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Cornell Iral Haynes, Jr. (born November 2, 1974 in St. Louis, Missouri), better known by his stage name Nelly, is an American rapper, singer, actor and entrepreneur signed to Universal and Derrty Records. He has been active since 1993 as a bandmate of the rap group St. Lunatics, and became a hip-hop superstar after the success of his solo release, Country Grammar, in 2000. The album peaked at #1 on the Billboard 200, spawned multiple chart toppers and won three Grammy awards. |
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News in english
about Nelly
(August / 2009)
CD: Björk, 'Voltaic' Date: 02 Aug 2009
San Francisco Chronicle -
RATING: (POLITE APPLAUSE) Björk Pop Despite the involvement of Nelly Furtado beat supplier Timbaland, the drummer out of Lightning Bolt and cross-dressing warbler Anthony Hegarty, Björk's last studio album was a bit of a snooze. But the Icelandic pop oddity...
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Sigur Rós's Jónsi, Bloc Party's Kele Okereke on New Tiësto Album Date: 04 Aug 2009
Pitchfork -
Safe to say world-beating DJ Tiësto 's upcoming guest-a-go-go LP-- called Kaleidoscope and out October 20 on Ultra -- is going to be the best album of the year to include vocal contributions from Sigur Rós's Jónsi Birgisson, Bloc Party's Kele Okereke, Metric's Emily Haines, Tegan and Sara, Kianna Alarid of Tilly and the Wall, and Nelly Furtado.
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Music Review: Canadian pop singer Anjulie delivers one of the year's best albums Date: 07 Aug 2009
The San Francisco Examiner -
Listening to Anjulie's self-titled debut CD is like hearing a nice blend of Nelly Furtado and Corinne Bailey Rae, vocally speaking. But what makes this newcomer's album so impressive is the lyrical content.
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Music Review: Canadian pop singer Anjulie delivers one of the year's best albums Date: 09 Aug 2009
CBS 6 Richmond -
Listening to Anjulie's self-titled debut CD is like hearing a nice blend of Nelly Furtado and Corinne Bailey Rae, vocally speaking. But what makes this newcomer's album so impressive is the lyrical content.
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Nelly Furtado pens Spanish album Date: 10 Aug 2009
BBC News -
The Canadian singer's forthcoming fourth album Mi Plan will be sung in Spanish
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Jay-Z & Lady GaGa For VMAs Date: 12 Aug 2009
MTV UK -
Lady GaGa and Jay-Z will play live at the MTV Video Music Awards in New York on Sunday September 19th. Also announced to present awards at the ceremony are Nelly Furtado, Leighton...
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Jay-Z And Lady Gaga To Perform At 2009 VMAs Date: 12 Aug 2009
MTV Music Television -
Jay-Z and Lady Gaga will perform at the 2009 VMAs, while Nelly Furtado, Miranda Cosgrove and Leighton Meester will be presenters at the September 13 show.
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THE "2009 MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS" ADD MUSIC MOGUL JAY-Z AND POP SUPERSTAR LADY GAGA TO PERFORMERS LINE-UP Date: 12 Aug 2009
The Futon Critic -
Nelly Furtado, Leighton Meester and Miranda Cosgrove are also added as presenters.
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