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Missy Elliott's Top 20 biggest singles on the Official UK Chart
01 July 2020 | By Rob Copsey

From the moment Missy Elliot emerged in 1997 with her debut single The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly), she set a high standard for female hip-hop artists.

Missy raised the bar when it comes to creative visuals, forging longtime partnerships with directors Hype Williams and Dave Meyers - as well as bringing shoulder-popping to the masses. She's also is a prolific collaborator, regularly teaming up with producers including Timbaland and Pharrell, pop stars such as Christina Aguilera, Pussycat Dolls and Little Mix, and rappers including Dr Dre, A$AP Ferg and J Cole.

Missy is also a five-time Grammy Award winner and was the first female hip-hop artist to be inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2019. Her global record sales reportedly exceed 30 million, including over five million in the UK, according to Official Charts Company data. View Missy Elliott's Official UK Chart history in full.

Her biggest single in the UK is 2001’s Get Ur Freak On, a Number 4 hit on the Official Singles Chart in 2001, with 562,000 chart sales. The track featured on her Miss E… So Addictive Album, which was co-produced by longtime collaborator Timbaland and ranks as her biggest album overall with 316,000 chart sales. Another single from the album, Top 10 hit One Minute Man, places tenth.

Missy’s second biggest track is her guest feature on Ciara’s single 1 2 Step, a Number 3 hit in 2005 with 466,000 chart sales to date. It's also her most viewed video in the UK since we starting tracking video plays one year ago, with 2.8 million views.

Missy’s only UK Number 1 single, Mel B collaboration I Want You Back, places sixth on 230,000 chart sales. Despite being the guest star, Mel B says it was Missy who approached her about the song, which she had produced and co-written.

The most recent entry in Missy’s all-time Top 20 is Lizzo collaboration Tempo, a single from Lizzo's 2019 album Cuz I Love You, while other notable hits include Christina Aguilera duet Car Wash – a Top 5 hit in 2004 – at Number 8, and her most recent Top 100 entry, WTF ft. Pharrell, at Number 16.

Missy Elliot's Official Top 20 biggest songs
POS TITLE ARTIST YEAR PEAK
1 GET UR FREAK ON MISSY ELLIOTT 2001 4 562,000
2 1 2 STEP CIARA FT MISSY ELLIOTT 2005 3 466,000
3 WORK IT MISSY ELLIOTT 2002 6
4 4 MY PEOPLE MISSY ELLIOTT 2002 5
5 LOSE CONTROL MISSY ELLIOTT 2005 7
6 I WANT YOU BACK MELANIE B FT MISSY ELLIOTT 1998 1 230,000
7 WHATCHA THINK ABOUT THAT PUSSYCAT DOLLS/MISSY ELLIOTT 2009 9
8 CAR WASH CHRISTINA AGUILERA FT MISSY 2004 4
9 HOW YA DOIN' LITTLE MIX FT MISSY ELLIOTT 2013 16
10 ONE MINUTE MAN MISSY ELLIOTT FT LUDACRIS 2001 10
11 GOSSIP FOLKS MISSY ELLIOTT FT LUDACRIS 2003 9
12 BOUNCE TIMBALAND/DR DRE/MISSY ELLIOTT 2007 NA
13 TEMPO LIZZO FT MISSY ELLIOTT 2019 NA
14 PASS THAT DUTCH MISSY ELLIOTT 2004 10
15 LET IT GO KEYSHIA COLE FT MISSY ELLIOTT 2007 NA
16 WTF (WHERE THEY FROM) MISSY ELLIOTT FT PHARRELL 2015 66
17 THE RAIN (SUPA DUPA FLY) MISSY ELLIOTT 1997 16
18 WORK CIARA FT MISSY ELLIOTT 2009 52
19 BORDERLINE ARIANA GRANDE FT MISSY ELLIOTT 2018 NA
20 NOBODY'S PERFECT J COLE FT MISSY ELLIOTT 2011 NA

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This chart is compiled taking in physical sales, downloads and streaming equivalent sales until Week 26, 2020.