Before her debut, Kelis collaborated with other artists on their albums, including "Fairytalez" with Gravediggaz and "Got Your Money" with Ol' Dirty Bastard.

After the success of her first album, Kelis commented, "Kaleidoscope was an experiment.

[3] Kelis's only Grammy Award nominations are the two awards for Best Urban/Alternative Performance for the song "Milkshake" in 2004 and Best Contemporary R&B Album for her fourth album "Kelis Was Here" in 2007, but she didn't win either of them.

She was nominated for two Billboard Music Awards in 2000, including Best New Artist Video for "Caught Out There".

At the New York Music Awards, Kelis won all three nominations that she received, including Best R&B Video and Best Dance Single for "Acapella", and Best R&B Album for "Flesh Tone".

The Music of Black Origin Awards (MOBO), first presented in 1996, are held annually in the United Kingdom to recognise artists of any race or nationality who perform black music and "recognise the outstanding achievements of artists who perform music in genres ranging from Gospel, Jazz, RnB, Soul, Reggae to Hip Hop".

The MP3 Music Awards (MMA) is an annual music awards show in the United Kingdom, and chosen by worldwide public votes.

[16] The Smash Hits Poll Winners Party was an awards ceremony which ran from 1988 to 2005.

Each award winner was voted by readers of the Smash Hits magazine.