The Official Top 100 biggest Hip-Hop Songs of all time
April on BBC Radio 1Xtra marks MC Month; and to celebrate, the station has exclusively revealed the UK's Official Top 100 Hip-Hop Songs of all time.
The Top 100 is, of course, based on Official Charts Company data, combining sales (physical and download) and streaming equivalent sales.
At Number 1 is none other than Drake's mammoth single One Dance, which spent a whopping 15 weeks at Number 1 in 2016. With combined chart sales of 2.1 million, the track bests second place I'll Be Missing You by Puff Daddy ft Faith Evans by some 400,000 equivalent units.
The highest placing Number 2 hit is in third - Eminem and Rihanna's huge track Love The Way You Lie. This chart really is all about when tornadoes meet volcanoes with big tracks such as the Fugees' Killing Me Softly sitting back-to-back with Coolio's Gangsta's Paradise.
Elsewhere names such as Run DMC, Jay Z, Nelly, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Kanye West and Outkast feature on the amazing list. Luckily for everyone out there, you will be able to hear the UK's Official Top 100 Hip-Hop Songs in full once again very soon on BBC iPlayer.
The Official Top 100 All Time Hip Hop Singles
1 | ONE DANCE | DRAKE FT WIZKID & KYLA |
2 | I'LL BE MISSING YOU | PUFF DADDY FT FAITH EVANS |
3 | LOVE THE WAY YOU LIE | EMINEM FT RIHANNA |
4 | KILLING ME SOFTLY | FUGEES |
5 | GANGSTA'S PARADISE | COOLIO FT LV |
6 | SEE YOU AGAIN | WIZ KHALIFA FT CHARLIE PUTH |
7 | LOSE YOURSELF | EMINEM |
8 | IT'S LIKE THAT | RUN DMC VS JASON NEVINS |
9 | CAN'T HOLD US | MACKLEMORE/RYAN LEWIS/DALTON |
10 | STAN | EMINEM |
11 | TOO GOOD | DRAKE FT RIHANNA |
12 | DILEMMA | NELLY FT KELLY ROWLAND |
13 | PASS OUT | TINIE TEMPAH |
14 | EARTHQUAKE | LABRINTH FT TINIE TEMPAH |
15 | TRAP QUEEN | FETTY WAP |
16 | THRIFT SHOP | MACKLEMORE/RYAN LEWIS/WANZ |
17 | THE MONSTER | EMINEM FT RIHANNA |
18 | N****S IN PARIS | JAY-Z & KANYE WEST |
19 | HOTLINE BLING | DRAKE |
20 | HOLD ON WE'RE GOING HOME | DRAKE FT MAJID JORDAN |
21 | AIRPLANES | BOB FT HAYLEY WILLIAMS |
22 | GOLD DIGGER | KANYE WEST FT JAMIE FOXX |
23 | EMPIRE STATE OF MIND | JAY-Z FT ALICIA KEYS |
24 | STRONGER | KANYE WEST |
25 | WITHOUT ME | EMINEM |
26 | LOW | FLO RIDA FT T-PAIN |
27 | HEY YA | OUTKAST |
28 | IN DA CLUB | 50 CENT |
29 | AMERICAN BOY | ESTELLE FT KANYE WEST |
30 | THE REAL SLIM SHADY | EMINEM |
31 | WRITTEN IN THE STARS | TINIE TEMPAH FT ERIC TURNER |
32 | NUMB/ENCORE | JAY-Z & LINKIN PARK |
33 | TAKE CARE | DRAKE FT RIHANNA |
34 | GHETTO SUPASTAR (THAT IS WHAT YOU ARE) | PRAS MICHEL FT ODB & MYA |
35 | NOT AFRAID | EMINEM |
36 | FANCY | IGGY AZALEA FT CHARLI XCX |
37 | NUMBER 1 | TINCHY STRYDER FT N-DUBZ |
38 | PANDA | DESIIGNER |
39 | CONTROLLA | DRAKE |
40 | 679 | FETTY WAP FT MONTY |
41 | ME MYSELF & I | G-EAZY FT BEBE REXHA |
