R. Kelly performs during the 2015 Soul Train Music Awards at the Orleans Arena on Nov. 6, 2015 in Las Vegas.

In the wake of Lifetime’s six-part Surviving R. Kelly documentary series, which aired on the network from Jan. 3-5, two of the titular artist’s most popular recordings -- “Ignition” and “I Believe I Can Fly” -- return to the R&B Digital Song Sales chart. R. Kelly's “Ignition” lands at No. 12 on R&B Digital Song Sales with a 191 percent surge in week-over-week purchases. The single registered 2000 downloads sold in the week ending Jan. 10, according to Nielsen Music, its best sales week in nearly two years, since it also moved 2,000 copies in the week ending Jan. 12, 2017. In terms of chart performance, the current No. 12 “Ignition” position is the track’s best showing since it ranked at No. 9 for two straight weeks in April 2013.

“Ignition” served as the lead single for R. Kelly’s 2003 album, Chocolate Factory. The song spent five weeks at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 that spring, blocked from the top by 50 Cent’s “In Da Club.” Though “Ignition” does not return to the R&B Streaming Songs chart, U.S. clicks of the track also rose sharply following the documentary’s premiere. “Ignition” pulled 3.1 million U.S. on-demand streams in the week ending Jan. 10, according to Nielsen Music, up 37 percent compared with the previous frame.

Meanwhile, another Kelly hit, “I Believe I Can Fly” also experiences a resurgence. The track debuts at No. 16 on R&B Digital Song Sales with 2000 copies sold, its highest sales week since the seven-day window ending Feb. 25, 2016. “Fly,” which featured on the soundtrack to the 1996 film Space Jam, reached No. 2 on the Hot 100 for four weeks -- behind Toni Braxton’s “Un-Break My Heart” -- and won Kelly three Grammy Awards, including best R&B song.