Dilemma: The Hit That (Almost) Made Kelly Rowland a Solo Star

Dilemma: The Hit That (Almost) Made Kelly Rowland a Solo Star - When the name “Destiny’s Child” comes to mind, it is usually associated with one person. Indeed, when addressing the success and legacy of Destiny’s Child, most people would describe it either as a very successful group that emerged in the late 90s or as a mere platform intended from the outset to catapult Beyonce Knowles to fame. It seems hard to believe now, but at the beginning of 2003, it appeared that underdog Kelly Rowland was set to surpass Beyonce, having scored a U.S. chart-topper (Simply Deep) thanks to the release of Dilemma with Nelly, and a U.K. number one album shortly after her bandmate's "Work It Out" failed to even make it into the Billboard Hot 100. Of course, time has shown that this surprising role reversal only ever lasted a mere six months but it meant that each member’s career trajectory was not set in stone and that Kelly Rowland had a chance to become a top mainstream artist at the earliest stage of her solo career. How did Kelly Rowland’s first ever single, Dilemma, become so successful and why was she unable to achieve comparable success with the release of her first album Simply Deep?

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