Kelendria Trene Rowland is an American singer, 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.
As a solo artist, Rowland has sold more than 40 million records worldwide. She 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 work, she has earned over 47 international sales certifications to date. Rowland has won 19 awards from 54 nominations and is a star on the 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.
Kelly Rowland’s parents: Meet Doris Rowland Garrison, Christopher Lovett
Rowland is the daughter of Doris Rowland-Garrison (December 6, 1947 – December 2, 2014) and Christopher Lovett. His father was an ex-military man. her mother left her father, who was an abusive alcoholic and suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) from serving in the Vietnam War.
The Vietnam War was a conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. It was the second of the Indochina Wars and was officially fought between North Vietnam and South Vietnam.
North Vietnam was supported by the Soviet Union, China, and other communist allies; South Vietnam was supported by the United States and other anti-communist allies. The war is widely considered to be a Cold War-era proxy war. It lasted almost 20 years, with direct U.S. involvement ending in 1973.
The conflict also spilled over into neighboring states, exacerbating the Laotian Civil War and the Cambodian Civil War, which ended with all three countries becoming communist states by 1975.
