  Nelly was born Cornell Iral
Haynes, Jr. in Texas and hails from St.
Louis, Missouri. Nelly's desire to become a
famous rapper began to come true in 1993 when
he formed 'St. Lunatics' with Kyjun, Murphy Lee, Ali, Jason, and City
Spud. It took 3 years, but the group
eventually found some success with the
12" single "Gimme What Ya
Got." The group decided that more
success for them may happen quicker if Nelly
was viewed as a solo artist. The decision
worked with Nelly landing a record contract
with Universal Records.
 # 32
Singles Artist of the Year
 Nelly hit #1 for 4 weeks on the
Billboard Rap Singles chart with "Country
Grammar."
Nelly released his debut LP - Country
Grammar.
Nelly hit the Top 40 with "Country
Grammar."
Country
Grammar was certified 2x platinum and
topped the Billboard R&B Album chart for
6 weeks.
 Country
Grammar hit #1 on Billboard's LP charts
and topped the chart for 5 weeks.
Nelly performed "Country
Grammar"
at the MTV Video Music
Awards after DMX dropped out.
Nelly took "Country
Grammar"
into the Top
10 and
the video topped the MTV Top 20.
Country
Grammar was certified 3x platinum.
Country
Grammar was certified 4x platinum.
 Nelly hit the Top 40 with "E.I."
Country
Grammar was certified 5x platinum.
Nelly hit the Top
10 for
the 2nd time with "E.I."
Nelly topped the Billboard
Year-End Chart-Toppers as Top Hot Rap Artist
- Male.
 # 11
Singles Artist of the Year (# 1
Male Artist of the Year)
Nelly was nominated for 2 Grammy Awards for Best Rap Solo Performance ("Country
Grammar")
and Best
Rap Album (Country
Grammar).
 Nelly hit the Top 40 with "Ride Wit Me" (featuring City
Spud).
Country
Grammar was certified 6x platinum.
Nelly won a Soul Train Music
Award for Best R&B/Soul or Rap New
Artist.
Nelly won a Blockbuster
Entertainment Award for Favorite Male - New
Artist.
"Ride Wit Me" topped the MTV
Video Countdown for a week.
Nelly hit the Top 10 with "Ride Wit Me."
Nelly won a BET Award for Best
New Artist.
 Nelly hit the Top 40 helping out
Jagged Edge with "Where The Party At."
Country
Grammar was certified 7x platinum.
Nelly's video for
"Ride Wit Me" won a MTV Video Music
Award for Best Rap Video and was also nominated
for Best Male Video and Viewer's Choice.
Nelly topped the
Billboard Hot 100 Singles Sales chart for 3
weeks, the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles &
Tracks chart for 3 weeks, the R&B/Hip-Hop
Singles Sales chart for 5 weeks, and the
Dance Music Maxi-Singles Sales chart for 9
weeks helping out Jagged Edge
with "Where The Party At."
Nelly won 2 Source
Awards for Album of the Year and New Artist
of the Year.
Nelly could be heard on the All-Star
Tribute benefit single "What's Going On" (with proceeds
going to AIDS and 9/11 charities).
Nelly hit the Top 10 with Jagged
Edge with "Where The Party At" from their LP Jagged
Little Thrill.
 Nelly hit the Top 40 with "#1" - a track from
the Training
Day soundtrack.
Country
Grammar was certified 8x platinum.
 # 2
Singles Artist of the Year ( # 1
Male of the Year)
Nelly hit the Top 10 with "#1."
Nelly won an American Music
Award for Favorite
Rap/Hip-Hop Artist.
 Nelly was
nominated for 2 Grammy Awards for Best Rap Solo Performance ("Ride Wit Me") and Best Rap/Sung Collaboration ("Where The Party At" with Jagged
Edge).
Nelly topped the Canadian
singles chart helping 'N Sync on their hit, "Girlfriend."
Nelly hit the Top 40 with "Hot In Herre."
 Nelly hit the Top 10 with "Hot In Herre."
Nelly topped the Billboard Hot
100 Singles chart for 7 weeks and the Hot 100
Airplay chart for 7 weeks with "Hot In Herre."
