Recording sessions for the album took place primarily at Rockland Studios and Chicago Recording Company in Chicago. The album has sold over 3 million copies worldwide, and received sales certifications in the United States and the United Kingdom. Chocolate Factory was well received by critics, receiving rave reviews from publications such as The New York Times and USA Today. It achieved success in international markets and produced three singles that attained chart success, including " Snake" and " Step in the Name of Love", and the international hit " Ignition (Remix)". The album debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200, selling over 532,000 copies in its first week of sales.
Originally titled Loveland, Chocolate Factory was conceived by Kelly amid controversy over his sex scandal at the time. Recording sessions took place mainly at Rockland Studios and Chicago Recording Company in Chicago, Illinois, and the album was primarily written, arranged, and produced by R. Kelly, released on February 18, 2003, by Jive Records.
Kelly was arrested this week for failure to pay $161,000 in child support.Chocolate Factory is the fifth solo album by American recording artist R. I’m trying to have a relationship with my kids and I can’t do it! Y’all just don’t wanna believe the truth. Kelly brought up his music in his infamous CBS interview with Gayle King this week, before deflecting abuse allegations. “I didn’t do this stuff! This is not me! I’m fighting for my f**king life! Y’all killing me with this shit,” he said. “I gave y’all 30 years of my career! Thirty years of my career and y’all trying to kill me? You’re killing me, man. His catalog also gets 5 monthly listens on Spotify. The visuals for “Ignition (Remix)” has continued to gain traction with 188,277,026 views on YouTube. Kellyin January, returned to the Billboard R&B Digital Song Sales chart.
Amid reports about Kelly’s behavior and sex “cult,” “Ignition (Remix)” was still a popular song used in Spotify ads, and after the release of Surviving R. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the spring of 2003, with the album dropping in February.
“Ignition (Remix)” spent five weeks at No. Because of the public’s interest in the song and the studio’s liking to the end of the song, it remained on Chocolate Factory and the remix was released as the official lead single to the album in the fall of 2002. “Ignition” was featured on Kelly’s Loveland album, which was later shifted and filtered to create Chocolate Factory. Some songs from Loveland were leaked, including “Ignition” and gained radio play.