It’s been quite the roller-coaster for Kelly Rowland‘s third studio album. Delayed, revised, and greeted with cynicism from some sects, the LP -later christened ‘Here I Am’– has gone on to defy the 30 year old’s critiques by earning Rowland her first solo Platinum plaque.
Find out in what guise below…
Writing on Twitter moments ago, the singer said of the project’s lead single ‘Motivation’:
Just want to let you all know that MOTIVATION is now Platinum! Thank you for all the support!
Here’s hoping it’s the start of many to come for the talented songstress.
Well alright then Kelendria!
work out Kelly
I’m so proud of her!
Go Go Go
I THOUGHT HER ALBUM WENT PLATINUM!!! either way congrats Kelly
I WAS ABOUT TO SAY!!! HERE I AM DIDNT GO PLATINUM!!!!! LMAO
O WOW….THERE IS ALWAYS SHADE TOWARDS RIHANNA AND BEYONCE BUT THERE’S NO SHADE TOWARDS KELLY’S FLOPPING ALBUM!!!!!!
KELLY IS A FLOP!!!!!!!!!!!
@MALIBUBARBIE
YOU SOUND JUST LIKE YOUR STUPID NAME
NOW HOW THE HELL DO YOU THINK A ALBUM THAT ONLY SOLD IN ITS LESSER THOUSANDS WHICH ONLY LIKE 1/4 OF THE US WENT PLATINUM!!! THIS B**** AINT SELLING NO WHERE NEAR A MILL!!!
LMAO!!!!
CLOWN
Em seriously this is a post … Oooooook
Congrats to Kelly though, motivation shoulda been platinum long ago
SORRY SAM!!! BUT THERE IS NOT GOING TO BE “A START OF MANY” AND YALL CAN STOP LYING SAYING THAT KELLY KEEPS DELAYING LAY IT ON ME DEBUT ON RADIO TO MAKE UP FOR ITS FAIL TO BE ON THE CHARTS!!!! “LAY IT ON ME” HAS BEEN ON THE RADIO WEEKS AGO! LMAO
BEYONCE PERFORMING A VMAs, ALBUM IN TOP 10, DEBUT @1, 4TH CONSECUTIVE ALBUM.,!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THAT B****
Good for Kelly! Platinum is a hard archivement for an Urban single. I’m so happy for her, she’s been working so hard to have a hit, and she finally has got one. Her album deserves to do better, it isn’t even close to be Gold, at this rate it’ll end up being certified Plastic or Aluminum.
Congratulations Ms. Kelly on your success. May many more head your way.
@BE’KNIGHT
EXACTLY THEY SUCKING KELLY’S D$$K FOR REAL!!!
GO TO CONCRETELOOP PPL!!!! ONLY TGJ PRAISES THE LESS FORTUNATE ARTIST!!!
THERE’S NO SIGN OF KELLY’S NAME EVER BEING MENTIONED THERE
LMAO
Hmmm. Interesting
@GILBERTO
IT IS NOT HARD TO COME BY
LETOYA LUCKETT’S TORN WENT DOUBLE PLATINUM AND HER ALBUM WAS PLATINUM AND WAS THE ONLY ONE OUT OF DC BESIDES BEYONCE TO DEBUT HER “FIRST”
GET THAT “FIRST” ALBUM TO DEBUT @ #1, KELLY HAD 3 ALBUMS, NEITHER TO GO PLATINUM AND LAND @ #1….
Kelly will be fine if she can crank out about two to 3 more hits. Congrats to her. She’s worked so hard. But she needs to release the next single already and the video. They haven’t released her next single to radio yet. Radio is just spinning the song.
I wish she would care for the album as much as she cares for Motivation. But then again the success of the single was not due to her but the people who bought it. Don’t hate Kelly but I don’t understand why she is not performing her singles on TV.
Good for her!
