List of Billboard number-one rap singles of the 2000s explained

Hot Rap Songs is a record chart published by the music industry magazine Billboard which ranks the most popular hip hop songs in the United States. Introduced by the magazine as the Hot Rap Singles chart in March 1989, the chart was initially based solely on reports from a panel of selected record stores of weekly singles sales.[1] [2] The first song to reach number one on Hot Rap Singles during the 2000s was "Hot Boyz" by Missy Elliott featuring Nas, Eve and Q-Tip, which spent a record 18 weeks atop the chart from December 1999 to March 2000.[3] [4]

As a response to the music industry's move away from physical retail-available singles in the late 1990s, Billboard revamped the chart from a sales-based chart to an airplay-based chart in 2002.[5] Named Hot Rap Tracks, the new chart's rankings were based on each track's estimated audience, as monitored by Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems from a panel of 134 radio stations. Speaking of the changes, Billboard stated that the new chart "more accurately reflects rap's most popular acts." The first number-one song to benefit from the changes was "I Need a Girl (Part One)" by P. Diddy featuring Usher and Loon, which rose from number twenty to the top spot the week the changes took effect.

By the end of the 2000s, 89 singles had topped the Rap Songs chart, with the final number-one hit being "Empire State of Mind" by Jay-Z featuring Alicia Keys. "Drop It Like It's Hot" by Snoop Dogg featuring Pharrell, which originally topped the chart for 10 weeks from November 2004 to January 2005, was the number-one single on the Billboard decade-end Rap Songs chart. The top Rap Songs artist of the 2000s was 50 Cent,[6] who attained seven number-one singles during the decade—"In da Club", "21 Questions", "Magic Stick", "P.I.M.P.", "Candy Shop", "Hate It or Love It" and "Just a Lil Bit"—and tied with Bow Wow and Kanye West for the most number-one singles for any artist during this period.[7]

Number-one singles

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Billboard year-end number-one single
Billboard decade-end number-one single
Return of a single to number one
SingleArtistReached number oneWeeks at
number one
Ref.
"Hot Boyz" [8] featuring Nas, Eve and Q-Tip18[9]
"Whistle While You Twurk"Ying Yang Twins2
"Wobble Wobble"504 Boyz6
"Country Grammar (Hot Shit)"Nelly4
"Flamboyant"Big L3
"Callin' Me"Lil Zane featuring 1125
"Bounce with Me"Lil' Bow Wow featuring Xscape2
"Callin' Me" ↑Lil Zane featuring 1121
"Bounce with Me" ↑Lil' Bow Wow featuring Xscape7
"Move Somethin'" and Hi-Tek (Reflection Eternal)1
"It's OK" featuring André 30002
"Souljas"Master P1
"Baby If You're Ready"Doggy's Angels featuring LaToiya8
"Oh No"Mos Def and Pharoahe Monch featuring Nate Dogg1[10]
"Baby If You're Ready" ↑Doggy's Angels featuring LaToiya1
"Ms. Jackson"Outkast3
"It Wasn't Me"Shaggy featuring 2
"Bow Wow (That's My Name)"Lil' Bow Wow4
"What Would You Do?"City High6
"My Baby" [11] Lil' Romeo10
"Purple Pills"D123
"My Projects"Coo Coo Cal4
"Raise Up"Petey Pablo10
"Dansin wit Wolvez"Strik 9ine6
"Round and Round"Jonell featuring Method Man8[12]
"Lights, Camera, Action!"Mr. Cheeks8
"Feels Good (Don't Worry Bout a Thing)"Naughty by Nature featuring 3LW5
"Ballin' Boy"No Good1
"I Need a Girl (Part One)"P. Diddy featuring Usher and Loon1
"Oh Boy" / "The ROC (Just Fire)"Cam'ron featuring /
Cam'ron featuring Beanie Sigel and Memphis Bleek
4
"Hot in Herre" [13] Nelly7
"Dilemma"Nelly featuring 10
"Work It"12[14]
"Air Force Ones"Nelly featuring Kyjuan, Ali and Murphy Lee2
"In da Club" [15] 50 Cent12
"21 Questions"50 Cent featuring Nate Dogg7
"Magic Stick"Lil' Kim featuring 50 Cent5
"Right Thurr"Chingy4
"P.I.M.P."50 Cent2
"Get Low"Lil Jon & the East Side Boyz featuring Ying Yang Twins2
"Shake Ya Tailfeather"Nelly, P. Diddy and Murphy Lee3
"Get Low" ↑Lil Jon & the East Side Boyz featuring Ying Yang Twins1
"Damn!"YoungBloodz featuring Lil Jon1
"Stand Up"Ludacris featuring Shawnna8
""Outkast featuring 5[16]
"Slow Jamz"Twista featuring and 7
"One Call Away"Chingy featuring J-Weav3
"Tipsy"J-Kwon5
"Overnight Celebrity"Twista8
"Slow Motion"Juvenile featuring Soulja Slim6
"Lean Back" [17] Terror Squad12
"Drop It Like It's Hot" [18] Snoop Dogg featuring Pharrell10[19]
"Lovers and Friends" [20] Lil Jon & the East Side Boyz featuring Usher and Ludacris8
"Candy Shop"50 Cent featuring Olivia6
"Hate It or Love It" featuring 50 Cent4
"Just a Lil Bit"50 Cent9
"Let Me Hold You"Bow Wow featuring Omarion7
"Like You"Bow Wow featuring Ciara4
"Gold Digger" featuring 4
"Soul Survivor"Young Jeezy featuring Akon6
"I Think They Like Me"Dem Franchize Boyz featuring Jermaine Dupri, Da Brat and Bow Wow2
"Grillz"Nelly featuring, Ali and Gipp10[21]
"Lean wit It, Rock wit It"Dem Franchize Boyz featuring Lil Peanut and Charlay7
"What You Know"T.I.6
"It's Goin' Down" [22] Yung Joc9
"Shoulder Lean"Young Dro featuring T.I.3
"Pullin' Me Back"Chingy featuring Tyrese6
"Money Maker"Ludacris featuring Pharrell7
"Shortie Like Mine"Bow Wow featuring and 7[23]
"We Fly High"3
"Runaway Love"Ludacris featuring 5
"This Is Why I'm Hot"Mims7
"I'm a Flirt" featuring T.I. and T-Pain or Bow Wow featuring 5
"Party Like a Rockstar"Shop Boyz7
"Make Me Better" [24] Fabolous featuring Ne-Yo6
"Shawty"Plies featuring T-Pain3
"Crank That (Soulja Boy)"Soulja Boy5
"Good Life" featuring T-Pain9
"Low"Flo Rida featuring T-Pain11[25]
"Independent"Webbie featuring Lil Phat and Lil Boosie4
"Lollipop" [26] Lil Wayne featuring Static Major18
""Lil Wayne7
"Put On"Young Jeezy featuring 1
"Whatever You Like"T.I.10
"Live Your Life"T.I. featuring Rihanna10[27]
"Heartless"5
"Dead and Gone"T.I. featuring 4
"Kiss Me Thru the Phone"Soulja Boy featuring Sammie2
"Dead and Gone" ↑T.I. featuring 4
"Kiss Me Thru the Phone" ↑Soulja Boy featuring Sammie2
"Boom Boom Pow"1
"Best I Ever Had" [28] Drake15
"Run This Town"Jay-Z featuring Rihanna and 7
"Forever"Drake featuring, Lil Wayne and Eminem1
"Empire State of Mind"Jay-Z featuring 9[29]

