Wednesday, June 21, 2023

Rap/Hip-Hop: Annual Song Awards, 1979-2022

Rap/Hip-Hop:

Annual Song Awards

This page offers a consolidated list of the rap songs of each year as determined by various organizations and entities. They include:

  • American Music Awards: Favorite Rap/Hip Hop Song of the Year (2016-2022)
  • BET Hip Hop Awards, Single of the Year (2006-2022)
  • Billboard: Rap Song of the Year (1989-2022). Award generally given the year after indicated. Some gaps were filled in by the song which spent the most weeks atop the rap chart that year.
  • Dave’s Music Database: Rap Song of the Year (1979-2022)
  • Grammys: Best Rap Song (2004-2023), Best Rap Performance (1989-1990, 2012-2023), Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group (1991-2011), Best Rap Solo Performance (1991-2011). Award generally given the year after indicated.
  • Soul Train: Rap Song of the Year (2010-2020)

See links at bottom of page for more details on above.

Click here to see other ‘Songs of the Year’ lists.


2022:
  • AMA: Future with Drake & Tems “Wait for U”
  • BET: Latto “Big Energy”
  • Billboard: Jack Harlow “First Class”
  • DMDB: Jack Harlow “First Class”
  • Grammy – Best Rap Song: Kendrick Lamar “The Heart Part 5”
  • Grammy – Best Rap Performance: Kendrick Lamar “The Heart Part 5”
2021:
  • AMA: Cardi B “Up”
  • BET: Cardi B with Megan Thee Stallion “WAP”
  • Billboard: Lil Nas X with Jack Harlow “Industry Baby”
  • DMDB: Lil Nas X with Jack Harlow “Industry Baby”
  • Grammy – Best Rap Song: Kanye West with Jay-Z “Jail”
  • Grammy – Best Rap Performance: Baby Keem with Kendrick Lamar “Family Ties”
2020:
  • AMA: Cardi B with Megan Thee Stallion “WAP”
  • BET: Roddy Ricch “The Box”
  • Billboard: DaBaby with Roddy Ricch “Rockstar”
  • DMDB: Cardi B with Megan Thee Stallion “WAP”
  • Grammy – Best Rap Song: Megan Thee Stallion with Beyoncé “Savage”
  • Grammy – Best Rap Performance: Megan Thee Stallion with Beyoncé “Savage”
  • Soul Train: Megan Thee Stallion with Beyoncé “Savage”

2019:
  • AMA: Lil Nas X with Billy Ray Cyrus “Old Town Road”
  • BET: Billy Ray Cyrus “Old Town Road”
  • Billboard: Lil Nas X with Billy Ray Cyrus “Old Town Road”
  • DMDB: Roddy Ricch “The Box”
  • Grammy – Best Rap Song: 21 Savage “A Lot”
  • Grammy – Best Rap Performance: Nipsey Hussle with Roddy Ricch & Hit-Boy “Racks in the Middle”
  • Soul Train: Cardi B “Money”
2018:
  • AMA: Cardi B “Bodak Yellow (Money Moves)”
  • BET: The Carters (Jay-Z & Beyoncé) “Apeshit”
  • Billboard: Cardi B with Bad Bunny & J Balvin “I Like It”
  • DMDB: Lil Nas X with Billy Ray Cyrus “Old Town Road”
  • Grammy – Best Rap Song: Drake “God’s Plan”
  • Grammy – Best Rap Performance: Anderson Paak “Bubblin’” / Kendrick Lamar with Jay Rock, Future & James Blake “King’s Dead”
  • Soul Train: Drake “In My Feelings”
2017:
  • AMA: DJ Khaled with Justin Bieber, Quavo, Chance the Rapper & Lil Wayne “I’m the One”
  • BET: Cardi B “Bodak Yellow (Money Moves)”
  • Billboard: Post Malone with 21 Savage “Rockstar”
  • DMDB: Post Malone with 21 Savage “Rockstar”
  • Grammy – Best Rap Song: Kendrick Lamar “Humble”
  • Grammy – Best Rap Performance: Kendrick Lamar “Humble”
  • Soul Train: Cardi B “Bodak Yellow (Money Moves)”
2016:
  • AMA: Drake “Hotline Bling”
  • BET: Fat Joe with Remy Ma, French Montana, and Infared “All the Way Up”
  • Billboard: Desiigner “Panda”
  • DMDB: Drake with WizKid & Kyla “One Dance”
  • Grammy – Best Rap Song: Drake “Hotline Bling”
  • Grammy – Best Rap Performance: Chance the Rapper with Lil Wayne & 2 Chainz “No Problem”
  • Soul Train: Fat Joe with Remy Ma, French Montana, and Infared “All the Way Up”