Is this her 1st platinum single as a solo artist? If anyone knows..thx
@THE MAN
KELLY WILL NOT BE FINE IF ITS DETERMINED ON HER MAKING 3 MORE HITS!!!!
COME ONE (SERIOUSLY”FACE”)
YOU DONT KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT MUSIC IF YOU THINK KELLY WILL MAKE ANOTHER HIT!!!
OUT OF SIMPATHY EVERYONE INCLUDING RICO LOVE IS GIVING HER A CHANCE AND ITS STILL NOT ENOUGH!!! KELLY IS A WEAK ARTIST
Well done Kelly!
Dam yall hatin on kelly 2 much smh beyoncez onli sellz because of her name…her quality of music sux! Same s*** different toilet! Shez a one trick pony lol
Congrats to Kelly on everything. Motivation is a hot song…Now to you bottom feeders (CALL ME HATERRRRR) girl bye you the only one on here tryin to take away the fact that kelly’s single went platinum. You truly need to go run in traffic seriously. you sound so stupid you hate on Kelly like she did something to you ugh i suare you welfare gastric bypass needin tricks really need to get it together…
Platinum where???? RIAA b*******??? Hahahhaaa.
Why, according to soundscan her sales suck! B**** please… she’s not even copper yet let alone platinum. Hehehee.
What about the album??? WOOD
gratz on that plat kelly.
Good for her!’Motivation’ was undoubtedly the urban hit of the year (alongside with LAMN).
Congrats i guess….. bad management and team behind her once again. Getting complacent over a successful single for some lesser standards. Kelly much better than this. I don’t know if their using the motivation money to motivate themselves to do nothing but that’s what it looks like. All this waiting and we get a number one urban single… Album’s nowhere to be seen no second single or video making an impact. They need some rihanna roc nation team they know how to do s***. As i’ve said before get your act together. 2 comebacks in a 3 album career is 2 too many.
Looking on the bright side, Good for her!
MISLEADING TITLE
@udas666 that the funniest comment i read in ages u r rite doe
@EKK STFU S***! I bet ur raggedy ass look just like how ur name sound…..a piled hot s***** mess…NEXT>>>@Judas666—H** PLEASE! A least KELLY dont look like a RAT FACE T*****….like that ugly hard face b**** u stan for…DISMISSED!*****@Call me a h**…….B**** SIT YO GORILLA FACE DOWN! EMPRESS KELLY is doing wayyyyyyyyyyy better than ur welfare government cheese ass. EMPRESS KELLY can buy and sell ur simply ass h**! Hate on s***….while KELLY laughs to the bank….something ur ass dont know nothing about….but on the first of the month…cashing n that welfare check.#thatsallbishes
Meh, congrats to her but I’m starting to feel she’s a one hit wonder. She can do it big…for 1 song off every album. At least Motivation reached the top.
This post is VERY misleading!
SO NOBODY CARES….CONGRATULATIONS I GUESS !
??? Really ???? Pretty girl rock went Platinum as a single too and…
Congratz Kellz but set ur bar higher baby
please make it stop
@Those who dont stan Girl Please……KELLY have plenty more hits coming off HIA. She just released LIOM and the song is already on the Urban charts…..with no video. This will b KELLY’s successful era…..so u bishes will deal!
Funny the haters don’t show up as quickly
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IN SUPPORT OF KELLY ROWLAND…BEYONCE CD “4” HASNT GONE PLATINUM EITHER SHIPPED PLATINUM YES SOLD PLATINUM NO…..NOT ONE OF BEYONCE SINGLE FROM THE “4” ERA HAS SOLD GOLD OR EVEN BEEN IN THE HOT 100 TOP 10….HMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
Good 4 her but LOL @ the ones who thought it was her ALBUM that went plat, in 1 whole month Kelly’s 3rd LP only sold a miserable 127K 😕 by comparison Bey’s 3rd Album IASF sold 1 MILLION in a Month.
