Finally put in the work to make this list.

Criteria for inclusion is based on the chart performance of songs where the artist is credited as the lead. Also, the artist must be categorized as Hip-Hop/Rap on iTunes.

Listed by what year they made their chart debut as a lead artist. And I’ve also listed each of their three biggest songs.

1987

LL Cool J – 18,368 points

Hey Lover (1995), Loungin (1996), Luv U Better (2002)

Salt-N-Pepa – 12,387 points

Whatta Man (1994), Shoop (1993), Do You Want Me (1991)

1988

DJ Jazzy Jeff – 6,068 points
Summertime (1991), Parents Just Don’t Understand (1988), A Nightmare On My Street (1988)

1990

M.C. Hammer – 8,773 points

Have You Seen Her (1990), U Can’t Touch This (1990), Pray (1990)

1991

Naughty By Nature – 7,539 points

O.P.P (1991), Hip Hop Horray (1993), Jamboree (1999)

P.M. Dawm – 7,498 points

I’d Die Without You (1992), Set Adrift On Memory Bliss (1991), Looking Through Patient Eyes (1993)

Heavy D – 6,227 points

Now That We Found Love (1991), Got Me Waiting (1994), Is It Good To You (1992)

1992

Ice Cube – 6,493 points

It Was A Good Day (1993), Bop Gun (1994), Check Yo Self (1993)

Kris Kross – 6,089 points

Jump (1992), Tonite’s Tha Night (1996), Warm It Up (1996)

Arrested Development – 5,698 points

Mr. Wendal (1993), Tennessee (1992), People Everyday (1992)

1993

Snoop Dogg – 16,425 points

Drop It Like It’s Hot (2004), Young, Wild & Free (2012), Sensual Seduction (2008)

2Pac – 12,749 points

How Do U Want It (1996), Dear Mama (1995), I Get Around (1993)

Dr. Dre – 10,342 points

Nuthin' But A “G” Thang (1993), Dre Day (1993), I Need A Doctor (2011)

Fat Joe – 9,061 points

What’s Luv (2002), Get It Poppin' (2005), Make It Rain (2007)

1994

Outkast – 15,666 points

Hey Ya (2003), The Way You Move (2004), Ms. Jackson (2001)

The Notorious B.I.G. – 10,130 points

Mo Money Mo Problems (1997), Hypnotize (1997), One More Chance (1995)

Coolio – 9,699 points

Gangsta’s Paradise (1995), Fantastic Voyage (1994), 1, 2, 3, 4 (1996)

Bone Thugs-N-Harmony – 8,411 points

Tha Crossroads (1996), Look Into My Eyes (1997), I Tried (2007)

Da Brat – 6,909 points

Funkdafied (1994), Give It 2 You (1995), What'Chu Like (2000)

Warren G – 6,816 points

Regulate (1994), This D.J. (1994), I Shot The Sherriff (1997)

1996

Jay-Z – 38,282 points

Empire State Of Mind (2009), Holy Grail (2013), Run This Town (2009)

Busta Rhymes – 12,882 points

I Know What You Want (2003), What’s It Gonna Be?! (1999), Woo-Hah!! Got You All In Check (1996)

Lil' Kim – 7,204 points

Magic Stick (2003), Not Tonight (1997), No Time (1997)

Master P – 6,123 points

Make Em' Say Uhh! (1998), I Got The Hook Up! (1998), I Miss My Homies (1997)

1997

Puff Daddy – 22,556 points

I’ll Be Missing You (1997), Can’t Nobody Hold Me Down (1997), I Need A Girl (2002)

Missy “Misdemeanor” Elliott – 15,539 points

Work It (2002), Lose Control (2005), Hot Boyz (2000)

Twista – 6,919 points

Slow Jamz (2004), Overnight Celebrity (2004), Girl Tonite (2005)

Mase – 6,349 points

Feel So Good (1997), What You Want (1998), Lookin' At Me (1998)

Wyclef Jean – 5,714 points

Gone Till November (1998), Sweetest Girl (2008), Two Wrongs (2002)

1998

Timbaland – 13,045 points

Apologize (2007), Promiscuous (2006), The Way I Are (2007)

Will Smith – 8,803 points

Gettin' Jiggy Wit It (1998), Switch (2005), Wild Wild West (1999)

1999

Eminem – 34,793 points

Lose Yourself (2002), Love The Way You Lie (2010), The Monster (2013)

Lil Wayne – 28,211 points

Lollipop (2008), How To Love (2011), A Milli (2008)

