I took the time to go through the top ten for every week of this decade so far and I compiled data involving rappers and their top ten hits, starting with the chart update for January 4, 2010. I only include Billboard-recognized hits for each rapper and Billboard doesn't credit groups to an artist's total unless their name is a part of the group's name.

You can revisit the UK-equivalent to this thread here.

(Last Update: January 18, 2015)

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Year-by-Year Breakdown of Hits

Lead #1s #5s #10s 2010 3 8 13 2011 2 7 18 2012 1 6 11 2013 3 9 15 2014 3 7 8

Featured #1s #5s #10s 2010 4 8 13 2011 1 6 9 2012 0 2 5 2013 1 4 5 2014 1 5 7

Overall #1s #5s #10s 2010 7 16 26 2011 3 13 27 2012 1 8 16 2013 4 13 20 2014 4 12 15

Please, if you post this on to another forum, link back to this thread. It isn't because I want credit, but instead if you ever stop updating the thread on another site, people will know where to come for the most recent update. I have plans on doing compiling the top tens for the 00s for the US then the UK.

If you see any errors, please point them out. Thank you!!!

Nicki

Originally posted by geemarty Impressive list of work you put together! Nice job

Thank you! I've been working on it for weeks.

9/24 Update

YG earns his first top ten hit this week with Jeremih's "Don't Tell 'Em". The song is #10 this week on the Billboard Hot 100. This is Jeremih's second collaboration with a rapper to reach the top ten this decade, the first being "Down on Me" featuring 50 Cent which peaked at #4 and spent eight weeks in the top ten back in 2011.

Nicki Minaj continues to rapidly gain in weeks in both the top ten and top five thanks to "Anaconda" (#4 this week) and "Bang Bang" (#3 this week). They are pushing her closer and closer to securing the titles for most weeks spent in the top ten this decade both as a lead and overall. As a lead, she has spent 49 weeks in the top ten with only Flo Rida besting with 58 weeks. Overall (lead + featured), she has spent 82 weeks in the top ten with only Pitbull besting her with 87 weeks.

And finally Iggy Azalea's "Black Widow" remains in the top five this week at #5. While she doesn't make any notable moves anywhere on the lists, next week will be a good week for her: she will spend her 40th week in the top ten overall ("Fancy" spent 17 weeks in the top ten, "Problem" spent 16 weeks, and next week will be "Black Widow"'s 7th week in the top ten) and, if "Black Widow" stays in the top five, her 20th week in the top five as a lead artist.

Originally posted by Kane What type of comprehensive and informative OP, it must have taken so long. Nicki and Em.

I started it a couple weeks before Anaconda was released... I kept wanting to give up.

Originally posted by Aatthew I started it a couple weeks before Anaconda was released... I kept wanting to give up.

10/1 Update

"Don't Tell 'Em" by Jeremih f/ YG reaches a new peak of #9 this week. As previously mentioned, "Don't Tell 'Em" is YG's first top ten hit and Jeremih's second collaboration with a rapper to reach the top ten in the US this decade.

"Black Widow" by Iggy Azalea f/ Rita Ora is #4 this week. As a lead, Iggy has now spent 23 weeks in the top ten (20 of those weeks spent in the top five) and, overall, she has now spent 40 weeks in the top ten (34 of those weeks spent in the top five). Out of the eight rappers who have spent at least 40 weeks in the top ten this decade so far, Iggy currently has the fewest top ten hits (3) which is super impressive!

"Anaconda" by Nicki Minaj rises from #4 to #3 this week while "Bang Bang" by Jessie J, Ariana Grande, & Nicki Minaj slips from #3 to #5. Nicki has now spent 51 weeks in the top ten as a lead artist and 84 weeks overall. She also has now spent 25 weeks in the top five as a lead artist [passing Pitbull (23 weeks) and B.o.B (24 weeks)] and 34 weeks overall [tying Iggy Azalea (34 weeks)].

OP has been updated and I fixed an error I found.

Originally posted by Mrs. Aaron Paul woo @ nicki and em all their hits very great, thorough thread

I think that once she finally gets her #1, people will be forced to realize how big she is.

She has both the most top ten hits and the most top five hits so far this decade and the combo of Bang Bang and Anaconda is allowing her to make great strides each week of +2 weeks towards her weeks spent in the top ten and top five. She'll top both sections in the coming weeks. :