Bey has already sold 1 MILLION off RTW & BTINH
Beyonce – Run The World : 1.187.000
Beyonce – Best Thing I Never Had : 1.109.000
Beyonce – 4: 1.5 MILLION
Bey sold 3 MILLION Records off 4!! 🙂
When Smelly??
Adele – Rolling In The Deep : 7.951.000
Jennifer Lopez – On The Flor : 6.907.000
Lady Gaga – Born This Way : 6.626.000
Katy Perry – E.T. : 5.298.000
Rihanna – S&M : 5.075.000
Jessie J – Price Tag : 4.721.000
Black Eyed Peas – Just Can’t Get Enough : 4.490.000
Bruno Mars – The Lazy Song : 3.997.000
Pink – F*****’ Perfect : 3.640.000
Britney Spears – Till The World Ends : 3.325.000
Lady Gaga – The Edge Of Glory : 3.270.000
Avril Lavigne – What The Hell : 2.732.000
Katy Perry – Last Friday Night : 2.640.000
Britney Spears – Hold It Against Me : 2.466.000
Adele – Someone Like You : 2.359.000
Nicki Minaj – Super Bass : 2.144.000
Lady Gaga – Judas : 2.118.000
Kesha – Blow : 1.681.000
Rihanna – California King Bed : 1.545.000
Marron 5 – Moves Like Jagger : 1.389.000
Adele – Set Fire To The Rain : 1.234.000
Beyonce – Run The World : 1.187.000
Beyonce – Best Thing I Never Had : 1.109.000
Britney Spears – I Wanna Go : 923.000
Jennifer Lopez – I’m Into You : 799.000
Black Eyed Peas – Don’t Stop The Party : 462.000
Nicole Scherzinger – Right There : 438.000
Rihanna – Cheers : 73.000
Congrats Kelly. Keep it up.
Beyonce >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Kelly
congrats kelly !!!
^^^ Isnt it funny how Bey has DVDS that sell Better than some b****** whole Album?? Beys last concert DVD sold nearly 200K. 😕
So Theres NO EXCUSE why Kelly should have only sold 127K in every bit of 4 WEEKS with a #1 selling Platinum R&B Hit. Something aint right her. SMH 😕
Congratulations Kelly! Hope Here I Am goes platinium before the year ends. 🙂
When is FLOPonce going to get a platinum hit from 4closure???
@ S***
Yes I know beyonce`s poop >>>>>>>>>>>>> kelly !
@Sam —
I just checked RIAA, if this in indeed the case, then someone should tell them to update their site. IT’S STILL NOT UP THERE AS YET!
Also.. “Motivation” isn’t a “Kelly Rowland song”, it’s a Lil’ Wayne song!
Kelly Rowland has NEVER moved CD Units! She can’t be a “singles” artist, much like Rihanna is, simply because she does not have the revenue stream(s) for Def Jam to then recoup the monies they initially used to “produce and bring-to-market” her CDs!
X,Y,”and Z”
@ S***- Your name says it all. Nuff said. You haters kill me writing a thesis for someone you call a flop. Someone who could care less about you or your opinion. She’s too busy enjoying her life, looking gorgeous, and cashing her checks. Get a life. Congratulations Kelly!!! This is just the beginning!!
Congrats on the single success Kelly….
onto the album……
TeamKelly needs to do something(and with the quickness) because this album is gonna either stall or go nowhere….(pulling a Keri Hilson with ‘Motivation’ is not going to do a damn thing to Here I Am.)…Anyway,if LIOM can echo Motivation,then she’ll be good.
Haters what are yall careers? just wondering. I am proud of Kelly for atleast trying this era
@istan4gaga hello there
@B_Stanning
hey 🙂
CH………
Here is Yellow Gorillah Thinking her album went platinum I was about to say Jesus is coming…
Sam GURL this title is juts… but i know you gone be wuking it up at Notting Hill Carnival
Congrats Kelly!!! Well Deserved!
