Nelly

Cornell Haynes Jr born November 2 1974 better known by his stage name Nelly is an American rapper and singer 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 3 on the Billboard 200 and went on to peak at 1 Country Grammar is Nellys bestselling album to date selling over 84 million copies in the United States His following album Nellyville produced the numberone 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 sameday dual release Sweat and Suit 2004 and the compilation Sweatsuit 2006 Nelly continued to generate many charttopping hits Sweat debuted at number two on the US Billboard 200 chart selling 342000 copies in its first week On the same week of release Suit debuted at number one selling around 396000 copies in its first week on the same chart Nellys 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 Jz and Body On Me featuring Akon and Ashanti In 2010 Nelly released the album 50 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 TPain and Akon Gone is the sequel to Nellys 2002 worldwide number one single Dilemma also with Rowland and serves as third single from Nellys 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 bestselling male artists in American music history with 21 million albums sold in the United StatesOn December 11 2009 Billboard ranked Nelly the 3 Top Artist of the Decade Description above from the Wikipedia article Nelly licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia