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Kendrick
Lamar
appears on:
The Lion King: The Gift compilation
2019
Grammy Nominees
2018 Grammy Nominees
Now 63
Now 61
2016 Grammy Nominees
Now 60
2014 Grammy Nominees
Now 54
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- Rapper Kendrick Lamar was born on
June 17, 1987 in California and named after Eddie
Kendricks. He originally began his
career in music as 'K-Dot' while still a
teenager. His mixtape resulted in a deal with Top
Dawg Entertainment. In 2010, his fifth mixtape, O(verly)
D(edicated) expanded his recognition in the rap
music community. With each LP release, Kendrick
has received critical praise and a reputation as
a talented and important rap artist. Time magazine
named Kendrick as one of the '100 most
influential people' in the world and Rolling
Stone has described him as "...the most
gifted rapper of a generation."
- Other
mixtapes released by Kendrick as 'K-Dot' included
Y.H.N.I.C. (Hub City Threat: Minor Of The
Year), Training Day, No
Sleep 'Til NYC, and C4. The
Kendrick Lamar EP was released as a free digital
download in 2009.
- November 15: Kendrick performed "I" and "Pay For It" on
Saturday Night Live.
- March 16: Kendrick released To
Pimp A Butterfly. Rolling Stone described
the LP as "...a densely packed, dizzying
rush of unfiltered rage and unapologetic
romanticism, true-crime confessionals,
come-to-Jesus sidebars, blunted-swing
sophistication, scathing self-critique and
rap-quotable riot acts..."
- March 22: Kendrick topped the UK LP
chart for 1 week with To
Pimp A Butterfly.
- April 4: Kendrick topped Billboard
200 LP chart for 2 weeks, Digital Albums chart
for 2 weeks, Album Sales chart for 2 weeks,
R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart for 2 weeks, and Rap
Albums chart for 3 weeks with To
Pimp A Butterfly.
- March 4: Kendrick released untitled
unmastered. The compilation LP consisted of
previously unreleased material and demos while
recording To
Pimp A Butterfly.
- March 26: Kendrick topped the
Billboard 200 LP chart for 1 week, Digital Albums
chart for 1 week, Album Sales chart for 1 week,
R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart for 2 weeks, and Rap
Albums chart for 3 weeks with untitled
unmastered.
- April 14: Kendrick released DAMN. Rolling Stone
called the LP "...a brilliant combination of
the timeless and the modern, the old school and
the next-level..."
- April 14: Section
8.0
was certified gold.
- April 22: Kendrick hit the ARC Weekly Top 40 with "HUMBLE."
- April 22: Kendrick topped the
Billboard Digital Songs chart, R&B/Hip-Hop
Songs chart, R&B/Hip-Hop Digital Songs chart,
and Rap Songs chart with "HUMBLE."
- May 6: Kendrick topped the
Billboard Hot 100 chart and R&B/Hip-Hop Songs
chart with "HUMBLE."
- May 6: Kendrick topped the
Billboard 200 LP chart, Album Sales chart,
Digital Sales chart, Rap Albums chart, and
R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart with DAMN.
- June 9: Kendrick could be heard
on the SZA LP Ctrl on the track "Doves
In The Wind."
- April 14: Kendrick was awarded the
Pulitzer Prize for music becoming the first
musical artist not in the classical or jazz
category to win the honor.
- October 13: Kendrick topped the
Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart and Rap
Songs chart helping out Lil
Wayne with "Mona
Lisa."
- February 13: Kendrick performed as
part of the Super Bowl Half-Time performance.
- April 6: Kendrick topped the
Billboard Hot 100 chart, R&B/Hip-Hop Songs
chart, and Rap Songs chart with Future
and Metro Boomin with "Like That."
- May 4: Kendrick topped the
Billboard Rap Airplay chart with Future
and Metro Boomin with "Like That."
- May 11: Kendrick hit the ARC Weekly Top 40 helping
out Future and Metro
Boomin with "Like That."
- May 18: Kendrick topped the
Billboard Rhythmic Airplay chart helping out Future
and Metro Boomin with "Like That."
