Lil Wayne

Lil Wayne has eight top ten songs in My FABE Music Top 10 countdown, three of them went all the way to #1.  

2008 - Lollipop (with Static Major) (#1)

2008 - A Milli (#5)

2008 - Swagga Like Us (with T.I., Kanye West and Jay-z) (#7)

2008 - Mrs. Officer (with Bobby Valentino and Kidd Kidd) (#8)

2008 - Turnin' Me On (with Keri Hilson) (#1) 

2009 - I Can Transform Ya (with Chris Brown and Swiss Beatz) (#1)

2011 - How to Love (#3)

2011 - Dedication to My Ex (with Lloyd and Andre 300) (#3)

Chart Performance: Lil Wayne

Lil Wayne has 19 top 10 hits in the US.  Since he collaborates with many different artists, it's not unusual for him to have several top 1o hits in a year.  Two of those songs went all the way to #1.

2004 - Soldier (with Destiny's Child and T.I.) (#3)

2006 - You (with Lloyd) (#9)

2008 - Lollipop (with Static Major) (#1)

2008 - A Milli (#6)

2008 - Got Money (with T-Pain) (#10)

2008 - Can't Believe It (with T-Pain) (#7)

2008 - Let it Rock (with Kevin Rudolf) (#5)

2008 - Swagga Like Us (with Jay-z, T.I. and Kanye West) (#5)

2009 - Down (with Jay Sean) (#1)

2009 - Forever (with Drake, Kanye West and Eminem) (#8)

2010 - Right Above It (with Drake) (#6)

2010 - 6 Foot 7 Foot (with Cory Gunz) (#9)

2010 - Look At Me Now (with Chris Brown and Busta Rhymes) (#6)

2011 - How to Love (#5)

2011 - I'm On One (with DJ Khaled, Drake and Rick Ross) (#10)

2011 - She Will (with Drake) (#3)

2011 - Strange Clouds (with B.o.B.) (#7)

2013 - Love Me (with Drake and Future) (#9)

2013 - Loyal (with Chris Brown, French Montana, Too Short, and Tyga) (#9)

Lil Wayne: Dedication to My Ex

Lil Wayne's first UK Top 10 hit, Dedication to My Ex, is his collaboration with Lloyd and Andre 3000.  This week, the song slips to #6.  It has peaked at #3.

B.o.B.'s New Song Debuts in US Top 10 Charts

B.o.B.'s new song, a collaboration with Lil Wayne, becomes his fourth top 10 hit in the US.  The song, Strange Clouds, debuts at #7 in the US Top 10 Singles Charts.  It's the first release from his latest album of the same title.

Lil Wayne's Tha Carter 4: His Third #1 Album in the US

Lil Wayne's Tha Carter IV is his third #1 album in the US, after Tha Carter III and I Am Not A Human Being.  It's also his ninth Top 10 album, two of them, his collaborations with Birdman and Young Money.  His first Top 10 album was Tha Block is Hot in 1999.  It peaked at #3.

This week, Tha Carter IV slips two places to #5

Kanye West: Niggas in Paris with Jay-z

Like Jay-z, Kanye West also has an enviable string of consecutive #1 albums, showing how solid the fan base is of rap and hip hop music.  In an earlier article I wrote, even the rapper, The Game, who is not really a household name worldwide, has three #1 albums in the US. 

The collaboration between Kanye West and Jay-z, Watch the Throne, becomes his fifth #1 album in the US.  Below are his other #1 albums -

2005 - Late Registration

2007 - Graduation

2008 - 808s & Heartbreak

2010 - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

2011 - Watch the Throne (with Kanye West)

Kanye West's fifteenth Top 10 hit in the US, Niggas in Paris, his collaboration with Jay-z, slips to #9 this week.  It has peaked at #5.  Below are his Top 10 hits in the US -

2003 - Slow Jamz (with Twista and Jamie Foxx) (#1)
2004 - All Falls Down (with Syleena Johnson) (#7)