Nelly topped the Canadian
singles chart with "Hot In Herre."
Nelly released his next LP - Nellyville.
Nelly hit #1 for 3 weeks with
"Hot In Herre."
"Hot In Herre" topped the
Billboard Top 40 Tracks chart for 3 weeks,
the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks
chart for 6 weeks, the R&B/Hip-Hop
Airplay chart for 6 weeks, the
R&B/Hip-Hop Singles Sales chart for a
week, and the Hot Rap Singles chart for 6
weeks.
 Nellyville topped the Billboard
200 LP chart and the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop
Albums chart - selling over 714,000 copies in
the US its first week of release.
Nelly hit the Top 40 with help
from Kelly
Rowland on "Dilemma."
The video for "Hot In Herre" topped the MTV
Video Countdown.
Nellyville was certified 3x
platinum.
 Nelly hit the Top 10 with "Dilemma" and #1 by the end of the
month where it stayed for 7 weeks.
Nelly could be heard on the XXX soundtrack with Toya
with "Stick Out Ya Wrist."
Nelly topped the Billboard Hot
100 Singles chart for 10 weeks, the Hot 100
Airplay chart for 12 weeks, the
R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart for 9 weeks,
the Rap Singles chart for 10 weeks, and the
R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart
for 9 weeks with "Dilemma" (displacing
himself at #1).
 Nelly won 3 Teen Choice Awards
for Choice Single and Choice Hook Up - both
for "Girlfriend" with 'N Sync - and Choice Song of
the Summer ("Hot In Herre").
Nelly's video
for "#1" was nominated
for 2 MTV Video Music
Awards for Best Male Video and Best Video from a Film - and his remix
collaboration with 'N Sync ("Girlfriend") was nominated
for 2 more awards: Best Group Video and Best Pop Video.
 Nelly topped the Billboard Top
40 Tracks chart for 7 weeks with "Dilemma."
Nelly began touring -
kicking off his tour in Massachusetts.
Nellyville was certified 4x
platinum.
A concert-goer was
stabbed to death after a Nelly concert in San
Diego, California.
 Nelly topped the UK Singles
chart for 2 weeks with "Dilemma."
Nelly performed on Saturday
Night Live.
Nellyville was certified 5x
platinum.
Nelly hit the Top 40 with "Air Force Ones."
Nellyville ended the
year as the 2nd biggest selling LP of the
year with over 4.9 million copies sold in the
US.
Nelly topped the Billboard
Year-End Charts as the Top Pop Artist
(singles & albums), Top Pop Artist - Male
(singles & albums), Top Hot 100 Singles
Artist - Male, Top R&B/Hip-Hop Artist -
Male (singles & albums), Top Hot Rap
Artist, and the Top Hot Rap Single ("Hot In Herre").
 # 28
Singles Artist of the Year
 Nelly won an American Music
Awards for the "Fan Choice"
Award and was nominated for Favorite Pop/Rock
Male Artist, Favorite Pop/Rock Album,
Favorite Hip-Hop/R&B Male Artist, and
Favorite Hip-Hop/R&B Album.
Nelly hit the Top 10 with "Air Force Ones."
Nelly topped the Billboard Hot
Rap Singles chart for 2 weeks with "Air Force Ones."
Nelly appeared
on the TV show Cedric The Entertainer
Presents on FOX.
Nelly won 2 Grammy Awards for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration ("Dilemma" with Kelly
Rowland) and Best Rap Solo Performance - Male ("Hot In Herre") and was also
nominated for Album of the Year, Best Rap Album (Nellyville), and Record of the Year. Nelly also performed
at the ceremony.
 Nelly won a Soul Train Music
Award for Best R&B Soul or Rap Album of
the Year and was honored with the 2003 Sammy
Davis, Jr. Award for Entertainer of the Year.
Nelly was also nominated 2 for Best Music
Video ("Dilemma" with Kelly
Rowland).
Nelly hit the Top 40 with "Pimp Juice."
Nelly won a Nickelodeon Kids'
Choice Award for Favorite Male Singer.
