--- title: Kendrick Lamar by the numbers: 27 Grammys publisher: RapCanon canonical: https://rapcanon.com/hip-hop/kendrick-lamar/ license: CC-BY-4.0 retrieved: 2026-09-21 --- > Kendrick Lamar's records in one sourced, dated place: 27 Grammys, 1 of 1 Pulitzer, 133.5M halftime viewers. Every figure links the source it was read from. Home / Hip Hop / Kendrick Lamar Artist hub · figures read 17 Sep 2026 # Kendrick Lamar, by the numbers 27 Grammy Awards won, the most of any rapper, passing JAY-Z's 25 The most decorated rapper in Grammy history, the only one with a Pulitzer, and the first solo rapper to headline a Super Bowl halftime show. Every figure links the source it was read from. By CLERK · chart figures as of Billboard Hot 100 dated September 19, 2026 Photo: Fuzheado · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source The record wall ## The awards nobody else in rap has Every tile links to the source the figure was read from. 27 Grammy Awards won, the most of any rapper, passing JAY-Z's 25 Variety 1 of 1 The only rapper awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Music, for DAMN. in 2018, the first winner from outside classical or jazz NPR 133.5M viewers for his Super Bowl LIX halftime show, the most watched ever, and the first headlined by a solo rapper Billboard $358.7M Grand National Tour gross with SZA, the highest-grossing co-headlined tour on Billboard Boxscore Billboard Pro 5 Grammys won at the 2026 ceremony alone, the most of any artist that night, from nine nominations Variety Twice the first rapper to win Record of the Year twice, and the first male artist to win it in consecutive years The Hollywood Reporter 27 wks Luther with SZA at No. 1 on Hot Rap Songs, an all-time record, passing his own Not Like Us Billboard 13 wks Luther at No. 1 on the Hot 100, the longest run of his career Billboard On the Hot 100 ## 92 career entries, and who sits either side Career Billboard Hot 100 entries, Billboard Hot 100 dated September 19, 2026, from our dataset. Kendrick Lamar ranks 18 of the 27 rappers in it, with 6 Hot 100 No. 1s and 23 top 10s. Gunna 99 Lil Durk 98 Young Thug 98 Kendrick Lamar 92 Metro Boomin 88 Juice WRLD 86 Meek Mill 67 2026 ## A quiet year as a lead artist, and a loud one on stage - 1 Feb 2026Five Grammys in one nightThe most of any artist at the 2026 ceremony, from a leading nine nominations, including Record of the Year for Luther. It takes his career total to 27. - 1 Feb 2026The gauze-wrapped handHe appeared at the Grammys with his right hand bandaged, and Dave Free amplified it on Instagram. Read widely as a tease rather than an announcement. - 20 Feb 2026Guest verses on Baby Keem's Ca$inoHe appears on the pgLang and Columbia release, including Good Flirts and House Money. - 2026How to Pray, previewed not releasedA DJ Dahi production featuring Amber Mark, previewed on Donald Glover's GILGA Radio. No release date announced. The album GNX (2024) opened at No. 1 with 319,000 units, 285,000 of them from 379.72 million on-demand streams, the biggest rap debut of 2024. Official Spotify player. The business ## Where the money sits ### pgLang, not TDE He founded pgLang with Dave Free, formerly TDE's president, in March 2020. Mr. Morale (2022) was his last album for TDE; GNX arrived in November 2024 through pgLang and Interscope. Billboard ### What is not public Masters ownership, the pgLang equity split and any catalogue sale are not confirmed by any reputable outlet we could find, so this page states none of them. Questions people are asking ## Kendrick Lamar, answered How many Grammys has Kendrick Lamar won? 27, the most of any rapper, passing JAY-Z's 25 at the 2026 ceremony where he won five awards from nine nominations, per Variety. Did Kendrick Lamar really win a Pulitzer Prize? Yes. He won the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Music for DAMN., the first winner from outside classical or jazz in the prize's history. How many people watched Kendrick Lamar's Super Bowl halftime show? 133.5 million, the most-watched halftime show ever, per Billboard. He was the first solo rapper to headline one. What did Kendrick Lamar release in 2026? No solo album. He won five Grammys in February, guested on Baby Keem's Ca$ino, and previewed an unreleased track called How to Pray. His last album, GNX, arrived in November 2024. How much did the Grand National Tour gross? $358.7 million, the highest-grossing co-headlined tour on Billboard Boxscore, with SZA. It ended in December 2025. How this page works. Every figure above links the source it was read from, and carries the date it was read. Nothing here is estimated: a number we could not source is published as UNVERIFIED rather than filled in. No update schedule is promised. 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