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I'm Your Angel

R. Kelly and Celine Dion | Artist Essentials

R. Kelly / RECOMMENDED SELECTION 8

First released: 1998 (year verified)

Original 1998 full duet recording with Celine Dion, approximately 5:32

MusicAtlas editorial note: The two lead voices gradually come together in a broader shared refrain.

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First released: 1998 (year verified)

The selected original recording is documented in 1998 in the release history of I'm Your Angel. Only year precision is assigned. Later singles, annual-list appearances, reissues and different performances do not replace the original year.

Recording: Original 1998 full duet recording with Celine Dion, approximately 5:32
Credit: R. Kelly and Celine Dion
Role in this collection: Co-lead duet vocalist with Celine Dion

Original single: I'm Your Angel

R. - original 1998 program and specific editions
The original program identifies When a Womans Fed Up, Half on a Baby, Did You Ever Think and If I Could Turn Back the Hands of Time in 1998. Im Your Angel explicitly includes Celine Dion and runs approximately 5:32. The original solo Did You Ever Think is distinct from the later Nas remix. I Believe I Can Fly had already appeared in 1996. | Reviewed 2026-10-18

The Essential R. Kelly - explicitly labeled edit and performer evidence
The 2014 anthology separately labels the approximately 4:41 I Cant Sleep Baby radio edit, approximately 4:49 Im Your Angel and approximately 4:57 Happy People radio edit. It contains Gotham City Remix, not the requested original, and a distinct Nas remix of Did You Ever Think. Its later date fields are not used to redate earlier documented performances. | Reviewed 2026-10-18

Annual version match under review

The selected recording has release evidence, but its version has not been matched to the retained annual entry. It is omitted from Beyond the yearly lists until this match is resolved.

The approximately 5:32 original duet and the shorter approximately 4:49 anthology presentation are distinct editions. The actual annual entry does not specify its version.

R. - original 1998 program and specific editions
The original program identifies When a Womans Fed Up, Half on a Baby, Did You Ever Think and If I Could Turn Back the Hands of Time in 1998. Im Your Angel explicitly includes Celine Dion and runs approximately 5:32. The original solo Did You Ever Think is distinct from the later Nas remix. I Believe I Can Fly had already appeared in 1996. | Reviewed 2026-10-18

The Essential R. Kelly - explicitly labeled edit and performer evidence
The 2014 anthology separately labels the approximately 4:41 I Cant Sleep Baby radio edit, approximately 4:49 Im Your Angel and approximately 4:57 Happy People radio edit. It contains Gotham City Remix, not the requested original, and a distinct Nas remix of Did You Ever Think. Its later date fields are not used to redate earlier documented performances. | Reviewed 2026-10-18

ARTIST BACKGROUND

About R. Kelly

R. Kelly is an American R&B singer, songwriter and producer from Chicago. He sang in church and developed his performance skills at Kenwood Academy before recording with Public Announcement. His solo catalog includes 12 Play and the ballad I Believe I Can Fly from Space Jam. Later recordings such as Happy People and Step in the Name of Love continued his work in contemporary R&B.

Artist background sources

R. Kelly - Biography.com career biography
Chicago background, church singing, Kenwood Academy, Public Announcement, 12 Play and Space Jam. The article misstates some release/award years; those dates, accolades and unrelated legal history are not used. | Retrieved 2026-10-17

R. Kelly - Recording Academy artist record
Documented R&B performance and songwriting repertoire, including Happy People and Step in the Name of Love; no awards-year-to-release-year inference. | Retrieved 2026-10-17

Profile reviewed: 2026-10-17. Artist background does not establish a song's creative origin or release date.

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