2015:
  • BET: Fetty Wap “Trap Queen”
  • Billboard: Wiz Khalifa with Charlie Puth “See You Again”
  • DMDB: Wiz Khalifa with Charlie Puth “See You Again”
  • Grammy – Best Rap Song: Kendrick Lamar “Alright”
  • Grammy – Best Rap Performance: Kendrick Lamar “Alright”
  • Soul Train: Kendrick Lamar “Alright”
2014:
  • BET: YG with Jeezy & Rich Homie Quan “My Hitta”
  • Billboard: Iggy Azalea with Charli XCX “Fancy”
  • DMDB: Iggy Azalea with Charli XCX “Fancy”
  • Grammy – Best Rap Song: Kendrick Lamar “i”
  • Grammy – Best Rap Performance: Kendrick Lamar “i”
  • Soul Train: Chris Brown with Lil Wayne & Tyga “Loyal”
2013:
  • BET: Drake “Started from the Bottom”
  • Billboard: Macklemore & Ryan Lewis with Ray Dalton “Can’t Hold Us”
  • DMDB: Pitbull with Kesha “Timber”
  • Grammy – Best Rap Song: Macklemore & Ryan Lewis with Wanz “Thrift Shop”
  • Grammy – Best Rap Performance: Macklemore & Ryan Lewis with Wanz “Thrift Shop”
  • Soul Train: Wale with Tiara Thomas “Bad”
2012:
  • BET: Jay-Z with Kanye West “Niggas in Paris”
  • Billboard: Macklemore & Ryan Lewis with Wanz “Thrift Shop”
  • DMDB: Macklemore & Ryan Lewis with Wanz “Thrift Shop”
  • Grammy – Best Rap Song: Jay-Z with Kanye West “Niggas in Paris”
  • Grammy – Best Rap Performance: Jay-Z with Kanye West “Niggas in Paris”
  • Soul Train: Kanye West with Big Sean, Pusha T, and 2 Chainz “Mercy”
2011:
  • BET: Wiz Khalifa “Black and Yellow”
  • Billboard: LMFAO with Lauren Bennett & GoonRock “Party Rock Anthem”
  • DMDB: LMFAO with Lauren Bennett & GoonRock “Party Rock Anthem”
  • Grammy – Best Rap Song: Kanye West with Rihanna, Kid Cudi & Fergie “All of the Lights”
  • Grammy – Best Rap Performance: Jay-Z with Kanye West “Otis”
  • Soul Train: Nicki Minaj with Drake “Moment 4 Life”

