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Selling 500,000 copies in its first week, it also received double platinum certification by the RIAA and was supported by the pop-oriented single, "I Just Wanna Love U (Give It 2 Me)" (featuring Pharrell), which peaked at number 11 on the Billboard Hot 100 and became his first to reach number one on the R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.
Ranked by Billboard and Rolling Stone as one of the 100 greatest artists of all time, [27] [28] Jay-Z was the first rapper to be inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame [29] and the first solo living rapper inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Time named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2013. [8]
List of music videos as lead artist, showing year released and director Title Year Director(s) "I Can't Get Wid Dat" 1994 Abdul Malik Abbott [1] "In My Lifetime"
“Decoded” (2010): Jay-Z’s memoir goes into explicit detail about how his former lifestyle influenced his music. He confessed to being deeply involved in selling crack cocaine.
The song, recognized as "the best-selling single of all time", was released before the pop/rock singles-chart era and "was listed as the world's best-selling single in the first-ever Guinness Book of Records (published in 1955) and—remarkably—still retains the title more than 50 years later".
The song was produced by The 45 King and at the time of its release was the most commercially successful Jay-Z single. The RIAA certified it as a gold single in March 1999, and it reached platinum status on July 15, 2015. In addition, it was nominated for Best Rap Solo Performance at the 41st Grammy Awards in 1999.
The song reached number eight on the Billboard Hot 100 in the US, becoming Jay Z’s first top 10 single as a lead artist. [1] The song, produced by Kanye West, prominently features a sample of "I Want You Back" by The Jackson 5, the second major hit in 2001 to sample that song (after "My Baby" by Lil' Romeo). Jay-Z premiered the song live at ...
At the 50th Grammy Awards in 2008, "Umbrella" also earned Rihanna and Jay-Z a Grammy Award for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration in addition to receiving nominations for Record of the Year and Song of the Year. The song was listed at No. 412 on Rolling Stone ' s "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time" in 2010 and at No. 332 in the 2021 update.