It charted at number 93 on the Billboard Hot 100. The album's first single 'When a Woman Loves' peaked at number 16 and spent seven weeks on the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. Prior to its physical CD release on December 14, Love Letter was released as a digital download on December 10, 2010, to the iTunes Store, which included the album with the iTunes LP format feature. Kelly further pays tribute to Jackson, who died in 2009, with his own version of ' You Are Not Alone' (a song he had written for Jackson), featured on Love Letter as a hidden bonus track. Kelly was heavily inspired by such soul artists as Marvin Gaye, Jackie Wilson, Donny Hathaway, Sam Cooke, Michael Jackson, and Stevie Wonder. Love Letter is an homage to the classic soul music of the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. As of June 2022, It has sold over one million copies in the United States and was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Upon its release, Love Letter received positive reviews from most music critics, who complimented its classically minded style and praised Kelly for his singing and songwriting.

It produced two singles that attained respectable charting on the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. The album debuted at number 6 on the US Billboard 200 chart, selling 154,000 copies in its first week. A departure from his previous work's contemporary sound and sexually explicit themes, Love Letter incorporates classic soul music influences and features chivalrous lyrics concerning love and forgiveness. It was written and produced entirely by Kelly.

It was released on December 14, 2010, by Jive Records. Love Letter is the tenth studio album by American R&B recording artist R.

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