I Wish (R. Kelly song)
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"I Wish" is an R&B song recorded by R. Kelly
for the album TP-2.com
. It was released as the album's first single. It spent three weeks at number-one on the US R&B chart and peaked at number fourteen on the US pop chart. The song is dedicated to his mother as well as friends and loved ones who have died.
and a music video was shot.
R. Kelly
Robert Sylvester Kelly , better known by his stage name R. Kelly, is an American singer-songwriter and record producer. A native of Chicago, Kelly began performing during the late 1980s and debuted in 1992 with the group Public Announcement. In 1993, Kelly went solo with the album 12 Play...
for the album TP-2.com
TP-2.com
-Critical response:TP-2.com received mostly positive reviews from music critics. Sonicnet wrote, "TP-2.com isn't the masterpiece Kelly seems capable of, but it's as strong an R&B album as any since, well, since R., balancing the carnal and the spiritual as convincingly as anyone's done it since...
. It was released as the album's first single. It spent three weeks at number-one on the US R&B chart and peaked at number fourteen on the US pop chart. The song is dedicated to his mother as well as friends and loved ones who have died.
Remix
There is a remix to the song as titled, "To The Homies We Lost", which featured rappers Boo & Gotti as one of the nineteen tracks on the album, TP-2.comTP-2.com
-Critical response:TP-2.com received mostly positive reviews from music critics. Sonicnet wrote, "TP-2.com isn't the masterpiece Kelly seems capable of, but it's as strong an R&B album as any since, well, since R., balancing the carnal and the spiritual as convincingly as anyone's done it since...
and a music video was shot.
Charts
| Chart (2001) | Peak position |
Weeks on Chart |
|---|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday... |
14 | 21 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, is a chart released weekly by Billboard in the United States.The chart, initiated in 1942, is used to track the success of popular music songs in urban, or primarily African American, venues. Dominated over the years at various times by jazz, rhythm and blues, doo-wop, soul,... |
1 | 25 |
| U.S. Billboard Pop Songs | 34 | 5 |
| U.S. Billboard Radio Songs | 10 | 21 |
Awards and nominations
- Grammy AwardGrammy AwardA Grammy Award — or Grammy — is an accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry...
s- 2001, Best R&B Vocal Performance - Male (nominated)
- MTV Video Music AwardsMTV Video Music AwardsAn MTV Video Music Award , is an award presented by the cable channel MTV to honor the best in music videos...
- 2001, Best R&B Video (nominated)
- NAACP Image Awards
- 2001, Outstanding Music Video (won)
- Soul Train Music Award
- 2001, Best R&B/Soul Single, Male (won)