it's getting hot in here nelly year in january.
it's getting hot in here nelly year?
january
in the summer of 2009, nelly made a public announcement in las vegas about the yet-to-be-titled album. in october 2009, nelly did an interview with sohh.com and said that the album was going to be released sometime in 2010. in an interview with semtex tv, nelly told reporters that he planned to release the album under the name "nelly". in april 2010, nelly's cousin michael johnson was murdered in missouri, nelly said that he delayed releasing the album because of this. guests featured on the album were, t-pain, chris brown, akon, plies, t.i., kelly rowland, birdman, dj khaled, avery storm and diddy-dirty money. in may 2010, nelly confirmed that the title of the album was "5.0". the album was released on november 16, 2010. the album's lead single "just a dream" was released on august 17, 2010, through itunes along with the promotional single "tippin' in da club". the two songs were released to mainstream and rhythm/crossover radio on august 10, 2010. "just a dream" made its first chart appearance debuting on the us "billboard" hot 100 at number 12 and peaking at number 3 in its fourth week. the song also debuted at number 3 on the "billboard" digital songs chart, selling 888,000 downloads in its first week. "just a dream" is nelly's highest-charting song since his 2005 single "grillz" and debuted at number 7 on the "billboard" rap songs. the song entered the canadian hot 100 in august 2010, at number 32 it debuted in australia (aria charts) on the singles chart at number 3, in new zealand singles charts at number 29, and in switzerland (media control ag) at number 52. the second single "move that body", which features t-pain and akon, was released on october 12, 2010. the song made its first chart appearance debuting on the us "billboard" hot 100 at number 54 and has reached a current peak at number 29 in australia. nelly is featured on the second single by singer mohombi entitled "miss me", produced by redone. on november 13, 2010, nelly appeared on the pacquiao vs. margarito pay-per-view, at the cowboys stadium in arlington, texas. "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.
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nelly was born cornell iral haynes, jr. in austin, texas, the only son of cornell haynes and rhonda mack. haynes' father was serving in the air force for much of his childhood, and when he was seven, his parents divorced. haynes moved with his mother from st. louis to university city, missouri as a teenager, and while in high school, nelly formed the st. lunatics, with his friends ali, murphy lee, kyjuan and slo'down, and his half brother city spud. the group enjoyed moderate local popularity with their single "gimme what ya got" in 1997. despite being popular in missouri and the surrounding areas, the group struggled to achieve success outside of st. louis. the rest of the group agreed to let nelly go solo after a major record deal failed to appear. later in 1999, nelly was signed to universal music group by a&r kevin law. law told hitquarters that nelly was largely disliked by the label when he first signed, with the feedback he received from his colleagues on the rapper's music being "extraordinarily negative". nelly was unusual for being a rapper from the midwest at a time when hip-hop was dominated by the east coast, west coast and the south. the label used this to their advantage by branding nelly as a star of the midwest, hoping to inspire pride in the people of st louis and the surrounding regions. despite the negative feedback he received from the label, nelly's debut single, country grammar (hot shit) was a success, peaking at #7 on both the billboard hot 100 and uk singles chart. recognising nelly's potential, the label began to change their mind and allowed work to begin on his debut album. along with this, the success of nelly's debut single opened the door for the st. lunatics to reunite and join the label shortly after. the label decided to do a solo record with nelly first and then return to the st. lunatics the following year.
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