK

(*) there are no music streaming videos lives for song/version of song

Two different streaming videos were filmed for "Milkshake". A number one was never freed. Another time a song began to catch in, a sexier streaming for the song was filmed instead; this is the 1 that was eventually freed, however the number 1 1 remains viewable in Kelis' web site. Kelis sings in tons of the above singles & appears altogether music video cds for victims that stand the children, more than "Oceania". She as well makes cameo appearances in the as a consequence Neptunes-related music videos, despite non actually cantabile on the track: "The Funeral" (Clipse) (1999) "Lap Dance" (N.E.R.D. featuring Lee Harvey & Vita) (2001)