- May 18: Kendrick topped the
Billboard Hot 100 chart, R&B/Hip-Hop Songs
chart, and Rap Songs chart with "Not Like Us."
- June 1: Kendrick hit the ARC Weekly Top 40 with
"Not Like Us."
- June 1: Kendrick topped the
Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart and
Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart helping
out Future and Metro
Boomin with "Like That."
- June 15: Kendrick topped the
Billboard Rhythmic Airplay chart with "Not Like Us."
- June 22: Kendrick topped the
Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart, Rap
Airplay chart, and Mainstreamd R&B/Hip-Hop
Airplay chart with "Not Like Us."
- Kendrick will
headline the Super Bowl LIX Half-Time Show on
February 9th.
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Section
8.0
Released: July 2, 2011
US: Gold
Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 113
Entertainment
Weekly: B
Tracks: "F*** Your
Ethnicity" - "Hol' Up" -
"A.D.H.D." - "No Make Up (Her
Vice)" (featuring Colin Munroe) -
"Tammy's Song (Her Elvis)" -
"Chapter Six" - "Ronald Regan
Era" - "Poe Mans Dreams (His
VIce)" (featuring GLC) - "The
Spiteful Chant" (featuring Schoolboy Q)
- "Chapter Ten" - "Keisha's
Song (Her Pain)" (featuring Ashtrobot) -
"Rigamortus" - "Kush &
Corinthians (His Pain)" (featuring BJ
The Chicago Kid) - "Blow My High
(Members Only)" - "Ab-Soul's
Outro" (featuring Ab-Soul) -
"HiiiPoWer"
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good
kid, m.A.A.d city
Released: October 22, 2012
US: 3x Platinum
Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 2
Billboard # 1: Rap Albums,
R&B/Hip-Hop Albums
Grammy Nominee: Album of the Year, Best Rap Album
Rolling Stone: - Entertainment
Weekly: A-
Tracks: "Sherane a.k.a.
Master Splinter's Daughter" -
"Bitch, Don't Kill My Vibe"
(featuring Jay-Z) - "Backseat
Freestyle" - "The Art Of Peer
Pressure" - "Money Trees"
(featuring Jay Rock) - "Poetic
Justice" (featuring Drake) - "good
kid" - "m.A.A.d city"
(featuring MC Eiht) - "Swinning Pooles
(Drank)" (Extended Version) - "Sing
About Me, I'm Dying Of Thirst" -
"Real" (featuring Anna Wise) -
"Compton" (featuring Dr. Dre)
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To
Pimp A Butterfly
Released: March 16, 2015
US: Platinum
Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 1 (for 2
weeks)
Billboard # 1: Digital Albums, Album
Sales, Rap Albums, R&B/Hip-Hop Albums
Grammy Winner: Best Rap Album
Grammy Nominee: Album of the Year
Rolling Stone: - Entertainment
Weekly: A
Tracks: "Wesley's
Theory" (featuring George Clinton &
Thundercat) - "For Free?
(Interlude)" - "King Kunta" -
"Institutionalized" (featuring
Bilal, Anna Wise & Snoop Dogg) -
"These Walls" (featuring Bilal,
Anna Wise & Thundercat) - "u" -
"Alright" - "For Sale?
(Interlude)" - "Momma" -
"Hood Politics" - "How Much A
Dollar Cost" (featuring James Fauntleroy
& Ronald Isley) - "Complexion (A
Zulu Love)" (featuring Rapsody) -
"The Blacker The Berry" - "You
AIn't Gotta Lie (Momma Said) - "I" - "Mortal
Man"
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untitled
unmastered.
Released: March 4, 2016
Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 1 (for 1
week)
Billboard # 1: Digital Albums, Album
Sales, Rap Albums, R&B/Hip-Hop Albums
Rolling Stone:
Tracks: "untitled 01 |
08.18.2014" - "untitled 02 |
06.23.2014" - "untitled 03 |
05.28.2013" - "untitled 04 |
08.14.2014" - "untitled 05 |
09.21.2014" - "untitled 06 |
06.30.2014" - "untitled 07 | 2014 -
2016" - "untitled 08 |
09.06.2014"
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DAMN.