Most number ones

Artist!scope="col"
Number-one singles
50 Cent
Bow Wow
Kanye West
7
Nelly
T.I.
6
Ludacris
T-Pain
4
Lil Wayne3

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Notes and References

  1. Rap Chart Changes From Sales To Airplay . . . 114 . 23 . June 8, 2002 . October 17, 2013 . 10.
  2. Interloper On Rap Chart . . BPI Communications . 101 . 12 . March 25, 1989 . Rossi, Terri.
  3. Rap Songs – 1999 Archive . . . March 1, 2014.
  4. Drake 'Proud'-ly Rewrites Record for Most Rap Songs No. 1s . . . February 3, 2012 . March 1, 2014 . Trust, Gary.
  5. Billboard Unveils New Rap Chart . . . March 1, 2014.
  6. Best of the 2000s: Rap Songs Artists . . . March 2, 2014 . http://www.freezepage.com/1393738664WWAVPVBKPZ?url=https://archive.today/Rwin . March 2, 2014.
  7. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=50 cent|chart=Rap Songs}} 50 Cent – Chart History: Rap Songs ]. . . March 2, 2014.
  8. The Year In Music 2000: Hot Rap Singles . . . 112 . 52 . December 30, 2000 . June 28, 2013 . 58.
  9. Rap Songs – 2000 Archive . . . March 1, 2014.
  10. Rap Songs – 2001 Archive . . . March 1, 2014.
  11. The Year in Music 2001: Hot Rap Singles . . . 113 . 52 . December 29, 2001 . June 28, 2013 . 46.
  12. Rap Songs – 2002 Archive . . . March 1, 2014.
  13. The Year in Music 2002: Hot Rap Tracks . . . 114 . 52 . December 28, 2002 . June 28, 2013 . 52.
  14. Rap Songs – 2003 Archive . . . March 1, 2014.
  15. Year In Music: Hot Rap Tracks . . . 115 . 52 . December 27, 2003 . June 28, 2013 . 65.
  16. Rap Songs – 2004 Archive . . . March 1, 2014.
  17. Year In Music & Touring: Hot Rap Tracks . . . 116 . 52 . December 25, 2004 . June 28, 2013 . 60.
  18. Rap Songs (Decade End) . . . March 2, 2014 . https://archive.today/20240526233130/https://www.webcitation.org/6NlVrJdVt?url=http://dlw-512-152812188.us-east-1.elb.amazonaws.com/biz/charts/decade-end/rap-songs . dead . May 26, 2024.
  19. Rap Songs – 2005 Archive . . . March 1, 2014.
  20. 2005 Billboard Music Awards Winners . . . March 2, 2014.
  21. Rap Songs – 2006 Archive . . . March 1, 2014.
  22. News: Year-end top tens . . . December 29, 2006 . March 2, 2014.
  23. Rap Songs – 2007 Archive . . . March 1, 2014.
  24. Rap Songs: 2007 (Year-End) . . . March 4, 2014.
  25. Rap Songs – 2008 Archive . . . March 1, 2014.
  26. Rap Songs: 2008 (Year-End) . . . March 4, 2014.
  27. Rap Songs – 2009 Archive . . . March 1, 2014.
  28. Rap Songs: 2009 (Year-End) . . . March 4, 2014.
  29. Rap Songs – 2010 Archive . . . March 1, 2014.