Artist · chart history
D12
Band Detroit United States Formed 1996
D12 formed in 1996 in Detroit, United States. D12 has 2 chart appearances on 2 radio countdowns from 1 station on RockLists, spanning 2001–2004. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Purple Hills”, which appears on 1 list with a best position of #65. The station that charted D12 most often is 89X (Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON), with 2 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2001.
D12, short for the Dirty Dozen, came out of Detroit in 1996, a posse of MCs who mixed horror-movie gore with slapstick comedy. With Eminem as the crew's de facto leader, alongside Proof, Bizarre, Denaun Porter, Kuniva and Swifty McVay he took them into the mainstream on Shady and Interscope.
Devil's Night in 2001 and D12 World in 2004 were rowdy, gross-out, gleefully offensive records that topped album charts in the United States, Britain and Australia and went double platinum at home. "Purple Hills" was the loose, goofy sing-along, and "My Band" the wisecracking follow-up hit from D12 World. In 2004 they won Best Hip-Hop at the MTV Europe Music Awards.
Then it came apart. From 2006, with Eminem on hiatus and Proof dead, the group slowed down; Bizarre, Kuniva and Swifty McVay kept the name alive with three mixtapes between 2008 and 2015. On August 31, 2018, Eminem's Kamikaze included "Stepping Stone", which declared D12 finished. Kuniva and Swifty McVay had other ideas, and on June 19, 2026, the pair released D12 Forever, Volume 1.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by D12 on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Purple Hills | 1 | #65 | – | 2001 | |
| 2 | My Band | 1 | #79 | – | 2004 |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
Year-end chart timeline
Combined year-end countdown points per year. Taller bars mean more songs placing higher across more stations.
Every countdown appearance
| Year | # | Song | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 79 | My Band | 89X Top 89 Songs of 2004 |
| 2001 | 65 | Purple Hills | 89X Top 89 Songs of 2001 |
Comments
Log in or create a free account to join the conversation about D12.
No comments yet. Be the first to share your thoughts.