2022 is proving itself to be fairly the 12 months for Rap icon Snoop Dogg.
As if kicking it off as a part of a historic headlining Hip-Hop collective at this 12 months’s Tremendous Bowl wasn’t sufficient (as we reported right here), the 50-year-old unveiled his personal cereal – Snoop Loopz – and introduced his attachment to a number of TV ventures together with internet hosting duties for NBC’s ‘American Tune Contest’ in addition to Peacock’s ‘So Dumb It’s Felony.’
By no means shedding sight of his past love (music), Dogg continues to chase record-breaking stats within the leisure style – most just lately touchdown the twelfth high 10 hit of his profession.
Hop inside to see how the arrival got here as a profession milestone for the legendary emcee.
‘Unhealthy Selections,’ the brand new BTS and Snoop-assisted single from producer extraordinaire Benny Blanco, landed at #10 on the refreshed Sizzling 100.
Billboard stories:
“’Unhealthy Selections’ roars in at No. 10, with 10.1 million streams, 3.1 million in radio attain and 66,000 offered (45,000 digital downloads; 16,000 offered on CD; and 5,000 offered on cassette) in its first week, following its Aug. 5 arrival.”
Its premiere got here as fairly the achievement for all events concerned, particularly Snoop because it makes him the second rapper in historical past to nab a high 10 hit in every of the final 4 many years (20s, 10s, 00s, and, 90s). JAY-Z was the primary emcee to boast the feat. What’s extra, the highest 10 opening of ‘Unhealthy’ – Snoop’s first as a pacesetter since 2012 – means Snoop has surpassed JAY and is now the rapper with the longest span between his first and final high 10 hit (Dec. 25, 1993-Aug. 20, 2022).
Amongst all acts, Mariah Carey and Beyoncé are the one different two performers to be hooked up to high 10 hits over every of the final 4 many years. Whereas Bey first landed within the chart’s high 10 as a part of Future’s Youngster within the 90’s, she’s nabbed 20 placements by her lonesome within the chart territory since starting her solo profession in 2002. At writing, she sits at #1 together with her newest hit single ‘Break My Soul.’
Carey claims 28 high 10 hits to her credit score, together with the perennially resurgent “All I Need for Christmas” which made her the first act to have a Sizzling 100 #1 hit in every of the final 4 many years.
As we prolong our congrats to Snoop for becoming a member of this unique membership, click on right here to see who joins him on this week’s chart recap TGJ Chart Examine.
