Kanye West has broken the record for producing the most Hot 100 No. 1 hip-hop songs. He tipped the scales with his credit on Lil Nas X’s hit single “Industry Baby.”
The previous production record was four, set by Puff Daddy. He set this record in 1997, and nobody had been able to repeat it before now.
“Industry Baby” marks Kanye’s first production appearance at No. 1 since “Stronger” in 2007. This is also the first time that he hit number one in a decade, in any capacity. He previously topped the charts in 2011 for Katy Perry’s E.T. The Jack-Harlow-featuring “Industry Baby” dropped on July 23 and climbed to No. 1 on Monday (October 18), Billboard announced.
Congratulations are due to Lil Nas as well. This is the artist’s third No. 1. His second came earlier this year in April, with his debut album’s lead single “Montero (Call Me By Your Name).”
Finally, big congratulations to Jack Harlow are also in order. This is his first No. 1 ever, with him only getting to No. 2 before with his first hit, “What’s Poppin.”
Lil Nas was working with West, when he gave an interview with Kerwin Frost in July, around the time “Industry Baby” was first released. Lil Nas was unable to say how the pair first started collaborating but said that it was nice to work with someone with “longevity” who was constantly evolving.
“It’s nice to work with somebody who’s done that for so long, so much longevity and still going. And like constantly evolving. Not even just evolving but completely changing into something else. He’s also doing something different and new. Over and over and over again recreating himself.”
Written by Justin Acosta
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