R&B/Gospel Singer/Songwriter & Actress Kelly Price Signs with Smith Young Talent Agency Literary

10/22/2022, Atlanta, GA. ~ It may come as no surprise that Songwriter/R&B/Gospel Singer and Actress, Kelly Price, has another aspect to her phenomenal singing and songwriting career that she feels now is the time to pursue. She has signed with the Smith Young Talent Agency's Literary Division to represent her TV series and movie projects.  Kelly is no stranger to the acting world where she has had featured appearances on the long running 'Saints and Sinners', 'American Soul', and 'Madea's Big Happy Family', as well as appearances on BET's 'Sunday's Best', but she never really took the time to pursue her screenwriting and content creations before now.

"I just feel the climate is right now for these shows I have created where for some of them I have had with me going back a decade ago." says Price.

Price started her singing career in 1992. where she garnered attention by singing backing vocals for Mariah Carey on multiple songs, including her Billboard Hot 100 number one singles: "Fantasy" and "All I Want for Christmas"; before rising to greater prominence after making uncredited guest appearances on the number one single "Mo Money Mo Problems" by The Notorious B.I.G.", as well as " Feel So Good" by Mase, which prompted her to release her own music. Her debut album, Soul of a Woman (1998), was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America.

The album's lead single "Freind of Mine" reached the top 20 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. In 1998, Price was featured on the Whitney Houston single "Heartbreak Hotel" alongside Faith Evans, which peaked at number two and earned the trio a nomination for the Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals.

Her second album, Mirror Mirror in 2000 featured the singles "You Should've Told Me" and the Grammy Award nominated "As We Lay". And her fourth album Priceless in 2003, both reached the top ten on the Billboard 200 chart.

In 2016, she made an uncredited appearance on Kanye West's song "Ultralight Beam" from his album The Life of Pablo .
Born in New York City in Far Rockaway, Queen, and she sang in church as a youngster. Her first professional engagement was with singer George Michael at Madison Square Garden in New York City in January 1992. During rehearsals for the 1992 Grammy Awards the next month, Price was overheard singing in the rehearsal hall by Mariah Carey. Price was later introduced to Carey's then-husband, Sony Columbia's then CEO Tommy Mottola, and was offered a gig as a background singer for Carey, which she did until 1997.

In October 2005, Price recorded her first live gospel album. This Is Who I Am album was released on October 24, 2006, on her own label, EcclecticSounds Records. It debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Gospel Charts and peaked at No. 9 on the R&B album chart. Price was inducted as an honorary member of the Sigma Gamma Rho sorority in July of 2006. In early 2007, Price kicked off a tour with the 'Sisters in the Spirit 2007'.

Also in 2006, she recorded the song "Why?" for the soundtrack Why Did I Get Married? the film version of Why Did I Get Married? And the song Priceless Secrets from The Soul of A Woman LP, in which Price created the role of Sheila alongside Tyler Perry who used the song titles and lyrical content of Price's hit recordings to develop the story. In early 2009, she was featured on Coko's gospel album entitled The Winner in Me on the track "Oh Mary".

In June 2010, Price promoted her single "Tired" on The Jazz Joy and Roy syndicated radio show as "some of the best work of my career to date. The song was also featured in Tyler Perrys 2011 film Madea's Big Happy Family.

On February 9, 2012, in a pre-Grammy party to celebrate Price's nominations, the singer sang "Jesus Loves Me" with Whitney Houston in what turned out to be Houston's last public performance two days before her death. In September 2009, it was announced she would be joining Deborah Cox and Tamia to form the group The Queen Project. The women seek to empower women of all ages, races, and backgrounds by doing a number of community service projects.

In 2016, Kelly was included in several songs on rapper Kanye West's album, The Life of Pablo, Kelly was a co-writer with R&B singer K. Michelle, on her single Not a Little Bit which was released on January 22, 2016. It is the lead single from the singer's third studio album, More Issues Than Vogue.

Price has won a Soul Train Music Award and has received nine Grammy Award nominations in her remarkable music career.

"We are very excited and honored to represent Kelly and her projects for television and film. She is already showing in our pitches to various production houses that her career as a content creator will thrive as her music career has", says Robert Walker, Literary Talent Agent for Smith Young Talent Agency.

For more about Kelly, tour info, new music coming, and now TV shows, log on to her website at: H O M E | Ms. Kelly Price

And on IG at: Kelly Price (@mskellyprice) • Instagram photos and videos