Three of its singles charted on the Billboard Hot 100, including a No. Louis’ presence in the hip-hop world and overall cultural. But it took him a while to get around to formally venturing into country music, in part because he was doing my homework, Nelly explains. Though it was a hip hop album, the singer realized from the very start that his music was resonating with a country fan base, too. Twenty years ago, a record release on June 27 changed the course of St. Released in 2000, Country Grammar is Nelly’s full-length studio debut. Just barely over 16 years since its release in 2000, Nellys major label debut album Country Grammar received diamond. At 20, Nellys Country Grammar Still Makes St. It took over 12 years for the album to do another million and hit the diamond milestone, no doubt assisted by the RIAA's recent changes to its award methodology to factor in both track streams and album streams viaĬountry Grammar hit the top of the Billboard 200 album chart in August of 2000, marking the first of three of his albums to reach No. Make some room, Eminem and Usher.The Diamond Club has a brand new member.

Nelly's last RIAA plaque for Country Grammar came in 2004, when the album crossed the sales threshold of nine million units. He performed the project from the intro to the outro for his die-hard fans. No stranger to RIAA awards, Nelly has amassed 13 gold and platinum certifications for his singles, including Country Grammar cuts 'Ride Wit Me' and the title track. Counting the double-album Sweatsuit and the respective individual releases of Sweat and Suit, seven of his full-length releases have gone at least gold. While not quite diamond, 2002's Nellyville went platinum six times over. Nelly's game-changing debut turned 20 in June and he celebrated it in the biggest way possible during these COVID-19 times.

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