The music industry has certainly come a long way since the early ’80s where hip hop acts didn’t even have a chart for their own, instead having to compete with R&B and dance acts.
But now, with hip hop being the biggest and most influential genre in the world, the culture’s impact is now reflecting on all the charts. But let’s look beyond Billboard and first week album sales, here we focus on what’s the most streamed in the modern era. Remarkably, there are now countless hip hop artists who have over 5 billion streams alone .
From Drake’s Scorpion to Juice Wrld’s Goodbye & Good Riddance to XXXTentacion’s “?” we take a look at the 100 most streamed hip hop albums on Spotify, of all time.
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A Top 50 countdown of Rap most popular albums in order of streams in the modern era on Spotify is as follows:
- 50Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III
- This albums total streams: 3.06B
- Most played song on the album Tha Carter III: A Milli with 618.7M streams
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- 49Playboi Carti - Whole Lotta Red
- This albums total streams: 3.20B
- Most played song on the album Whole Lotta Red: Sky with 829.0M streams
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- 48A Boogie wit da Hoodie - Hoodie SZN
- This albums total streams: 3.20B
- Most played song on the album Hoodie SZN: Swervin with 841.3M streams
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- 47The Notorious B.I.G. - Ready to Die
- This albums total streams: 3.23B
- Most played song on the album Ready to Die: Big Poppa with 1.17B streams
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- 46Drake - Her Loss
- This albums total streams: 3.25B
- Most played song on the album Her Loss: Rich Flex with 872.2M streams
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- 45Post Malone - Stoney
- This albums total streams: 3.26B
- Most played song on the album Stoney: Congratulations with 2.10B streams
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- 44Playboi Carti - Die Lit
- This albums total streams: 3.27B
- Most played song on the album Die Lit: Shoota with 746.8M streams
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- 43Lil Wayne - I Am Music
- This albums total streams: 3.35B
- Most played song on the album I Am Music: A Milli with 558.2M streams
- 42Drake - If You're Reading This It's Too Late
- This albums total streams: 3.38B
- Most played song on the album If You're Reading This It's Too Late: Know Yourself with 406.5M streams
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- 41Lil Uzi Vert - Eternal Atake
- This albums total streams: 3.39B
- Most played song on the album Eternal Atake: P2 with 332.3M streams
- 40Post Malone - Hollywood's Bleeding
- This albums total streams: 3.42B
- Most played song on the album Hollywood's Bleeding: Sunflower with 3.69B streams
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- 39Eminem - Encore
- This albums total streams: 3.51B
- Most played song on the album Encore: Mockingbird with 1.98B streams
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- 382Pac - All Eyez On Me
- This albums total streams: 3.52B
- Most played song on the album All Eyez On Me: Ambitionz Az A Ridah with 816.5M streams
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- 37Roddy Ricch - Please Excuse Me for Being Antisocial
- This albums total streams: 3.78B
- Most played song on the album Please Excuse Me for Being Antisocial: The Box with 2.09B streams
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- 36Eminem - Music To Be Murdered By
- This albums total streams: 3.87B
- Most played song on the album Music To Be Murdered By: Godzilla with 1.64B streams
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- 35SZA - Ctrl
- This albums total streams: 4.02B
- Most played song on the album Ctrl: Love Galore with 888.7M streams
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- 34Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP2
- This albums total streams: 4.06B
- Most played song on the album The Marshall Mathers LP2: The Monster with 1.14B streams
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- 33Drake - Nothing Was The Same
- This albums total streams: 4.07B
- Most played song on the album Nothing Was The Same: Hold On, We're Going Home with 1.08B streams
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- 32Lil Tecca - We Love You Tecca
- This albums total streams: 4.11B
- Most played song on the album We Love You Tecca: Ransom with 1.61B streams
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- 31Eminem - Curtain Call 2
- This albums total streams: 4.14B
- Most played song on the album Curtain Call 2: Love The Way You Lie with 1.52B streams
- 30Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.d city
- This albums total streams: 4.16B
- Most played song on the album good kid, m.A.A.d city: Money Trees with 1.71B streams
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- 29SZA - SOS
- This albums total streams: 4.21B
- Most played song on the album SOS: Snooze with 1.37B streams
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- 28Eminem - Curtain Call: The Hits
- This albums total streams: 4.29B
- Most played song on the album Curtain Call: The Hits: Lose Yourself with 2.45B streams
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- 27The Notorious B.I.G. - Greatest Hits
