R. Kelly

Released: October 21, 2016

Songwriter: R. Kelly

Producer: R. Kelly

My wish for Christmas, that family’s OK
My wish for Christmas, that the whole world is safe
My wish for Christmas, that love conquers hate
This is my Christmas wish for the holidays

My wish for Christmas, the homeless finds a home
My wish for Christmas, that we all just get along
My Christmas wish is the joy conquers pain
This is my Christmas wish for the holidays

My Christmas wish is someone to give a care
My Christmas wish is that Heaven answers prayers
‘Cause I never needed anything like I need the world to change
This is my Christmas wish for the holidays

I never needed anything like I need the world to change
This is my Christmas wish for the holidays
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Robert Kelly is a Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter, and producer from the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, where he first started performing under the “L” subway tracks as a teenager. This led into his first album, Born Into the 90’s, being released in 1992 as a collaboration between R. Kelly and Public Announcement. R. Kelly wrote and produced the entire album, which contained the #1 R&B hits “Honey Love” and “Slow Dance,” along with the Top 10 R&B hits “She’s Got That Vibe” (#7) and “Dedicated” (#9). The following year, Kelly went on to become a solo act.

In 1993, he released his first solo album, 12 Play, featuring the hits “Bump N' Grind” and “Your Body’s Callin'.” He released a self-titled album in 1995 featuring the hits “Down Low (Nobody Has To Know)” and “You Remind Me of Something,” while his 1998 double album, R., featured a string of hits, including “I Am Your Angel” with Celine Dion, “When a Woman’s Fed Up,” and his Grammy Award-winning song “I Believe I Can Fly” from the Space Jam soundtrack.

The success of these albums led to him becoming an in-demand producer in the ‘90s, writing and producing #1 hits for Aaliyah (“Back & Forth”), Janet Jackson (“Any Time, Any Place (Remix)”), Changing Faces (“G.H.E.T.T.O.U.T”), Maxwell (“Fortunate”), and Michael Jackson (“You Are Not Alone”).

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