Chicago ? R. Kelly won’t be mingling with Michael Jackson during next month’s Grammy festivities: A judge has ordered the R&B star, who is awaiting trial on child pornography charges, to stay away from the King of Pop, himself facing child molestation charges, when Kelly attends the awards.

The Chicago-based Kelly has produced two songs for Jackson: the 1995 hit “You Are Not Alone” and last fall’s “One More Chance.” Kelly is nominated for two Grammys at the Feb. 8 ceremony and had to get a judge’s permission to attend the Los Angeles event; Jackson is not up for any awards, and there are no indications that he plans to attend.

Prosecutors and Kelly’s lawyers said they never raised the issue of a meeting between Jackson and Kelly during a hearing this week about Kelly’s travel. Cook County Circuit Judge Vincent Gaughan made the edict on his own, they said.

Kelly is nominated for best contemporary R&B album for his double-platinum album “Chocolate Factory” and best male R&B performance.

Kelly was arrested in June 2002 after a videotape surfaced that allegedly showed him having sex with an underage girl. He has denied the charges alleged in a 21-count indictment.

Jackson has pleaded innocent to seven counts of performing lewd or lascivious acts on a child under 14 and two counts of administering an intoxicating agent, reportedly wine.