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Of All Time !
We have ranked the top pop songs that have charted over the past
50+ years on The ARC Weekly Top 40 and Billboard Hot 100, and
come up with
a definitive list that will continue to expand as we add to it,
and continue to modify as new songs chart on The ARC Weekly Top
40.
"George
Bush doesn't care about black people."
(2005)
TIMELINE
Kanye West, hailing from
Chicago and born June 8, 1977, spent several
years in the background of rap music helping out
with producing tracks for other rappers before
hitting big as a solo rap artist and becoming a
very controversial and out-spoken personality.
October: Kanye was injured in a
car accident in LA.
February 21: Kanye topped the
Billboard Hot 100 chart for 1 week and
R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart for 2
weeks helping out Twista and Jamie
Foxx with "Slow Jamz."
March: Kanye won a NAACP Image
Award for Outstanding New Artist.
July 2: Kanye performed in
Philadelphia as part of the worldwide Live 8 concerts. The mission of
the concerts was to raise awareness of the
on-going poverty in Africa and to pressure the G8
leaders to take action by doubling aid, canceling
debt, and delivering trade justice for Africa.
August: Kanye announced that he
felt hip-hop music and rap was getting too
comfortable with using 'gay' as a negative and as
the opposite of hip-hop, and wanted this to be
stopped: "It was kind of like a turning
point when (my cousin came out). I was like 'Yo,
this is my cousin, I love him, and I been
discriminating against gays.' But everybody in
hip-hop discriminates against gay people... the
exact opposite word of hip-hop, I think is gay...
and I wanna just come on TV and just tell my
rappers, just tell my friends, 'Yo, stop
it.'"
September 2: Kanye appeared on a live
NBC benefit show, A Concert For Hurricane
Relief, to help the victims of Hurricane
Katrina, and went off-script to give his feelings
about the slow response by President Bush;
"George Bush doesn't care about black
people." West also targeted the media:
"I hate the way they portray us in the
media. If you see a black family, it says they're
looting. See a white family, it says they're
looking for food."
September 10: Kanye performed on ReAct
Now: Music & Relief - a benefit program
shown on music video channels to raise money for
those affected by Hurricane Katrina.
September 17: Kanye topped the
Billboard Hot 100 chart for 10 weeks, Digital
Songs chart for 9 weeks, and Digital Tracks chart
for 3 weeks with"Gold Digger."
September 17: Kanye topped the
Billboard 200 LP chart for 2 weeks, Internet
Albums chart for 1 week, R&B/Hip-Hop Albums
chart for 2 weeks, and Rap Albums chart for 3
weeks with Late
Registration. The LP sold over 860,000 copies in
the US its first week of release. The LP also
topped the charts in Canada.
September 17: Kanye topped the
Billboard Pop 100 chart for 10 weeks and
R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart for 4 weeks with"Gold Digger."
October 8: Kanye topped the
Billboard Hot 100 Airplay chart for 5 weeks, Rap
Songs chart for 4 weeks, and Rhythmic Top 40
chart for 6 weeks with"Gold Digger."
July 7: Kanye performed at the Live Earth concert in the US. The
7-continent concert organized by Al Gore brought
together over 100 artists to perform and raise
the world's awareness about the climate crisis
and how to make a difference to help the
environment and the world.
September 29: Kanye topped the
Billboard 200 LP chart for 1 week, Digital Albums
chart for 2 weeks, R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart
for 3 weeks, and Rap Albums chart for 6 weeks
with Graduation - the LP sold over 956,000
copies its first week of release in the US.
September 29: Kanye topped the
Billboard Pop 100 chart for 5 weeks with "Stronger."
November 10: Kanye received
devastating news when his mom died at the age of
58 from complications from surgery. His mom,
Donda West, helped manage Kanye's businesses and
educational foundation. Donda West was the
inspiration for Kanye's song "Hey Mama"
and wrote Raising
Kanye: Life Lessons From The Mother Of A Hip-Hop
Superstar.
December 31: Kanye had the # 10
selling LP of 2007 with Graduation selling over 1,8 million
copies in the US.
December 13: Kanye topped the
Billboard 200 LP chart for 1 week, R&B
Hip-Hop Albums chart for 1 week, and Digital
Albums chart for 1 week with 808's
And Heartbreak. The LP sold over 450,000 copies
its first week of release in the U.S.
