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Thursday, February 6, 2025

Rap/Hip-Hop: Annual Song Awards (1979-2024)

Rap/Hip-Hop:

Annual Song Awards, 1979-2024

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 (2016-2023)
  • BET Hip Hop Awards, Single of the Year (2006-2024)
  • 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 (1979-2024)
  • Grammys: Best Rap Song (2004-2024), Best Rap Performance (1989-1990, 2012-2024), 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)
  • Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI): R&B Song of the Year, 2001-. Music publishing company tracks most-played songs each year.

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

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


2024:
2023:
  • AMA: Kendrick Lamar “The Heart Part 5”
  • BET: Lil Uzi Vert “Just Wanna Rock”
  • DMDB: Doja Cat “Paint the Town Red”
  • Grammy – Best Rap Song: Killer Mike with André 3000, Future & Eryn Allen Kane “Scientists & Engineers”
  • Grammy – Best Rap Performance: Killer Mike with André 3000, Future & Eryn Allen Kane “Scientists & Engineers”
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” (remix)
  • Grammy – Best Rap Performance: Megan Thee Stallion with Beyoncé “Savage” (remix)
  • Soul Train: Megan Thee Stallion with Beyoncé “Savage” (remix)

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 & Queen Pen “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:

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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First posted 2/6/2025.

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Saturday, May 30, 2020

Megan Thee Stallion “Savage (remix)” hit #1

Savage (remix)

Megan Thee Stallion with Beyoncé

Writer(s): Megan Pete, Anthony White, Bobby Session Jr. (see lyrics here)

Released: April 7, 2020

First Charted: March 28, 2020

Peak: 11 BB, 13 DG, 11 ST, 38 A40, 13a RB, 3 UK, 9 CN, 4 AU (Click for codes to charts.)

Sales (in millions): 4.0 US, 0.6 UK, 4.83 world (includes US + UK)

Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, 156.94 video, 436.60 streaming

Awards:

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About the Song:

Megan Jovan Ruth Pete (aka “Megan Thee Stallion”) was born in 1995, in Houston, Texas. The “feisty firecracker with complete confidence in her allure to men” SF became part of the rap game in 2017, experiencing her first big success with “Hot Girl Summer” (#11 BB, 2019). In 2020, she had her biggest success yet with “Savage,” the third single from her Suga EP. A TikTok dance challenge by choreographer Keara Wilson went viral, with celebreties even performing it. WK “Savage” amassed more than 7.5 billion views on TikTok in March 2020. WK

Consequence of Sound’s Candace McDuffie said, Megan “paints herself as the hood Mona Lisa.” WK Jessica McKinney of Complex said the song’s beat is “reminiscent of nostalgic hip-hop music videos set on a Miami beach, and its chorus is expressive, which is perfect for dancing.” WK

A remix of the song featuring Beyoncé was released on April 29, 2020 and later featured on Good News, Megan’s debut album. The remix “was met with widespread critical acclaim with praise for Megan and Beyoncé's chemistry and various delivery styles, as well as for fully transforming the song with new verses.” WK

The New York Times, Slate, and The Ringer all ranked the song as the best of the year. It also was nominated for Grammys for Record of the Year, Best Rap Song, and Best Rap Performance, winning the latter two. Megan also won the Grammy for Best New Artist.

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First posted 5/1/2024; last updated 10/15/2024.

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