VH1: 50
Greatest Hip Hop Artists includes Nelly at # 29.
 VH1: 100 Best
Songs of the Past 25 Years includes "Hot In Herre" at # 65.
Nellyville was certified 6x
platinum.
Nelly began working to increase
awareness and rally support for bone marrow
donations. The efforts are in honor of his
sister who suffers from leukemia.
Nelly hit the Top 40 with "Shake Ya Tailfeather" with help from P.
Diddy & Murphy Lee from the Bad
Boys 2 soundtrack.
 Nelly's video for "Hot In Herre" was nominated
for a MTV Video Music
Award for Best Hip-Hop Video and the video for
"Dilemma" was nominated
for Best R&B Video.
Nelly hit the Top 10 with "Shake Ya Tailfeather."
Nelly topped the Billboard Hot
100 chart for 4 weeks, Top 40 Tracks chart,
Hot 100 Airplay chart for 4 weeks, Rhythmic
Top 40 chart, and the Hot Rap Tracks chart
for 3 weeks with "Shake Ya Tailfeather" with help from P.
Diddy and Murphy Lee.
Nelly hit #1 for 2 weeks with
"Shake Ya Tailfeather" with help from P.
Diddy and Murphy Lee.
 Nelly topped the Billboard
Mainstream Top 40 chart with "Shake Ya Tailfeather" with help from P.
Diddy and Murphy Lee.
Nelly took home
a Source Award for Artist of the Year, Male.
Nelly also was honored with a Source
Foundation Image Award for his community
work.
Nelly won a Radio Music Awards
for Best Driving Song ("Shake Ya Tailfeather" with P.
Diddy and Murphy Lee).
 Nelly was nominated for an American Music
Award for Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Male
Artist.
Nelly hit the Top 40 with "Iz U."
Nelly released the remix LP Da
Derrty Versions.
Nelly could heard on Missy Elliott's LP This
Is Not A Test on the track "Pump It
Up."
Da
Derrty Versions was certified platinum.
 # 15
Singles Artist of the Year
Nelly performed
at the Half-time Show for Super Bowl XXXVIII.
Nelly won a Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or
Group ("Shake Ya Tailfeather"
with P.
Diddy and Murphy Lee).
Nelly hit the
Top 40 with "Work It."
 Nelly won a Nickelodeon Kids'
Choice Award for Favorite Male Singer.
Country
Grammar was certified 9x platinum.
Nelly hit the Top 40 with "My Place."
 Nelly could be heard on Mase's LP Welcome
Back on the track "Money Comes
& Goes."
The video for "Shake Ya Tailfeather" was nominated
for a MTV Video Music
Award including Best Hip-Hop Video. Nelly performed at
the ceremony held in Miami.
Nelly hit the Top 10 with "My Place."
Nelly topped the Billboard
R&B/Hip-Hop Singles Sales chart with
"My Place / Flap Your
Wings."
 Nelly hit the Top 40 with Christina
Aguilera with "Tilt Ya Head Back."
Nelly topped the UK singles
charts with "My Place."
Nelly released 2 LPs Sweat and Suit.
Suit topped the LP charts
in Canada.
 Nelly topped the Billboard 200
LP chart for a week and Top R&B/Hip-Hop
Albums chart for 2 weeks with Suit (selling over 396,000
copies in the US its first week of release)
as Sweat came in at #2 (selling
over 342,000 copies) on both charts.
Nelly hit the Top 40 and Top 10 along with Tim McGraw with "Over And Over."
The single "Shake Ya Tailfeather" was certified
gold.
 Nelly topped the Billboard Top
40 Tracks chart and Rhythmic Airplay chart
with Tim McGraw with "Over And Over."
Nelly hit #1 for 5 weeks along with
Tim McGraw with "Over And Over."
Suit was certified 2x
platinum and Sweat was certified
platinum.
# 46 on the Top Pop Artists
of the Past 25 Years chart.
 # 23
Singles Artist of the Year
 Nelly hit the Top 40 with "N Dey Say."
Nelly performed as part of the
benefit show Tsunami Aid: A Concert Of
Hope on NBC.
