Rap Albums
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Top Rap Albums is an American record chart published by Billboard that ranks rap albums based on sales compiled by Nielsen SoundScan.[1]
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.[2]
Chart achievements
Albums with the most weeks at No. 1
- 19 weeks - Recovery by Eminem
- 16 weeks - Take Care by Drake released in 2011.[3]
- 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
- 13 weeks -Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon by Pop Smoke
- 11 weeks - Damn. by Kendrick Lamar released on April 14, 2017.[4]
- 10 weeks - The Blueprint 3 by Jay-Z
Artists with most number-one albums
| Albums | Artist | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 13 | Jay-Z | |
| Lil Wayne | [5][6] | |
| The Game | [7] | |
| Drake | [7] | |
| Eminem | [8] | |
| [9] |
References
- ^ "Rap Albums : Page 1". Billboard. Retrieved 2013-11-09.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Lil Wayne Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
- ^ Westhoff, B. (2011). Dirty South: OutKast, Lil Wayne, Soulja Boy, and the Southern Rappers Who Reinvented Hip-Hop.
- ^ a b Anderson, Trevor (13 July 2018). "Drake Ties The Game For Most No. 1s on Top Rap Albums Chart". billboard.com. Billboard Music. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
- ^ "Eminem Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
- ^ "Jay-Z Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
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