Gold Digger

Kanye West's 2005 Ray Charles-sampling juggernaut spent 10 consecutive weeks at #1 on Billboard Hot 100, outperforming '99 Problems' (track #3 on this list, which peaked at #3). The track announced Kanye as the defining voice of mid-2000s rap and remains one of the highest-charting rap singles in chart history, with over 9 million certified units in the US.