@Yellow Gorillah
STFU DUMB H**!!
BEYONCE >>> RIHANNA
BEYONCE’S MUSIC >>> RIHANNA’s
BEYONCE’S VIDEOS >>> RIHANNA
PARTY/1+1 >>> CHEERS!!
16 GRAMMYS >>> 5!!
4 >>> LOUD!!
#DEAL!
@Yellow Gorillah
& B****, Dont you EVER talk s*** about Kelly again!!
ONLY Bey Stans are allowed to come for Kelly H** you have no relavance here!!
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some on this blog has one f****** ugly avatar picture -__-
Good job Kelly kells…..
I predict 2x Platinum for Lay It On Me!
She’s already working on her 4th studio album and they said a single should come out Spring 2012!
So soon?
I hope its the Here I Am Uk edition because They cannot just shelve “Here I Am” like that
Yayyyyy Kelly My DC girls are running thangs (i mean after adele of course lmbo)
JUST BE HAPPY THAT A BLACK PERSON IS HAVING SOME SUCCESS! GEESH! KELLY IS HAPPY SO BE HAPPY WITH HER OR JUST SHUT THE F*** UP ON NEGATIVE COMMENTS!
@CALLMERHATERR
WAS I TALKING TO YOU??? NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!
@Empress Kelly
“So u bishes will deal!”
Child hush. Deal off what? Kelly is one singer who’s stans have to defend her with things that haven’t happened yet. Everyone else just keeps being proven right and like others have said ain’t no Matthew to blame this time.
The only people left dealing are the fans left waiting for her to get her s*** together for 3 (soon to be 4) albums now.
Congrats to Kelly and some of you guys are so simple minded, Kelly has just got on a new label and is establishing herself as a solo Artist and a brand all together with acting, singing and touring is going to keep her album on the charts, and you guys keep bringing up how beyonce is doing so good but really she isn’t cause her album sales are in decline and Kelly’s motivation was ahead of her on the main and R&B charts for weeks beyonce had 2 singles out and neither made it to to the top 10 and she had more buzz then Kelly and is already established but B had her time now its Kelly’s turn she is already major over seas, now shes letting it be known state side
did somebody just said that kelly is now establishing herself as a solo artist?
ur joking right?
did we forget that kelly released her first album before bey bey… that was in 2002..almost 10 yrs ago..
ok, when she was under mathew, she wasnt getting alot of shine..so ill give her a pass..
but, now she has a great team behing her, so whats her excuse?
and no I’m not going to congratulate her for having a hit single…f*** that..if that makes me a hater, Ill be a f****** hater…
why should I congratulate her for having 1 hit single on an album she doesnt give two f**** about..
anybody can get a hit single now and days..wake my a** up when her album goes platinum..
wake my a** up when kelly starts to give a s*** about her album
Amd when would people that don’t even have a passport to go to overseas stop saying kelly is huge overseas. Kelly isn’t huge overseas. She had a hit single with work and that was it. ‘Like this” flopped in the UK, so did Ms.Kelly, so did so many other things she has done. Who believe the only reason Simple did okay in the UK was because she still had that destinys child buzz surrounding her. When love takes over was succesful because of David Guetta. Her team knows she can’t have a succesful caeer without a feature.
P.S Lay it on me is not preforming well. I doubt it would. Big sean is a nobody.
Kelly needs a heavy weight to help her career. That’s why she was looking to collabo with Nicki Minaj while they have nothing in common. That’s why she’s riding Lala and Kim Kradashians c*** so her name can be out there.
I know kelly’s game. This would not work for her in the end.
I never understood why people post on topics in which all they are going to do is hate…! I guess thats the trend so let me get over to a post so I can address some trashy video I saw last night! Congrats to Kelly! More success to come…this is just the beginning!