Suit was certified 3x
platinum.
The singles "Hot In Herre" and "My Place" were certified
gold.
Nelly was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rap Album (Suit).
Nelly topped the UK singles
chart with "Over And Over."
 Nelly's sister Jacqueline
Donahue lost her battle with leukemia at the
age of 31. Nelly cancelled several tour dates
to be home with his family.
Nelly could be heard on The
Longest Yard soundtrack with
"Errtime."
The single "Tilt Ya Head Back" was certified
gold.
 Nelly hit the
Top 40 helping out Fat Joe with "Get It Poppin'."
The single "Over And Over" was certified
gold.
Nelly hit the Top 10 helping out Fat Joe with "Get It Poppin'."
 Nelly hit the
Top 40 with "Fly Away" from The
Longest Yard soundtrack.
The single "Get It Poppin'" was certified
gold.
Nelly released Sweatsuit - the set included
highlights from the LPs Sweat and Suit and a few new tunes.
Nelly could be heard on The Notorious B.I.G. posthumous creation - Duets:
The Final Chapter.
 Nelly hit the Top 40 with "Grillz."
Nelly topped the Billboard Hot
Rap Tracks chart with "Grillz."
The single "Country
Grammar"
was certified gold.
 # 50
Singles Artist of the Year
 Nelly topped the Billboard Hot
100 chart and Billboard Rhythmic chart with
"Grillz."
Sweatsuit was certified
gold.
The single "Ride Wit Me" was certified
gold.
Nelly hit the Top 10 with "Grillz."
 The single
"Grillz" was certified
platinum and "Errtime" and
"Flap Your Wings" were certified
gold.
Nelly hit the Top 40 helping out
Janet Jackson with "Call On Me" from her LP 20
Years Old.
 Nelly topped the Billboard Hot
R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, Hot
R&B/Hip-Hop Singles Sales chart, and Hot
Singles Sales chart with Janet Jackson with
"Call On Me."
Nelly was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or
Group
("Grillz" with Paul
Wall and Ali & Gipp).
 Nelly could be heard on the R. Kelly LP Double
Up
on the track "Tryin' To Get A
Number."
The single "Over And Over" was certified
platinum.
 Nelly's long, long delayed LP Brass
Knuckles was released.
Nelly topped the Billboard Top
Rap Albums chart with Brass
Knuckles.
 Brass
Knuckles was certified gold.
Nelly could be heard on the Bow Wow LP New
Jack City, Pt. II on the track
"What They Call Me (Big Time)."
 # 28
Singles Artist of the Year
 Nelly hit the Top 40 with "Just A Dream."
Nelly hit the Top 10 with "Just A Dream."
Nelly hit #1 for 2 weeks with "Just A Dream."
Nelly topped the Billboard Pop
Songs chart with "Just A Dream."
Nelly released 5.0.
 Nelly topped the Billboard Rap
Albums chart with 5.0.
 # 97
Singles Artist of the Year
Nelly hit the Top 40 with "Hey Porsche."
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Country Grammar
Released: June, 2000
US: 9x Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 1 (for 5 weeks)
Rolling Stone
review:  - Entertainment
Weekly: B-
Tracks: "St.
