page_title: Kelly Rowland
section_title: Awards and achievements
hierarchical_section_title: Kelly Rowland / Awards and achievements
caption_attribution_description: English: Star of the group Destiny's Child on Hollywood Walk of Fame. Português: Estrela do grupo Destiny's Child na Calçada da Fama.
context_page_description: Kelendria Trene Rowland is an American singer, songwriter, actress and television personality. She rose to fame in the late 1990s as a member of Destiny's Child, one of the world's best-selling girl groups of all time. During the group's two-year hiatus, Rowland released her first solo album, Simply Deep, which debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart and sold over 2.5 million copies worldwide. It included the number-one single "Dilemma" with Nelly, as well as the UK top-five hits "Stole" and "Can't Nobody". Rowland also ventured into acting with starring roles in the successful films Freddy vs. Jason and The Seat Filler.
  Following the disbandment of Destiny's Child in 2006, Rowland released her second album, Ms. Kelly, which produced the international top-ten hits "Like This" and "Work". In 2009, she hosted the first season of The Fashion Show and was featured on David Guetta's "When Love Takes Over", which hit number one in many countries. Its success influenced Rowland to explore dance music on her third album Here I Am, which spawned the UK top-ten singles "Commander" and "Down for Whatever".
context_section_description: As a solo artist, Rowland has attained number-one singles on several charts in the United States, including one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, two on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, and three on the Hot Dance Club Songs chart. Internationally, she has achieved nine top-ten singles in the United Kingdom, including two number-ones and one UK R&B number-one, and in Australia, she has released six top-twenty singles. With her works, she has earned over 47 international sales certifications to date. Rowland has won 19 awards from 54 nominations and a star on Hollywood Walk of Fame as a Destiny's Child member. She has won four Grammy Awards from 17 nominations and has been honored by the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers and Essence magazine for her contributions to music.
  In 2003, Rowland received eight nominations and won five for the single "Dilemma" (duet with American rapper Nelly) for international awards. With "Dilemma", Rowland became the first Destiny's Child member to achieve a Billboard Hot 100 and a worldwide number-one single, and to win a Grammy Award as a solo artist. "Dilemma" was ranked fifth on The 40 Biggest Duets Of All Time of Billboard, and has been a merengue version of the song in Spanish done by Papi Sanchez, under the title "Dilema". The song was the 22nd best-selling single of the 2000 decade in the UK
  and appeared on the game Karaoke Revolution Presents: American Idol. Beyoncé, during the promotion of the second album Ms. Kelly declared to be proud of Rowland's international successes. Her second worldwide hit "When Love Takes Over" (with French DJ David Guetta) received ten international nominations and won two awards. Single's Electro Extended Mix won a Grammy Awards in "Best Non-Classical, Remixed Recording" category for its remixer. Additionally, British singer Cheryl Cole (of Girls Aloud) credited "When Love Takes Over" for inspiring her taste and preference in dance music, which in turn influenced her second solo single "3 Words" (featuring will.i.am).
  Other Rowland's songs that have been nominated or awarded are "Commander" and "Motivation".
  Entertainment Weekly named "Commander" the number-one summer jam of 2010 and named by Fitness Magazine as one of "The Top 100 Workout Songs of 2010". About "Motivation" and the frequent comparison with Beyoncé, American rapper 50 Cent named Rowland as "The Most Underrated Female" declaring "There wasn't no dance moves Beyoncé was doin' that Kelly wasn't doin'." Destiny's Child member LeToya Luckett speaking about Kelly Rowland and her seven-week non-consecutive R&B number one "Motivation" declared "[Kelly] is still my 'motivation..You know she is one of the most talented girls on the torch of this earth."
  She was awarded Ultimate TV Personality at the 2011 Cosmopolitan Ultimate Women of the Year Awards, and TV Personality of the Year at the 2012 Glamour Women of the Years Awards, as a television personality. In 2012, Rowland named one of Glamour Dressed Women in entertainment. After The X Factor, singer Misha B declared, "I had the greatest mentor, Kelly Rowland. I already know she will, there's no taking up on it. Kelly for me, she's more than a mentor. She's been a guardian angel and she's like a sister to me.". In 2020, Rowland was awarded an NAACP Image Award for her guest performance in the television series American Soul as Gladys Knight.
caption: Destiny's Child star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
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