Most sampled act
- Who
- James Brown
- What
- 8,129 total number
- Where
- United States
- When
- 08 February 2021
The most sampled act is James Brown (USA) who has been sampled 8,129 times, according to whosampled.com as confirmed on 8 February 2021.
"Funky Drummer" (1969), which first appeared on an album – In the Jungle Groove – some 17 years after it was written, was the most sampled Brown song, having appeared on 1,440 tracks from acts as diverse as Dr Dre ("Let Me Ride"), George Michael ("Freedom! 90"), Nicki Minaj ("Save Me"), Public Enemy ("Fight the Power"), Emeli Sandé ("Heaven") and Ed Sheeran ("Shirtsleeves").