  Chris Bridges - Ludacris - was
born on September 11, 1977, in Georgia.
Before hitting it big in the rap world,
Ludacris found some success with his own
independent release, Incognegro. The success of Incognegro led to a
contract with Def Jam Records, and Incognegro was re-released as his
debut LP - Back
For The First Time.
Ludacris could be heard on Timbaland's LP Tim's
Bio: Life Fram Da Basement on the track "Fat
Rabbit."
 # 160
Singles Artist of the Year
Ludacris released Back
For The First Time.
 Back
For The First Time was certified
platinum.
Ludacris hit the Top 40 with
"What's Your Fantasy."
 # 63
Singles Artist of the Year
Ludacris hit the Top 10 with "What's Your Fantasy."
Ludacris hit the Top 40 with
"Southern Hospitality."
Back
For The First Time was certified 2x
platinum.
 Ludacris topped the Billboard
R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart
for 2 weeks with "Loverboy" (the remix of Mariah Carey's hit which featured
Ludacris & Da Brat).
Ludacris could also be
heard helping out Missy Elliott with her hit "One
Minute Man."
 Ludacris released Word
Of Mouf.
Ludacris could be heard on Timbaland &
Magoo's LP Indecent
Proposal on the track "Considerate
Brotha."
 # 30
Singles Artist of the Year
Word
Of Mouf was certified platinum.
Ludacris hit
the Top 40 with "Roll Out (My Business)."
 Ludacris was
nominated for 2 Grammy Awards including Best Rap Album (Back
For The First Time) and Best Rap/Sung Collaboration ("Area
Codes" which features Nate Dogg).
Ludacris hit the Top 40 with Jermaine
Dupri with "Welcome To Atlanta" from Dupri's LP
- Instructions.
Word
Of Mouf was certified 2x platinum.
Ludacris hit
the Top 10 with "Roll Out (My Business)."
Back
For The First Time was certified 3x
platinum.
 Ludacris hit the Top 40 with
"Saturday (Oooh Oooh!)."
Ludacris toured the summer as
part of the Anger Management Tour with Eminem, Papa Roach,
Xzibit, and the X-ecutioners.
Ludacris topped the MTV Video
Countdown with "Move."
The video for "Saturday (Oooh Oooh!)" was nominated
for a MTV Video Music
Award for Best Rap Video and the video for
"Area Codes" (with Nate
Dogg) was nominated for Best Video from a Film. Ludacris'
contribution to Missy
Elliott's video "One Minute
Man" was also nominated for 6 awards
including Best Direction. Ludacris performed at
the ceremony's opening act show.
Ludacris was dropped as
a Pepsi sponsor after Fox News Channel's Bill
O'Reilly denounced the rapper as a
"...thug rapper... (who) espouses
violence, intoxication, and degrading conduct
toward women."
Word
Of Mouf was certified 3x platinum.
 # 37
Singles Artist of the Year
Ludacris was
nominated for an American Music
Award for Favorite Hip-Hop/R&B
Album.
 Missy hit the
top 40 with Missy Elliott with "Gossip Folks."
Ludacris was
nominated for 2 Grammy Awards for Best Rap Album (Word
Of Mouf) and Best Rap Solo Performance - Male ("Roll Out (My Business)").
Ludacris hit
the Top 10 with Missy Elliott with "Gossip Folks."
 Ludacris could be heard on the
soundtrack for 2
Fast 2 Furious with "Act A Fool" and
"Pick Up The Phone" (with R. Kelly and Tyrese)
- and also co-starred in the film.
Ludacris' video for
"Move" was nominated for a MTV Video Music
Award for Best Rap Video.
 Ludacris
released Chicken
& Beer.
Chicken
& Beer topped the Billboard 200 LP
chart for a week and R&B/Hip-Hop LP chart
selling for 2 weeks over 429,000 copies its
first week of release in the US.
Ludacris topped
the Billboard Rap chart for 8 weeks with
"Stand Up."
 Ludacris topped
the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles
& Tracks chart for 5 weeks, Rhythmic Top
40 chart, and Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay
chart for 5 weeks with "Stand Up."
Ludacris hit
the Top 40 helped out by Shawnna
with "Stand Up."
Ludacris hit the Top 40 helping
out Chingy and also featuring Snoop
Dogg with "Holidae In."
