Epic Rap Battles of History discography

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Epic Rap Battles of History discography
Studio albums5
Music videos82
Singles82

The following is the discography of the cast from the web series Epic Rap Battles of History. The series was created by Peter Shukoff and Lloyd Ahlquist. Additionally, Maker Studios, a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company, produces, directs and distributes the series.

On September 26, 2010, "John Lennon vs. Bill O'Reilly", the first music video was released on Shukoff's channel, where the rest of the first season was released.[1][2] Since the second season, ERB music videos have been distributed through its own YouTube channel, which has amassed over 14 million subscribers and 4.1 billion video views, as of December 2018.[2][3]

In 2013, the single "Barack Obama vs. Mitt Romney", was the first YouTube music video to achieve a gold certification from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).[4] "Darth Vader vs. Hitler" and "Einstein vs. Stephen Hawking" also achieved RIAA gold certification during 2013.[5] "Dr. Seuss vs Shakespeare", "Master Chief vs Leonidas", "Steve Jobs vs Bill Gates" and "Justin Bieber vs Beethoven" were subsequently certified Gold in 2014.[6] On June 4, 2015, "Mario Bros. vs Wright Bros.", "Mr T vs Mr Rogers" and "Abe Lincoln vs Chuck Norris" achieved RIAA gold certification.[6] On January 29, 2016, "Darth Vader vs Adolf Hitler 2" was certified gold. The popularity of the music videos has led to mainstream partnerships, such as the one with Ubisoft, using the "Blackbeard vs Al Capone" episode to promote Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag.[7] Additionally, "Terminator vs Robocop" in the fourth season was used to promote the upcoming release of the film Terminator Genisys and featured an appearance by Arnold Schwarzenegger. ERB's popularity has also led to its association with mainstream artists such as Snoop Dogg, "Weird Al" Yankovic, Chali 2na and T-Pain.[8][9][10]

ERBOH Season 1, the series' first album was released on a compact disc through DFTBA Records in December 2011, including all 15 tracks from the first season of the series, including 2 bonus live tracks.[11][12] Epic Rap Battles of History Season 2 was digitally released on May 22, 2013 on iTunes through Maker Studios.[13] Epic Rap Battles of History Season 3 was released in 2014 through the official ERB website's online shop.[14]

Studio albums[]

List of albums, with selected chart positions and sales
Title Album details Peak chart positions
US Comedy
[15]
ERBOH Season 1
  • Released: December 26, 2011
  • Label: DFTBA Records, Maker Studios
  • Format: CD, digital download
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Epic Rap Battles of History Season 2
  • Released: May 22, 2013
  • Label: Maker Studios
  • Format: CD, digital download
 11
Epic Rap Battles of History Season 3
  • Released: July 14, 2014
  • Label: Maker Studios
  • Format: CD, digital download
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Epic Rap Battles of History Season 4
  • Released: August 3, 2015
  • Label: none
  • Format: CD, digital download
 —
Epic Rap Battles of History Season 5
  • Released: January 9, 2017
  • Label: none
  • Format: CD, digital download
 —

Music videos/singles[]

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Peter Shukoff (left) and Lloyd Ahlquist, the creators of Epic Rap Battles of History
Mitt Romney (left) with Barack Obama, the subjects of the most viewed episode of Epic Rap Battles of History

