NELLY
Cornell Iral Haynes, Jr. (born November 2, 1974), better known by his stage name Nelly, is a Grammy Award winning American rapper, entrepreneur and occasional actor. He has performed with the rap group St. Lunatics since 1993 and signed to Universal Records in 1999. Under Universal, Nelly began his solo career in 2000 with his debut album Country Grammar, the title track of which was a top ten hit. The album debuted at number three on the Billboard 200 and went on to peak at number one. Country Grammar is Nelly's best-selling album to date, selling over 8.4 million copies in the United States.His following album, Nellyville, produced the number-one hits "Hot in Herre" and "Dilemma" featuring Kelly Rowland. Other singles included "Work It" featuring Justin Timberlake, "Air Force Ones" featuring Murphy Lee and the St. Lunatics, "Pimp Juice" and "#1".
With the same-day dual release Sweat and Suit (2004) and the compilation Sweatsuit (2006), Nelly continued to generate many chart-topping hits. Sweat debuted at number two on the US Billboard 200 chart, selling 342,000 copies in its first week. On the same week of release, Suit debuted at number one selling around 396,000 copies in its first week on the same chart. Nelly's fifth studio album, Brass Knuckles, was released on September 16, 2008 after several delays. It produced the singles "Party People" featuring Fergie, "Stepped on My J'z" featuring Jermaine Dupri and Ciara and "Body on Me" featuring Akon and Ashanti. In 2010, Nelly released the album 5.0. The lead single, "Just a Dream", has appeared in the top ten of several singles charts and were certified platinum in the United States. The second single is "Move That Body" featuring T-Pain and Akon. "Gone" is the sequel to Nelly's 2002 worldwide number one single "Dilemma", also with Rowland, and serves as third single from Nelly's album.
He won Grammy Awards in 2003 and 2004 and had a supporting role in the 2005 remake film The Longest Yard with Adam Sandler and Chris Rock. He has two clothing lines, Vokal and Apple Bottoms. He has been referred to by Peter Shapiro as "one of the biggest stars of the new millennium", and the RIAA ranks Nelly as one of the best-selling male artists in American music history, with 21 million albums sold in the United States. On December 11, 2009, Billboard ranked Nelly the number three Top Artist of the Decade.
The album debuted at number ten on the US Billboard 200 chart, selling 63,000 copies copies in its first week in the United States. The album's first single is "Just a Dream". It is the first song from 5.0 to garner UK and US airplay and has impacted on charts around the world. Released from August 17, 2010, It is Nelly's most successful single in five years (since "Grillz"), peaking at number three in the United States.
With the same-day dual release Sweat and Suit (2004) and the compilation Sweatsuit (2006), Nelly continued to generate many chart-topping hits. Sweat debuted at number two on the US Billboard 200 chart, selling 342,000 copies in its first week. On the same week of release, Suit debuted at number one selling around 396,000 copies in its first week on the same chart. Nelly's fifth studio album, Brass Knuckles, was released on September 16, 2008 after several delays. It produced the singles "Party People" featuring Fergie, "Stepped on My J'z" featuring Jermaine Dupri and Ciara and "Body on Me" featuring Akon and Ashanti. In 2010, Nelly released the album 5.0. The lead single, "Just a Dream", has appeared in the top ten of several singles charts and were certified platinum in the United States. The second single is "Move That Body" featuring T-Pain and Akon. "Gone" is the sequel to Nelly's 2002 worldwide number one single "Dilemma", also with Rowland, and serves as third single from Nelly's album.
He won Grammy Awards in 2003 and 2004 and had a supporting role in the 2005 remake film The Longest Yard with Adam Sandler and Chris Rock. He has two clothing lines, Vokal and Apple Bottoms. He has been referred to by Peter Shapiro as "one of the biggest stars of the new millennium", and the RIAA ranks Nelly as one of the best-selling male artists in American music history, with 21 million albums sold in the United States. On December 11, 2009, Billboard ranked Nelly the number three Top Artist of the Decade.
