Girl" debuted atop the Hot 100, matching the feat 24 years later. It stayed at number one for two weeks in November 1998, making Hill the third woman unaccompanied by another artist to do so with a song that debuted at number one, following Mariah Carey and Celine Dion. The song set the record for the longest-running number one by a solo female rapper, holding that record for almost 19 years, until it was surpassed by Cardi B's single "Bodak Yellow", which stayed atop the Hot 100 chart for three weeks. "Doo Wop (That Thing)" also peaked atop Billboards Hot Rap Songs chart, making her the first solo female artist to top both charts simultaneously, and remained the sole single by a unaccompanied female artist to do so, until it was matched by Cardi B's "Up" in 2021. On the R&B Singles chart, it peaked at number two for three weeks in November 1998, and reached 50 million audience impressions on radio, however it was held out of the top spot by "Nobody's Supposed to Be Here" by Deborah Cox. The song experienced similar success abroad, reaching number one in Iceland, and peaking within the top ten in various other countries worldwide. In the United Kingdom the song peaked at number three, debuted at number one on the UK Hip Hop and R&B Chart, and has been certified Platinum by the British Phonographic Industry. According to Apple Music, It is one of the most streamed songs of the 1990s. Accolades At the 41st Annual Grammy Awards, "Doo Wop (That Thing)" won two awards: Best R&B Song and Best Female R&B Vocal Performance. The success of "Doo Wop (That Thing)" and The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill established Hill as a success outside of her group, The Fugees. In 1999, "Doo Wop (That Thing)" was ranked at number two on The Village Voices Pazz & Jop annual critics' poll, after Fatboy Slims "The Rockafeller Skank". The song's music video won four 1999 MTV Video Music Awards for: Best Female Video, Best R&B Video, Best Art Direction, and Video of the Year; with her win for Video of the Year, "Doo Wop (That Thing)" became the first hip hop video to win the award, and made Hill the first solo black artist to win, and second overall following TLC (1995). Music video The song's music video was Directed by Monty Whitebloom & Andy