Young Money Records has been crowned most ‘dominant’ rap label of all time, based on the cumulative weeks of its artists on the Billboard charts.
According to a list compiled by Hip Hop All Day of the rappers with the most overall charting weeks, Nicki Minaj has 1,869 cumulative weeks on the charts, while Lil Wayne has a total of 2,671 cumulative weeks.
Drake, however, has the most cumulative weeks of all the Young Money artists, and indeed of all the other top artists, with a grand total of 5,770 cumulative weeks on the Billboard charts.
Combined, all three artists have had 10,310 weeks on the Billboard charts. Or, in more layman’s terms, Young Money has had a cumulative total of approximately 198 years on the Billboard charts.
Check out the full list of “dominant” artists below:
Last month, Birdman claimed that Drake, Nicki Minaj, and Lil Wayne could command $20million if they banded together for a show.
Appearing on a recent episode of The 85 South Comedy Show podcast, the Cash Money Records mogul claimed that while his label has been sent offers upwards of $4million to $5million for just Weezy alone, if Nicki and Drizzy were added into the mix the fee would quadruple.
“So you know with Nicki and Drake, that shit about $15-20million a show,” he said. “Big facts. A lot of [money on the table]. $4-5million a show. We’ve been offered about $4-5million a show. That’s without Drake and Nicki.”
In August 2022, Lil Wayne, Nicki Minaj and Drake shared the stage for the first time in almost a decade at Toronto’s Budweiser Stage for the slightly-delayed third and final night of Drake’s October World Weekend festival.
At the end of the star-studded show, Lil Wayne interrupted Drake’s farewell speech to reveal his Tha Carter VI album is on the way. “I’m working on Carter VI, coming soon!” he told the crowd.
A giant sign reading “Tha Carter VI” appeared on the onstage screen as the night came to a close, but one year later, it has still yet to materialize.
Big money has always been in play with the former YMCMB superstars. Back in 2021, Birdman revealed he allegedly gave Drake, Nicki Minaj and Lil Wayne a combined $1.4 billion after landing a deal with Universal Records.
“When Universal gave me a bag, brother, I could honestly say I gave Wayne about $400 to $500million, Drake got about $500million and Nicki got about $300, $400million out of my pocket,” he said. “No cap. If you don’t believe them, ask ’em.”
OK, Billboard is clearly run by the devil now!!!! NOT ONE OF THESE “ARTISTS” HAS A CLASSIC RECORD OR ALBUM. NOT 1 BETWEEN THE THE OF THEN BUT THEY ARE THE MOST DOMINANT.
I AM SIGNING OF ON HIPHOP NOW. FOREVER!
OK, Billboard is clearly run by the devil now!!!! NOT ONE OF THESE “ARTISTS” HAS A CLASSIC RECORD OR ALBUM. NOT 1, BETWEEN THE THREE OF THEN BUT THEY ARE THE MOST DOMINANT.
I AM SIGNING OF ON HIPHOP NOW. FOREVER!
Don’t let the door hit you on the way out
Carter 3 a classic spensa
Here comes all the fake outrage, when the truth is commercially speaking this isn’t even close. 3 different artists who have sold a shit ton of records, and countless top-10 hits. To top it off they’ve had a run over 10 years which is longer than any other rap label
Wtf are you even talking about? Shut your dumbass up. Straight dick riding
Wayne is the only one who actually sold a physical album. The rest is a mess
Lol yea ok 🤡
I m from the south Houston Texas. I totally disagree with young money best rap label. Most of their artists u don’t understand what the fuck they saying or talking about. Now of them talk about real life stuff. Trash . None of them have a classic album
I m from the south Houston Texas. I totally disagree with young money best rap label. Most of their artists u don’t understand what the dum stuff they saying or talking about. Now of them talk about real life stuff. Trash . None of them have a classic album
Bad Boy dominated the 90’s. Aftermath dominated the 2000’s. They both had far better and more memorable music than Young Money imo
Aftermath wouldn’t have been shit without eminem. Even he fell off beginning with encore. Ymcmb dominated rap in the 2000s and 2010s. Young money fell off after Wayne backstabbed birdman. Drake and nicki both got tired of Wayne’s greedy ass and left young money
Do you realize how many famous artist were on Aftermath in the 2000’s besides Eminem? You’re one ignorant bitch 😂
And most of them on aftermath didn’t release a single album because dre won’t let them.
Bro, shut your goofy ass up and stop trying to argue over nothing . Touch grass, loser
how does one recoup paying 5M for 1 artist hmmmmm dats a hellofa gate
🗣IF YOUR NOT FROM THE EAST COAST YOUR OPINION IS INVALID. AND ONLY HOUSTON TEXAS HAS AS BIG OF ARTIST THAN UP NORTH. U LAMES ARE FROM SMALL TOWNS AND RURAL AREAS WITH LOW DENSITY. HOW WOULD YOU REALLY KNOW ABOUT RAPPP! ITS NOT ABOUT HIPHOP ITS ABOUT RAPPING. AND MOST OF YOU NEVER SAY WHERE YOUR FROM. IM FROM PHILADELPHIA ANYTHING JUST BELOW OR ABOVE IS THE MECCA OF RAP
🗣IF YOUR NOT FROM THE EAST COAST YOUR OPINION IS INVALID. AND ONLY HOUSTON TEXAS HAS AS BIG OF ARTIST THAN UP NORTH. U LAMES ARE FROM SMALL TOWNS AND RURAL AREAS WITH LOW DENSITY. HOW WOULD YOU REALLY KNOW ABOUT RAPPP! ITS NOT ABOUT HIPHOP ITS ABOUT RAPPING. AND MOST OF YOU NEVER SAY WHERE YOUR FROM. IM FROM PHILADELPHIA ANYTHING JUST BELOW OR ABOVE IS THE MECCA OF RAP
Let’s not forget no limit, rawkus, strange …
Lol, so not Def Jam?