Released: April 14, 2017
US: 3x Platinum
Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 1
Billboard # 1: Album Sales, Digital
Sales, Rap Albums, R&B/Hip-Hop Albums
Grammy Winner: Best Rap Album
Grammy Nominee: Album of the Year
Rolling Stone:
Tracks: "Blood" -
"DNA" - "Yah" -
"Element" - "Feel" -
"Loyalty" (featuring Rihanna) -
"Pride" - "HUMBLE." -
"Lust" - "LOVE." (featuring
Zacari) - "XXX" (featuring U2) -
"Fear" - "God" -
"Duckworth"
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Mr.
Morale & The Big Steppers
Released: May 13, 2022
Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 1
Billboard # 1: Album Sales, Rap
Albums, R&B/Hip-Hop Albums
Grammy Winner: Best Rap Album
Grammy Nominee: Album of the Year
Tracks: "United In
Grief" - "N95" -
"Worldwide Steppers" - "Die
Hard" (featuring Blxst & Amanda
Reifer) - "Father Time" (featuring
Sampha) - "Rich" (Interlude) -
"Rich Spirit" - "We Cry
Together" (featuring Taylour Paige) -
"Purple Hearts" (featuring Summer
Walker & Ghostface Killah) - "Count
Me Out" - "Crown" -
"Silent Hill" (featuring Kodak
Black) - "Savoir" (Interlude) -
"Savior" (featuring Baby Keem &
Sam Dew) - "Aunt Diaries" -
"Mr. Morale" (featuring Tanna
Leone) - "Mother I Sober"
(featuring Beth Gibbons) - "Mirror"
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1 |
Don't Wanna Know
[Maroon 5 featuring Kendrick Lamar]
from the digital
download
ARC chart run: 25 - 15 - 11 - 8 - 8 - 6 - 6 - 6 - 4 - 4 - 2 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 8 - 11 - 16 - 30 - off
Year-End Chart
Position: # 19
RIAA
Certification: 2x Platinum
Billboard # 1: Radio Songs, Pop Songs,
Adult Pop Songs, Adult Contemporary |
1(3) |
21 |
2017 |
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2 |
Pray For Me
[The Weeknd & Kendrick Lamar]
from the Black
Panther soundtrack
ARC chart run: 37 - 14 - 13 - 10 - 8 - 8 - 7 - 7 - 6 - 6 - 5 - 5 - 4 - 4 - 3 - 6 - 12 - 16 - 26 - 34 - off
Year-End Chart
Position: # 31
RIAA
Certification: 2x Platinum |
3 |
20 |
2018 |
iTunes
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3 |
The Greatest
[Sia featuring Kendrick Lamar]
from the Sia LP This
Is Acting (Deluxe Version)
ARC chart run: 31 - 23 - 16 - 15 - 14 - 12 - 10 - 10 - 9 - 9 - 9 - 9 - 9 - 12 - 16 - 19 - 22 - 25 - 30 - 39 - off
Year-End Chart
Position: # 47
RIAA
Certification: Gold |
9 |
20 |
2016 |
iTunes
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4 |
All The Stars
[Kendrick Lamar & SZA]
from the Black
Panther soundtrack
ARC chart run: 36 - 26 - 25 - 15 - 14 - 16 - 16 - 16 - 14 - 14 - 14 - 13 - 13 - 15 - 21 - 28 - 31 - 32 - 36 - off
Year-End Chart
Position: # 53
RIAA
Certification: 2x Platinum
Grammy Nominee: Record of the Year, Song of the Year, Best Rap/Sung Performance, Best Song
Written for Visual Media
MTV VMA Winner: Best Visual Effects. |
13 |
19 |
2018 |
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5 |
LOVE.
from the LP DAMN.
ARC chart run: 40 - 32 - 26 - 21 - 20 - 17 - 17 - 16 - 15 - 18 - 17 - 18 - 17 - 16 - 23 - 31 - 40 - off
Year-End Chart
Position: # 58 |
15 |
17 |
2018 |
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6 |
HUMBLE.
from the LP DAMN.
