The Blueprint peaked at number one on the Billboard 200 selling 400k, eventually reaching 2 million. In 2001 he released his classic album The Blueprint which spawned his first top 10 single ' Izzo (H.O.V.A.)' which was produced by Kanye West. The album sold 500k first week and had the hit ' I Just Wanna Love U (Give It 2 Me)' which peaked at number one on the R&B/Hip-Hop chart being his first single to reach that peak. His next album The Dynasty: Roc La Familia was released shortly after Vol 3. Hits like ' Girl's Best Friend' and ' Big Pimpin'' were released and the later peaked at #18 on the Hot 100 earning a platinum certification by the RIAA. Carter had hits like ' Jigga My Nigga' which peaked at number 1 on the Rap chart and #28 on the Hot 100. Hard Knock Life to debut at number 1 on the Albums chart and selling over 5 million copies. In 1998 he released the smash hit singles ' Can I Get A.' and ' Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem)' which peaked at number 19 and 15 on the Hot 100 and had wide success worldwide, too.

The album peaked at number 3 on the Billboard 200 and it received positive reviews from critics. The next single ' The City Is Mine was the most successful single of In My Lifetime, Vol. His next single ' Wishing on a Star' peaked at number 13 in UK being his highest peak on the chart until Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem).

In 1997 he had success outside of the US with singles like ' Sunshine' which peaked at number 25 in UK, 18 in Germany and 22 in NZ. The Brooklyn native rapper Jay-Z had success on the Billboard Hot 100 with singles from his debut studio album Reasonable Doubt. The singles discography of American rapper Jay-Z consists of 68 singles as a lead artist, and 51 singles as a featured artist, as well as 14 promotional singles.

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