BET Hip Hop Award for Album of the Year

BET Hip Hop Award for Album of the Year
Country	United States
Presented by	BET
First awarded	2006
Last awarded	2016

The BET Hip Hop Award for Album of the Year is an award presented to recording artists for quality album at the BET Hip Hop Awards. Originally titled CD of the Year but it was during the 2013 ceremony.

Year	Recipients	Work	Nominees	Ref.
2006	T.I.	King	Lil Wayne – Tha Carter II Young Jeezy – Let's Get It: Thug Motivation 101 Lupe Fiasco – Food & Liquor Kanye West – Late Registration
2007	T.I.	T.I. vs. T.I.P.	Jay-Z – Kingdom Come Ludacris – Release Therapy Nas – Hip Hop Is Dead
	Common	Finding Forever
2008	Lil Wayne	Tha Carter III	Jay-Z – American Gangster Lupe Fiasco – Lupe Fiasco's The Cool Nas – Untitled Kanye West – Graduation
2009	T.I.	Paper Trail	Eminem – Relapse Q-Tip – The Renaissance Kanye West – 808s & Heartbreak Young Jeezy – The Recession
2010	Jay-Z	The Blueprint 3	B.o.B – B.o.B Presents: The Adventures of Bobby Ray Eminem – Recovery Drake – Thank Me Later Rick Ross – Teflon Don
2011	Kanye West	My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy	Big Sean – Finally Famous Lupe Fiasco – Lasers Nicki Minaj – Pink Friday Wiz Khalifa – Rolling Papers
2012	The Throne (Jay Z & Kanye West)	Watch the Throne	Common – The Dreamer/The Believer Drake – Take Care J. Cole – Cole World: The Sideline Story Young Jeezy – TM:103 Hustlerz Ambition
2013	Kendrick Lamar	good kid, m.A.A.d city	J. Cole – Born Sinner Jay Z – Magna Carta Holy Grail Nas – Life Is Good Wale – The Gifted
2014	Drake	Nothing Was the Same	Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP 2 Future - Honest Rick Ross - Mastermind Schoolboy Q - Oxymoron Yo Gotti - I Am
2015	J. Cole	2014 Forest Hills Drive	Big Sean - Dark Sky Paradise Drake - If You're Reading This It's Too Late Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp A Butterfly Nicki Minaj - The Pinkprint Wale - The Album About Nothing
2016	Drake	Views	DJ Khaled – I Changed a Lot Dr. Dre – Compton Fetty Wap – Fetty Wap Future – DS2 Kanye West – The Life of Pablo