Ja Rule – 14,699 points

Always On Time (2002), Mesmerize (2003), Livin' It Up (2001)

Eve – 9,044 points

Let Me Blow Ya Mind (2001), Gangsta Lovin' (2002), What Ya Want (1999)

Juvenile – 7,241 points

Slow Motion (2004), Back That Thang Up (1999), Nolia Clap (2004)

Trick Daddy – 5,981 points

Let’s Go (2004), Sugar (2005), I’m A Thug (2001)

2000

Nelly – 29,359 points

Dilemma (2002), Hot In Herre (2002), Shake Ya Tailfeather (2003)

Ludacris – 24,588 points

Stand Up (2003), Money Maker (2006), How Low (2010)

Bow Wow – 12,104 points

Like You (2005), Let Me Hold You (2005), Shortie Like Mine (2006)

Ying Yang Twins – 6,286 points

Salt Shaker (2004), Wait (2005), Badd (2005)

2001

The Black Eyed Peas – 30,434 points

I Gotta Feeling (2009), Boom Boom Pow (2009), My Humps (2005)

Fabolous – 12,558 points

Into You (2003), Can’t Let You Go (2003), Make Me Better (2007)

Lil Jon – 8,381 points

Get Low (2003), Lovers And Friends (2005), Snap Yo Fingers (2006)

2002

50 Cent – 19,944 points

In Da Club (2003), Candy Shop (2005), Disco Inferno (2005)

2003

Kanye West – 35,511 points

Gold Digger (2005), Stonger (2007), Heartless (2009)

T.I. – 21,945 points

Whatever You Like (2008), Live Your Life (2008), Dead And Gone (2009)

Chingy – 8,586 points

Right Thurr (2003), One Call Away (2004), Holidae In (2003)

Baby Bash – 6,577 points

Suga Suga (2003), Cyclone (2007), Baby I’m Back (2005)

Pharrell Williams – 6,277 points

Happy (2014), Frontin' (2003), Come Get It Bae (2014)

2004

Akon – 16,308 points

Smack That (2006), I Wanna Love You (2006), Don’t Matter (2007)

The Game – 7,134 points

Hate It Or Love It (2005), How We Do (2005), My Life (2008)

2005

T-Pain – 14,434 points

Buy U A Drank (2007), Bartender (2007), I’m N Luv (2006)

Young Jeezy – 7,934 points

Soul Survivor (2005), Put On (2008), Go Getta (2007)

2006

DJ Khaled – 21,941 points

I’m The One (2017), Wild Thoughts (2017), I’m On One (2011)

2007

Flo Rida – 28,383 points

Low (2008), Right Round (2009), Good Feeling (2012)

Soulja Boy Tell'Em – 7,952 points

Crank That (2007), Kiss Me Thru The Phone (2009), Turn My Swag On (2009)

Gucci Mane – 7,764 points

Wake Up In The Sky (2018), I Get The Bag (2017), Both (2017)

Plies – 5,554 points

Shawty (2007), Bust It Baby Part 2 (2008), Hypnotized (2007)

2008

Tyga – 6,187 points

Taste (2018), Rack City (2012), Faded (2012)

2009

Drake – 88,139 points

God’s Plan (2018), One Dance (2016), Nice For What (2018)

Wale – 5,987 points

Bad (2013), On Chill (2019), Lotus Flower Bomb (2011)

2010

Nicki Minaj – 25,213 points

Super Bass (2011), Starships (2012), Anaconda (2014)

1. Cole – 16,370 points

Middle Child (2019), Work Out (2012), Power Trip (2013)

Wiz Khalifa – 10,885

See You Again (2015), Black And Yellow (2011), Roll Up (2011)

B.o.B – 10,382 points

Airplanes (2010), Nothin On You (2010), Magic (2010)

2011

Big Sean – 11,452 points

Bounce Back (2017), Dance (2012), I Don’t F**k With You (2014)

2012

Future – 17,537 points

Life Is Good (2020), Mask Off (2017), Low Life (2016)

Kendrick Lamar – 15,170 points

Humble. (2017), Love. (2018), All The Stars (2018)

Macklemore – 12,242 points

Thrift Shop (2013), Can’t Hold Us (2013), Same Love (2013)

Meek Mill – 8,690 points

Going Bad (2018), All Eyes On You (2015), Dangerous (2018)

French Montana – 6,480 points

Unforgettable (2017), Pop That (2012), No Stylist (2018)

2 Chainz – 5,621 points

No Lie (2012), I’m Different (2013), Birthday Song (2012)

