![]() It is also listed on the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame’s Definitive 200 Albums list. The album was nominated for a Grammy Award in the Best R&B Album category and won two Soul Train Awards for Best R&B/Soul or Rap Album and Best R&B/Soul Album, Male. It would go on to be Kelly’s best-selling album as it is certified 8x platinum and has sold over 12 million albums worldwide. The album debuted at #2 on the Billboard 200 and topped the R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. Kelly's eleventh album is stuffed to the gills, with 18-plus songs clocking in at 76 minutes (or longer, depending on which bonus tracks your edition includes.) And if Double Up is, inevitably, far from flawless, the level of novelty and listenability Kelly manages to sustain for that duration is quite a feat. He also had a number of rappers feature on the album, including Nas, Foxy Brown, Cam'ron, Noreaga, and JAY-Z. The album is a mix of ballads, dance songs, and hip-hop inspired tracks courtesy of production from the Trackmasters, Puff Daddy, Devante Swing, Stevie J, and of course, R. He also released a remix of “Did You Ever Think” with Nas. He also released a number of singles from the album, including “Home Alone” with Keith Murray, “I’m Your Angel” with How Does a Moment Last Forever, “Half on a Baby”, “If I Could Turn Back the Hands of Time”, and “When a Woman’s Fed Up”. Between the two albums, Kelly released the Grammy Award-winning #1 single “I Believe I Can Fly” from the Space Jam soundtrack in 1996, which was added to versions of this album. Kelly comes back with a double album simply titled R. After dropping his successful self-titled sophomore album, R.
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