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NELLY ACHIEVMENTS
AWARDS
3X
1X
2002 Best Rap/Sung Collaboration
"Dilemma" (with Kelly Rowland)
2003 Best Male Rap Solo Performance
2004 Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group
"Shake Ya Tailfeather" (with P. Diddy & Murphy Lee)
4X
2002 Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Artist
2003 Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Album
2003 Fan's Choice Award
2013 Single of the Year
"Cruise" with Florida Georgia Line
9X
2002 Top Artist
2002 Top Male Artist
2002 R&B/Hip-Hop Male Artist of the Year
2002 Hot 100 Singles Artist of the Year
2002 Hot 100 Singles Male Artist of the Year
2011 Top Streaming Song
2013 Top Country Song
"Cruise" with Florida Georgia Line
2X
2X
4X
2X
2002 Choice Single
"Girlfriend" with N Sync
2002 Choice Hook Up
2002 Choice Summer Song
2005 Choice Rap Artist in a Movie
2X
1X
1X
1X
MUSIC RECORD SALES
#4th Best Selling Rap Artist in USA
Nelly has sold a total of 21,815,000 albums in the US as of June 2014, making him the fourth best-selling rap artist in the country.
30 Million albums sales worldwide
BEST OF THE 2000s Artists of the Decade
(All genres of music combined)
They strutted, they rocked and they grooved on the charts all decade; these are the 20 music stars with the best performance on the Billboard 200 albums chart and the Hot 100 over the last ten years.
1. Eminem
2. Usher
3. Nelly
4. Beyoncé
5. Alicia Key
6. 50 Cent
7. Nickelback
8. Britney Spears
9. Destiny's Chlid
10. Jay-z
Go check the rest of the rankings here.
10 Highest Selling Rappers of All Time worldwide
1. Eminem
2. Jay-Z
3. 2Pac
4. The Beastie Boys
5. OutKast
6. Nelly
7. DMX
8. MC Hammer
9. Ludacris
10. The Notorious BIG
The 50 Best Selling Rap Albums of All Time
9. Country Grammar 10,000,000 copies
14. Nellyville 7,000,000 copies
Country Grammer 10 Million Sales
Sixteen years after its original release, Nelly's blockbuster debut album Country Grammar has finally been certified diamond by the RIAA. That's right, the St. Louis, Mo. rapper has officially moved 10 million units of his first album, which first came out back in 2000.
There are only 7 other rap albums in history that share the same status, as certified by the RIAA, including projects from 2Pac, Eminem, Outkast, The Notorious B.I.G. and MC Hammer.
The unique double release Sweat & Suit, sold more then 6 million copies and made Nelly the first solo artist in history to simultanesously make album chart entries at No.1 & No.2.
Cruise 10 Million Sales
The hit song "Cruise" has been certified diamond and is the first country song to achieve that feat. On the country track, Nelly provides a guest verse for country-pop duo Florida Georgia Line. The original version of the song fared well but when the St. Louis rapper added his verse, the song shot to the top of the Billboard Country Song chart. It peaked at No. 4 on the Hot 100. The track also stayed at the No. 1 spot on Hot Country Songs for 24 weeks -- longer than any other song in 70 years.
#1 Hits Worldwide
13 singles
Top 10 Hits Worldwide
24 singles
The Longest-Leading Billboard Hot 100 No. 1s
Just 3 percent of all Hot 100 No. 1s have led for 10 weeks or more.
10 weeks, "Dilemma," Nelly featuring Kelly Rowland
Most consecutive weeks on Hot 100
431 – Drake
326 – Lil Wayne
216 – Rihanna
207 – Nicki Minaj
161 – Chris Brown
159 – Jay-Z
152 – Nelly
141 – Kenny Chesney
139 – Destiny's Child
139 – Taylor Swift
139 – Katy Perry
Self-replacement at number one (Billboard Hot 100)
Nelly – "Hot in Herre" → "Dilemma" (Nelly featuring Kelly Rowland)
(Only 15 artist achieved thsi milestone in the history of the Hot 100 charts)
Simultaneously occupying the top two positions (Hot 100)
Nelly: August 10–31, 2002
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"Dilemma" (Nelly featuring Kelly Rowland, songs switched positions on August 17, 2002)
Most number of Billboard Hot 100 number one singles
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Puff Daddy - 5 (Can't Nobody Hold Me Down, I’ll Be Missing You, Mo’ Money Mo’ Problems (Notorious B.I.G.), Shake Ya Tailfeather (w/ Nelly & Murphy Lee), Bump, Bump, Bump (B2K)
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Eminem - 5 (Lose Yourself, Crack A Bottle, Not Afraid, Love The Way You Lie, The Monster)
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Ludacris - 5 (Stand Up, Yeah! (Usher), Money Maker, Glamorous (Fergie), Break Your Heart (Taio Cruz))
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Jay Z - 4 (Heartbreaker (Mariah Carey), Crazy In Love (Beyoncé), Umbrella (Rihanna), Empire State Of Mind)
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Nelly - 4 (Hot In Herre, Dilemna, Shake Ya Tailfeather (w/ Murphy Lee & Puff Daddy), Grillz)
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Sean Paul - 4 (Get Busy, Baby Boy (Beyoncé), Temperature, Cheap Thrills (Sia))
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50 Cent - 4 (In Da Club, 21 Questions, Candy Shop, Crack A Bottle (Eminem))
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Kanye West - 4 (Slow Jamz, Gold Digger, Stronger, ET (Katy Perry))
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Pharrell - 4 (Drop It Like It’s Hot (Snoop Dogg), Money Maker (Ludacris), Blurred Lines (Robin Thicke), Happy)
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TI - 4 (My Love (Justin Timberlake), Whatever You Like, Live Your Life, Blurred Lines (Robin Thicke))
BILLBOARD: '100 Greatest of All Time Hot 100 Artists':
71
# Of Charted Billboard Singles
35 songs (To have 35 charting singles in the pre-streaming days is an incredible feat)
BIG EVENTS PERFORMANCES
Superbowl
Nelly performed 2 times in a Superbowl halftime show
2001
2004