2005 - Gold Digger (with Jamie Foxx) (#1)
2007 - Stronger (#1)
2007 - Good Life (with T-Pain) (#7)
2008 - Love Lockdown (#3)
2008 - Heartless (#2)
2008 - American Boy (with Estelle) (#9)
2008 - Swagga Like Us (with Jay-z, T.I. and Lil Wayne) (#5)
2008 - Knock You Down (with Keri Hilson and Ne-yo) (#3)
2009 - Run This Town (with Jay-z and Rihanna) (#2)
2009 - Forever (with Drake, Eminem and Lil Wayne) (#8)

2010 - We Are the World 25 For Haiti (with Artists for Haiti) (#2)
2011 - E.T. (with Katy Perry) (#1)

2011 - Niggas in Paris (with Jay-z) (#5)

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New Music This Week: Lil Wayne's Blunt Blowin'

Lil Wayne has continuously been releasing songs from his latest album, Tha Carter IV.  He already has two top 10 hits from it - She Will, his collaboration with Drake, peaked at #3, while How to Love, hit #5.  This week, two songs from that album have reached Top 40 territory, Blunt Blowin' at #33, and Mirror, his collaboration with Bruno Mars, debuted in the Top 20.

Lil Wayne's How To Love Reaches Top 5 Territory in the US

Interestingly, Lil Wayne has never had a UK Top 10 hit, till this week!  His collaboration with Jennifer Lopez, I'm Into You, moves 3 places into #10 this week.

In the US, his fourteenth Top 10 hit, How To Love, slips to moves to #9 this week, after peaking at #5.   Here are his Top 10 hits in the US -

2004 - Soldier (with Destiny's Child and T.I.) (#3)
2006 - You (with Lloyd) (#9)
2008 - Can't Believe It (with T-Pain) (#7)
2008 - Let It Rock (with Kevin Rudolf) (#5)
2008 - Lollipop (with Static Major) (#1)
2008 - A Milli (#6)
2008 - Got Money (with T-Pain) (#10)
2009 - Down (with Jay Sean) (#1)
2009 - Forever (with Drake, Kanye West and Eminem) (#8)
2010 - Right Above It (with Drake) (#6)
2010 - We are the World 25 For Haiti (with Artists For Haiti) (#2)
2010 - 6 Foot 7 Foot (with Corey Gunz) (#9)
2011 - Look At Me Now (with Busta Rhymes and Chris Brown) (#6)
2011 - How To Love (#5)

Lil Wayne's latest provocatively titled album, 'I Am Not A Human Being' becomes his second #1 album in the US.  This is also his ninth Top 10 album in the US.  Below is a list of these albums -

1999 - Tha Block is Hot (#3)

2002 - 500 Degreez (#6)

2004 - Tha Carter (#5)

2005 - Tha Carter II (#2)

2006 - Like Father, Like Son (#3)

2008 - Tha Carter III (#1)

2010 - Rebirth (#2)

2009 - We Are Young Money (#9)

2010 - I Am Not A Human Being (#1)

Chart Performance: Drake

Drake's eleventh US Top 10 hit, his collaboration with Rihanna, Take Care, has peaked at #7. This week, it rests at #7  Their previous collaboration, What's My Name, reached #1 last year.  

Below are Drake's Top 10 hits in the US -

2009 - Best I Ever Had (#2)
2009 - Forever (with Kanye West, Eminem and Lil Wayne) (#8)
2009 - Every Girl (with Young Money) (#10)
2009 - Bedrock (with Young Money and Lloyd) (#2)
2010 - Find Your Love (#5)
2010 - Right Above It (with Lil Wayne) (#6)
2010 - What's My Name (with Rihanna) (#1)
2011 - Make Me Proud (with Nicki Minaj) (#9)  
2011 - I'm On One (with DJ Khaled, Rick Ross and Lil Wayne) (#10)

2011 - She Will (with Lil Wayne) (#3) 
2011 - Take Care (with Rihanna) (#7)

In the UK, the same song slips from #1 to #3.  It is Drake's first UK #1 song.  His only other UK top 10 came last year, with the #9 peak of Bedrock.

2009 - Bedrock (with Young Money and Lloyd) (#9)
2010 - What's My Name (with Rihanna) (#1)

Album-wise, Drake follows up his first #1 album, Thank Me Later, with another #1 album, this time, entitled Take Care.  This gives him two #1 albums in the US!  This week, the album is at #7. 

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