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Jay-Z
Solo artist Brooklyn United States US rapper
Jay-Z is an artist from Brooklyn. Jay-Z has 25 chart appearances on 16 radio countdowns from 9 stations on RockLists, spanning 2004–2025. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “99 Problems”, which appears on 7 lists with a best position of #26. The station that charted Jay-Z most often is 90.9 The Bridge (Kansas City, MO), with 8 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2004.
Shawn Carter, the Brooklyn-born rapper known as Jay-Z, came up in the late '80s as a protégé of Jaz-O and in 1994 co-founded Roc-A-Fella Records to put out his own music, starting with Reasonable Doubt in 1996. His rhymes are dense with double meanings, wordplay and boasts, the whole thing built on a rags-to-riches story he tells better than anybody.
Vol. 2... Hard Knock Life (1998) brought "Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem)" and "Can I Get A...", and Vol. 3... Life and Times of S. Carter (1999) followed with the slinky, sun-soaked "Big Pimpin'". The Black Album in 2003 carried "99 Problems", a record that hits like a rock song, all crashing drums and grinding guitar, no wonder rock radio took it in. On The Blueprint 3 in 2009, "Empire State of Mind" with Alicia Keys topped the Hot 100, and "D.O.A. (Death of Auto-Tune)" announced its target right there in the title.
He ran Def Jam as president from 2004 to 2007 and has won 25 Grammy Awards. He was the first rapper inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame, and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducted him in 2021.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Jay-Z on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 99 Problems | 7 | #26 | – | 2004 | |
| 2 | Empire State Of Mind | 7 | #61 | – | 2009 | |
| 3 | Big Pimpin' | 3 | #93 | – | – | |
| 4 | Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem) | 3 | #199 | – | – | |
| 5 | IZZO (H.O.V.A.) | 2 | #107 | – | – | |
| 6 | Can I Get A... | 1 | #728 | – | – | |
| 7 | D.O.A. (Death of Auto-Tune) | 1 | #89 | – | 2009 |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
Featured on
Songs by other artists credited with Jay-Z as a guest.
Year-end chart timeline
Combined year-end countdown points per year. Taller bars mean more songs placing higher across more stations.
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