Ms. Kelly
album by Kelly Rowland
Ms. Kelly is the second album by the American singer Kelly Rowland. It was released on June 20, 2007, through Columbia Records, in collaboration with Music World Entertainment. Originally titled My Story and expected for a mid-2006 release, the project was retitled and delayed until 2007. Determined to produce a more personal effort than her debut Simply Deep (2002), Rowland contributed nine tracks to the reworked Ms. Kelly, which took her solo work further into urban music markets, involving production by Scott Storch, Polow da Don, Soulshock & Karlin and Tank, among others.
Upon its release, Ms. Kelly received generally positive reviews from most music critics and achieved reasonable commercial success, debuting at number six on the US Billboard 200 and at number two on the US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, selling 86,000 copies in its first week, being Rowland's highest first-week sales with a studio album to date in the US. As a consequence, Columbia released three Deluxe reissues of the album the following year – an extended play (EP) Ms. Kelly: Diva Deluxe, Ms. Kelly: Deluxe Edition and another extended play Ms.
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