Hill was the first rapper to grace the cover of Time magazine. Throughout her career, Hill has earned several Guinness World Records, which include being the first woman rapper to earn a Diamond-certification by RIAA. She has also been ranked as one of the Greatest Singers of All Time by Consequence of Sound and Rolling Stone. Billboard placed her seventh on their "10 Best Rappers of All Time" list (2015), with her being the sole woman on the list. Ultimately, Hill dropped out of the public eye, only periodically releasing singles. 2.0 (2002), was later certified platinum by the RIAA. Her new-material live album MTV Unplugged No. Hill then produced music for Santana and Mary J. The album was later selected for the Library of Congress' National Recording Registry. She won five awards including Album of the Year, and became the first hip hop act to win the award. At the 41st Grammy Awards, Hill set a record for the most nominations in one night for a woman, with ten. She also was the first woman rapper to earn a No. 1 on both the Billboard 200 and Hot 100 with their first entries. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, and made her the first artist to have debuted at No. The lead single " Doo Wop (That Thing)" debuted at No. It included the songs " Ex-Factor" and " Lost Ones". Billboard 200 with the highest first-week sales for a debut album by a woman in the 20th century. Her sole studio album, The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill (1998), launched atop the U.S. The band split in 1997, and soon after she began work on her solo album. Hill then collaborated with Nas (" If I Ruled the World (Imagine That)") and Aretha Franklin (" A Rose Is Still a Rose"). The album contained the hit single " Killing Me Softly", with her on lead vocals. Their album The Score (1996), received the Grammy Award for Best Rap Album, for which she became the first woman to win the award. Afterwards, she released two albums as a member of The Fugees. Hill starred in the film Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit (1993). Hill has won many accolades, including eight Grammy Awards, the most for a female rapper to this day. She was the frontwoman of The Fugees and her 1998 solo album The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill is one of the best-selling albums of all time. Hill is credited for breaking barriers for female rappers, popularizing melodic rapping and for bringing hip hop and neo soul to popular music. She is regarded as one of the greatest rappers of all time, as well as one of the most influential musicians of her generation. Lauryn Noelle Hill (born May 26, 1975) is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer.
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