1995Lisa Left Eye lopes scores a number one as part of TLC with Waterfalls. The very first time a song featuring a rap by a female artist sees the top of the charts
1996 Queen Pen becomes the FIRST female rapper to top the hot 100. The song spend 4 weeks at number 1. Unfortunately Queen was never credited on the billboard charts.
1998Lauryn Hill becomes the FIRST and ONLY female rapper to ever debut at number one on the hot 100
and for 19 long years the ONLY female rapper to have a number one without any features. the song spends 2 weeks at number 1. Lauryn Hill was also the FIRST artist period to have their debut single debut at number one.
1999Lisa Left Eye Lopes scores anoher number one hit as a part of TLC and becomes the only female rapper with multiple number one hits to date
2001Lil' kim becomes the 2nd credited female rapper to top the hot100. the song spends 5 weeks at number one and goes on to win Lil Kim a grammy.
2003Shawnna becomes the 3rd credited female rapper on billboard hot100 hit. Technically Shawnna has no rap verse on the song, but she is still credited and it COUNTS
2004Remy Ma becomes the 4th female rapper to have a credited hot 100 number one.
This is the first of 2 times Rema Ma is featured on the hottest song of a summer.
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2006 and
2009 Fergie has 4 number 1 hits on which she raps. 2 Solo (London Bridges, Glamorous) and 2 more as part of the Black Eyed Peas (Boom Boom Pow and Imma Be)
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2010 Kesha's tiktok spends 9 weeks at number 1. Because she sang her own hook it is deemed a POP song, Iggy however does get her rapper credit for hiring someone else to sing the hook.
2014Iggy becomes the 5th female rapper to top the billboard hot100 and the 2nd female rapper to do such as lead artist on the track. It also becomes the longest running female rap number 1 hit with 7 weeks at the summit.
2017Omelette Monday just a day away