- This albums total streams: 4.75B
- Most played song on the album Greatest Hits: Hypnotize with 1.29B streams
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- 26Eminem - Recovery
- This albums total streams: 4.84B
- Most played song on the album Recovery: Love The Way You Lie with 1.75B streams
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- 25Travis Scott - Birds In The Trap Sing McKnight
- This albums total streams: 4.94B
- Most played song on the album Birds In The Trap Sing McKnight: goosebumps with 2.71B streams
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- 24The Notorious B.I.G. - Life After Death
- This albums total streams: 5.05B
- Most played song on the album Life After Death: Hypnotize with 1.29B streams
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- 23Travis Scott - UTOPIA
- This albums total streams: 5.08B
- Most played song on the album UTOPIA: FE!N with 1.16B streams
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- 222Pac - Greatest Hits
- This albums total streams: 5.13B
- Most played song on the album Greatest Hits: California Love with 873.2M streams
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- 21Kanye West - The Life Of Pablo
- This albums total streams: 5.19B
- Most played song on the album The Life Of Pablo: Father Stretch My Hands Pt. 1 with 1.29B streams
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- 20Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP
- This albums total streams: 5.28B
- Most played song on the album The Marshall Mathers LP: The Real Slim Shady with 2.06B streams
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- 19Drake - Take Care
- This albums total streams: 5.28B
- Most played song on the album Take Care: Headlines with 738.1M streams
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- 18Drake - Certified Lover Boy
- This albums total streams: 5.42B
- Most played song on the album Certified Lover Boy: Fair Trade with 923.0M streams
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- 17Post Malone - beerbongs & bentleys
- This albums total streams: 5.43B
- Most played song on the album beerbongs & bentleys: rockstar with 3.11B streams
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- 16Jay-Z - Watch The Throne
- This albums total streams: 5.81B
- Most played song on the album Watch The Throne: Ni**as In Paris with 1.57B streams
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- 15Dr. Dre - 2001
- This albums total streams: 5.95B
- Most played song on the album 2001: Still D.R.E. with 1.58B streams
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- 14Juice WRLD - Death Race For Love
- This albums total streams: 6.19B
- Most played song on the album Death Race For Love: Robbery with 1.41B streams
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- 13Lil Uzi Vert - Luv Is Rage 2
- This albums total streams: 6.50B
- Most played song on the album Luv Is Rage 2: XO Tour Llif3 with 2.29B streams
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- 12J. Cole - 2014 Forest Hills Drive
- This albums total streams: 6.54B
- Most played song on the album 2014 Forest Hills Drive: No Role Modelz with 2.48B streams
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- 11Juice WRLD - Legends Never Die
- This albums total streams: 6.65B
- Most played song on the album Legends Never Die: Come & Go with 1.03B streams
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- 10Kanye West - Graduation
- This albums total streams: 6.80B
- Most played song on the album Graduation: Stronger with 1.53B streams
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- 9Drake - More Life
- This albums total streams: 7.36B
- Most played song on the album More Life: Passionfruit with 1.77B streams
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- 8Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
- This albums total streams: 8.02B
- Most played song on the album My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy: POWER with 1.01B streams
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- 7XXXTENTACION - 17
- This albums total streams: 8.88B
- Most played song on the album 17: Jocelyn Flores with 2.32B streams
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- 6Travis Scott - ASTROWORLD
- This albums total streams: 9.58B
- Most played song on the album ASTROWORLD: SICKO MODE with 2.29B streams
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- 5Drake - Views
- This albums total streams: 10.08B
- Most played song on the album Views: One Dance with 3.51B streams
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- 4Eminem - The Eminem Show
- This albums total streams: 10.13B
- Most played song on the album The Eminem Show: Without Me with 2.49B streams
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- 3Drake - Scorpion
- This albums total streams: 10.35B
- Most played song on the album Scorpion: God's Plan with 2.70B streams
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- 2Juice WRLD - Goodbye & Good Riddance
- This albums total streams: 12.62B
- Most played song on the album Goodbye & Good Riddance: Lucid Dreams with 2.78B streams
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- 1XXXTENTACION - ?
- This albums total streams: 15.04B
- Most played song on the album ?: SAD! with 2.33B streams
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