@HereAlbumStill……please shut the f up! Please provide receipts of the bulls#it you talk. She has no reason to ride anyones p**** for the simply fact she is KELLY ROWLAND. Do not be mad because she has a life and is a genuine person! The time y’all spend hating on her only makes her more popular you p****!
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Khia > BLEACHonce. 🙂
@Sam I AM
Here I Am is already out of the top 100 on iTunes, its flopping! Kelly only had a top-ten hit on the R&B/Hip-Hop charts and so does Beyonce with “Best THing I Never Had” 😛
@JR
she is kelly rowland a flop failure with no father and a disfigured face mum.
Yes Yes Yes Kelendria work b****!!!
@Teyah
It’s out of TOp 200 on itunes . This horse teeth b**** can’t sell a damn record. When would u see Gaga or Rihanna tweet a single has gone platinum lmao. They tweet when the album goes platinum. Kelly is too low. Twitter was the wrongest thing that happened to kelly. She gets the lesser deal.
Empress that perfume is a mess and the commercial is being shot with no kelly rowland on sight. Kelly rowland is not going to have an Empress commercial. My friend is doing the makeup for the model doing the commercial and it will be premiered in the fall and kelly rowland wont have a commercial.
Her album flopped, only Motivation single platinum, lol
Congrats kelly rowland ; )
all of this because of a single ?!
when her album will be certified platinum ?!
not this year i think 🙄 !
i’m so OVER HER ! she will keep RIDING this SINGLE till it fell OFF !!
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Congrats on Motivation going Platinum Kelly. I think Lay It On Me has alot of potential too. Loving that song.
Take that HATERS. Kelly= number 1 hit single motivation. Beyonce= no hits but platinum. Kelly WON.
Every artist this year is slaying beyonce. That’s sad…..NOT. Lol. 😀
so everybody wanna congratulate her on this flop album but talk about keri hilson. at least keri hilson sold 300k + of her new slbum selling more than j lo and kelly lol. so i dont wanna here no more of this keri a flop but kelly aint
@tyler AK.A keri hilson is baddddddddd :
BOTH Kerri & Kelly are flops when it comes to sales , U HAPPY NOW ?
WHY is it that Moves Like Jagger has been #1 on itunes for nearly 2 weeks and has been the biggest airplay gainer but still moved down 1 spot to #4….shouldn’t it be #1 now? I smell another conspiracy because last Friday night dropped on itunes a few spots and has remained steady in airplay and remained at #1? Same with that damn LMAO song.
It seems like every other song that spends an extended amount of time at #1 ok itunes hits #1 on the hot 100 due to strong digital sales alone but the second a Christina song does the same thing its like somrthing keeps it from hitting #1. Gosh this damn industry is f***** up.
Lol! This title really had me intrigued! I knew for damn sure it couldn’t be her album, cause I think we all know that’s not doing too well so I really had no idea what it could be.
Honestly I would have figured ‘Motivation’ would have BEEN platinum by now. I mean damn it came out like last year! But I guess since it was more successful on the r&b charts it took longer. At least it did go platinum. That is an accomplisment these days with so much illegal downloading.
Anywho, good for Kelly. We’ll see if that album goes platinum. I am doubtful though.
In The Words Of 3LW: Haters They Gone Hate! LOL!
You Guys Hating Still Isn’t Gonna Change The Fact That Motivation Went PLATINUM! #POW!
Congrats Kellllly Muthafuckin Rowland!!!!
It’s ridiculous that her album has only sold 127,000 copies so far! It’s also a shame that she got stuck with a sucky ass label! Everyone should know Universal never does s*** for their artists! I can understand X Factor being a huge factor, but if that’s the case, Universal should have released the album later in the summer. That would’ve gave her time to perform the single on many daytime and nightime talk shows and for a second single to do well on the charts! This is crazy. Congrats on the platinum single, but a platinum album would’ve been better!
Thats my bish!! congrats!!!
