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The Score by The Fugees
The Score is an album by The Fugees, released in 1996. 3 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 15 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “No Woman, No Cry”, on 10 lists with a best position of #75.
The Score, the Fugees' second album and, as it turned out, their last, landed on Ruffhouse and Columbia on February 13, 1996, and it made the gangsta-rap orthodoxy of the day sound narrow. Lauryn Hill, Wyclef Jean and Pras Michel produced most of it themselves with Jerry Duplessis and Warren Riker, with Salaam Remi, John Forté and Diamond D chipping in, and they stitched hip-hop, soul and reggae together out of samples and live instruments: loose, warm, a little haunted and entirely their own.
Their slow, rolling version of "No Woman, No Cry" is the track that crossed over to rock radio's countdowns, and "Killing Me Softly" picked up a Grammy of its own. The album went to number one on the Billboard 200, won the Grammy for Best Rap Album, drew an Album of the Year nomination and has sold an estimated 22 million copies.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from The Score on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No Woman, No Cry | 10 | #75 | – | 1996–2024 | |
| 2 | Fu-Gee-La | 2 | #101 | – | 2021–2023 | |
| 3 | Ready or Not | 3 | #163 | – | 2021–2025 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.