According to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), Lamar's digital singles registered 41 million certified units, based on sales and on-demand streaming, as of June 2024.

His first showing on international record and radio airplay charts came with his succeeding efforts, Good Kid, M.A.A.D City (2012) and To Pimp a Butterfly (2015).

Good Kid, M.A.A.D City also contained the moderately successful singles "The Recipe", "Poetic Justice", "Backseat Freestyle", and "Bitch, Don't Kill My Vibe".

To Pimp a Butterfly was supported by five singles—"I" (which reached the top 40 in the U.S. and several European countries), "The Blacker the Berry", "King Kunta", "Alright", and "These Walls".

[4] Further bolstered by the international top 20 singles "Loyalty" and "Love", Damn became the first album by a rapper or solo artist to have every song featured be certified gold or higher by the RIAA.

[5] All eighteen tracks from Lamar's fifth studio album, Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers (2022), charted on the Billboard Hot 100; its successful singles comprise "The Heart Part 5", "N95", "Silent Hill", and "Die Hard".

“Squabble Up”, the second track from GNX, debuted atop the Billboard Hot 100 and gave Lamar his third number one song on the chart of 2024 — causing him to become the first male solo artist to have three number-one-debuts in the same year.

His most successful endeavors include ASAP Rocky's "Fuckin' Problems" (2012), Robin Thicke's "Give It 2 U" (2013), Maroon 5's "Don't Wanna Know", and Travis Scott's "Goosebumps" (both 2016).