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Notorious B.I.G.
Solo artist Clinton Hill United States
Notorious B.I.G. is an artist from Clinton Hill. Notorious B.I.G. has 14 chart appearances on 8 radio countdowns from 5 stations on RockLists, spanning 2006–2025. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Hypnotize”, which appears on 5 lists with a best position of #57. The station that charted Notorious B.I.G. most often is The Current (Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN), with 5 appearances.
The Notorious B.I.G., born Christopher Wallace in Brooklyn in 1972, raps like he's got all the time in the world, even when the stories he's telling are as grim as it gets. That laid-back, rolling delivery is the trick: hardship and crime on one side, champagne and celebration on the other, and all of it drawn close to his own life.
In 1993 he became the first artist signed to Sean Combs's Bad Boy Records, and he made his name with guest spots on other people's singles before his debut album, Ready to Die, arrived in 1994. It's a monster, and "Juicy", "Big Poppa" and "One More Chance" made him the man at the center of East Coast hip-hop just as the West Coast had been running things. In 1995 the Billboard Music Awards named him Rapper of the Year, and he brought his crew Junior M.A.F.I.A., with Lil' Kim and Lil' Cease, out with the album Conspiracy.
The East Coast–West Coast rivalry, and his feud with his former friend Tupac Shakur, darkened everything that came after. On March 9, 1997, Wallace was killed in a drive-by shooting in Los Angeles by an unknown gunman. Life After Death came out two weeks later, a double album that entered the Billboard 200 at the top, sent "Hypnotize" and "Mo Money Mo Problems" to number one on the Hot 100, and went diamond. Three more posthumous albums followed, and in 2020 he went into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Notorious B.I.G. on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hypnotize | 5 | #57 | – | – | |
| 2 | Big Poppa | 3 | #20 | – | – | |
| 3 | Juicy | 3 | #174 | – | – | |
| 4 | Hynpotize | 1 | #186 | – | – | |
| 5 | Mo Money Mo Problems | 1 | #594 | – | – |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
Every countdown appearance
| Year | # | Song | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 | Big Poppa | WFPK Top 500 Songs of the '90s |
| 2025 | 186 | Hynpotize | WFPK Top 500 Songs of the '90s |
| 2023 | 301 | Hypnotize | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of All Time |
| 2023 | 174 | Juicy | The Current's 893 Essential Songs of the '90s |
| 2023 | 254 | Hypnotize | The Current's 893 Essential Songs of the '90s |
| 2023 | 409 | Big Poppa | The Current's 893 Essential Songs of the '90s |
| 2023 | 594 | Mo Money Mo Problems | The Current's 893 Essential Songs of the '90s |
| 2022 | 216 | Hypnotize | The Colorado Sound Top 900 Songs of the '90s |
| 2021 | 57 | Hypnotize | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '90s |
| 2021 | 164 | Big Poppa | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '90s |
| 2020 | 1003 | Hypnotize | WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time |
| 2020 | 1094 | Juicy | WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time |
| 2018 | 590 | Juicy | The Current's 893 Essential Songs |
| 2006 | 862 | Artist ranking | WXPN 885 All-Time Greatest Artists (2006) |
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