42 | BECAUSE I GOT HIGH | AFROMAN |
43 | 212 | AZEALIA BANKS FT LAZY JAY |
44 | SHUT UP | STORMZY |
45 | STILL DRE | DR DRE FT SNOOP DOGG |
46 | READY OR NOT | FUGEES |
47 | MY NAME IS | EMINEM |
48 | THE NEXT EPISODE | DR DRE FT SNOOP DOGG |
49 | LIVE YOUR LIFE | TI FT RIHANNA |
50 | BLACK WIDOW | IGGY AZALEA FT RITA ORA |
51 | CHANGES | 2PAC FT TALENT |
52 | ALL OF THE LIGHTS | KANYE WEST FT RIHANNA |
53 | JUMP AROUND | HOUSE OF PAIN |
54 | REGULATE | WARREN G & NATE DOGG |
55 | FEELIN' MYSELF | WILL I AM/CYRUS/KHALIFA |
56 | GHETTO GOSPEL | 2PAC FT ELTON JOHN |
57 | MS JACKSON | OUTKAST |
58 | FREAK OF THE WEEK | KREPT & KONAN FT JEREMIH |
59 | SMACK THAT | AKON FT EMINEM |
60 | BLACK BEATLES | RAE SREMMURD FT GUCCI MANE |
61 | FRISKY | TINIE TEMPAH FT LABRINTH |
62 | LONELY | AKON |
63 | CRANK THAT (SOULJA BOY) | SOULJA BOY TELLEM |
64 | BLACK AND YELLOW | WIZ KHALIFA |
65 | DOWNTOWN | MACKLEMORE/LEWIS/NALLY/MEL |
66 | SUCKER FOR PAIN | LIL WAYNE/WIZ KHALIFA/IMAGINE |
67 | 99 PROBLEMS | JAY-Z |
68 | RIDE WIT ME | NELLY FT CITY SPUD |
69 | I NEED A DOCTOR | DR DRE FT EMINEM & SKYLAR GREY |
70 | RUN THIS TOWN | JAY-Z FT RIHANNA & KANYE WEST |
71 | NOTHIN' ON YOU | BOB FT BRUNO MARS |
72 | HOLY GRAIL | JAY-Z FT JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE |
73 | FORGOT ABOUT DRE | DR DRE FT EMINEM |
74 | BEAUTIFUL | AKON FT K OFFISHALL/C O'DONIS |
75 | NASTY GIRL | NOTORIOUS BIG/DIDDY/NELLY |
76 | 21 SECONDS | SO SOLID CREW |
77 | SAME LOVE | MACKLEMORE/LEWIS/LAMBERT |
78 | AYO TECHNOLOGY | 50 CENT/TIMBERLAKE/TIMBALAND |
79 | CANDY SHOP | 50 CENT |
80 | HARD KNOCK LIFE (GHETTO ANTHEM) | JAY-Z |
81 | COMING HOME | DIDDY DIRTY MONEY/SKYLAR GREY |
82 | MOCKINGBIRD | EMINEM |
83 | POWER | KANYE WEST |
84 | JUMPMAN | DRAKE & FUTURE |
85 | TROUBLE | IGGY AZALEA FT JENNIFER HUDSON |
86 | RAP GOD | EMINEM |
87 | OOPSY DAISY | CHIPMUNK |
88 | DROP IT LIKE IT'S HOT | SNOOP DOGG FT PHARRELL |
89 | BLACK SKINHEAD | KANYE WEST |
90 | LOVE LOCKDOWN | KANYE WEST |
91 | SHUT UP | BLACK EYED PEAS |
92 | DRY YOUR EYES | STREETS |
93 | I GOT 5 ON IT | LUNIZ |
94 | PERFECT GENTLEMAN | WYCLEF JEAN |
95 | WHEN I'M GONE | EMINEM |
96 | DON'T GO | WRETCH 32 FT JOSH KUMRA |
97 | HYPNOTIZE | NOTORIOUS BIG |
98 | BEDROCK | YOUNG MONEY FT LLOYD |
99 | BUZZIN | MANN FT 50 CENT |
100 | YOUNG FOREVER | JAY-Z FT MR HUDSON |
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Collo Moseti Collo
fetty wap above tupac?? wtf britons shd stick to country
Kriti Punjabi
Eminem still dominates this list on top of being the "Best Selling Rap Artist of All Time" plus "Best Selling Overall Artist of 2000s"
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TAYLOR
Since when ''killing me softy'' by fugees is hip hop, and where are '' jump''. by kris kros and ''baby got back'' by sir mix a lot?
