Nelly’s debut album, Country Grammar, has become just the eighth Hip Hop album to reach diamond certification, the RIAA have announced.
The organization presented Nelly with a diamond plaque at a Musicians On Call event in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania last night (July 25).
As previously mentioned, there have been just seven other Hip Hop albums to achieve the diamond milestone, which marks ten million records sold. In addition, four of those albums have come from two artists — Tupac and Eminem — meaning Nelly becomes just the sixth Hip Hop artist to achieve diamond status.
The other Hip Hop albums that Nelly’s Country Grammar now sits alongside are Tupac’s All Eyez On Me, Eminem’s The Eminem Show, Tupac’s Greatest Hits, Eminem’s The Marshall Mathers LP, OutKast’s Speakerboxxx/The Love Below, The Notorious B.I.G.’s Life After Death and MC Hammer’s Please Hammer, Don’t Hurt ‘Em.
Nelly later took to Instagram to celebrate the occasion.
nelly best rapper alive. ten milli already sold. drake can only dream about it. take dat take dat. dillema hot in here all classic matirial
that’s when you realized hip-hop is dead since 2000…
Boy you said a mouthful!!
Didn’t 50 go diamond also?
Nah. Well worldwide he sold like 11 mil. But this is 10 mil sales in US ONLY
Actually the Biggie, outkast and tupacs all only sold 5 million but because they were double albums they are counted twice. FACT
Aaaaaaand?
figure it out you dumb fuck, more people actually bought Nelly album . silly kid
So the only ones to actually move 10 millions units or more in the US is Nelly, Eminem and Hammer
Spoken like a child. The reason it counts for two of the CD was twice as much
But 10 million people actually bought nelly album and only 5 mill bought 2pac, big, outkast double album
actually pacs greatest hits sold 9.98 million in the us alone all eyes on me sold more world wide where the hell yall getting numbers from wikipedia i bet
So really 4.99 mill….times that by 2 for a double album and you have 9.98 mill…fact
Boston Kid YOUR ADUMPASS TOO GET THE FUK OUT YOU STUPID ASWIPE, YOU TALKING OUT OF YO ASS BITCH.LOL 4.99 MILLZ x2 LOL YOUR A STUPID STUPID STUPID AMERICANS LOLOL.
Actually only Hammer and Eminem are technically diamond alongside Nelly. Pac, Kast and Big were double albums which count twice. Respect though regardless…
Actually Eminem is white so his sales don’t count technically
YOUR A DUMPASS WITH THIS COMMENTS. WHAT THE FUCK YOU KNOW ABOUT MUSIC SALE KID? YO MAMA PAYS FOR YOUR INTERNET AND CLOTHES LOL GET THE FUKK OUTA HERE . LOL DOUBLE ALBUMS SALES 2x LOL YOUR A DUMPASS
Who lied to yall and said 2 disc albums count as 2x sales? If that were the case BIG,PAC,OUTKAST would be double diamond.
You’re an idiot – they would all be 5x platinum if they were single disc
You couldnt sell 2 copies if youd press a double album
1 album wit 2 discs counts as 2 sales
Not A Fact.
100 % …silly kid do your homework before you comment
50 cent went diamond also
Nope, that was worldwide sales – he’s only 8 mill in America
nelly was a single disc
Eminem – both single disc, 10 mill sold
Nelly – single disc, 10 mill sold
Hammer – single disc, 10 mill sold
2Pac – both double disc, 5 mill sold
B.I.G. – double disc, 5 mill sold
OutKast – double disc, 5 mill sold
What about Vanilla ICE? — Did you do some fact checking HHDX? — You will find this had sold 11 mill by mid 90’s.
Wrong
Should have gotten the All Time Garbage Award. What a joke!
apparently he’s a joke only your broke ass got cause he went diamond. go back to busing tables or flipping patties or whatever entry level job your ass is gonna retire with
You a fool that album is extraordinary
It’s a damn shame Eminem has went pop ever since 2010. He should really give one last album out with that “Psychopath Killer”, “Medicine Man” kinda verses. He went hard on those tracks.
Vanilla Ice didn’t go diamond? Didn’t know that
wheres 50 GRODT??????
Don’t forget Beastie Boys – Licensed to Ill is also diamond. HipHopDX even covered this last year…
GRODT went Diamond and The Massacre too
Obviously, as others have pointed out, nearly all of these “hip-hop blogs/magazines” are wrong. 50’s debut album (GRODT) sold over 12 million copies in its first year of release. Also, I’m pretty sure his sophomore album “The Massacre” is well over diamond by now. Dre’s 2001 might be a little under 10 million worldwide but it’s pretty close. Etcetera, etcetera, etcetera …