North West makes history as youngest artist on Billboard Hot 100

Kim and Kanye’s daughter, North West makes history as one of the youngest artists to appear on the Billboard Hot 100 charts.

Kim and Kanye’s daughter, North West makes history as one of the youngest artists to appear on the Billboard Hot 100 charts. Image via IG (@kimkardashian)

Kim Kardashian and Kanye West’s daughter North West has reached her first milestone as a musician.

NORTH WEST IS BILLBOARD CERTIFIED

In December 2023, the 10-year-old dropped by her father’s listening party for his album Vultures. While at the event North was seen on stage eagerly performing and lip-syncing along to her verse on a track called Talking.

“I love it here / We’re gonna take over another year / It’s your bestie Miss, Miss Westie. Don’t try to test me / It’s gonna get messy / Just, just bless me, bless me / It’s your bestie Miss, Miss Westie”, North West rapped on the song.

Two months since the release, North West is officially a Billboard Hot 100-charting artist, becoming the youngest artist to be reach the number 1 spot on the Billboard Charts.

According to Billboard, “Vultures 1 is currently at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 (dated Feb. 24) with 148,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. in its opening week (Feb. 9-15, following its Feb. 10 release)”.

KIM KARDASHIAN IS A PROUD MAMA

Reality TV star Kim Kardashian took to her Instagram Stories on Wednesday, 21 February to share a screenshot of the track “Talking” and its accomplishment.

“My baby!!!!”, Kim wrote over the image.

The skies the limit for Kim and Kanye’s 10-year-old daughter, in her first solo cover story for i-D‘s 2023 issue, North West talked about what she wants to be when she grows up. The pre-teen shared her dreams of becoming a rapper and basketball player amongst other things.

“A basketball player, a rapper, um…Well when I was 7 I wanted to be a boxer. But now I don’t want to be a boxer. I’m going to do art on the side, When I’m like, 13, I want to walk dogs, to make money to buy art supplies, because everything around here is so expensive. So a rapper, a basketball player, and I’m going to make artwork that I sell”, she shared.

North West also noted that she wants to own her parents’ businesses.

“Also, one day I want to own Yeezy and SKIMS, and I want to be a business owner”, she noted.