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With hip hop having greatly increased in mainstream popularity in the late 1980s, Billboard introduced the chart in their March 11, 1989 issue under the name Hot Rap Singles. [1] [2] Prior to the addition of the chart, hip hop music had been profiled in the magazine's "The Rhythm & the Blues" column and disco-related sections, while some rap ...
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 ...
The new line-up re-recorded and released "Supersonic" in April 1988 as a single; this version reached number 10 on the Billboard Hot Dance/Club Play Songs and number 22 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart. "Supersonic" stayed on the dance charts for eight weeks.
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.
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 ...
03 Greedo; 070 Shake; 1.Cuz; 1nonly; 12 Gauge; 12 O'Clock; 199X; 2 Black 2 Strong; 2 Chainz; 2 Pistols; 2hollis; 20syl; 21 Savage; 22Gz; 24hrs; 24kGoldn; 25K; 2Baba ...
"Rapper's Delight" peaked at number 36 in January 1980 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart, [15] number four on the Billboard Hot Soul Singles chart in December 1979. The song was much more successful internationally, reaching number one on the Canadian Top Singles chart in January 1980, [16] number one on the Dutch Top 40, and number three on the UK Singles Chart.
"The Humpty Dance" is a song by the American hip-hop group Digital Underground from their debut album Sex Packets. Released as the second single from the album in January 1990, it reached No. 11 on the pop chart, No. 7 on the R&B chart, and No. 1 on the Billboard Rap Singles chart.