Bridget Kelly

Bridget Kelly (born April 8, 1986) is an American singer and songwriter from New York City. Kelly, an R&B recording artist, has written songs for Kelly Clarkson. In 2008, she secured a recording contract with American rapper and hip-hop mogul Jay-Z's record label Roc Nation.

Biography

1986–2010: Early life and career beginnings

Bridget Kelly, who is of Bahamian and Irish descent, was born on April 8, 1986, in New York City. She is a graduate of Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts in Manhattan. the Coldplay, Viva la Vida tour, and the 9/11 memorial service. Kelly also performed with Jay Z during a performance at the MTV Europe Music Awards 2009. She performed "Empire State of Mind" at Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival as well as Bonnaroo Music Festival in summer 2010, with Jay-Z. Kelly also performed "Empire State of Mind" with Jay-Z on Saturday Night Live on May 8, 2010, as well as Rock am Ring on June 4 and T in the Park on June 12, 2010. She also joined Jay-Z during "Empire State of Mind" at Peace & Love in Borlänge, Sweden; at Summer Sonic 2010 in Chiba, Japan in August 2010, at Chiba Marine Stadium; and at Yankee Stadium on September 13, 2010.

Kelly made her first magazine cover appearance in the September 2010 issue of Honey Magazine. In the interview to go along with the cover shoot, she describes her music as a fusion of R&B, soul and rock with influences coming from Alicia Keys, Alanis Morissette and Pink.

2011–2013: Every Girl and Cut to... Bridget Kelly Kelly performing for U.S. Service members during the 2013 USO chairman's Holiday Tour at Bagram Airfield in Parwan province, Afghanistan, Dec 9, 2013 In early 2011, Kelly and her production team had approached Frank Ocean to write a song for her debut studio album. In July 2011, Roc Nation stated on the official site that Kelly is closing her album up and the first single would be the Frank Ocean-penned "Thinking Bout Forever". On July 28, 2011, Ocean leaked his demo version of the song onto his tumblr account, with the title reading "Thinking Bout You". The song was then promptly taken down by Ocean. Kelly's version of "Thinkin Bout You" found its way onto the EP.

In August 2012, her debut single "Special Delivery", was released to Urban radio stations. Her second single "Street Dreamin", features American rapper Kendrick Lamar and was released on May 21, 2013. Both songs were Top 40 hits on the Mediabase Urban Airplay charts. On November 26, 2013, Kelly announced she would be releasing her second EP and revealed her debut album was pushed back to a 2014 release. The EP includes six tracks as well as contributions from Jerry Wonda ("Goosebumps"), Pop Wansel, Sam Dew, Elijah Blake, and Cri$tyle. "I speak a lot about love and my feelings on these songs," said Bridget of the follow-up to her 2011 EP Every Girl.

2014–present: Parting Ways with Roc Nation and All or Nothing In June 2014, Kelly confirmed her split after six years with Roc Nation and she is about releasing her album independently. After the split, Kelly released two singles, "I Won't Cry" and "Almost More", which are the exclusive previews of her upcoming music. She is working with Jerry Wonda on the new album and changed the album title from Something Different to All or Nothing, which is set to release in 2017. She appeared on Love and Hip Hop: Hollywood from 2017 to 2018 as a supporting cast member for two seasons. In October 2020, Kelly began hosting the See, The Thing Is Podcast on the Joe Budden Network alongside cohosts Mandii B and Olivia Dope. The podcast now only stars Bridget Kelly and Mandii B after Olivia Dope claimed Joe Budden sexually harassed her during taping, forcing her to quit her position on the show.

Discography

Studio albums All or Nothing (2017) Reality Bites (2018)

EPs Every Girl (2011) Cut to... Bridget Kelly (2013)

Singles

As a lead artist + List of singles as featured artist, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name Title Year Peak chart positions Album USR&B BEL(FL) UK"Thinking About Forever"2011———Every Girl "Special Delivery" 2012 51 79 102 Cut to... Bridget Kelly "Street Dreamin" (featuring Kendrick Lamar) 2013 89 — — All or Nothing "Happy for Me" 2017 — — — Reality Bites "Swear to Gawd"(with Brooke Valentine) 2018 — — — "Lucky You" 2019 — — — The Great Escape – EP "Single Player Game" — — — "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

As featured artist + List of singles as featured artist, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name Title Year Peak chart positions Album UK SCO "My Time"(K Koke featuring Bridget Kelly) 2013 52 — I Ain't Perfect "Let Somebody Love You" (2face Idibia featuring Bridget Kelly)2014 — —The Ascension "—" denotes single that did not chart or was not released.

Guest appearances