Macklemore makes it on the American Billboard Hot 100... For a THIRD time!

Thrift shop rapper has reached number 20 on the Billboard 100 with equality song 'Same                 Love'.


The dynamic duo has taken the billboard chart by storm this week by making the equality song, "Same Love' reach number 20. The pair has also won a BET award for best group.

Macklemore and Ryan Lewis.

The pair has always shocked the public with their music from the very beginning. The first time Macklemore and Ryan Lewis made their presence known, was back in 2012 when their album,The Heist, reached number two in the billboard top 100. They then came back with their song Thrift shop, reached number one in 2013. Now their song Can't Hold Us  has been number one for six weeks! The public has now accepted that the independent duo act are here to stay.

Same Love  is a track from the album The Heist.  The song expresses Macklemore's personal experience and issues of same sex relationships and marriage. The video features the life of a gay couple ending in a successful marriage.The song itself was inspired by Referendum 74, which voters in Washington voted to legalize equal marriage. The song which was released in February, 2013, has entered the American Billboard Hot 100. People claim that since the release of this song, equal marriage campaigns has led to the Supreme Court ruling in favour of same-sex marriage in  two cases last week. Same sex has also sold 110,000 downloads according to Nielsen SoundScan. The song has gained 33% compared to sales in the previous week. Because of this, the song which features Mary Lambert  shot to the top ten in the Digital Songs Chart, sitting comfortably at number 8, and also climbs from number 28 to 16 on the American Billboard Hot 100 Chart. Yesterday it was announced that the song has sold 938,000 downloads.



So with all this success, it's not a big surprise that record labels have been trying to convince the pair to sign up to their labels, however the double act aren't caving in that easily. "There's been interest from everyone; I'm not going to say names, but there's been a lot of flattering feedback in terms of what we've been doing." Macklemore told MTV News. "Anytime there's a group going against the grain, there's going to be people that are like 'Wow, you did it by yourself.' In 2012, that impressive...we talk to a lot of labels, had some great conversations [but] right now, we're doing it ourselves; and that's what makes the most sense with this project."

But what would happen if the pair decided to join a record label?  Watch the Funny or Die video here.