  Outkast originates from Atlanta,
Georgia and consists of Antwan "Big
Boi" Patton and Andre "Dre"
Benjamin. The duo were signed to LaFace
Records just out of high school and released
their first single "Player's Ball."
 # 156
Singles Artist of the Year
The single "Player's Ball" was certified
gold.
"Player's Ball" topped the
Billboard Hot Rap Singles chart for 6 weeks.
 Outkast released Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik and had hits with the
title track, "Player's Ball," and "Git
Up, Git Out."
Outkast hit the Top 40 with
"Player's Ball."
Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik was certified gold.
Outkast could be heard on the
soundtrack for Higher
Learning with "Phobia."
Outkast was named Best New Rap
Group at the Source Awards.
Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik was certified
platinum.
 # 200
Singles Artist of the Year
 Outkast released ATLiens.
"Elevators (Me &
You)"
hit the Top 40 and topped the Billboard Hot
Rap Singles chart and the Hot R&B Singles
Sales chart for 4 weeks.
The single "Elevators (Me &
You)"
was certified gold.
ATLiens topped the
Billboard Top R&B Albums chart for 2
weeks.
ATLiens was certified
platinum.
 # 174
Singles Artist of the Year
Outkast couls be heard with the
hits "ATLiens" and "Jazzy
Belle."
 Outkast released Aquemini. The track "Rosa
Parks" was later brought up in a lawsuit
by Rosa Parks over the use of her name (the
lawsuit was later dismissed).
Aquemini was certified
platinum.
Outkast were nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance by
a Duo or Group ("Rosa Parks").
Outkast topped the Billboard Rap
Singles chart for 3 weeks helping out Cool
Breeze with "Watch For The
Hook."
Aquemini was certified 2x
platinum.
 Outkast released Stankonia.
Stankonia was certified 2x
platinum.
"Ms. Jackson" topped the
Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Singles &
Tracks chart for 2 weeks and the
R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart for 6 weeks.
 # 56
Singles Artist of the Year
 Outkast hit the Top 40 with
"Ms. Jackson."
Outkast topped the Billboard Hot
100 for a week, the R&B/Hip-Hop Singles
Sales chart for a week, and the Hot Rap
Singles chart for 3 weeks with "Ms. Jackson."
Stankonia was certified 3x
platinum.
 Outkast hit the Top 10 with "Ms. Jackson."
Outkast hit the Top 40 with
"So Fresh, So Clean."
Outkast could be heard on the Tomb
Raider soundtrack with
"Speedballin'."
Outkast won a MTV Video Music
Award for Best Hip-Hop Video ("Ms. Jackson") and the video
was also nominated for Best Direction (F. Gary Gray).
 Outkast released a hits
collection - Big
Boi & Dre Present Outkast - with 3 unreleased
tracks. Outkast asserted that the LP was not
necessarily a hits LP, but a "refresher
course" for their newer fans.
Outkast topped the Billboard
Year-End Charts as the Top
R&B/Hip-Hop Album Artists - Duos/Group.
 # 89
Singles Artist of the Year
 Outkast hit the
Top 40 with "The Whole World."
Outkast won 2 Grammy Awards for Best Rap Performance by
a Duo or Group ("Ms. Jackson") and Best Rap Album (Stankonia), and were nominated
for Album of the Year, Record of the Year, and Best Music Video, Short Form. They also performed
at the ceremony.
Big
Boi & Dre Present Outkast was certified
platinum.
Outkast won a World Music Award
for World's Best-Selling Rap Group.
Outkast won a BET Award for Best
Group.
Outkast's video
for "The Whole World" was nominated
for a MTV Video Music
Award for Best Hip-Hop Video.
Outkast were named Band Men of
the Year at the GQ Men of the Year Awards.
 # 21
Singles Artist of the Year
Outkast won an American Music
Award for Favorite Hip-Hop/R&B
Band/Duo/Group.
Outkast won a Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or
Group
("The Whole World" with Killer
Mike).
VH1: 50
Greatest Hip Hop Artists includes Outkast at # 21.
VH1: 100 Best
Songs of the Past 25 Years includes "Ms. Jackson" at # 81.
ATLiens was certified 2x
platinum.
 Outkast's next
LP, Speakerboxxxx:
The Love Below, was released.
Outkast hit the Top 40 with
"Hey Ya!."
Outkast topped
the Billboard 200 LP chart for 7 weeks and
R&B/Hip-Hop LP chart for a week with Speakerboxxxx:
The Love Below.
Speakerboxxxx:
The Love Below was certified 3x platinum.
Outkast topped the Billboard Hot
Digital Tracks chart for 19 weeks with "Hey Ya!."
 Stankonia and Speakerboxxxx:
The Love Below were certified 4x
platinum.
Outkast performed on Saturday
Night Live and the American Music
Awards.
Outkast hit the Top 10 and then #1 for 7 weeks with
"Hey Ya!."
Outkast hit the Top 40 with
"The Way You Move."
 Outkast topped the Billboard Hot
100 singles chart for 9 weeks, Hot 100
Airplay chart for 9 weeks, Rhythmic Top 40
chart, and Mainstream Top 40 chart with
"Hey Ya!."