Chicken
& Beer was certified platinum.
 Ludacris topped
the Billboard 100 singles chart for a week
and Hot 100 Airplay chart for a week with
"Stand Up."
Ludacris hit
the Top 10 with "Stand Up."
 # 23
Singles Artist of the Year
Ludacris hit
the Top 40 helping out Usher with "Yeah."
 Ludacris was nominated for 3 Grammy Awards including Best Rap Performance by a Duo or
Group ("Gossip Folks"
with Missy
Elliott), Best Rap Solo Performance - Male ("Stand Up"),
and Best Song Written for a Motion Picture,
Television or Other Visual Media (songwriter)
("Act A Fool" with Keith
McMasters).
Ludacris began touring with Chingy.
Ludacris topped the Billboard
Hot 100 for 12 weeks helping out Usher with "Yeah."
Ludacris topped the Billboard
Top 40 Tracks chart, Hot 100 Airplay chart,
Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart, and Hot
R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart
for 8 weeks helping out Usher with "Yeah."
Ludacris hit
the Top 40 with "Splash Waterfalls."
Ludacris hit #1 for 4 weeks helping
out Usher with "Yeah."
Ludacris topped
the UK singles chart helping out Usher with "Yeah."
March 2: Ludacris could be
heard on the Cee Lo Green LP Cee-Lo
Green... Is The Soul Machine on the track
"Childz Play."
Ludacris topped
the Canadian singles chart helping out Usher with "Yeah."
Chicken
& Beer was certified 2x platinum.
 The video for "Stand Up" was nominated
for a MTV Video Music
Award for Best Rap Video. The video for "Yeah" won for Best Male Video and Best Dance Video and was also nominated
for Video of the Year and Best Choreography. The video for "Holidae In" was nominated
for a MTV Video Music
Award including Best Hip-Hop Video.
Ludacris could be heard on the
soundtrack for Shark
Tale with "Gold Digger."
Ludacris could be heard on Ciara's LP Goodies on the track
"Oh."
 Ludacris won 2 Source Awards for
Male Artist of the Year and R&B/Rap
Collaboration ("Yeah").
The singles "Stand Up" and "Yeah" were certified
gold.
The single "Yeah" was certified
platinum.
Ludacris
released his next LP Red
Light District.
Ludacris hit the Top 40 helping
out Lil Jon and Usher with "Lovers & Friends" from Lil
Jon's LP Crunk
Juice.
 Ludacris topped
the Billboard 200 LP chart for a week and Top
R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart for a week with Red
Light District selling over 322,000 copies its
first week of release in the US.
Ludacris hit
the Top 40 with "Get Back."
# 222 on the Top Pop Artists
of the Past 25 Years chart.
 # 22
Singles Artist of the Year
 Ludacris topped the Billboard
Hot Rap Tracks chart helping out Lil
Jon and Usher with
"Lovers & Friends."
Ludacris hit the Top 10 helping out Lil
Jon and Usher with "Lovers
& Friends."
Red
Light District was certified platinum.
Ludacris won a Grammy Award for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration
("Yeah" with Usher and Lil Jon), and
was nominated for Record of the Year and Best R&B Song
(awarded to the songwriter) ("Yeah" with Usher and Lil Jon).
The single
"Get Back" was certified
gold.
Ludacris topped the Billboard
Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart and
Rhythmic Airplay chart helping out Lil
Jon and Usher with
"Lovers & Friends."
 The single
"Get Back" was certified
platinum.
Ludacris hit
the Top 40 helping out Ciara with "Oh."
Ludacris could
be seen in the film Crash.
Ludacris topped
the Billboard Hot 100 Airplay chart and
Rhythmic Airplay chart helping out Ciara with "Oh."
 Ludacris hit
the Top 10 helping out Ciara with "Oh."
The single "Number One
Spot" was certified gold.
Ludacris hit
the Top 40 with "Pimpin' All Over The
World."
 The video for "Number One Spot"
won a MTV Video Music
Award for Best Rap Video and was nominated for Best Special Effects. The video for "Oh" was nominated
for Best R&B Video. Ludacris performed at
the ceremony.
Red
Light District was certified 2x platinum.
Ludacris was nominated for an American Music
Award for Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Male Artist.