September 13: The video for "Love Lockdown" was nominated for 3 MTV Video Music Awards including Video of the Year, Best Male Video, and Best Hip-Hop Video, and the video for "Paranoid" was nominated for Best Special Effects. Although Kanye went home
empty-handed - he made himself known at the
ceremony by grabbing the microphone away from Taylor Swift (on stage accepting the Best Female Video award) and saying Beyoncé should have won. He was
continuously booed by the audience whenever his
name was announced. Kanye's behavior became the
focus of the ceremony for several days as he
attempted to apologize via his blog, on The
Jay Leno Show, and eventually to Swift
directly 2 days later by phone (after Swift
announced on The View she hadn't heard
from the rapper).
December 7: Kanye could be heard on
the T.I. LP No
Mercy
on the track "Welcome To The World."
December 11: Kanye topped the
Billboard 200 LP chart for 1 week,
R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart for 2 weeks, Rap
Albums chart for 2 weeks, and Digital Albums
chart for 2 weeks with My
Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy. The LP sold over 496,000
copies its first week of release in the US.
August 27: Watch
The Thronetopped the Billboard 200
chart for 2 weeks selling over 436,000 copies its
first week of release. The LP also topped the
Billboard Digital Albums chart for 2 weeks,
R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart for 2 weeks, and Rap
Albums chart for 2 weeks.
October 8: Kanye topped the
Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart for 1 week
and R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart for 1 week
helping out Big Sean and Roscoe
Dash with "Marvin &
Chardonnay."
October 15: Kanye topped the
Billboard Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop chart for 1
week helping out Big Sean and Roscoe
Dash with "Marvin &
Chardonnay."
November 12: Kanye topped the
Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop chart Singles &
Tracks for 7 weeks, R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart
for 7 weeks, and Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop chart
for 3 weeks with Jay-Z with "N***** In Paris."
July 7: Kanye topped the
Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart for 5
weeks, R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart for 5 weeks,
and Rap Songs chart for 9 weeks with help Big
Sean, Pusha T and 2
Chainz from with "Mercy."
June 23: Kanye topped the UK LP
chart for 1 week with Yeezus.
July 6: Kanye topped the
Billboard 200 LP chart for 1 week,
R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart for 1 week, Rap
Albums chart for 1 week, and Digital Albums chart
for 1 week with Yeezus. The LP sold over 327,000
copies its first week of release in the US.
November: Kanye cancelled several
performances after an undetermined issues with
his mental health was reported and he spent time
at the UCLA Medical Center due to hallucinations
and paranoia.
June 15: Kanye appeared on the Nas LP NASIR on the tracks "Cops
Shot The Kid" and "Everything."
June 16: Kanye topped the
Billboard 200 LP chart for 1 week, Album Sales
chart, Digital Albums chart, R&B/Hip-Hop
Albums chart, and Rap Albums chart with ye.
September 29: Kanye performed on Saturday
Night Live. He announced on Twitter that he
would be known as 'Ye' now.
October 11: Kanye had a White House
visit with Trump and left everyone bewildered
with his comments and rants, except for Trump who
embraced his perception of the praise.
November 9: Kanye topped the
Billboard 200 LP chart, Album Sales chart,
Digital Albums chart, R&B/Hip-Hop Albums
chart, and Rap Albums chart with Jesus
Is King.
October: Controversies followed
Kanye all year including when he wore a 'White
Lives Matter' shirt earlier in the month to a
fashion show in Paris. His history of antisemitic
suggestive comments got him banned from some
social media outlets and he lost many financial
collaborations including Adidad and The Gap.
