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• REAL NAME: Kimberly Denise Jones
• BIRTHDAY: July 11, 1975
• BIGGEST POP SINGLE: "Lady Marmalade" (2001)
• BIGGEST LP: Hardcore (1996)
• GRAMMY AWARDS: 1
• VH1: '50 Greatest Hip-Hop Artists': 34
• VH1: '100 Sexiest Artists': 71

• Lil' Kim was born Kimberly Denise Jones in Brooklyn, New York on July 11, 1975. Lil' Kim's rise to the ranks of rap artist began with a stormy adolescence complete with family conflicts, volatile relationships, and temporary work as a salesgirl at Bloomindales. She befriended an unknown rapper named Christopher Wallace (later to be known as The Notorious B.I.G.) who eventually helped launch her own rap career. The 2 also became romantically until (and reportedly after) The Notorious B.I.G. married songstress Faith Evans.

• September 13: Lil' Kim could be heard on The Notorious B.I.G.'s LP, Ready To Die and became a member of The Junior M.A.F.I.A. as 'Big Momma.'

• November 12: Lil' Kim released her debut LP, Hardcore.
• November 16: Lil' Kim topped the Billboard Rap Singles chart for 9 weeks with help from Puff Daddy with "No Time."

# 98 Singles Artist of the Year

• January 6: Hardcore was certified gold.

• February 25: Lil' Kim could be heard on the Booty Call soundtrack with Too Short on "Call Me."

• March 9: Tragedy hit home for Lil' Kim when her friend, 'former' lover, and mentor, The Notorious B.I.G. was murdered.

• June 3: Hardcore was certified platinum.

• August 9: Lil' Kim hit the ARC Weekly Top 40 with "Not Tonight."

• February 25: Lil' Kim was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group ("Not Tonight" with Da Brat, Left Eye and Missy Elliott).

• June 6: Lil' Kim topped the Billboard Rap Songs chart for 1 week helping out The Lox and DMX with "Money, Power & Respect."

• Lil' Kim performed on Puff Daddy's 'No Way Out Tour.'

• November 10: Lil' Kim could be heard on the 112 LP, Room 112 on the track "The Only One."

• Lil' Kim launched the record label Queen Bee Records.

• August 24: Lil' Kim could be heard on the Puff Daddy LP Forever on the track "Gangsta S***."

• December 7: Lil' Kim could be heard on The Notorious B.I.G. posthumous LP Born Again on the tracks "Notorious B.I.G." and "Would You Die For Me."

• January: Lil' Kim had hits with "How Many Licks?" (with Sisqo) and "No Matter What They Say."

• June: Lil' Kim was sued along with Puff Daddy and Lil' Cease for $200 million for invasion of privacy related to a phone conversation used in the track "Play Around" (on a LP by Lil' Cease produced by Puff Daddy and Lil' Kim).
• June 27: Lil' Kim released Notorious K.I.M.

• July 15: Lil' Kim topped the Billboard R&B Albums chart for 1 week with Notorious K.I.M.

• August 2: Notorious K.I.M. was certified platinum.

# 97 Singles Artist of the Year

• March 14: Hardcore was certified 2x platinum.

• April 21: Lil' Kim hit the ARC Weekly Top 40 (with Christina Aguilera, Pink, & Mya) with the remake of "Lady Marmalade" from the film Moulin Rouge.

• May 12: Lil' Kim hit the Top 10 (with Christina Aguilera, Pink, & Mya) with "Lady Marmalade."
• May 12: Lil' Kim topped the Billboard Rhythmic Top 40 chart for 5 weeks and Top 40 Tracks chart for 9 weeks (with Christina Aguilera, Pink, & Mya) with "Lady Marmalade."
• May 26: Lil' Kim #1 for 9 weeks on the ARC Weekly Top 40 (with Christina Aguilera, Pink, & Mya) with "Lady Marmalade."
• May 26: Lil' Kim topped the Billboard Top 40 Mainstream chart for 9 weeks (with Christina Aguilera, Pink, & Mya) with "Lady Marmalade."