 Ludacris could be heard on The Notorious
B.I.G. posthumous creation - Duets:
The Final Chapter.
Ludacris could
be heard on Ludacris
Presents Disturbing Tha Peace.
 # 47
Singles Artist of the Year
Ludacris hit the Top 40 helping
out Jamie Foxx with "Unpredictable" from Foxx's LP Unpredictable.
 Ludacris won a Screen Actors
Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a
Cast in a Motion Picture for his contribution
to Crash.
Ludacris was
nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rap Solo Performance ("Number One
Spot").
The single
"Get Back" was certified 2x
platinum and "Number One Spot" was
certified platinum.
 Ludacris
performed at the MTV Video Music
Awards.
Ludacris released Release
Therapy.
Ludacris hit the Top 40 with Pharrell with "Money Maker."
Ludacris topped the Billboard
200 LP chart and Top Rap Albums chart with Release
Therapy - the LP sold over 309,000
copies its first week of release in the US.
 Ludacris topped the Billboard
Hot 100 chart, Hot 100 Airplay chart, Hot Rap
Tracks chart, Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs
chart, Rhythmic Airplay chart, and Hot
R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart with "Money Maker."
Ludacris hit the Top 10 with Pharrell with "Money Maker."
Ludacris hosted and performed on
Saturday Night Live.
Release
Therapy was certified platinum.
 Ludacris hit the Top 40 with Mary
J. Blige with "Runaway Love."
The single "Money Maker" was certified
platinum.
 # 22
Singles Artist of the Year
Ludacris hit the Top 40 helping
out Fergie with
"Glamorous."
Ludacris topped the Billboard
Hot Rap Tracks chart with Mary
J. Blige with "Runaway Love."
 Ludacris won 2 Grammy Awards for Best
Rap Song (with Pharrell)
(awarded to the songwriter) ("Money Maker"), and Best Rap Album (Release
Therapy), and was nominated for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration ("Unpredictable" with Jamie
Foxx), Best Rap Performance by a Duo or
Group
("Georgia" with Field Mob
and Jamie Foxx). Ludacris
performed at the ceremony.
Ludacris hit the Top 10 with Mary
J. Blige with "Runaway Love."
Ludacris hit the Top 10 helping out Fergie with
"Glamorous."
 Ludacris topped the Billboard
Hot 100 Airplay chart with Mary
J. Blige with "Runaway Love."
Ludacris topped the Billboard
Hot 100 chart, Pop 100 chart, and Hot Digital
Songs chart helping out Fergie with
"Glamorous."
Ludacris hit #1 for week helping out Fergie with
"Glamorous."
Ludacris could be heard on the R. Kelly LP Double
Up
on the track "Rock Star."
Ludacris topped the Billboard
Hot Dance Club Play chart helping out Fergie with
"Glamorous."
Ludacris won a BET Award for
Best Collaboration for "Runaway Love" with Mary
J. Blige.
On July 7th, Ludacris performed
at the Live
Earth
concert in the US. The 7-continent concert
organized by Al Gore brought together over
100 artists to perform and raise the world's
awareness about the climate crisis and how to
make a difference to help the environment and
the world.
The single "Glamorous" was certified
gold.
 Ludacris could be heard on the Mary J. Blige LP Growing
Pains on the track "Grown
Woman" and the Chingy LP Hate
It Or Love It on the track "Gimme
Dat."
Ludacris hit the Top 40 helping
out DJ Felli Fel and
featuring Diddy, Akon, and Lil Jon
with "Get Buck In Here."
 # 94
Singles Artist of the Year
 Ludacris could be heard on The Game LP LAX on the track "Ya
Heard."
Ludacris could be heard on the T.I. LP Paper
Trail on the track "On
Top Of The World."
Ludacris could be heard on the Jennifer Hudson LP Jennifer
Hudson on the track
"Pocketbook."
 Ludacris could be heard on the T-Pain LP Thr33
Ringz on the track
"Chopped & Skrewed."
Ludacris released his next LP Theater
Of The Mind.
Ludacris performed on Saturday
Night Live.
Ludacris topped the Billboard
Top Rap Albums chart with Theater
Of The Mind.
Ludacris hit the Top 40 with T-Pain with
"One More Drink."