Discography:
COUNTRY GRAMMAR
(2000)
Country Grammar is the debut studio album by American rapper Nelly, released on June 27, 2000 by Universal Records.The album was a mainstream success. It debuted at number three on the US Billboard 200 chart, and went on to peak at number one, with 235,000 copies in its first week of sales. The album is Nelly's best-selling album to date, selling 8.5 million copies in the United States and is the tenth highest selling album of the decade.Billboard also rated the album number ten on their Top 200 Albums of the Decade The album was certified 9× platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on April 27, 2004.
NELLYVILLE
(2002)
Nellyville is the second studio album by American rapper Nelly, released through Universal Records on June 25, 2002.The album debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 chart, with 714,000 copies sold in its first week, and remained in the top spot for four weeks. It was also nominated for "Album of the Year" at the 2003 Grammys. The album was certified 6× platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on June 9, 2003 in the United States, and 4× platinum by the Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA) (400,000 copies) on December 2002 in Canada.Nellyville has gone at least gold or platinum in over thirty countries.
SWEAT
(2004)
Sweat is the third studio album by American rapper Nelly, released on September 14, 2004.Production for the album took place during 2003 to 2004, and was handled by some several producers, including Jason Epperson, Midi Mafia, The Neptunes, Trife, Jazze Pha, Doe, and The Alchemist.The album debuted at number two on the US Billboard 200 chart, selling 342,000 copies in its first week. On the same week of release, the Suit album debuted at number one selling around 396,000 copies in its first week on the same chart. Upon its release, Sweat received generally positive reviews from most music critics.
SUIT
(2004)
Suit is the fourth studio album by American rapper Nelly, released on September 14, 2004.Production for the album took place during 2003 to 2004 and was handled by some re-appeared producers, including The Neptunes, Jazze Pha and City Spud. Suit was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rap Album at the 47th Grammy Awards, losing to Kanye West's The College Dropout.
The album debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 chart, selling 396,000 copies in its first week, becoming Nelly's third consecutive US number-one album. On the same week of release, the Sweat album debuted at number two selling around 342,000 copies in its first week on the same chart, which showed that Suit was the more popular album of the two. While Sweat was more Hip-hop based, Suit was more R&B themed. Suit ultimately sold over 3 million copies in the US, and received a Grammy nomination. Later on in early 2005, Nelly released a compilation album titled Sweatsuit, which combines hits from both the Sweat and Suit albums into one CD.
BRASS KNUCKLES
(2008)
Brass Knuckles is the fifth studio album by American recording artist Nelly, released on September 16, 2008 after several delays.Brass Knuckles debuted at number three on the US Billboard 200, selling 83,717 copies in its first week in the United States. The album dropped off the Billboard 200' eight weeks later, but in early March 21, 2009 it re-appeared at number one hundred fifty-two. On December 12, 2008, it was certified Gold by the RIAA for shipping over 500,000 copies.As of September 2010, the album has sold over 223,000 copies in the United States.Reviews for the album have been generally mixed.
Pharoh Martin of Vibe stated that "Brass Knuckles is standard Nelly fare." RapReviews wrote that "underneath the materialistic veneer Nelly's got a good delivery, sharp lyrics and impeccable breath control."
5.0
(2010)
5.0 is the sixth studio album by American hip hop artist Nelly, released through Universal Motown (Universal Music) and his own label Derrty Entertainment on November 12, 2010.The album features guest performances from Kelly Rowland, Keri Hilson, DJ Khaled, Baby, Sophie Greene, Ali, Plies, Chris Brown, T.I., Yo Gotti, T-Pain, Akon, Talib Kweli, Avery Storm, Murphy Lee, Dirty Money and Sean Paul while production was handled by the likes of Infamous, Dr. Luke, Bangladesh, Jim Jonsin, Multiman, Polow da Don, Rico Love and The Runners, among others. 5.0 is predominately a hip hop and pop music album with subtle influences of R&B.
The album debuted at number ten on the US Billboard 200 chart, selling 63,000 copies copies in its first week in the United States. The album's first single is "Just a Dream". It is the first song from 5.0 to garner UK and US airplay and has impacted on charts around the world. Released from August 17, 2010, It is Nelly's most successful single in five years (since "Grillz"), peaking at number three in the United States.
5.0 debuted at number ten on the US Billboard 200, selling 63,000 copies in its first week in the United States.It also entered at number one on Billboard's Top Rap Albums and number two on Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums.The album debuted the same week on the Canadian Albums Chart at number nineteen.
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