• June 2: Lil' Kim topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart for 5 weeks and the Hot 100 Airplay chart for 6 weeks (with Christina Aguilera, Pink, & Mya) with "Lady Marmalade"
• June 19: Lil' Kim could be heard on the soundtrack to Dr. Doolittle 2 with "Do U Wanna Roll (Doolittle Theme)."
• June 30: Lil' Kim topped the UK singles chart for 1 week (with Christina Aguilera, Pink, & Mya) with "Lady Marmalade."

• September 6: The video for "Lady Marmalade" won 2 MTV Video Music Awards including Video of the Year and Best Video from a Film, and was also nominated for Best Dance Video, Best Pop Video, Best Choreography (Tina Landon), and Best Art Direction (Bernadette Dus).

• December 31: Lil' Kim (along with Christina Aguilera, Pink, & Mya) topped The ARC Weekly Top 40 Year-End Top 100 for 2001 with "Lady Marmalade."

• February 27: Lil' Kim won a Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals for ("Lady Marmalade" with Christina Aguilera, Pink, & Mya).

• May 14: Lil' Kim appeared on P. Diddy & Bad Boys: We Invented The Remix Vol. 1.

# 35 Singles Artist of the Year

• January 14: Lil' Kim could be heard on the soundtrack for Chicago with the track "Cell Block Tango" (which also features Macy Gray and Queen Latifah).

• March 4: Lil' Kim released La Bella Mafia.

• April 8: La Bella Mafia was certified gold.

• June: Lil' Kim had some of her jewelry stolen from a New York airport after she accidentally checked a bag containing the jewels meant as a carry-on bag. The jewels were recovered 10 days later.
• June 14: Lil' Kim hit the ARC Weekly Top 40 with help from 50 Cent with "Magic Stick."
• June 21: Lil' Kim topped the Billboard R&B/Hip Airplay chart for 1 week, Rap Tracks chart for 5 weeks, and Rhythmic Top 40 chart for 5 weeks with help from 50 Cent with "Magic Stick."

• July 5: Lil' Kim topped the Billboard Hot 100 Airplay chart for 1 week with help from 50 Cent with "Magic Stick."
• July 19: Lil' Kim hit the ARC Weekly Top 40 helping out Christina Aguilera on "Can't Hold Us Down."
• July 26: Lil' Kim hit the Top 10 with help from 50 Cent with "Magic Stick."

• August 16: Lil' Kim hit the Top 10 helping out Christina Aguilera on "Can't Hold Us Down."

• October: Lil' Kim appeared on the NBC TV series American Dreams.
• October 4: Lil' Kim hit the #1 for 1 week on the ARC Weekly Top 40 helping out Christina Aguilera on "Can't Hold Us Down."
• October 16: La Bella Mafia was certified platinum.

• November 16: Lil' Kim was nominated for an American Music Award for Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Female Artist.

• December 23: Lil' Kim could be heard on the soundtrack to You Got Served helping out B2K with "Do That Thing."

• February 8: Lil' Kim was nominated for 3 Grammy Awards including Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals ("Can't Hold Us Down" with Christina Aguilera), Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group ("Magic Stick" with 50 Cent), and Best Rap Solo Performance - Female ("Came Back For You").

• April: Lil' Kim was indicted by a grand jury for obstruction of justice and perjury stemming from her alleged involvement in a shooting 3 years ago related to Kim's feud with Foxy Brown.

• # 482 on the Top Pop Artists of the Past 25 Years chart.

• March: Lil' Kim was found guilty of conspiracy and perjury during her trial for lying to a grand jury (that was investing a shootout in 2001 involving 2 of her friends). She was found innocent of obstructing justice.

• July: Lil' Kim was sentenced to a year and a day in prison for her role in lying to a grand jury.

• September: Lil' Kim began her jail term of 366 days in New York.
• September 27: Lil' Kim released The Naked Truth.

• November 22: Lil' Kim was nominated for an American Music Award for Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Female Artist.

