The statistic presents data on the most successful hip hop labels of all time in the United States as of November 2015, based on their artists' performance on Billboard's Rap Chart. According to the source, artists signed to the Young Money record label have spent a cumulative 1322 weeks in the rap charts in the United States. The Young Money label was founded in 2005 by rapper Lil Wayne, and represents artists such as Drake and Nicki Minaj.
Most successful hip hop labels of all time in the United States as of November 2015, by cumulative weeks in charts
Characteristic
Cumulative weeks on chart
Def Jam
1,925
Young Money
1,322
Roc-A-Fella
1,293
Jive
1,255
Bad Boy
1,060
Grand Hustle
817
Shady
735
Columbia
703
Cash Money
682
Ruffhouse
649
Created with Highcharts 7.2.2Cumulative weeks on chart1,9251,9251,3221,3221,2931,2931,2551,2551,0601,060817817735735703703682682649649Def JamYoung MoneyRoc-A-FellaJiveBad BoyGrand HustleShadyColumbiaCash MoneyRuffhouse
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Based on the artists' performance on Billboard's "Hot Rap Songs" chart
Supplementary notes
The source provides the following additional information: "Note that the label-to-artist assignment is very difficult and complex, and in general assigned an artist to whatever label he/she would call out at the start of a track."
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