Rap Albums
Top Rap Albums is an American record chart published weekly by Billboard that ranks rap albums based on sales compiled by Nielsen SoundScan.[1] The chart, similar to Billboard 200 and other album related charts on Billboard, is compiled from physical album sales, streaming equivalent sales, and track equivalent albums.[2]
As of the issue dated December 18, 2021, the current top rap album is Hall of Fame by Polo G.[3]
History
Top Rap Albums began publication for the week of November 13, 2004 and the first number-one album was Unfinished Business by Jay-Z and R. Kelly.[4]
Chart achievements
Albums with the most weeks at No. 1
- 20 weeks - Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon by Pop Smoke
- 19 weeks - Recovery by Eminem
- 16 weeks - Take Care by Drake released in 2011.[5]
- 14 weeks - The Marshall Mathers LP 2 by Eminem
- 13 weeks - Paper Trail by T.I.
- 13 weeks - The Heist by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
- 13 weeks - Hamilton
- 11 weeks - Damn. by Kendrick Lamar released on April 14, 2017.[6]
- 10 weeks - The Blueprint 3 by Jay-Z
References
- "Rap Albums : Page 1". Billboard. Retrieved 2013-11-09.
- "Billboard Charts Legend". Billboard. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
- "Top Rap Albums Chart". Billboard. Retrieved 12 October 2021.
- "Rap Albums: Week of November 13, 2004". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. November 13, 2004. Retrieved December 15, 2011.
- Pope, A. (2016). Musical artists capitalizing on hybrid identities: A case study of drake the “Authentic”“Black”“Canadian”“Rapper”. Stream: Culture/Politics/Technology, 9(1), 3.
- Bohnett, M. (2019). Centers and Peripheries in the Expression and Enactment of Religion, Sociopolitical Soundscapes, and the Reception of Kendrick Lamar’s DAMN.
- "Drake Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
- "The Game Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
- "Eminem Scores Historic 10th No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart With 'Music to Be Murdered By'". Billboard. Retrieved 2021-05-20.
- "Eminem Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
- "Jay-Z Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
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