 # 53
Singles Artist of the Year
 Theater
Of The Mind was certified gold.
Ludacris hit the Top 40 helping
out Jesse McCartney with
"How Do You Sleep?"
Ludacris was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or
Group
("Wish You Would" with T.I.).
 Ludacris could be heard on the Ciara LP Fantasy
Ride on the track "High
Price."
 # 21
Singles Artist of the Year
 Ludacris hit the Top 40 with
"How Low."
For unknown reasons after
helping Jesse McCartney on a song and
co-hosting Live With Regis & Kelly,
Ludacris hit the Top 40 helping out Justin Bieber with
"Baby"
Ludacris hit the Top 40 helping
out Taio Cruz with
"Break Your Heart"
 March 9: Ludacris released Battle
Of The Sexes.
Ludacris topped the Billboard
Hot 100 chart and Digital Songs chart helping
out Taio Cruz with
"Break Your Heart"
Ludacris topped the Billboard
200 LP chart, Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums
chart, and Top Rap Albums chart Battle
Of The Sexes.
Ludacris could be heard on the Monica LP Still
Standing on the track
"Still Standing."
 Ludacris hit the Top 10 helping out Taio Cruz with
"Break Your Heart."
Ludacris hit
the Top 40 with help from Nicki Minaj with "My Chick Bad."
 Ludacris hit #1 for 3 weeks helping out Taio Cruz with
"Break Your Heart."
Ludacris topped the Billboard
Pop Songs chart helping out Taio Cruz with
"Break Your Heart."
Battle
Of The Sexes was certified gold.
 Ludacris hit the Top 40 helping
out Enrique
Iglesias with "Tonight."
Ludacris could be heard on the Ciara LP Basic
Instinct on the track "Ride."
 # 74
Singles Artist of the Year
 Ludacris hit the Top 10 helping out Enrique
Iglesias with "Tonight."
Ludacris topped the Billboard
Dance Club Play Songs chart helping out Enrique
Iglesias with "Tonight."
Ludacris was nominated for 2 Grammy Awards for Best Rap Solo Performance ("How Low") and Best Rap Performance by a Duo or
Group
("My Chick Bad" with Nicki Minaj).
Ludacris hit #1 for 1 week helping out Enrique
Iglesias with "Tonight."
Ludacris topped the Billboard
Pop Songs chart and Radio Songs chart helping
out Enrique
Iglesias with "Tonight."
Ludacris could
be heard on the Chris Brown LP F.A.M.E. on the track "Wet
The Bed."
 Ludacris hit the Top 40 with
help from Usher and David Guetta with "Rest Of My Life."
Ludacris could be heard on the Big Boi LP Vicious
Lies & Dangerous Rumors on the track
"In The A."
 # 87
Singles Artist of the Year
 Ludacris was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration ("Tonight (Best
You Ever Had)" with John Legend).
Ludacris hit the Top 40 with Justin Bieber with "All Around The World."
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Back For The First Time
Released: October, 2000
US: 3x Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 4
Rolling Stone
review:  - Entertainment
Weekly: B+
Tracks: "U Got A
Problem?" - "Game Got
Switched" - "1st & 10"
- "What's Your Fantasy" - "Hood
Stuck" - "Get Off Me" -
"Mouthing Off" - "Stick
'Em Up" - "Catch Up" -
"Southern
Hospitality" - "What's Your
Fantasy" (Remix) - "Phat
Rabbit" |
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Word Of Mouf
Released: November 27, 2001
US: 4x Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 3
Rolling Stone
review: - Entertainment
Weekly: B
Tracks: "Coming 2
America" - "Roll Out (My
Business)" - "Go 2
Sleep" - "Cry Babies (Oh
No)" - "She Said" -
"Area Codes" - "Growing
Pains" - "Move B****" -
"Saturday (Oooh
Oooh!)" - "Keep It On
The Hush" - "Word Of Mouf
(Freestyle)" - "Get The ___
Back" - "Freaky Thangs" -
"Cold Outside" - "Block
Lockdown" |
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Chicken & Beer