2013

Migos – 13,012 points

Bad And Boujee (2017), Motorsport (2017), Stir Fry (2018)

2014

Rae Sremmurd – 9,280 points

Black Beatles (2016), No Type (2014), Swang (2017)

Young Thug – 7,736 points

Hot (2019), The London (2019), Pick Up The Phone (2016)

Iggy Azalea – 7,060 points

Fancy (2014), Black Widow (2014), Beg For It (2015)

2015

Post Malone – 42,139 points

Circles (2019), Sunflower (2019), Rockstar (2017)

Travis Scott – 13,807 points

Sicko Mode (2018), Highest In The Room (2019), Antidote (2015)

Fetty Wap – 11,840 points

Trap Queen (2015), 679 (2015), My Way (2015)

G-Eazy – 6,753 points

Me, Myself & I (2016), No Limit (2018), Him & I (2018)

2016

Lil Uzi Vert – 10,161 points

XO TOUR Life3 (2017), The Way Life Goes (2017), Futsal Shuffle 2020 (2019)

21 Savage – 8,211 points

Bank Account (2017), A Lot (2019), X (2016)

2017

Cardi B – 19,717 points

I Like It (2018), Bodak Yellow (2017), WAP (2020)

Lil Baby – 19,459 points

Drip Too Hard (2018), Yes Indeed (2018), Woah (2020)

XXXTENTACION – 8,806 points

Sad! (2018), Moonlight (2018), Changes (2018)

Kodak Black - 6,843 points

ZEZE (2018), Tunnel Vision (2017), Roll In Peace (2018)

Metro Boomin – 6,828 points

Creepin' (2022), Superhero (2022), Trance (2022)

6ix9ine – 6,034 points

FEFE (2018), Gummo (2017), Gooba (2020)

YoungBoy Never Broke Again – 5,464 points

No Smoke (2017), Outside Today (2018), Make No Sense (2019)

2018

Juice WRLD – 14,707 points

Lucid Dreams (2018), Come & Go (2020), Bandit (2019)

2019

Lil Nas X – 13,414 points

Old Town Road (2019), Industry Baby (2021), Montero (2021)

DaBaby – 12,917 points

Rockstar (2020), Suge (2019), BOP (2019)

Megan Thee Stallion – 9,553 points

Savage (2020), Body (2020), Hot Girl Summer (2019)

Roddy Ricch – 7,105 points

The Box (2020), High Fashion (2020), Start Wit Me (2020)

Rod Wave – 5,748 points

Heart On Ice (2019), Rags2Riches (2020), Tombstone (2021)

2020

Pop Smoke – 11,657 points

For The Night (2020), What You Know About Love (2021), The Woo (2020)

The Kid LAROI – 9,267 points

Without You (2020), Stay (2021), Thousand Miles (2022)

Jack Harlow – 6,918 points

Whats Poppin (2020), Tyler Herro (2020), First Class (2022)

Lil Durk – 5,713 points

What Happened To Virgil (2022), Broadway Girls (2022), Ahh Ha (2022)

Worried that I’m gonna lose my progress, and it takes a ton of time to find the pictures and stuff, so I’m gonna publish it in 4 quarters.

Quarter 1: 1987-1996
Quarter 2: 1997-2003
Quarter 3: 2004-2012
Quarter 4: 2013-2020

just do the 2010s no one carez about the otherz

super cool

ive been meaning to check out pm dawn for a while

excited for the others

Bump for effort

Okay, ¾ of the way done.

Which artists do you think will be included for 2013-2020?

There are exactly 22 spots left, btw.

Wasn’t Who do You Love huge for YG

@SpaceGhostBluu

His 4th biggest according to https://www.talkofthecharts.org/goat

I was pretty surprised to see that Neither of his Drake-assisted hits were in his top 3. Even more surprised that Go Loko surpassed it.

idk what this list is bit i assume lil nas x is gonna be here i think?

Imma give @Lexton and @pyar a chance to come up with some list of artists they expect to see in the final 22 before I post the rest.

I’ll probably do that sometime tomorrow.

carti
iggy azalea
21 savage
XXXtentacion
tory lanez
nav
gunna
uzi
young thug
travis
migos
lil baby
tyga
kodak black
freddie gibs (for the lulz)

Tyga is already on the list, lol. He first charted in 2008 with “Coconut Juice”.

Lexton’s missing some big ones. And also listed a few that aren’t close.

Might as well update it now.

2013

Migos – 12,124 points

Bad And Boujee (2017), Motorsport (2017), Stir Fry (2018)

how do you calculate the points, and how do you determine which year the group or artist goes under?