The Biggest Hip Hop Album First Week Sales of 2023
Hip hop has been dominating the music industry for the past, and 2022 proved to be yet another…
The Biggest Hip Hop Album First Week Sales of 2022
After a spectacular 2021, which saw a blend of releases from high-profile artists (Drake, Kanye, J. Cole, Tyler)…
The Biggest Hip Hop Album First Week Sales of 2021
And just like that, we’re approaching the end of 2021. After an interesting 2020 where tours and album…
The Biggest Hip Hop Album First Week Sales of 2020
2020 felt like a stop-gap year when you look back at it. Even with high-profile releases from Eminem,…
The Biggest Hip Hop Album First Week Sales of 2019
From J. Cole’s Dreamville album and Future’s seventh studio album, to Young Thug’s first number one debut and…
The Biggest Hip Hop Album First Week Sales of 2018
Migos’ highly anticipated sequel to 2017’s Culture , Kanye’s first album since The Life of Pablo , Cardi…
The Biggest Hip Hop Album First Week Sales of 2017
Migos’ first pop superstardom moment, Future dropping two number one projects in back to back weeks, Jay-Z’s masterpiece…
The Biggest Hip Hop Album First Week Sales of 2016
A Tribe Called Quest’s first album since 1996, J. Cole’s second platinum album with no features, Drake drops…
The Biggest Hip Hop Album First Week Sales of 2015
Future turns into a monster and drops the album of his life, Dre returns with his first album…
The Biggest Hip Hop Album First Week Sales of 2014
Compared to the blockbuster years of 2013 (Kanye, Drake, Jay-Z, Eminem) and 2015 (Kendrick, Drake, Future), 2014 was…
The Biggest Hip Hop Album First Week Sales of 2013
A sales battle between Kanye, Mac Miller and J. Cole; Eminem returns with the sequel to his greatest…
The Biggest Hip Hop Album First Week Sales of 2012
Kendrick drops his highly anticipated major label debut; 2 Chainz solidifies his position at the top of the…
The Biggest Hip Hop Album First Week Sales of 2011
Mac Miller drops the biggest independently-distributed album since 1995; The Throne make their debut; Wale becomes a certified…
The Biggest Hip Hop Album First Week Sales of 2010
Lil Wayne drops two albums in one year; Drake and Nicki Minaj make their Young Money debuts; Eminem…
The Biggest Hip Hop Album First Week Sales of 2009
Young Money begin their takeover of the rap game; Jay-Z scores the first number one song in his…
The Biggest Hip Hop Album First Week Sales of 2008
In 2008, we saw Lil Wayne score one of the biggest first week album sales in hip hop…
The Biggest Hip Hop Album First Week Sales of 2007
2007 was a great year for hip hop. We had Jay-Z shake off his retirement with American Gangster…
The Biggest Hip Hop Album First Week Sales of 2006
2006 was the year hip hop started entering into its maturation stage. With OGs like Nas and Jay-Z…
The Biggest Hip Hop Album First Week Sales of 2005
2005 was peak 50 Cent and G-Unit. Not only did 50 have the biggest selling album of the…
The Biggest Hip Hop Album First Week Sales of 2004
The mid-2000s was an era dominated by gangsta rap. Releases from Eminem, 50 Cent and their crews and…
The Biggest Hip Hop Album First Week Sales of 2003
2003 saw the debut of the one of the biggest rappers of all time , and the retirement…
The Biggest Hip Hop Album First Week Sales of 2002
From Xzibit to Nas, Missy Elliott to Ja Rule, Jay-Z to Eminem, we take a look at the…
The Biggest Hip Hop Album First Week Sales of 2001
While Nas and Jay-Z were warring for the New York throne, DMX continued his hot streak, during a…
The Biggest Hip Hop Album First Week Sales of 2000
2000 was a year where we saw a lot of dope rappers drop big-selling albums. From Nelly to…
The Biggest Hip Hop Album First Week Sales of 1999
1999 proved to be another transformative year for hip hop, as the genre continued to evolve and adapt…
The Biggest Hip Hop Album First Week Sales of 1998
1998 stands out as a pivotal year in hip hop history, a year that witnessed the rise of…