CHRIS ROSS
You NAILED it! All tracks on the REAL All Time Greatest Hip-Hop 100! And no where is NAS, Wu-Tang, Mobb Deep, Ths Game, A Tribe Called Quest, NWA, Gangstar, Scarface, Ghetto Boys, LL, RUN DMC. Cypress Hill, House of Pain, Eric B, the original for God sakes Afrika Baambaata, Public Enemy, EPMD, MORE 2Pac, More Notorious ‘BIGGIE’ BIG, Black Sheep, Lord Finesse, Lords of Underground... Need I go on? They definitely have no business doing this! And since you are an obvious fan, every name I have here and yours, as well as actually all 1000 all time greatest hip-hop tracks I stream 24:7 on my live stream dedicated to just this! Please stop to hear as it’s totally free, totally running all the time!
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Asoma Monga Joel
Where em at Booba, Birdman, Lil Wayne, Trey Songz, JaRule, Fat Joe, Rick Ross, Lil Kim, Nicole Sherzinger, Lil Uzi Vert, Young Thug, The Game,Usher etc...?
CHRIS ROSS
I mean, bruh, ever heard of Wu-Tang? NAS? Mobb Deep? You so have no business doing this!
Jesuit_Feast
Using this loose and somewhat bizarre definition there are clear omissions since Blondie 'Rapture', Bomb the Bass 'Beat Dis' amd even Neneh Cherry 'Buffalo Stance' would all likely qualify based on sales.
FP
Freddie Porter
Streaming is the best thing to happen to Drake's career. He wasn't getting all these hits as a lead artist before streaming became so prominent
NN
Nu No
Drake almost don't sell. He is a streaming artist only especially because he is being pushed on all playlists.
100 streams are 1 song sale and 1/10 of album sale. So just 50 streams are 1 song sale (as the other 50 do the 1/10 album sale). This is insane. Some songs I bought I listen to them more than 500 times and none of them I heard less than 200 or 300 times.
Whenever they decide to correct this non-sense streaming proportion than charts will change and all time charts will change as well.
Now on the TOP 100 best selling singles worldwide over 50 were released in the past 6 years (and without streaming they would not even be TOP 1000 as their pure sales are lame). I'm not saying that streaming should be removed but that Streaming proportion it's not real and does not represent at all the sales (taking into account listenings or economical porporcions also).
Before we had Albums and Singles artists and a few artists that did good on both. Now all singles artist do artificially great on albums charts as well because of streaming.
Despite all this the albums charts shows better what really is happening:
https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/the-uks-official-top-40-biggest-rap-albums-of-the-millennium-revealed__22808/
Konstantinos Tsokanas
it can't be a list without this hit -single.....
I Know What You Want
Busta Rhymes, Mariah Carey
JH
Jack Hurst
Why is Stormzy above 2pac? Are you mad!? Stormzy is a grime artist! 2pac is old school hip hop!! Where are Nas, Biggie, N.W.A, Salt n Pepa, Snoop? And that's just some of the big names! Uneducated!! I am aware that this is the UK top 100 so some of the old school stuff might not have made it over in the UK, but come on guys!! Sort it out!!
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Nu No
All streams are ahead because streming is overrated on the comparations. 100 streams are 1 song sale and 1/10 album sale - that means that 50 streams are 1 song sale on this chart despite the artist need to have over 3000 streams to earn the same as 1 song sale (and even more for 1 physical single sale).
Dan Love
Why does Black Beatles have to be at number 60?
How is One Dance a hip hop song?
Does Drake even deserve to be in the list?
SG
Stephanie Gagnon
It Says Hip Hop Songs.
Johnny McVey
One Dance is not a rap song!!!
Kriti Punjabi
Also according to Wikipedia One Dance has sold 12.5 million copies whereas Love the way you lie by Eminem has sold 12.8 million copies, so why is One Dance number one ?
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Nu No
Don't believe those wikipedia numbers as they are not right. Real sales for "One Dance" are quite low as are just streaming equivalent and streams are really overrated
But that is not just UK and this is just for UK OFFICIAL CHARTS not worldwide.
But again, stream numbers are not real sales and the numbers they use to compare them are insanely low and unfair for sales. I mean 100 streams are equivalent to 1 song sale and also 1/10 album sale so in reality for certifications (and sales comparation) 50 streams are equivalent to 1 sale as the other 50 goes for albums. These numbers are quite low (I never heard only even 100 times each song or single I bought, at least 200 or 300 times each song).
Due to this completely out of proportion equivalence over 50 of the100 best selling songs worldwide ever were released on the past 6 years. That's not true at all and they will have to correct that ASAP. Streams are more like radio plays as 80% of the streams come from playlists pre-made (most of them by record labels) and not choosen songs. Also over 80% of the streams are free streams not paid.
Also a song needs to be streamed almost 3000 times to give the same amount of money to the artist that 1 song sale gives them.