Kendrick Lamar's Official Top 40 biggest songs ever in the UK

K.dot is one of the most ambitious and visionary rappers of his generation - here are how his hits stack up on the Official Chart.

Kendrick Lamar is rightly recognised as one of the greatest rappers and lyricists of his generation (or, really, of any generation).

Through a career now spanning six studio albums, Kendrick has become known for using his voice to speak out against institutional injustices (like those detailed in microscopic detail on his magnum opus, To Pimp A Butterfly) while the last year saw him named the erstwhile ender of this generation's most consequential rap beef, between himself and Drake.

And we'd be remiss to mention, of course, that Kendrick has made certifiable music history - he was the first musician beyond the classical and jazz genres to be awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Music for his blistering 2017 LP, DAMN.

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With Kendrick now reaching greater and greater commercial heights following the one-two punch of his most recent Number 1 album, GNX, and his acclaimed half-time show at the Super Bowl LIX - pushing the great Not Like Us to its highest-ever position on the Official Singles Chart, and even enabling it to lead the race to become K.dot's first ever UK Number 1 single.

But how do his all-time hits stack up on the Official Chart? Let's find out!

3. The Greatest (with Sia)

Released: 2016
Official Singles Chart peak: Number 5
Total UK chart units: 1.5 million

This empowering electro-bop originally appeared on the deluxe edition of Sia's seventh studio album, This Is Acting. When it was released as a single, Kendrick added a rap that echoes the song's message of strength and perseverance. "Letdowns'll get you, and the critics'll test you," he raps. "But the strong'll survive, another scar may bless you." It's a stirring contribution to an already swaggering song.

2. Humble

Released: 2017
Official Singles Chart peak: Number 6
Total UK chart units: 1.9 million

Sit down! The lead single from Kendrick's fourth album Damn. is a plea for humility – aimed at himself. Along the way, he finds time to criticise society's increasingly skewed beauty standards by telling us he's "sick and tired of the Photoshop" and craving "something natural" like pictures with "stretch marks". Seven years after it stormed the Top 10, Humble feels more relevant than ever.

1. All the Stars (with SZA)

Released: 2018
Official Singles Chart peak: Number 5
Total UK chart units: 2 million

Kendrick teamed up with SZA for this anthemic rap banger from the Black Panther soundtrack. The superhero movie starring Michael B. Jordan and the late, great Chadwick Boseman was a billion dollar-grossing blockbuster, and this atmospheric single also captured the collective imagination, offering a star turn for SZA on the verses. It was even nominated for Best Original Song at the Academy Awards, but lost out to A Star Is Born's Shallow by Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper.

In Kendrick's all-time list, All The Starts comes out on top as his biggest-seller in the UK, and also ranks as his most-streamed too, with 225 million combined streams.