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Lil’ Kim #Verzuz Nicki Minaj: BIGGEST HITS

FIY: this thread will compare Lil Kim’s (24 years of career; 1996) biggest hits and Nicki Minaj’s (10 years of career; 2010) biggest hits. [in the order]

1. Lady Marmalade VS Super Bass

Status: collaborator/soloist
Peak: #1/ #2
Weeks: 20/39 (almost the double)
Year-End Chart: #24/ #8
RIAA: Non-existent/8x Platinum
Radio Chart: #1/ #3

2. Magic Stick VS Starships

Status: lead collaborator/soloist
Peak: #2/ #5
Weeks: 24/31
Year-End Chart: #20/ #9
RIAA: Platinum/6x Platinum
Radio Chart: #1/ #3

3. Not Tonight VS Bang Bang

Status: lead collaborator/lead collaborator
Peak: #6/ #3
Weeks: 21/31
Year-End Chart: #46/ #27
RIAA: Platinum/6x Platinum
Radio Chart: #39/ #5

4. Let It Go VS Side To Side

Status: feature/feature
Peak: #7/ #4
Weeks: 23/28
Year-End Chart: #65*/ #77**
RIAA: 2x Platinum/4x Platinum
Radio Chart: #4/ #3

5. Sugar (Gimme Some)/Bottoms Up

Status: feature/feature
Peak: #20/ #6
Weeks: 26/26
Year-End Chart: #56/ #52
RIAA: Non-existent/4x Platinum
Radio Chart: #30/ #7

6. Can’t Hold Us Down/Turn Me On

Status: feature/lead collaborator
Peak: #12/ #4
Weeks: 20/27
Year-End Chart: #67/ #35
RIAA: Non-existent/2x Platinum
Radio Chart: #12/ #3

7. Jump Off/Till The World Ends

Status: lead collaborator/feature
Peak: #17/ #3
Weeks: 20/24
Year-End Chart: Not present/ #27
RIAA: Non-existent/Non-existent
Radio Chart: #16/ #4

8. Money, Power & Respect/FEFE

Status: feature/lead collaborator
Peak: #17/ #3
Weeks: 20/20
Year-End Chart: #78/ #31
RIAA: Platinum/8x Platinum
Radio Chart: #65/ #42

9. No Time/Beauty And A Beat

Status: lead collaborator/feature
Peak: #18/ #5
Weeks: 20/24
Year-End Chart: Not present/ #42
RIAA: Gold/2x Platinum
Radio Chart: OUT/ #4

10. Wait A Minute/Anaconda

Status:feature/soloist
Peak: #30/ #2
Weeks: 17/21
Year-End Chart: Not present/ #36
RIAA: Non-existent/2x Platinum
Radio Chart: #22/ #27

Billboard Hot 100 stats:

— #1’s
Lil Kim: 1
Nicki Minaj: 1
[tie]

— Top 10
Lil Kim: 4
Nicki Minaj: 18

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— Top 20
Lil Kim: 9
Nicki Minaj: 35

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— Top 40
Lil Kim: 11
Nicki Minaj: 56

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— Total entries
Lil Kim: 17
Nicki Minaj: 109

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