• March: A reality series Lil' Kim: Countdown To Lockdown debuted on BET. The series chronicled Lil' Kim's final days before entering prison in September last year.

• July: Lil' Kim was released early from jail for good behavior.

• September 1: Lil' Kim topped the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart for 3 weeks helping out Keyshia Cole and Missy Elliott with "Let It Go."
• September 15: Lil' Kim hit the ARC Weekly Top 40 helping out Keyshia Cole and Missy Elliott with "Let It Go."

• February 10: Lil' Kim was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration ("Let It Go" with Keyshia Cole and Missy Elliott).

• Lil' Kim could be seen on Dancing With The Stars.

• October 6: Lil' Kim could be heard on the Fat Joe LP Jealous Ones Still Envy 2 (J.O.S.E. 2) on the track "Porn Star."

• March 9: Lil' Kim could be heard on the Ludacris LP Battle Of The Sexes on the track "Hey Ho."

• May 19: Lil' Kim could be heard on the Faith Evans and Notorious B.I.G. LP The King & I with "Lovin' Your For Life."

• December 13: Lil' Kim released 9.
  
  
  
  
  
  

iTunes Amazon.mp3	Hardcore Released: November 12, 1996 US: 2x Platinum Billboard Top 200 LPs peak: # 11 Entertainment Weekly: A Tracks: "Queen Bitch" - "No Time" - "You" - "Big Momma Thang" - "Drugs" - "Spend A Little Doe" - "Dreams" - "We Don't Need It" - "M.A.F.I.A. Land" - "Love Comedown"
iTunes Amazon.mp3 vinyl	Notorious K.I.M. Released: June 27, 2000 US: Platinum Billboard Top 200 LPs peak: # 4 Billboard #1: Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Rolling Stone: - Entertainment Weekly: : B+ Tracks: "Lil' Drummer Boy" (with Cee-Lo & Redman) - "Custom Made (Give It To You)" - "Who's Number One?" - "Suck My ****" - "Single Black Female" - "Revolution" (with Grace Jones & Lil' Cease) - "How Many Licks?" (with Sisqo) - "Notorious Kim" - "No Matter What They Say" - "She Don't Love You" - "Queen Bitch Pt. 2" (with Puff Daddy) - "Don't Mess With Me" - "Do What You Like" (with Junior M.A.F.I.A.) - "Off The Wall" (with Lil' Cease) - "Right Now" (with Carl Thomas) - "Aunt Dot" (with Lil' Shanice) - "Hold On" (with Mary J. Blige) - "I'm Human"
iTunes Amazon.mp3 vinyl	La Bella Mafia Released: March 4, 2003 US: Platinum Billboard Top 200 LPs peak: # 5 Rolling Stone: - Entertainment Weekly: B Tracks: "Intro" - "Hold It Now" (with Havoc) - "Doing It Way Big" - "Can't F*** With Queen Bee" (with Governor & Shelene Thomas) - "Hollywood Skit" - "Shake Ya Bum Bum" (with Lil' Shanice) - "This Is Who I Am" (with Swizz Beatz & Mashonda) - "The Jump Off" (with Mr. Cheeks) - "This Is A Warning" - "(When Him Say) Can You Hear Me Now?" (with Missy Elliott) - "Thug Luv" (with Twista) - "Magic Stick" (with 50 Cent) - "Get In Touch With Us" (with Styles P) - "Heavenly Father" (with Big Hill) - "Tha Beehive" (with Reeks, Bunky S.A., Vee & Saint) - "Came Back For You"
iTunes Amazon.mp3 vinyl	The Naked Truth Released: September 27, 2005 Billboard Top 200 LPs peak: # 6 Rolling Stone: - Entertainment Weekly: B- Tracks: "Introduction" - "Spell Check" - "Lighters Up" - "Shut Up B****" - "My N*****" - "Slippin'" - "All Good" - "I Know You See Me" - "W.P.I.M.P." - "Quiet" - "Durty" - "We Don't Give A F***" - Gimme That" - "Kitty Box" - "Kronik" - "Winners And Losers" - "Get Yours!" - "Last Day"
iTunes Amazon.mp3	9 Released: December 13, 2019 Tracks: "Pray For Me" (featuring Rick Ross & Musiq Soulchild) - "Bag" - "Catch My Wave" (featuring Rich The Kid) - "Go Awff" - "Too Bad" - "You Are Not Alone" - "Found You" (featuring Genasis & City Girls) - "Auto Blanco" - "Jet Fuel"

