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Nelly

1974-11-02 (50 years old) in St. Louis, Missouri, USA

​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 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" 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 #3 Top Artist of the Decade. Description above from the Wikipedia article Nelly, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Movies

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A GRAMMY Salute To 50 Years Of Hip-Hop
100 %|Dec 10, 2023
Music, Documentary
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Reach Me
54 %|Mar 14, 2014
Drama
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DJ Cinema Presents: Masterpiece Theater Blend Dvd
66 %|Mar 19, 2009
Music, Documentary
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Beef III
55 %|Nov 15, 2005
Documentary
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The Longest Yard
67 %|May 27, 2005
Drama, Comedy
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Maxim: Hot Clips 3
0 %|Mar 7, 2005
Music
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The Source Awards: From Behind
0 %|Sep 28, 2004
Documentary, Comedy, Music
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Nelly: The Search for Miss Apple Bottoms
0 %|Jan 1, 2003
Music, Documentary
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Snipes
67 %|Sep 13, 2001
Drama, Thriller
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Clear Lake
0 %|Invalid Date

Series

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Secret Sauce with Todd Graves
0 %|Mar 4, 2023
Documentary, Reality
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VERZUZ
100 %|Mar 24, 2020
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Untold Stories of Hip Hop
0 %|Sep 26, 2019
Talk, Documentary
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Tamron Hall
51 %|Sep 9, 2019
Talk
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Lip Sync Battle
63.7 %|Apr 2, 2015
Reality, Comedy
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Real Husbands of Hollywood
76 %|Jan 15, 2013
Comedy
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Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
49 %|Jul 16, 2009
Talk, Comedy
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Rip the Runway
0 %|Mar 14, 2007
Documentary
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The Reichen Show
48 %|Nov 11, 2005
Talk
actor
It's the Shoes
0 %|Jun 21, 2005
Documentary
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Dancing with the Stars
60 %|Jun 1, 2005
Family, Reality
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CSI: NY
73.62 %|Sep 22, 2004
Crime, Drama, Mystery
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Top of the Pops Saturday
0 %|Sep 20, 2003
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The Ellen DeGeneres Show
58 %|Sep 8, 2003
Comedy, Talk
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Jimmy Kimmel Live!
55 %|Jan 26, 2003
Talk, Comedy
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CMT Crossroads
83 %|Jan 13, 2002
Documentary
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The View
45 %|Aug 11, 1997
Talk
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MADtv
69 %|Oct 14, 1995
Comedy
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The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
54 %|May 25, 1992
Talk, Comedy
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MTV Video Music Awards
76 %|Sep 14, 1984
Documentary
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Saturday Night Live
69 %|Oct 11, 1975
Comedy, News
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American Music Awards
81 %|Feb 19, 1974
Talk