Chart Performance
It is the most successful song of Nelly's career, giving him his first number-one single in many countries, such as the United Kingdom, Australia, Belgium, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands, and Switzerland. Dilemma is the most successful single of Rowland's career also, alongside the worldwide dance hit "When Love Takes Over". It's not only Kelly's most successful solo single in the US, but also in the UK with 800,000 copies sold as of November 2011.
The single became a hit in the fall of 2002 in the US. While "Hot In Herre" was peaking on the charts, radio stations already started to play "Dilemma" in July 2002. It quickly climbed up the US charts and replaced "Hot in Herre" at number one after seven weeks on the Hot 100, giving Nelly his second consecutive number one from Nellyville. The song had already reached number one on the Hot 100 before a video was ever shot as Nelly's record label did not expect the song to explode so fast and expected they could take their time with the video. While "Dilemma" exploded at Urban, Rhythmic and CHR/Pop radio it managed to crossover to Urban AC radio stations such as KJLH Los Angeles which added "Dilemma" in rotation on the week of July 8, 2002 following a positive response from younger listeners.
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