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Nelly (1974)

Cornell Haynes Jr.

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Cornell Iral Haynes, Jr. , better known by his stage name Nelly, is a Grammy Award winning American rapper and 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 and the compilation Sweatsuit , 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.

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  1974–00: Early life and career beginnings
Nelly was born in Austin, Texas, where his father was serving in the military. When he was seven, his parents divorced. Nelly moved with his mother from inner city St. Louis to suburban University City, Missouri as a teenager. While still in high school, Nelly formed the St. Lunatics, who enjoyed local popularity with their single "Gimme What Ya Got". When a major record deal failed to appear, Nelly decided to go solo. He was signed to Universal Music Group by A&R Kevin Law. Law told HitQuarters that very few people at the record company liked Nelly when he was first signed, with the feedback he received from his colleagues on the rapper's music being "extraordinarily negative". Nelly was unusual for being a rapper from the Midwest at a time when the hip-hop scenes were centred around the East Coast, West Coast and the South. The label used this to their advantage by branding Nelly as a star of the Midwest, hoping to inspire pride in the people of St Louis and the surrounding region. Nelly was signed together with St. Lunatics. Kevin Law and Country from Fo'Reel Entertainment decided to do a solo record with Nelly first and then return to St. Lunatics the following year.

The label released his major label debut Country Grammar in 2000. The success of its title track as a single (#7 on the Hot 100 and #1 Hot Rap Tracks) led to the album debuting at number three in the Billboard 200 in the U.S. Other singles from the album included "E.I.", "Ride wit Me" featuring his brother City Spud and "Batter Up" featuring the St. Lunatics. The album was certified 9× platinum by the RIAA on April 27, 2004.

  2002–03: Nellyville
In 2002, Nelly's second album Nellyville was released, debuting at #1 on Billboard's Top 200 Music Albums; its lead single "Hot in Herre" was a number-one hit. Other singles included "Dilemma" featuring Kelly Rowland of Destiny's Child, "Work It" featuring Justin Timberlake, "Air Force Ones" featuring Murphy Lee and the St. Lunatics, "Pimp Juice", and "#1". This album was highly successful and was certified 6x multi-platinum on June 27, 2003. "Hot in Herre" won the Grammy Award for Best Male Rap Solo Performance in 2003. In 2003 Nelly released Da Derrty Versions: The Reinvention. It featured the hit single "Iz U" from the soundtrack to Walt Disney's The Haunted Mansion. The music video of a Tip Drill Remix became a source of controversy due to perceptions of misogynistic depictions of women. The controversy forced Nelly to cancel an appearance at a bone marrow drive at Spelman College, an historically black college in Atlanta, Georgia. Similar claims of misogyny also surrounded Nelly's single "Pimp Juice". RIAA have certified the album Platinum. For the Bad Boys II soundtrack album, Nelly contributed the single "Shake Ya Tailfeather" featuring Diddy and Murphy Lee. Another number-one hit, "Shake Ya Tailfeather" won the 2004 Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group.

  2004–05: Sweat and Suit
On September 14, 2004, Nelly released two albums, Sweat and Suit. Suit, an R&B-oriented album, debuted at number one on the Billboard albums chart, and Sweat, a rap-oriented album, debuted at number two. From Suit, the slow ballad "Over and Over", an unlikely duet with country music star Tim McGraw, became a crossover hit. On the 2004 NBC television concert special Tim McGraw: Here and Now, McGraw and Nelly performed the song. A feud with another St. Louis-based rapper, Chingy, came up near the end of the year. Tsunami Aid: A Concert for Hope, a 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake benefit concert special produced by NBC, featured Nelly. In the winter of 2005 came Sweatsuit, a compilation of tracks from Sweat and Suit with three new tracks. "Grillz", produced by Jermaine Dupri, was a number-one hit. To date both albums have sold over 5 million units in the United States.

  2008: Brass Knuckles
Brass Knuckles was released on September 16, 2008, after several delays, Initial release dates for the album targeted October 16 and November 13. Its original lead single was "Wadsyaname", a ballad-oriented track produced by Ron "NEFF-U" Feemstar and sampling the piano riff from "All My Life" by K-Ci & JoJo. Nelly later confirmed that "Wadsyaname" was never going to be on 'Brass Knuckles'. Nelly recorded Party People", featuring Fergie and produced by Polow da Don, which turned out to be his first official single off the album." Stepped On My J'z" was the next single, produced by Jermaine Dupri and featuring Dupri and Ciara; following that was "Body on Me", produced by Akon and featuring Akon and Ashanti. Nelly appeared on Rick Ross's third single "Here I Am" also featuring label mate Avery Storm.

