KELLY PRICE
and sing on her first studio recording all before her 10th
birthday. “I grew up in a family full of singers and musicians
everybody in my family wrote songs and played one or
more instruments, everyone could sing and we are all self
taught, no formal lessons or musical education other than
what has been past on from one generation to the next”.
Price, whose “strict, old school Pentecostal” upbringing restricted her from wearing jewelry, make-up and pants (long
skirts were the preference). But like most creative spirits,
Price was destined to soar far beyond her point of origin.
And so, she has.
1998 saw the release of her double-platinum debut, Soul
of a Woman, which featured the record-breaking single,
“Friend of Mine.” The song made history as the first to garner the #1 spot on the singles chart without an accompanying video clip, a rare feat during the era when music videos
were the driving force of popular culture. She returned to
center stage three years later with the platinum-plus seller, Mirror, Mirror, led by her remake of the R&B classic,
“As We Lay,” and followed up with the gold-selling holiday
collection, One Family: A Christmas Album in 2001. Three
years after releasing Priceless, she returned to her roots
for This Is Whom I Am, a live gospel album recorded at her
church home in Long Island. The album included the uplifting single, “Healing,” which not only reached the top of the
gospel charts, but was also credited and awarded at the
2007 ASCAP Awards as one of the top five songs played
across both R&B and Gospel genres during 2006.
Along her journey, she’s collaborated with the likes of Mariah Carey, George Michael, Elton John, The Isley Brothers,
Brian McKnight and Sean “Diddy” Combs as well as Faith
Evans, Whitney Houston, Donnie McClurkin, Eric Clapton,
the late James Brown, Shirley Murdock. She’s also expanded her reach as a model for Lane Bryant and Ashley
Stewart and taken her talents to the screen and stage with
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