Jay-Z Named 25th Best Songwriter Of The Century By Billboard

Jay-Z landed at twenty fifth on Billboard’s new rating of the most effective songwriters of the final 25 years. The publication unveiled the primary 5 names on the checklist, Monday, with additional updates coming all through the week. After Jay-Z, Kanye West, Sean Garrett, Fergie, and Jermaine Dupri spherical out the subsequent 4 spots.

The rating was decided by every author’s variety of prime hits on the chart through the first quarter of the century. Billboard explains: “After revealing the highest artists, albums, songs and producers of the primary 25 years of the twenty first century on the Scorching 100 and extra since January, Billboard is now celebrating The High Songwriters of the twenty first Century on the Scorching 100 — the highest 25 writers with probably the most No. 1 hits on the chart within the century’s first 25 years. Each author on the rating led the Scorching 100 not less than six instances in that span (Jan. 1, 2000-Dec. 28, 2024), with the highest eight skills every boasting double-digit No. 1 totals.”

For Jay-Z, they famous that he has six complete Scorching 100 No. 1s as a author. The long-running tune is Beyoncé’s “Child Boy,” that includes Sean Paul, which spent 9 weeks atop the chart.

Whatever the methodology, followers have been having combined reactions to the location on social media. “He gave Rihanna a profession and hits, so he truly deserves a better spot,” one consumer argued on X (previously Twitter). One other added: “Constant affect for twenty years, that’s legendary.”

Billboard’s checklist comes after Jay-Z and Beyoncé made headlines for attending Kris Jenner’s extravagant seventieth celebration over the weekend. The long-lasting couple snuck into the occasion with out the paparazzi having the ability to snap an image of them, in line with TMZ. In doing so, they used a high-priority parking spot.

Jenner held the occasion at Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez’s residence in Beverly Hills on Saturday evening. Tons of different stars have been in attendance as effectively. They included Chris Rock, Oprah Winfrey, Tyler Perry, Mariah Carey, Mark Zuckerberg, Paris Hilton, and extra. Jenner’s six youngsters, Kim Kardashian, Kourtney Kardashian, Khloé Kardashian, Rob Kardashian, Kylie Jenner, and Kendall Jenner, have been current as effectively.