Outkast topped the Billboard Hot
Rap Tracks chart for 5 weeks with "The Way You Move."
Outkast hit the Top 10 with "The Way You Move."
Critics in Rolling
Stone named Outkast's "Hey Ya!" as the Best
Single and Video of the year, Speakerboxxxx:
The Love Below as the Best Album of
the year, and and Outkast as the Artist of
the year and Best Hip-Hop Artist. Readers
picked "Hey Ya!" as the Best
Single and Best Video, and Outkast as Best
Hip-Hop Artist.
 Outkast had the
5th biggest selling LP of the year - Speakerboxxxx:
The Love Below - which sold over 3
million copies during the year in the US.
Rolling Stone:
The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: # 359:
Stankonia.
 # 4
Singles Artist of the Year
Outkast topped the Canadian
singles chart with "Hey Ya!."
Speakerboxxxx:
The Love Below were certified 8x
platinum.
Outkast hit #1 for 6 weeks with
"The Way You Move."
Speakerboxxxx:
The Love Below topped the Billboard
Top Internet Albums chart.
Outkast topped the Billboard Hot
Dance Radio Airplay chart and Canadian
singles chart with "Hey Ya!."
Outkast topped the Billboard Hot
100 chart for a week, Top 40 Tracks chart,
and Mainstream Top 40 chart with "The Way You Move."
Outkast won 3 Grammy Awards for Album of the Year, Best Urban / Alternative
Performance and Best Rap Album (Speakerboxxxx:
The Love Below), and
were also nominated for Record of the Year, Best Music Video, Short Form (Hey Ya!), and Producer
of the Year (non-classical). Outkast also performed
at the ceremony.
Speakerboxxxx:
The Love Below was certified 9x platinum.
Outkast won a NAACP
Image Award for Outstanding Duo or Group.
Outkast appeared on the cover of
Rolling
Stone.
Outkast won 2 Soul Train Music
Awards for R&B/Soul or Rap Album of the
Year (Speakerboxxxx:
The Love Below) and R&B/Soul or Rap Music
Video ("Hey Ya!").
 Outkast hit the Top 40 with
"Roses."
Outkast won 2 Nickelodeon Kids'
Choice Awards for Favorite Music Group and
Favorite Song ("Hey Ya!").
Outkast hit the Top 10 with "Roses."
Outkast won 2 BET Awards
including Video of the Year ("Hey Ya!") and Group of
the Year.
The video for "Hey Ya!" won 4 MTV Video Music
Awards for Video of the Year, Best Hip-Hop Video, Best Special Effects (Elad Offer, Chris
Eckardt & Money Shots), and Best Art Direction (Eric Beachamp), and
was also nominated for Best Direction. Outkast also
performed at the ceremony held in Miami.
Andre 3000 was named 'world's
best-dressed' man by Esquire magazine.
Outkast won 3 World Music Awards
for Best Group, Best Pop Group, and Best
Pop/Hip-Hop Artist.
 The single "Hey Ya!" was certified 2x
platinum and "Roses" and "The Way You Move" were certified
platinum.
Outkast won 3 American Music
Awards for Favorite Pop/Rock Band/Duo/Group, Favorite Rap Band/Duo/Group, and Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Album, and were nominated
for Artist of the Year.
Outkast won 3 MTV Europe Awards
for Best Group, Best Song, and Best Video
("Hey Ya!").
Speakerboxxxx:
The Love Below was certified 10x platinum.
Outkast was chosen by Rolling
Stone magazine's readers as the best
hip-hop artist.
Outkast topped the Billboard
Year-End Charts as the Top Pop Artist
- Duo/Group (singles & albums), Top
Billboard 200 Album Artist - Duo/Group, Top
Hot 100 Singles & Tracks - Duo/Group, Top
R&B/Hip-Hop Artist - Duos/Group (singles
& albums), Top R&B/Hip-Hop Album
Artist - Group/Duo, Top Hot R&B/Hip-Hop
Singles & Tracks Artist - Group/Duo, and
with the Top Hot Digital Track ("Hey Ya!").
# 114 on the Top Pop Artists
of the Past 25 Years chart.
 Andre 3000 could be seen in the
Get Shorty sequel, Be
Cool.
Andre 3000 could be seen in Four
Brothers.
The single "Hey Ya!" was certified 3x
platinum.
 Speakerboxxxx:
The Love Below was certified 11x platinum.
The single "Ms. Jackson" was certified
gold.
Outkast released their next LP Idlewild.
Outkast starred in the film Idlewild.
Outkast topped the Billboard
Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart and Top Rap
LP chart with Idlewild.
Idlewild was certified
platinum.
.
Outkast was nominated for 2 Grammy Awards for Best Urban / Alternative
Performance ("Idlewild Blue (Don't Chu
Worry 'Bout Me)") and Best Rap Performance by a Duo or
Group
("Mighty 'O'").
Big Boi could be heard on the Chris Brown LP Exclusive on the track
"Hold Up."
Outkast were
nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or
Group
("Int'l Players Anthem (I Choose
You)" with UGK).
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