Released: October, 2003
US: 2x Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 1 (for 1 week)
Rolling Stone
review: - Entertainment
Weekly: B-
Tracks: "Southern
Fried Intro" - "Blow It
Out" - "Stand Up" - "Rob
Quarters Skit" - "Splash Waterfalls" - "Hard
Times" - "Diamond In The
Back" - "Screwed Up" -
"T Baggin' Skit" -
"P-Poppin'" - "Hip Hop
Quotables" - "Black Man's
Struggle Skit" - "Hoes In My
Room" - "Teamwork" -
"Interactive Skit" - "We
Got" - "Eyebrows Down" |
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Red Light District
Released: December, 2004
US: 2x Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 1 (for 1 week)
Rolling Stone:  - Entertainment
Weekly: C+
Tracks: "Number One
Spot" - "Get Back" - "Put
Your Money" - "Blueberry Yum
Yum" - "Child Of The
Night" - "The Potion" -
"Pass Out" - "Spur Of The
Moment" - "Who Not Me" -
"Large Amounts" - "Pimpin' All Over
The World" - "Two Miles An
Hour" - "Hopeless" -
"Virgo" |
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Release Therapy
Released: September, 2006
US: Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 1
Rolling Stone: - Entertainment
Weekly: B-
Tracks:
"Warning" (Intro) - "Grew
Up A Screw Up" (with Young Jeezy) -
"Money Maker" (with
Pharrell) - "Girls Gone Wild" -
"Ultimate Satisfaction" (with
Field Mob) - "Mouths To Feed" -
"End Of The Night" -
"Woozy" - "Tell It Like It
Is" - "War With God" -
"Do Your Time" (with Beanie
Sigel) - "Slap" - "Runaway Love" (with Mary
J. Blige) - "Freedom Of Preach"
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Theater Of The Mind
Released: November, 2008
US: Gold
Billboard
peak:
# 5
Rolling Stone: - Entertainment
Weekly: B
Tracks: "Intro"
- "Undisputed" (featuring Floyd
'Money' Mayweather) - "Wish You
Would" (featuring T.I.) - "One More Drink" (featuring
T-Pain) - "Call Up The Homies"
(featuring The Game & Willy
Northpole) - "Southern Gangsta"
(featuring Rick Ross, Playaz Circle &
Ving Rhames) - "Everyboyd Hates
Chris" (featuring Chris Rock) -
"What Them Girls Like"
(featuring Chris Brown & Sean
Garrett) - "Nasty Girl"
(featuring Plies) -
"Contagious" (featuring Jamie
Foxx) - "Last Of A Dying Breed"
(featuring Lil Wayne) - "MVP" -
"I Do It For Hip Hop"
(featuring Nas & Jay-Z) - "Do
The Right Thang" (featuring Common
& Spike Lee) |
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Battle Of The Sexes
Released: March 9, 2010
US: Gold
Billboard
peak:
# 1
Rolling Stone:
Tracks: "Intro"
- "How Low" - "My Chick Bad" (featuring
Nicki Manaj) - "Everybody
Drunk" (featuring Lil' Scrappy) -
"I Do It All Night" (featuring
Shawnna) - "Sex Room"
(featuring Trey Songz) - "I Know You
Got A Man" (featuring Flo Rida) -
"Hey Ho" (featuring Lil' Kim
& Lil Fate) - "Party No
Mo'" (featuring Gucci Mane) -
"B.O.T.S. Radio" (featuring
I-20 & Shawnna) - "Can't Live
With You" (featuring Monica) -
"Feelin' So Sexy" (featuring
Shawnna) - "Tell Me A Secret" -
"My Chick Bad" (remix) -
"Sexting" |
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Ludaversal
Released: March 31, 2015
Billboard
peak:
# 3
Tracks: "Ludacersal
Intro" - "Grass Is Always
Greener" - "Call Ya Bluff"
- "Lyrical Healing" -
"Beast Mode" - "Viagra
Skit" - "Get Lit" -
"Come And See Me Interlude" -
"Come And See Me" (featuring
Big K.R.I.T.) - "Good Lovin"
(featuring Miguel) - "Ocean
Skies" (featuring Monica) -
"Not Long" (featuring Usher) -
"Charge It To The Rap Game" -
"This Has Been My World" -
"Money" (featuring Rick Ross) -
"Problems" (featuring Cee Lo
Green) - "In My Life"
(featuring John Legend) - "Burning
Bridges" (featuring Jason Aldean) |
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