Kelly Rowland and the hosts of ‘The Breakfast Club’.

Apparently, Kelly Rowland has suffered a major blow to the head and lost all memory of the years preceding 2009. That’s the only excuse I can imagine to explain why she would take credit for starting the EDM movement. Well, either that or she has gone completely insane.

During an interview with The Breakfast Club, Rowland claimed that she was the first “major” American artist to experiment with EDM when she collaborated with David Guetta on “When Love Takes Over”. Moreover, she suggested that since that time, dozens of acts have followed her lead by joining the Dance/Pop music bandwagon.

Now, let explain the madness of Rowland’s comments. “When Love Takes Over” was released to radio in  2009. Prior to that, Lady Gaga had already taken over the music industry with the Electro-tinged sounds of her The Fame album in 2008 but we can go even further back in time. Do you remember Madonna’s Confession on a Dance Floor, which was released in 2005 and included global EDM hits, such as “Hung Up”, “Sorry” and “Jump”?

Wait, there’s more. Kylie Minoque’s “Can’t Get You Out of My Head” was a monster success in 2001, Rihanna’s “Please Don’t Stop the Music” in 2007 and the mother of modern Dance/Pop, Donna Summer, set the bar for the genre with “I Feel Love” way back in 1977.  Rowland wasn’t even born until 1981.

So, as you can see, the EDM movement in America long predates the debut of “When Love Takes Over”. Rowland didn’t start the trend and she certainly didn’t bring it back to prominence. These women from the House of Dereon love taking credit for other people’s work, don’t they?

Watch Rowland on The Breakfast Club below

Bonus: Watch Rowland on The Ricky Smiley Morning Show below as well:

Thoughts?