Kanye West Makes Billboard 100 History, First Rapper To Earn Number 1 Hit In Three Different Decades

Kanye West Makes Billboard 100 History, First Rapper To Earn Number 1 Hit In Three Different Decades

  • Kanye West has made history in the Billboard 100 chart and fans can't keep calm about his new record
  • The 'Through the Wire' hitmaker is said to be the first rapper to earn a number-one hit in three different decades
  • Fans sang Ye's praises, with some proclaiming that the rapper may be the greatest of all time
Kanye West has made Billboard 100 history
Kanye West is the first rapper to reach the number-one spot on the Billboard 100 chart in three different decades. Images: Gilbert Carrasquillo/GC Images, Leon Bennett/Getty Images for BET
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Kanye West recently made Billboard 100 history. The 46 years old business mogul who preaches on love has reportedly become the first rapper to earn a number-one hit in three different decades: the 2000s, 2010s, and the 2020s.

Kanye West soars on Billboard 100 chart

Despite having been cancelled, Kanye West's artistry proves to be something many fans and music consumers can't resist.

Coming from an impressive Superbowl ad that grossed millons in less than a day, the rapper who was said to be talks with Adidas is back in the headlines after making Billboard 100 history.

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Having recently released Carnival with Ty Dolla $ign, Rich the Kid and Playboi Carti, Billboard revealed that Yeezy is now the first rapper to reach the number-one spot on the famous music chart in three different decades:

  1. Slow Jamz (2004)
  2. Gold Digger (2005)
  3. Stronger (2007
  4. E.T (2011)
  5. Carnival (2024)

Fans react to Kanye West's Billboard 100 success

Peeps sang Yeezy's praises and congratulated him on his tremendous success:

@jeremyb___ was stunned:

"He's probably the most blacklisted independent artist at the moment, and he just went number one, how does he do it?"

@RealSihleIV said:

"Ye is the guy Drake wants to be!"

@AlambaJugu wrote:

"You can hate him all you want, but at least admit he is the greatest to ever do it."

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@hznrap__ said:

"Kanye can’t be cancelled."

@RichQuack was impressed:

"That's an incredible achievement! Kanye West continues to make history."

@iamjeremiah_jl wrote:

"He's the GOAT for a reason."

Kanye West lashes out at journalist

In related Kanye West updates, YEN.com.gh shared online reactions to the rapper lashing out at a journalist again.

This was after the reporter asked Yeezy about his new wife, Bianca Censori.

Kanye did not appreciate the line of questioning and angrily lashed at the journalist taking away his phone.

Source: Legit.ng

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