Louie" - "Greed, Hate,
Envy" - "Country Grammar" -
"Steal The Show" - "Ride Wit Me" - "E.I." -
"Thicky Thick Girl" - "For
Me" - "Utha Side" -
"Tho Dem Wrappas" - "Wrap
Sumden" - "Batter Up" -
"Never Let 'Em C U Sweat" -
"Luven Me" |
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Nellyville
Released: June, 2002
US: 6x Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 1 (for 3 weeks)
Rolling Stone
review:  - Entertainment
Weekly: B+
Tracks:
"Nellyville" - "Gettin' It
Started" - "Hot In Herre" - "Dem
Boyz" - "Oh Nelly" -
"Pimp Juice" - "Air Force Ones" - "In
The Store" - "On The
Grind" - "Dilemma" (featuring
Kelly Rowland) - "Splurge" -
"Work It" (featuring
Justin Timberlake) - "Roc The
Mic-Remix" - "The Gank" -
"5000" - "#1" -
"CG2" - "Say Now" -
"___ It Then" |
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Da Derrty Versions
Released: November, 2003
US: Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 12
Tracks: "Intro"
- "Country Grammar" (Jason 'Jay
E' Epperson Remix) - "Iz U" -
"E.I." (David
Banner Remix) - "Ride Wit Me" (Jason 'Jay
E' Epperson Remix) - "Batter
Up" (Jason 'Jay E' Epperson Remix) -
"If" - "Hot In Herre" (Neptunes
Remix) - "Dilemma" (with Kelly
Rowland) (Jermaine Dupri Remix) -
"King's Highway" -
"Groovin' Tonight" (with Brian
McKnight) - "Air Force Ones"
(David Banner Remix) - "Work It" (with Justin
Timberlake) (Scott Storch Remix) - "#1" - "Pimp Juice" (with Ron
Isley) (Jason 'Jay E' Epperson Remix) |
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Sweat
Released: September, 2004
US: Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 2
Rolling Stone: - Entertainment
Weekly: B-
Tracks: "Heart Of A
Champion" - "Na-Nana-Na" -
"Flap Your Wings" -
"American Dream" - "River
Don't Runnn" (with Murphy Lee) -
"Tilt Ya Head Back" (with
Christina Aguilera) - "Grand Hang
Out" - "Getcha Getcha" -
"Another One" - Spida Man"
- "Playa" (with Missy Elliott)
- "Down In Da Water" -
"Boy" |
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Suit
Released: September, 2004
US: 3x Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 1 (for 1 week)
Rolling Stone: - Entertainment
Weekly: A-
Tracks: "Play It
Off" - "Pretty Toes" -
"My Place" -
"Paradise" - "She Don't
Know My Name" (with Snoop Dogg &
Ron Isley) - "N Dey Say" -
"Woodgrain And Leather Wit A
Hole" - "In My Life" -
"Over And Over" (with Tim
McGraw" - "Nobody Knows" -
"Die For You" |
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Sweatsuit
Released: November, 2005
US: Gold
Billboard
peak:
# 26
Tracks: "Play It
Off" - "My Place" - "Over And Over" - "Flap
Your Wings" - "Pretty
Toes" - "She Don't Know My
Name" - "Nobody Knows" -
"Heart Of A Champion" -
"Na-Nana-Na" - "Getcha
Getcha" - "River Don't
Runnn" - "Playa" - "N Dey Say" - "Fly Away" - "Grillz" -
"Tired" - "Nasty
Girl" |
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Brass Knuckles
Released: September, 2008
US: Gold
Billboard
peak:
# 3
Tracks: "U Ain't
Him" (featuring Rick Ross) -
"Hold Up" (featuring LL Cool J
& T.I.) - "LA" (featuring
Snoop Dogg & Nate Dog) - "Long
Night" (featuring Usher) -
"Lie" (featuring St. Lunatics
& Keri Lilson) - "Party
People" (featuring Fergie) -
"Self Esteem" (featuring Chuck
D) - "Body On Me" (featuring
Akon & Ashanti) - "Stepped On My
J'z" (featuring Ciara & Jermaine
Dupri) - "Let It Go" (featuring
Pharrell) - "One And Only" -
"Chill" (featuring St. Lunatics
& City Spud) - "Who F**** With
Me" (featuring Avery Storm" -
"U Can Get It" (featuring Gucci
Mane & R. Kelly) |
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5.0
Released: November, 2010
Tracks: "I'm Number
1" (featuring Birdman & DJ
Khaled) - "Long Gone"
(featuring Chris Brown & Plies) -
"She's So Fly" (featuring T.I.)
- "Just A Dream" -
"Making Movies" - "Move
That Body" (featuring T-Pain &
Akon) - "1000 Stacks"
(featuring Diddy) - "Gone"
(featuring Kelly Rowland) - "Don't
It Feel Good" - "Broke"
(featuring Yo Gotti & Sophie Green) -
"Liv Tonight" (featuring Keri
Hilson) - "Nothing Without Her" |
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