50 CENT & MARY J. BLIGE

With his music, Curtis James Jackson III, better known as 50 cent, achieved legendary status. Successful as an actor and entrepreneur, he founded his own empire under the G-Unit label. Both "Candy Shop" as well as "In Da Club" are anthems of 2000s rap music and now count more than a billion global streams, while his debut album "Get Rich or Die Tryin'" sold over 30 million copies worldwide. The album reached number 4 in the German charts, rose to number 1 in the Billboard 200 in the USA and brought the rapper his international breakthrough, which he achieved with "The Massacre" (2005) to number 1 in Germany, Great Britain and the USA, and "Curtis" (2007) to number 2 in the charts. His life was made into a film in 2005. With a manageable discography of just five albums, the rapper made himself immortal. Even eleven years after the release of his last album "Animal Ambition: An Untamed Desire To Win" belongs to 50 cent is still one of the top 100 artists on Spotify.

The career of Mary J. Bligewho, with nine Grammy Awards, an Emmy and two Oscar nominations, is undoubtedly one of the most successful R&B artists in the world. Her debut album "What's The 411?" catapulted them to number 6 in the US album charts in 1992.

With their third album "Share My World" landed Mary J. Blige first time at number 1 on the Billboard 200, which she achieved after twice reaching number 2 with "Mary" (1999) and "No More Drama" (2001) through their albums "Love & Life" (2003), "The Breakthrough" (2005) and "Growing Pains" (2007) again. Her 2001 song "Family Affair" belongs in every 2000s playlist and is emblematic of the R&B sound after the turn of the millennium. In October 2024 Mary J. Blige was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame, one month later her latest album "Gratitude".