2010:
  • BET: Rick Ross with Styles P “B.M.F. (Blowin’ Money Fast)”
  • Billboard: Eminem & Rihanna “Love the Way You Lie”
  • DMDB: Eminem & Rihanna “Love the Way You Lie”
  • Grammy – Best Rap Song: “Empire State of Mind”
  • Grammy – Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group: Jay-Z with Swizz Beatz “On to the Next One”
  • Grammy – Best Rap Solo Performance: Eminem “Not Afraid”
  • Soul Train: Eminem & Rihanna “Love the Way You Lie”
2009:
  • BET: Young Money “Every Girl”
  • Billboard: Drake “Best I Ever Had”
  • DMDB: Black Eyed Peas “I Gotta Feeling”
  • Grammy – Best Rap Song: Jay-Z with Rihanna & Kanye West “Run This Town”
  • Grammy – Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group: Eminem with Dr. Dre & 50 Cent “Crack a Bottle”
  • Grammy – Best Rap Solo Performance: Jay-Z “DOA (Death of Auto-Tune)”
2008:
  • BET: Lil Wayne “A Milli”
  • Billboard: Lil Wayne with Static Major “Lollipop”
  • DMDB: Black Eyed Peas “Boom Boom Pow”
  • Grammy – Best Rap Song: Lil Wayne with Static Major “Lollipop”
  • Grammy – Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group: Jay-Z with T.I., Kanye West, & Lil Wayne “Swagga Like Us”
  • Grammy – Best Rap Solo Performance: Lil Wayne “A Milli”
2007:
  • BET: Da Shop Boyz “Party Like a Rockstar”
  • Billboard: Flo Rida & T-Pain “Low”
  • DMDB: Flo Rida & T-Pain “Low”
  • Grammy – Best Rap Song: Kanye West with T-Pain “Good Life”
  • Grammy – Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group: Common with Kanye West “Southside”
  • Grammy – Best Rap Solo Performance: Kanye West “Stronger”
2006:
  • BET: Yung Joc with Nitti “It’s Goin’ Down”
  • Billboard: Nelly with Paul Wall, Ali & Gip “Grillz”
  • DMDB: Chamillionaire with Krayzie Bone “Ridin’”
  • Grammy – Best Rap Song: Ludacris with Pharrell Williams “Money Maker”
  • Grammy – Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group: Chamillionaire with Krayzie Bone “Ridin’”
  • Grammy – Best Rap Solo Performance: T.I. “What You Know”

2005:
  • Billboard: Lil Jon & the East Side Boyz with Usher and Ludacris “Lovers and Friends”
  • DMDB: Kanye West & Jamie Foxx “Gold Digger”
  • Grammy – Best Rap Song: Kanye West “Diamonds from Sierra Leone”
  • Grammy – Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group: Black Eyed Peas “Don’t Phunk with My Heart”
  • Grammy – Best Rap Solo Performance: Kanye West & Jamie Foxx “Gold Digger”
2004:
  • Billboard: Terror Squad with Fat Joe & Remy “Lean Back”
  • DMDB: Snoop Dogg with Pharrell Williams “Drop It Like It’s Hot”
  • Grammy – Best Rap Song: Kanye West “Jesus Walks”
  • Grammy – Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group: Black Eyed Peas “Let’s Get It Started”
  • Grammy – Best Rap Solo Performance: Jay-Z “99 Problems”
2003:
  • Billboard: 50 Cent “In Da Club”
  • DMDB: OutKast “Hey Ya!”
  • Grammy – Best Rap Song: Eminem “Lose Yourself”
  • Grammy – Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group: Nelly with P. Diddy & Murphy Lee “Shake Ya Tailfeather”
  • Grammy – Best Rap Solo Performance (Male): Eminem “Lose Yourself”
  • Grammy – Best Rap Solo Performance (Female): Missy “Misdemeanor” Elliott “Work It”

2002:
  • Billboard: Nelly “Hot in Herre”
  • DMDB: Eminem “Lose Yourself”
  • Grammy – Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group: OutKast with Killer Mike “The Whole World”
  • Grammy – Best Rap Solo Performance (Male): Nelly “Hot in Herre”
  • Grammy – Best Rap Solo Performance (Female): Missy “Misdemeanor” Elliott “Scream aka Itchin’”
2001:
  • Billboard: Bow Wow with Snoop Dogg “Bow Wow (That’s My Name)”
  • DMDB: Missy “Misdemeanor” Elliott “Get Ur Freak On”
  • Grammy – Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group: OutKast “Ms. Jackson”
  • Grammy – Best Rap Solo Performance: Missy “Misdemeanor” Elliott “Get Ur Freak On”
2000:
  • Billboard: Bow Wow with Xscape “Bounce with Me”
  • DMDB: Eminem & Dido “Stan”
  • Grammy – Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group: Dr. Dre with Eminem “Forgot About Dre”
  • Grammy – Best Rap Solo Performance: Eminem “The Real Slim Shady”
1999:
  • Billboard: JT Money with Solé “Who Dat”
  • DMDB: Dr. Dre with Eminem “Forgot About Dre”
  • Grammy – Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group: The Roots with Erykah Badu “You Got Me”
  • Grammy – Best Rap Solo Performance: Eminem “My Name Is”
1998:
  • Billboard: Lord Tariq & Peter Gunz “Déjà Vu (Uptown Baby)”
  • DMDB: Lauryn Hill “Doo Wop (That Thing)”
  • Grammy – Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group: Beastie Boys “Intergalactic”
  • Grammy – Best Rap Solo Performance: Will Smith “Gettin’ Jiggy Wit It”

