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Between 1989 and 1999, 173 singles topped the Hot Rap Singles chart, with "Hot Boyz" by Missy Elliott featuring Nas, Eve and Q-Tip being the final number-one single of the 1990s. [7] The single's 18-week reign at the top spot extended into the next decade, and until 2019 it held the record for the most weeks at number one in the chart's history ...
This is a following list of the best-selling female rappers of all time, including albums and singles. Figures for the list include only pure sales figures and available figures after the 1990s: as of 2016 certifications have been combined with streaming or digital audio sales; in this list only digital sales are counted since most of today ...
The early 1990s was dominated by female rappers, such as Queen Latifah and hip hop trio Salt-N-Pepa. The late 1990s saw the rise of successful female rappers and a turn in East Coast hip hop, with the debuts of Lil' Kim (with Hard Core) and Foxy Brown (with Ill Na Na), due to their use of excessive raunchy and provocative lyrics.
I track down Novocaine132, a hip-hop writer from the ‘90s. These days, he posts “Top Ten Songs” videos on YouTube that celebrate ‘90s rap from the Northwest, highlighting underground ...
This is a category for female singers who are known for their appearances in hip-hop songs and female singers who are members of hip hop acts otherwise populated by rappers, as well as female rappers who sing and vice versa.
Mariah Carey amassed the most number-one hits (14 songs) and had the longest cumulative run atop the Billboard Hot 100 chart (60 weeks) during the 1990s. Carey is also the only artist to spend at least one week at the summit of the chart in each year of the decade.
MC Lyte was just 17 when she made history as the first female rapper to release a solo album, Lyte as a Rock, in 1988.On her first album in nine years, Lyte is still one of rap’s great flinty ...
The 1980s were hip-hop’s first full decade as a documented musical genre on record, and from ’80 to ’89, rap grew from single to albums, from party songs to social commentary, from simple ...