ARC chart run: 40 - 39 - 39 - 36 - 35 - 30 - 25 - 24 - 21 - 20 - 25 - 22 - 22 - 24 - 28 - off
Year-End Chart
Position: # 70
RIAA
Certification: 7x Platinum
Billboard # 1: Hot 100, R&B/Hip-Hop
Songs, Rap Songs, R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, Digital
Songs, R&B/Hip-Hop Digital Songs
Grammy Winner: Best Rap Song, Best Rap Performance, Best Music Video
Grammy Nominee: Record of the Year
MTV VMA Winner: Video of the Year, Best Hip-Hop Video, Best Direction, Best Visual Effects, Best Art Direction, Best Cinematography
MTV VMA Nominee: Best Choreography |
20 |
15 |
2017 |
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7 |
Give It 2 U
[Robin Thicke featuring Kendrick Lamar]
from the Robin Thicke LP Blurred
Lines
ARC chart run: 35 - 29 - 29 - 25 - 19 - 16 - 14 - 14 - 14 - 14 - 17 - 26 - off
Year-End Chart
Position: # 78 |
14 |
12 |
2013 |
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8 |
Like That
[Future, Metro Boomin & Kendrick
Lamar]
from the Future & Metro Boomin LP We
Don't Trust You
ARC chart run: 40 - 38 - 35 - 29 - 25 - 25 - 28 - 27 - 31 - 33 - off
Billboard # 1: Hot 100 chart,
R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, Rap Songs, Rap Airplay,
Rhythmic Airplay, R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay,
Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay |
25 |
10 |
2024 |
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9 |
F****** Problems
[A$AP Rocky featuring Drake, 2 Chainz &
Kendrick Lamar]
from the A$AP Rocky LP Long.Live.A$AP
ARC chart run: 37 - 37 - 37 - 40 - 40 - 39 - 39 - 38 - 40 - 40 - 38 - off
Year-End Chart
Position: # 97
Billboard # 1: R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay
Grammy Nominee: Best Rap Song
MTV VMA Nominee: Best Hip-Hop Video |
37 |
11 |
2013 |
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10 |
Classic Man
[Jidenna featuring Kendrick Lamar]
from the Jidenna EP Wondaland
Presents: The Eephus
ARC chart run: 40 - 37 - 37 - 37 - 35 - 32 - 28 - 24 - 28 - off
Year-End Chart
Position: # 110 |
24 |
9 |
2014 |
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11 |
I
from the LP To
Pimp A Butterfly
ARC chart run: 36 - 32 - 30 - 30 - 29 - 33 - off
Year-End Chart
Position: # 122
RIAA
Certification: Platinum
Grammy Winner: Best Rap Performance, Best Rap
Song |
29 |
6 |
2014 |
iTunes
Amazon.mp3 |
12 |
Swimming Pools (Drank)
from the LP good
kid, m.A.A.d city
ARC chart run: 37 - 35 - 39 - 40 - off
Year-End Chart
Position: # 126
RIAA
Certification: 4x Platinum
Grammy Nominee: Best Rap Performance
MTV VMA Nominee: Best Male Video, Best Hip-Hop Video |
35 |
4 |
2013 |
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HiiiPoWeR
from the LP Section
8.0 |
** |
** |
2011 |
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Bitch, Don't Kill My Vibe
[Kendrick Lamar featuring Jay-Z]
from the LP good
kid, m.A.A.d city
RIAA
Certification: 4x Platinum |
** |
** |
2013 |
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The Blacker The Berry
from the LP good
kid, m.A.A.d city
RIAA
Certification: Gold |
** |
** |
2015 |
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DNA
from the LP DAMN.
Year-End Chart
Position: # 160 |
** |
** |
2017 |
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-- current
single -- |
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Not Like Us
from the digital
download
Billboard # 1: Hot 100, Rhythmic
Airplay, R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, Rap Songs,
R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay, Rap Airplay, Mainstream
R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay
MTV VMA Nominee: Song Of The Year |
** |
** |
2024 |
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Note: Song title and position
links lead you to the song's ARC Weekly Top 40 chart run Songs charting
prior to 1980 have information from Billboard magazine. |
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