Def Jam is the most successful hip hop label ever and that is according to a study by Polygraph’s Matt Daniels. He made it his job to check each labels tracks and rank on charts and how many weeks they charted for. This study went all the way back to 1989 with over 600 labels in the mix with stand out labels being those that produced the most hits at any time. Def Jam was the leader in the number of chart toppers and for the longest amount of weeks. The top five list is as follows.