1997:
  • Billboard: Puff Daddy with Faith Evans & 112 “I’ll Be Missing You”
  • DMDB: Puff Daddy with Faith Evans & 112 “I’ll Be Missing You”
  • Grammy – Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group: Puff Daddy with Faith Evans & 112 “I’ll Be Missing You”
  • Grammy – Best Rap Solo Performance: Will Smith “Men in Black”
1996:
  • Billboard: Lil Kim with Puff Daddy “No Time”
  • DMDB: Blackstreet with Dr. Dre “No Diggity”
  • Grammy – Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group: Bone Thugs-N-Harmony “Tha Crossroads”
  • Grammy – Best Rap Solo Performance: LL Cool J with Boyz II Men “Hey Lover”
1995:
  • Billboard: Coolio with L.V. “Gangsta’s Paradise”
  • DMDB: Coolio with L.V. “Gangsta’s Paradise”
  • Grammy – Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group: Method Man with Mary J. Blige “I'll Be There for You/You're All I Need”
  • Grammy – Best Rap Solo Performance: Coolio with L.V. “Gangsta’s Paradise”

1994:
  • Billboard: Craig Mack “Flava in Ya Ear”
  • DMDB: The Notorious B.I.G. “Juicy”
  • Grammy – Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group: Salt-N-Pepa “None of Your Business”
  • Grammy – Best Rap Solo Performance: Queen Latifah “U.N.I.T.Y.”
1993:
  • Billboard: Illegal “We Getz Busy”
  • DMDB: Tag Team “Whoomp! There It Is”
  • Grammy – Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group: Digable Planets “Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat)”
  • Grammy – Best Rap Solo Performance: Dr. Dre “Let Me Ride”
1992:
  • Billboard: Cypress Hill “The Phuncky Feel One”
  • DMDB: Sir Mix-A-Lot “Baby Got Back”
  • Grammy – Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group: Arrested Development “Tennessee”
  • Grammy – Best Rap Solo Performance: Sir Mix-A-Lot “Baby Got Back”
1991:
  • Billboard: Cypress Hill “How I Could Just Kill a Man”
  • DMDB: Naughty by Nature “O.P.P.”
  • Grammy – Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group: DJ Jazzy Jeff & Fresh Prince “Summertime”
  • Grammy – Best Rap Solo Performance: LL Cool J “Mama Said Knock You Out”

1990:
  • Billboard: Salt-N-Pepa “Expression”
  • DMDB: MC Hammer “U Can’t Touch This”
  • Grammy – Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group: Quincy Jones with Big Daddy Kane, Ice-T, Kool Moe Dee, Melle Mel & Quincy Jones III “Back on the Block”
  • Grammy – Best Rap Solo Performance: MC Hammer “U Can’t Touch This”
1989:
  • Billboard: Stop the Violence Movement “Self Destruction”
  • DMDB: Public Enemy “Fight the Power”
  • Grammy – Best Rap Performance: Young MC “Bust a Move”
1988:
  • DMDB: Tone Loc “Wild Thing”
  • Grammy – Best Rap Performance: DJ Jazzy Jeff & Fresh Prince “Parents Just Don’t Understand”
1987:
  • DMDB: Salt-N-Pepa “Push It”

1986:
  • DMDB: Run-D.M.C. with Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler & Joe Perry “Walk This Way”
1985:
  • DMDB: Run-D.M.C. “King of Rock”
1984:
  • DMDB: Run-D.M.C. “Rock Box”
1983:
  • DMDB: Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five “White Lines (Don’t Do It)”

1982:
  • DMDB: Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five “The Message”
1981:
  • DMDB:
1980:
  • DMDB: Blondie “Rapture”
1979:

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