  2009–10: 5.0
In the summer of 2009, Nelly made a public announcement in Las Vegas about the yet-to-be-titled album. In October 2009, Nelly did an interview with SOHH.com and said that the album was going to be released sometime in 2010. In a interview with Semtex TV, Nelly told reporters that he planned to release the album under the name Nelly. In April 2010, Nelly's cousin Michael Johnson was murdered in Missouri, Nelly said that he delayed releasing the album because of this. Guests featured on the album were, T-Pain, Chris Brown, Akon, Plies, T.I., Kelly Rowland, Birdman, DJ Khaled, Avery Storm and Diddy-Dirty Money. In May 2010, Nelly confirmed that the title of the album was 5.0. The album was released on November 16, 2010. The album's lead single "Just a Dream" was released on August 17, 2010, through iTunes along with the promotional single "Tippin' In da Club". The two songs were released to Mainstream and Rhythm/Crossover radio on August 10, 2010. "Just a Dream" made its first chart appearance debuting on the US Billboard Hot 100 at number twelve and peaking at number 3 in its fourth week. The song also debuted at number 3 on the Billboard Digital Songs chart, selling 888,000 downloads in its first week. "Just a Dream" is Nelly's highest-charting song since his 2005 single "Grillz" and debuted at number 7 on the Billboard Rap Songs. The song entered the Canadian Hot 100 in August 2010, at number thirty-two It debuted in Australia on the Singles Chart at number 3, in New Zealand Singles Charts at number twenty-nine, and in Switzerland at number fifty-two. The second single "Move That Body", which features T-Pain and Akon, was released on October 12, 2010. The song made its first chart appearance debuting on the US Billboard Hot 100 at number fifty-four and has reached a current peak at number twenty-nine in Australia. Nelly is featured on the second single by singer Mohombi titled "Miss Me", produced by RedOne. On November 13, 2010 Nelly appeared on the Pacquiao vs. Margarito pay-per-view, at the Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas. "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.

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Name Duration Released
Drank 01:55 2011
5 O'Clock 02:50 2011
Pyro 01:47 2011
Yeah I Iz 03:35 2011
Wild Boy 02:42 2011
How Do You Getcho Money 04:01 2011
Hello Goodbye 02:44 2011
Motto 01:16 2011
Click Clat 01:49 2011
You Gone Learn Today 03:08 2011
Lotus Flower Bomb 02:34 2011
Pimp C 04:06 2011
Ghetto 04:50 2011
Country Ass Nigga 04:07 2011
I Wish 03:20 2011
Making Movies 03:34 2010
Just a Dream 03:57 2010
Nothing Without Her 03:39 2010
She's So Fly 03:21 2010
Liv Tonight 04:31 2010
Long Gone 03:40 2010
Broke 03:35 2010
I'm Number 1 03:32 2010
Don't It Feel Good 04:10 2010
Gone 04:27 2010
1000 Stacks 04:10 2010
Move That Body 03:25 2010
Hold Up 03:48 19/08/2008
One and Only 04:19 19/08/2008
U Ain't Him 03:15 19/08/2008
Let It Go 04:22 19/08/2008
Stepped on My J'z 05:03 19/08/2008
Self-Esteem 03:37 19/08/2008
Party People 03:58 19/08/2008
Lie 04:20 19/08/2008
Ucud Gedit 04:30 19/08/2008
Long Night 03:15 19/08/2008
Who Fucks wit Me 04:08 19/08/2008
LA 04:23 19/08/2008
Chill 05:42 19/08/2008
Body On Me 02:52 09/06/2008
Fly Away 04:08 2005
Nasty Girl 04:52 2005
Tired 03:16 2005
Grillz 04:31 2005
Na-NaNa-Na 03:59 14/09/2004
Spida Man 04:51 14/09/2004
Heart of a Champion 04:29 14/09/2004
Another One 04:39 14/09/2004
Getcha Getcha 04:37 14/09/2004
Grand Hang Out 04:49 14/09/2004
Tilt Ya Head Back 04:13 14/09/2004
River Don't Runnn 04:59 14/09/2004
Boy 03:59 14/09/2004
American Dream 04:56 14/09/2004
Down In da Water 04:20 14/09/2004
Flap Your Wings 04:03 14/09/2004
Playa 03:57 14/09/2004
She Don't Know My Name 04:26 2004
Paradise 04:36 2004
My Place 05:36 2004
Die for You 04:28 2004
Pretty Toes 04:28 2004
Nobody Knows 04:39 2004
Over and Over 04:14 2004
Play It Off 03:47 2004
In My Life 03:40 2004
Woodgrain and Leather Wit a Hole 05:13 2004
'N' Dey Say 03:37 2004
Air Force Ones 05:04 25/02/2003
Put Your Hands Up 05:17 25/02/2003
Work It 04:00 25/02/2003
Dilemma 04:49 07/2002
Pimp Juice 04:52 25/06/2002
CG 2 04:32 25/06/2002
Oh Nelly 04:03 25/06/2002
#1 03:19 25/06/2002
Dem Boyz 04:34 25/06/2002
5000 02:11 25/06/2002
Gettin' It Started 01:51 25/06/2002
The Gank 04:49 25/06/2002
Nellyville 04:15 25/06/2002
Roc the Mic 04:18 25/06/2002
Splurge 05:09 25/06/2002
On the Grind 04:46 25/06/2002
F*ck It Then 01:39 25/06/2002
In the Store 01:40 25/06/2002
Say Now 05:42 25/06/2002
Hot in Herre 03:50 2002
Interlude 00:33 26/06/2000
Batter Up 05:27 26/06/2000
Steal the Show 05:27 26/06/2000
Wrap Sumden 04:16 26/06/2000
Country Grammar (Hot S**t) 04:47 26/06/2000
Tho Dem Wrappas 04:09 26/06/2000
Greed, Hate, Envy 04:15 26/06/2000
Utha Side 04:33 26/06/2000
St. Louie 04:27 26/06/2000
For My 04:08 26/06/2000
Intro 01:21 26/06/2000
Thicky Thick Girl 04:34 26/06/2000
Outro 00:44 26/06/2000
E.I. 04:45 26/06/2000
Luven Me 04:07 26/06/2000
Ride Wit Me 04:51 26/06/2000
Never Let 'Em C U Sweat 04:14 26/06/2000
Groovin' Tonight 00:00
King's Highway 00:00
If 00:00
Iz U 00:00

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