Released: January 5, 2010 Entertainment
Weekly: A- Live Tracks: "See You In My
Nightmares" - "RoboCop" -
"Flashing Lights" -
"Amazing" - "Touch The
Sky" - "Say You Will" -
"Good Life" - "Heartless"
- "Love Lockdown" - "Stronger": "Say You
Will" - "Welcome To
Heartbreak" (featuring Kid Cudi) -
"Heartless"
Released: November 22, 2010 US: 3x Platinum Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 1 (for 1
week) Billboard #1: Digital Albums,
R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, Rap Albums Grammy Winner: Best Rap Album Tracks: "Dark
Fantasy" (Intro) - "Gorgeous"
(featuring Kid Cudi & Raekwon) -
"Power" - "All Of The
Lights" (Interlude) - "All Of The Lights" (featuring
Rihanna, Alicia Keys, Fergie, The-Dream, Ryan
Leslie, Elton John, Charlie Wilson, Kid Cudi,
John Legend, Tony Williams & Elly
Jackson) - "Monster" (featuring
Jay-Z, Rick Ross, Nicki Minaj & Bon Iver)
- "So Appalled" (featuring Jay-Z,
Prynce Cy Hi, Swizz Beatz & The RZA) -
"Devil In A New Dress" (featuring
Rick Ross) - "Runaway" (featuring
Pusha T) - "Hell Of A Life" -
"Blame Game" (featuring John
Legend) - "Lost In The World"
(featuring Bon Iver) - "Who Will Survive
In America?"
Released: August 12, 2011 US: Platinum Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 1 (for 2
weeks) Billboard #1: Digital Albums,
R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, Rap Albums, Internet
Albums Grammy Nominee: Best Rap Album Tracks: "No Church In
The Wild" (featuring Frank Ocean) -
"Life It Off" (featuring Beyonce) -
"N***** In Paris" - "Otis" (featuring Otis
Redding) - "Gotta Have It" -
"New Day" - "That's My
Bitch" - "Who Gon Stop Me" -
"Murder To Excellence" -
"Welcome To The Jungle" -
"Made In America" (featuring Frank
Ocean) - "Why I Love You"
(featuring Mr. Hudson)
Released: June 18, 2013 US: 2x Platinum Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 1 (for 1
week) Billboard #1: Digital Albums,
R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, Rap Albums Rolling Stone: - Entertainment
Weekly: A- Grammy Nominee: Best Rap Album Tracks: "On Sight"
- "Black Skinhead" - "I Am A
God" - "New Slaves" -
"Hold My Liquor" - "I'm In
It" - "Blood On The Leaves" -
"Guilt Trip" - "Send It
Up" - "Bound 2"
Released: June 1, 2018 US: Platinum Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 1 (for 1
week) Billboard #1: Album Sales, Digital
Albums, R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, Rap Albums Tracks: "I Thought About
Killing You" - "Yikes" -
"All Mine" - "Wouldn't
Leave" - "No Mistakes" -
"Ghost Town" - "Violent
Crimes"
Released: October 25, 2019 Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 1 (for 1
week) US: Gold Billboard #1: Album Sales, Digital
Albums, R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, Rap Albums Grammy Winner: Best Contemporary
Christian Music Album Tracks: "Every
Hour" - "Selah" - "Follow
God" - "Closed On Sunday" -
"On God" - "Everything We
Need" (featuring Ty Dolla Sign & Ant
Clemons) - "Water" (featuring Ant
Clemons) - "God Is" - "Hands
On" (featuring Fred Hammond) - "Use
This Gospel" (featuring Clipse &
Kenny G) - "Jesus Is Lord"
Released: August 29, 2021 US: Platinum Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 1 Billboard #1: R&B/Hip-Hop
Albums, Rap Albums Grammy Nominee: Album of the Year, Best Rap Album Tracks: "Donda
Chant" - "Jail" - "God
Breathed" - "Off The Grid" -
"Hurricane" - "Praise
God" - "Jonah" - "Ok
Ok" - "Junya" - "Believe
What I Say" - "24" -
"Remote Control" - "Moon"
- "Heaven And Hell" -
"Donda" - "Keep My Spirit
Alive" - "Jesus Lord" -
"New Again" - "Tell The
Vision" - "Lord I Need You" -
"Pure Souls" - "Come To
Life" - "No Child Left Behind"
- "Jail, Pt. 2" - "Ok Ok, Pt.
2" - "Junya, Pt. 2" -
"Jesus Lord, Pt. 2"
Note: Song title and position
links lead you to the song's ARC Weekly Top 40 chart run, LP links take
you to Amazon.com for that LP's info (often
including track listings and track samples), and
single cover art takes you to Amazon.com for that CD single (if
available). Songs charting prior to 1980 have
information from Billboard magazine.