1	Lady Marmalade [Christina Aguilera, Lil Kim, Mya & Pink] from the Moulin Rouge soundtrack ARC chart run: 30 - 20 - 12 - 8 - 3 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 5 - 8 - 11 - 19 - 26 - 31 - off Year-End Chart Position: # 1 RIAA Certification: Platinum Billboard # 1: Hot 100, Hot 100 Airplay, Rhythmic Top 40, Top 40 Tracks, Top 40 Mainstream Grammy Winner: Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals MTV VMA Winner: Video of the Year, Best Video from a Film MTV VMA Nominee: Best Dance Video, Best Pop Video, Best Choreography, Best Art Direction	1(9)	20	2001
2	Can't Hold Us Down [Christina Aguilera featuring Lil' Kim] from the Christina Aguilera LP Stripped ARC chart run: 36 - 32 - 25 - 12 - 10 - 9 - 4 - 3 - 3 - 2 - 2 - 1 - 3 - 5 - 5 - 7 - 12 - 15 - 22 - 32 - off Year-End Chart Position: # 18 Grammy Nominee: Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals	1(1)	20	2003
3	Magic Stick [Lil' Kim featuring 50 Cent] from the LP La Bella Mafia ARC chart run: 40 - 32 - 24 - 21 - 17 - 12 - 8 - 6 - 5 - 11 - 15 - 21 - 32 - off Year-End Chart Position: # 62 Billboard # 1: Hot 100 Airplay, Rap Tracks, R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay, Rhythmic Top 40 Grammy Nominee: Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group	5	13	2003
4	Let It Go [Keyshia Cole featuring Missy Elliott & Lil' Kim] from the Keyshia Cole LP Just Like You ARC chart run: 40 - 36 - 30 - 28 - 24 - 22 - 21 - 26 - 33 - off Year-End Chart Position: # 90 Billboard # 1: R&B/Hip-Hop Songs	21	9	2007	Amazon.mp3
5	Not Tonight from the digital download ARC chart run: 38 - 36 - off Year-End Chart Position: # 206 RIAA Certification: Platinum Grammy Nominee: Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group	36	2	1997	iTunes Amazon.mp3
	No Time [Lil' Kim featuring Puff Daddy] from the LP Hardcore Billboard # 1: Rap Songs	**	**	1997	iTunes Amazon.mp3
	Crush On You [Lil' Kim featuring Lil' Cease] from the digital download	**	**	1997	iTunes Amazon.mp3
	Notorious B.I.G. [The Notorious B.I.G. featuring Puff Daddy & Lil' Kim] from The Notorious B.I.G. LP Born Again	**	**	1999	iTunes Amazon.mp3
	No Matter What They Say from the LP Notorious K.I.M.	**	**	2000	iTunes Amazon.mp3
	How Many Licks? [Lil' Kim featuring Sisqo] from the LP Notorious K.I.M.	**	**	2000	iTunes Amazon.mp3
	The Jump Off [Lil' Kim featuring Mr. Cheeks] from the LP La Bella Mafia	**	**	2003	iTunes Amazon.mp3
	Thug Luv [Lil' Kim featuring Twista] from La Bella Mafia	**	**	2003	iTunes Amazon.mp3
	Lighters Up from the LP The Naked Truth	**	**	2005	iTunes Amazon.mp3
	Whoa from the digital download	**	**	2006	iTunes Amazon.mp3
	Download [Lil' Kim featuring T-Pain & Charlie Wilson] from the digital download	**	**	2009	iTunes Amazon.mp3
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.