1996 single by Blackstreet
No Diggity is a song by American R&B group Blackstreet, serving as the first single from their second studio album, Another Level (1996). Featuring Dr. Dre and Queen Pen, the song was released on July 29, 1996, by Interscope. It reached number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 and topped the charts in Iceland and New Zealand. The song ended "Macarena's" 14-week reign at the top of the Billboard Hot 100. In the United Kingdom, it peaked at number nine. "No Diggity" was the final number-one single of Cash Box magazine. The track sold 1.6 million copies in 1996 and won the 1998 Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals. It includes samples from Bill Withers's "Grandma's Hands". The music video for the song was directed by Hype Williams.
"No Diggity" ranked at number 91 on Rolling Stone and MTV's "100 Greatest Pop Songs." It was also placed at number 32 on VH1's "100 Greatest Songs of the '90s," number 407 on Q Magazine's" "1001 Best Songs Ever,"[2] number 33 on Blender's" "Greatest Songs Since You Were Born,"[3] and number 43 on NME's" "100 Best Songs of the 1990s."[4]