Note: View counts are accurate estimations as of March 5, 2021

Certified gold by the RIAA
Most viewed in respective season
Title Video upload date Views Certifications
John Lennon vs Bill O'Reilly September 26, 2010 39,392,900 n/a
Darth Vader vs Hitler November 10, 2010 103,521,700 RIAA: Gold[6]
Abe Lincoln vs Chuck Norris December 8, 2010 82,946,200 RIAA: Gold[6]
Sarah Palin vs Lady Gaga January 12, 2011 48,154,600 n/a
Hulk Hogan and Macho Man vs Kim Jong-il February 2, 2011 46,590,500 n/a
Justin Bieber vs Beethoven March 2, 2011 98,941,600 RIAA: Gold[6]
Albert Einstein vs Stephen Hawking March 30, 2011 126,499,500 RIAA: Gold[6]
Genghis Khan vs Easter Bunny April 20, 2011 42,700,900 n/a
Napoleon vs Napoleon May 18, 2011 53,297,100 n/a
Billy Mays vs Ben Franklin June 23, 2011 45,184,500 n/a
Gandalf vs Dumbledore July 14, 2011 54,987,600 n/a
Dr. Seuss vs Shakespeare August 17, 2011 95,719,500 RIAA: Gold[6]
Mr. T vs Mr. Rogers September 14, 2011 83,205,700 RIAA: Gold[6]
Columbus vs Captain Kirk October 10, 2011 42,224,800 n/a
Nice Peter vs EpicLLOYD November 18, 2011 39,577,800 n/a
Hitler vs Vader 2 December 8, 2011 91,851,000 RIAA: Gold[6]
Master Chief vs Leonidas January 31, 2012 105,174,200 RIAA: Gold[6]
Mario Bros vs Wright Bros February 16, 2012 98,769,500 RIAA: Gold[6]
Michael Jackson vs Elvis Presley April 2, 2012 85,164,900 n/a
Cleopatra vs Marilyn Monroe May 7, 2012 87,866,100 n/a
Steve Jobs vs Bill Gates June 14, 2012 144,508,400 RIAA: Gold[6]
Frank Sinatra vs Freddie Mercury October 1, 2012 61,749,000 n/a
Barack Obama vs Mitt Romney October 15, 2012 151,325,100 RIAA: Gold[6]
Doc Brown vs Doctor Who October 29, 2012 58,852,700 n/a
Clint Eastwood vs Bruce Lee November 12, 2012 68,535,700 n/a
Batman vs Sherlock Holmes November 27, 2012 74,776,600 n/a
Moses vs Santa Claus December 10, 2012 86,866,900 n/a
Adam vs Eve February 11, 2013 74,718,400 n/a
Gandhi vs Martin Luther King Jr. February 25, 2013 82,517,200 n/a
Nikola Tesla vs Thomas Edison March 11, 2013 45,729,900 n/a
Babe Ruth vs Lance Armstrong March 25, 2013 36,693,500 n/a
Mozart vs Skrillex April 8, 2013 102,253,900 n/a
Rasputin vs Stalin April 22, 2013 116,698,300 n/a
Hitler vs Vader 3 October 7, 2013 47,927,300 n/a
Blackbeard vs Al Capone October 21, 2013 54,348,500 n/a
Miley Cyrus vs Joan of Arc November 4, 2013 78,147,000 n/a
Bob Ross vs Pablo Picasso November 18, 2013 39,347,600 n/a
Michael Jordan vs Muhammad Ali December 3, 2013 56,577,700 n/a
Donald Trump vs Ebenezer Scrooge December 19, 2013 44,243,000 n/a
Rick Grimes vs Walter White May 5, 2014 66,775,000 n/a
Goku vs Superman May 19, 2014 87,060,200 n/a
Stephen King vs Edgar Allan Poe June 2, 2014 57,756,000 n/a
Sir Isaac Newton vs Bill Nye June 16, 2014 69,402,500 n/a
George Washington vs William Wallace June 30, 2014 47,068,300 n/a
Artists (Donatello, Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, and Raphael) vs TMNT July 14, 2014 87,563,000 n/a
Ghostbusters vs Mythbusters November 10, 2014 51,223,200 n/a
Romeo and Juliet vs Bonnie and Clyde November 17, 2014 48,809,900 n/a
Zeus vs Thor November 24, 2014 40,587,100 n/a
Jack the Ripper vs Hannibal Lecter December 1, 2014 54,853,800 n/a
Oprah vs Ellen December 8, 2014 42,183,200 n/a
Steven Spielberg vs Alfred Hitchcock December 15, 2014 68,462,900 n/a
Lewis and Clark vs Bill and Ted May 25, 2015 22,995,400 n/a
David Copperfield vs Harry Houdini June 8, 2015 18,912,100 n/a
Terminator vs Robocop June 22, 2015 44,999,500 n/a
Eastern (Sun Tzu, Confucius, Lao Tzu) vs Western (Friedrich Nietzsche, Socrates, Voltaire) Philosophers July 6, 2015 56,517,700 n/a
Shaka Zulu vs Julius Caesar July 20, 2015 40,724,600 n/a
Jim Henson vs Stan Lee August 3, 2015 42,285,200 n/a
Deadpool vs Boba Fett December 16, 2015 74,207,100 n/a
J. R. R. Tolkien vs George R. R. Martin May 2, 2016 35,127,200 n/a
Gordon Ramsay vs Julia Child May 18, 2016 39,420,400 n/a
Frederick Douglass vs Thomas Jefferson May 30, 2016 27,102,500 n/a
James Bond vs Austin Powers June 14, 2016 50,791,600 n/a
Bruce Banner vs Bruce Jenner June 29, 2016 17,973,400 n/a
Alexander the Great vs Ivan the Terrible July 12, 2016 49,240,800 n/a
Donald Trump vs Hillary Clinton October 26, 2016 87,254,200 n/a
Ash Ketchum vs Charles Darwin November 14, 2016 29,761,600 n/a
Wonder Woman vs Stevie Wonder November 28, 2016 30,673,200 n/a
Tony Hawk vs Wayne Gretzky December 12, 2016 15,910,900 n/a
Theodore Roosevelt vs Winston Churchill December 26, 2016 40,283,600 n/a
Nice Peter vs EpicLLOYD 2 January 9, 2017 16,134,400 n/a
Elon Musk vs Mark Zuckerberg December 7, 2018 27,819,800 n/a
Freddy Krueger vs Wolverine April 20, 2019 14,331,300 n/a
Guy Fawkes vs Che Guevara May 5, 2019 18,963,600 n/a
Ronald McDonald vs The Burger King June 8, 2019 18,777,900 n/a
George Carlin vs Richard Pryor July 13, 2019 11,311,800 n/a
Jacques Cousteau vs Steve Irwin August 17, 2019 9,306,396 n/a
Mother Teresa vs Sigmund Freud September 22, 2019 11,116,110 n/a
Vlad the Impaler vs Count Dracula October 25, 2019 10,821,256 n/a
The Joker vs Pennywise November 23, 2019 31,234,491 n/a
Thanos vs J. Robert Oppenheimer December 18, 2019 21,262,607 n/a
Donald Trump vs Joe Biden October 24, 2020 17,832,317 n/a
Harry Potter vs Luke Skywalker December 5, 2020 7,417,464 n/a
TOTAL as of October 27, 2020 4,528,834,200 11 certified gold singles[6]

