Country Grammar is the debut studio album

Studio album

A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...

 by American

United States

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 rapper Nelly

Nelly

Cornell Iral Haynes, Jr. , better known by his stage name Nelly, is an Grammy Award winning American rapper and actor. He has performed with the rap group St. Lunatics since 1993 and signed to Universal Records in 1999. Under Universal, Nelly began his solo career in 2000 with his debut album...

, released on June 27, 2000.

Reception

Commercial performance

The album was a mainstream success. It debuted at #3 on the Billboard 200 and went on to peak at #1 by selling 235,000 copies on its number one week. The album is Nelly's best-selling album to date, selling 8.5 million copies in the United States and is the 10th highest selling album of the decade. Billboard Magazine also rated the album # 10 on their Top 200 Albums Of The Decade Nelly signed to Universal Records

Universal Records

Universal Records was a record label owned by Universal Music Group, and it is now owned by Manny Patino and Michael Jackson, and operated as part of the Universal Motown Republic Group.-History:...

 in 1999, he recorded his debut Country Grammar in 1999 and 2000. He then released the single "Country Grammar (Hot Shit)" at the start of 2000 and the success of the single (#7 on the Hot 100 and #1 Hot Rap Tracks) led to the album debuting at number three on the Billboard 200 in the U.S and later reaching the number 1 spot a few weeks later. On April 24, 2001, Nelly released the single "Ride wit Me

Ride wit Me

"Ride wit Me" is the third single from Nelly's album Country Grammar. It features City Spud and was released on April 24, 2001.-Background:The song features a sound very similar to Get Down on It by the band Kool and the Gang...

", featuring his cousin and fellow St. Lunatic City Spud

City Spud

Lavell Webb known by his stage name City Spud, is a member of the rap music group St. Lunatics.-Life:He's featured on Nelly's hit single "Ride Wit Me." He is Nelly's half-brother, and in 1999 was sentenced to 9 years imprisonment for first-degree assault. Nelly and the St. Lunatics campaigned...

. The song peaked at #3 on the Billboard Hot 100

Billboard Hot 100

The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...

 and became his highest charting single at that time. The album was certified 9× platinum by the RIAA on April 27, 2004.

Track listing

Personnel

Credits for Country Grammar adapted from Allmusic.

• Nelly – Composer
• Kevin Law – Executive Producer
• City Spud – Producer, Composer
• Kenny Dykstra – Assistant Engineer
• Steve Eigner – Engineer
• Herb Powers – Mastering
• Jason Standard – Mixing
• Richard Travali – Mixing
• Jesse "Corparal" Wilson - Writer
• Donnell Simmons - Writer
• Jamel Aziz - Writer

Charts

Chart (2000)	Peak position
Australian Albums Chart	4
German Albums Chart	45
UK Albums Chart UK Albums Chart The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart...	14
Canadian Albums Chart Canadian Albums Chart The Canadian Albums Chart is the official album sales chart in Canada. It is compiled every Wednesday by U.S.-based music sales tracking company Nielsen Soundscan, and published every Thursday by Jam! Canoe and Billboard, along with its sister charts the Canadian Singles Chart and the Canadian BDS...	7
U.S. Billboard 200 Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...	1
U.S. Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums is a chart published by Billboard magazine that ranks R&B and hip hop albums based on sales compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. The name of the chart was changed from Top R&B Albums in 1999...	1