Kanye West’s Hot Rap Songs No. 1s as a Producer:
Artist, Title (peak year)
Ludacris feat. Shawnna, “Stand Up” (2003)
Twista feat. Kanye West & Jamie Foxx, “Slow Jamz” (2004)
Twista, “Overnight Celebrity” (2004)
West feat. Jamie Foxx, “Gold Digger” (2005)
West feat. T-Pain, “Good Life” (2007)
West, “Heartless” (2009)
Jay-Z, Rihanna & West, “Run This Town” (2009)
Jay-Z & West, “Ni**as In Paris” (2011)
Big Sean feat. E-40, “I Don’t F**k With You” (2014)
Lil Nas X & Jack Harlow, “Industry Baby” (2021)
Take a Daytrip earned its first chart credit in 2018 with Juice WRLD’s “Legends,” which reached No. 29 on the Hot 100 the next year. The pair followed that up with Sheck Wes’s breakthrough single “Mo Bamba,” which hit No. 2 on Hot Rap Songs and No. 6 on the Hot 100.
The duo has tallied 14 production entries on the Hot 100, including a pair of No. 1s: “The Scotts” in 2020 and Lil Nas X’s “Montero (Call Me by Your Name)” this April.
West, of course, has a legendary history on Billboard‘s charts as an artist, songwriter and producer. Before he first appeared on the Hot 100 as an artist in November 2003 (with the No. 15-peaking “Through the Wire”), he posted eight production credits on the chart: first on Jay-Z’s “Izzo (H.O.V.A.),” which reached No. 8 in 2001, and then via Scarface’s “Guess Who’s Back,” featuring Jay-Z and Beanie Sigel (No. 79); Jay-Z’s “’03 Bonnie & Clyde” (No. 4); Trina’s “B R Right,” featuring Ludacris (No. 83); Talib Kweli’s “Get By” (No. 77); Ludacris’ “Stand Up,” featuring Shawnna (No. 1, one week); Monica’s “Knock Knock” (No. 75); and Alicia Keys’ “You Don’t Know My Name” (No. 3).
West has logged four No. 1s on the Hot 100 as a producer (“Stand Up,” “Slow Jamz,” “Gold Digger” and “Stronger”) and four as an artist (“Slow Jamz,” “Gold Digger,” “Stronger” and Katy Perry’s “E.T.,” on which he’s featured). “Industry Baby” became his first top 10 as a producer since his own “Follow God” in 2019, as well his highest-charting production entry since “Run This Town” in 2009 (No. 2 peak).
The weekly Rap Songwriters and Rap Producers charts (which began in June 2019) are based on total points accrued by a songwriter and producer, respectively, for each attributed song that appears on the Hot Rap Songs chart. As with Billboard’s yearly recaps, multiple writers or producers split points for each song equally (and the dividing of points will lead to occasional ties on rankings).
Check out this week’s full Rap Songwriters and Rap Producers charts, in addition to the other full genre rankings, at Billboard.com/biz.
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