R. KELLY albums and sales

Updated: November 15, 2024

R. KELLY sold over 34.6 million albums. The best-selling album by R. KELLY is 12 PLAY, which sold over 6.15 million copies. According to the BSA Ranking, R. KELLY is the 103rd best-selling album artist of all time.

The video releases of R. KELLY have sold over 492,332 units, led by TRAPPED IN THE CLOSET, CHAPTERS 1-12 with over 200,000 units sold.

R. KELLY albums ranked by sales

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Rank by Sales ▼ Rank by Year △

№	Album	Year	Total Sales	BSA Ranking
1	12 PLAY R. KELLY 1993	1993	6,150,000	Rank in 1993 Rank in 1990s Overall rank 18 185 504
2	R. KELLY R. KELLY 1995	1995	5,200,000	Rank in 1995 Rank in 1990s Overall rank 22 235 667
3	R. R. KELLY 1998	1998	5,083,890	Rank in 1998 Rank in 1990s Overall rank 25 245 704
4	TP-2.COM R. KELLY 2000	2000	4,652,640	Rank in 2000 Rank in 2000s Overall rank 30 162 789
5	HAPPY PEOPLE / U SAVED ME R. KELLY 2004	2004	3,146,156	Rank in 2004 Rank in 2000s Overall rank 31 289 1,349
6	CHOCOLATE FACTORY R. KELLY 2003	2003	2,126,281	Rank in 2003 Rank in 2000s Overall rank 58 494 2,251
7	THE R. IN R&B COLLECTION, VOLUME I R. KELLY 2003	2003	1,927,714	Rank in 2003 Rank in 2000s Overall rank 70 616 2,868
8	TP.3 RELOADED R. KELLY 2005	2005	1,102,432	Rank in 2005 Rank in 2000s Overall rank 114 1,091 4,627
9	THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS JAY-Z & R. KELLY 2002	2002	1,063,050	Rank in 2002 Rank in 2000s Overall rank 140 1,157 5,016
10	UNFINISHED BUSINESS JAY-Z & R. KELLY 2004	2004	1,039,502	Rank in 2004 Rank in 2000s Overall rank 135 1,238 5,451
11	DOUBLE UP R. KELLY 2007	2007	1,000,000	Rank in 2007 Rank in 2000s Overall rank 106 1,341 5,832
12	BORN INTO THE 90'S R. KELLY & PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT 1992	1992	1,000,000	Rank in 1992 Rank in 1990s Overall rank 178 2,108 6,434
13	LOVE LETTER R. KELLY 2010	2010	500,854	Rank in 2010 Rank in 2010s Overall rank 129 1,169 10,138
14	BLACK PANTIES R. KELLY 2013	2013	500,000	Rank in 2013 Rank in 2010s Overall rank 132 1,384 10,454
15	THE ESSENTIAL R. KELLY 2014	2014	100,000	Rank in 2014 Rank in 2010s Overall rank 378 3,907 25,007
16	THE WORLD'S GREATEST R. KELLY 2011	2011	100,000	Rank in 2011 Rank in 2010s Overall rank 475 4,376 25,476
17	WRITE ME BACK R. KELLY 2012	2012	745	Rank in 2012 Rank in 2010s Overall rank 1,617 14,669 64,855
18	UNTITLED R. KELLY 2009	2009	N/A	Rank in 2009 Rank in 2000s Overall rank 1,790 19,383 70,354

R. KELLY videos ranked by sales

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Rank by Sales ▼ Rank by Year △

№	Video	Year	Total Sales	BSA Ranking
1	TRAPPED IN THE CLOSET, CHAPTERS 1-12 R. KELLY 2005	2005	200,000	Rank in 2005 Rank in 2000s Overall rank 23 175 383
2	TRAPPED IN THE CLOSET, CHAPTERS 13-22 R. KELLY 2007	2007	100,000	Rank in 2007 Rank in 2000s Overall rank 51 444 967
3	THE R. IN R&B - THE VIDEO COLLECTION R. KELLY 2003	2003	100,000	Rank in 2003 Rank in 2000s Overall rank 87 530 1,053
4	LIVE! THE LIGHT IT UP TOUR R. KELLY 2007	2007	92,332	Rank in 2007 Rank in 2000s Overall rank 57 607 1,295

R. KELLY sales by country

R. KELLY album sales by country

The largest markets for albums by R. KELLY are the United States (31 million), the United Kingdom (1.96 million) and France (450,000).

№	Country ▲	Sales △	Albums △
1	Belgium	75,000	2
2	Canada	250,000	4
3	France	450,000	3
4	Germany	400,000	2
5	Japan	241,665	8
6	Korea	1,599	2
7	Netherlands	250,000	3
8	Switzerland	50,000	2
9	United Kingdom	1,960,000	10
10	United States	31,000,000	14

R. KELLY video sales by country