References[]

  1. ^ MacPherson, Guy (June 3, 2014). "Nice Peter hits the road solo for Epic Rap Battles of History". The Georgia Straight. Retrieved June 29, 2015.
  2. ^ a b Hart, Hugh (June 29, 2014). "Make Every Second Count: 8 Rules for YouTube Success From the Creators of Epic Rap Battles". Fast Company. Retrieved July 16, 2014.
  3. ^ "ERB About". YouTube. Retrieved June 10, 2014.
  4. ^ Pham, Alex (August 1, 2013). "Exclusive: Maker Studio's Epic Rap Battles Scores RIAA Gold". Billboard. Retrieved June 10, 2014.
  5. ^ "2013 'Landmark Year' For RIAA's Gold & Platinum Program". Recording Industry Association of America. Archived from the original on July 16, 2014. Retrieved June 10, 2014.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "RIAA – Searchable Database: Epic Rap Battles of History". Recording Industry Association of America. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved June 29, 2015.
  7. ^ "Ubisoft Promotes Assassin's Creed 4 Black Flag with Epic Rap Battles in new Video". Player Essence. October 21, 2013. Retrieved June 10, 2014.
  8. ^ Glenn, Devon (June 12, 2013). "'Epic Rap Battles' Creators on Snoop: 'He's an Innovative Dude, That Dude'". Social Times. Retrieved June 18, 2014.
  9. ^ Barness, Sarah (June 17, 2014). "Weird Al And 'Bill Nye' Face Off In Epic Rap Battle Because The Universe Is Infinitely Awesome". Huffington Post. Retrieved June 17, 2014.
  10. ^ Gutelle, Sam (June 16, 2014). "Weird Al Is Isaac Newton In New 'Epic Rap Battles Of History' Episode". Tubefilter. Retrieved June 18, 2014.
  11. ^ Epic Rap Battles of History News. ERB News. YouTube. December 16, 2011. Retrieved June 10, 2014.
  12. ^ "Epic Rap Battles of History CD". DFTBA Records. Archived from the original on June 28, 2014. Retrieved June 10, 2014.
  13. ^ "Epic Rap Battles of History Season 2". iTunes. May 22, 2013. Retrieved June 10, 2014.
  14. ^ "Season 3 Limited-Edition CD". Epic Rap Battles of History. Archived from the original on August 11, 2015. Retrieved June 29, 2015.
  15. ^ "Chart Search for Epic Rap Battles of History". Billboard. Retrieved June 30, 2015.
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