Live, Love, Party
August 26, 2011 at 8:10 pm
Take that HATERS. Kelly= number 1 hit single motivation. Beyonce= no hits but platinum. Kelly WON.
Every artist this year is slaying beyonce. That’s sad…..NOT. Lol.
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You have got to be f****** kidding me?! Do you realize how stupid you sound? This is a platinum SINGLE, not ALBUM, but SINGLE! How long has this damn single been out, since the beginning of the year and it is JUST now going platinum? Child boo!
You dumbass Kelly stans have the nerve to brag about Kelly getting a No. 1 single in FOREVER as if Bey doesn’t have a dozen to her name in NUMEROUS countries already! Unlike Kelly, Beyonce has No. 1 singles AND albums! Unlike Kelly, Bey sells out stadiums and arenas, not night clubs! Unlike Kelly, Bey is a successful SOLO artist and one of the most successful female artist of her generation and is an internatoinal SUPERSTAR that tops the Forbes list EVERY year!
Every artist this year is ‘slaying’ Beyonce? Really b****? You are too dumb to function! First of all Bey’s album just came out two months ago! It’s only been out for TWO months and has already been certified platinum! Adele, Lady Gimmick, Rihanna and Katy Perry’s albums all came out long before Bey’s! They all may have successful singles and platinum albums, but they still aren’t in Bey’s league! She is still more successful than ALL of them overall! Kelly isn’t even amongst these female artist and she is older and been in the game longer than all of them! Hell, even Keri Hilson sold more than Kelly! LMAO!
Let’s face it, even with that ONE hit single, Kelly’s albumed STILL FLOPPED and Beyonce’s album is already certified Platinum! Bey is covering Vogue while Kelly is covering Vibe! Beyonce has been performing all over the WORLD and just recently had FOUR SOLD OUT shows in NY that sold out in SECONDS! Meanwhile, Kelly is what, opening for Chris Brown?! She is opening for an artist 8 years younger than her that has been out 6 years compared to her 15 years in the game! SMH!
So how exactly did Kelly win? What did she win? What world do you live in where ONE platinum single is anywhere near the success that Bey has had overall and just this year alone! Please come back to earth & stop living in that fantasy world!
I swear Kelly fans make her look bad. SMFH.
photoshop FAIL
I LUUUUUUUUUUUV THIS PIC….LOOK AT HER…LOOK AT THOSE LEGS….My gosh….This woman is a BABE….GO GO GO GO KELLY!!! LUH U! (lmao… 🙂 )
@LIVE,LOVE,PARTY
LMAO!!!!!!!!! WOW!
Congrats Kelly!! I still love that song.
I just cannot with Sam always coming up with this misleading title………….smh!!!!
Whats misleading about it?…..congrats Kelly…i bought this CD and will be buying the next if its good
Her single went platinum and her album went in the toliet hahahahaha F****** Flopping C***!
I am livin all you hatin asses are coming for Kelly yess Kelly got yall scared because if Kelly was a flopp like yall keep saying and if kelly was not important like yall keep sayin and if no one was checkin for Kelly then tell this WHY THE HELL ARE YALL ON HERE PULLING UP MORE INFO AND BIO’s on Kelly than anybody else lol yall fools are a mess and just because you sold alot of albums still dont mean its a good album. Yes all of you haters are my ‘Motivation’ Kelly’s too yall so dumb lol…
YESSSS MAMA
flop!
being certified platinum for units shipped is irrelevant.
No matter what haters have to say can you take platinum away from Ms. Kelly?
NO!
Haters are pressed!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yassssss kelly Rowland get yo money gurlllll..
TeamKelly for Life
DJDUNKONTHATBITCH
August 27, 2011 at 8:06 am
Her single went platinum and her album went in the toliet hahahahaha F****** Flopping C***!
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SO MEAN…BUT *DEAD* @ “Her single went platinum and her album went in the toilet”