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:
- 5021 Savage - SAVAGE MODE II
- This albums total streams: 3.48B
- Most played song on the album SAVAGE MODE II: Runnin with 753.1M streams
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- 49Polo G - THE GOAT
- This albums total streams: 3.54B
- Most played song on the album THE GOAT: Martin & Gina with 971.7M streams
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- 48Roddy Ricch - Please Excuse Me for Being Antisocial
- This albums total streams: 3.73B
- Most played song on the album Please Excuse Me for Being Antisocial: The Box with 2.05B streams
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- 47Chris Brown - Indigo
- This albums total streams: 3.81B
- Most played song on the album Indigo: No Guidance with 1.09B streams
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- 46Eminem - Music To Be Murdered By
- This albums total streams: 3.81B
- Most played song on the album Music To Be Murdered By: Godzilla with 1.58B streams
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- 45Lil Tecca - We Love You Tecca
- This albums total streams: 3.95B
- Most played song on the album We Love You Tecca: Ransom with 1.52B streams
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- 44Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP2
- This albums total streams: 3.99B
- Most played song on the album The Marshall Mathers LP2: The Monster with 1.11B streams
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- 43Drake - Nothing Was The Same
- This albums total streams: 4.05B
- Most played song on the album Nothing Was The Same: Hold On, We're Going Home with 1.06B streams
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- 42Eminem - 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
- 41Eminem - Curtain Call: The Hits
- This albums total streams: 4.21B
- Most played song on the album Curtain Call: The Hits: Lose Yourself with 2.38B streams
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- 40Bryson Tiller - T R A P S O U L
- This albums total streams: 4.40B
- Most played song on the album T R A P S O U L: Don't with 1.45B streams
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- 39The Notorious B.I.G. - Greatest Hits
- This albums total streams: 4.64B
- Most played song on the album Greatest Hits: Hypnotize with 1.25B streams
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- 38SZA - Ctrl
- This albums total streams: 4.75B
- Most played song on the album Ctrl: Love Galore with 878.5M streams
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- 37Eminem - Recovery
- This albums total streams: 4.75B
- Most played song on the album Recovery: Love The Way You Lie with 1.70B streams
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- 36Cardi B - Invasion of Privacy
- This albums total streams: 4.76B
- Most played song on the album Invasion of Privacy: I Like It with 1.68B streams
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- 35Travis Scott - UTOPIA
- This albums total streams: 4.81B
- Most played song on the album UTOPIA: FE!N with 1.05B streams
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- 342Pac - Greatest Hits
- This albums total streams: 4.81B
- Most played song on the album Greatest Hits: California Love with 837.8M streams
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- 33Travis Scott - Birds In The Trap Sing McKnight
- This albums total streams: 4.82B
- Most played song on the album Birds In The Trap Sing McKnight: goosebumps with 2.63B streams
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- 32Kid Cudi - Man On The Moon: The End Of Day
- This albums total streams: 4.85B
- Most played song on the album Man On The Moon: The End Of Day: Day 'N' Nite with 896.1M streams
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- 31Macklemore - The Heist
- This albums total streams: 4.98B
- Most played song on the album The Heist: Can't Hold Us with 2.63B streams
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- 30The Notorious B.I.G. - Life After Death
- This albums total streams: 4.99B
- Most played song on the album Life After Death: Hypnotize with 1.25B streams
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- 2950 Cent - Get Rich Or Die Tryin'
- This albums total streams: 5.05B
- Most played song on the album Get Rich Or Die Tryin': In Da Club with 1.66B streams
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- 28Kanye West - The Life Of Pablo
- This albums total streams: 5.15B
- Most played song on the album The Life Of Pablo: Father Stretch My Hands Pt. 1 with 1.25B streams
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- 27Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP
- This albums total streams: 5.16B
- Most played song on the album The Marshall Mathers LP: The Real Slim Shady with 1.99B streams
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- 26Drake - Take Care
- This albums total streams: 5.23B
- Most played song on the album Take Care: Headlines with 707.1M streams
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- 25Drake - Certified Lover Boy
- This albums total streams: 5.38B
- Most played song on the album Certified Lover Boy: Fair Trade with 895.4M streams
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- 24Metro Boomin - HEROES & VILLAINS
- This albums total streams: 5.71B
- Most played song on the album HEROES & VILLAINS: Creepin' with 1.47B streams
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- 23Jay-Z - Watch The Throne
- This albums total streams: 5.73B
- Most played song on the album Watch The Throne: Ni**as In Paris with 1.54B streams
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- 22Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.d city
- This albums total streams: 5.81B
- Most played song on the album good kid, m.A.A.d city: Money Trees with 1.65B streams
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- 21Dr. Dre - 2001
- This albums total streams: 5.82B
- Most played song on the album 2001: Still D.R.E. with 1.54B streams
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- 20Juice WRLD - Death Race For Love
- This albums total streams: 6.09B
- Most played song on the album Death Race For Love: Robbery with 1.37B streams
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- 19J. Cole - 2014 Forest Hills Drive
- This albums total streams: 6.32B
- Most played song on the album 2014 Forest Hills Drive: No Role Modelz with 2.42B streams
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- 18Lil Uzi Vert - Luv Is Rage 2
- This albums total streams: 6.38B
- Most played song on the album Luv Is Rage 2: XO Tour Llif3 with 2.25B streams
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- 17Juice WRLD - Legends Never Die
- This albums total streams: 6.56B
- Most played song on the album Legends Never Die: Come & Go with 1.01B streams
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- 16Kanye West - Graduation
- This albums total streams: 6.57B
- Most played song on the album Graduation: Stronger with 1.49B streams
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- 15Drake - More Life
- This albums total streams: 7.29B
- Most played song on the album More Life: Passionfruit with 1.73B streams
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- 14Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
- This albums total streams: 7.92B
- Most played song on the album My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy: POWER with 988.0M streams
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- 13Kendrick Lamar - DAMN.
- This albums total streams: 8.64B
- Most played song on the album DAMN.: HUMBLE. with 2.41B streams
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- 12XXXTENTACION - 17
- This albums total streams: 8.64B
- Most played song on the album 17: Jocelyn Flores with 2.29B streams
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- 11Pop Smoke - Shoot For The Stars Aim For The Moon
- This albums total streams: 8.83B
- Most played song on the album Shoot For The Stars Aim For The Moon: Dior with 1.07B streams
- 10Post Malone - Stoney
- This albums total streams: 9.28B
- Most played song on the album Stoney: Congratulations with 2.08B streams
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- 9Travis Scott - ASTROWORLD
- This albums total streams: 9.41B
- Most played song on the album ASTROWORLD: SICKO MODE with 2.25B streams
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- 8SZA - SOS
- This albums total streams: 9.60B
- Most played song on the album SOS: Good Days with 1.26B streams
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- 7Eminem - The Eminem Show
- This albums total streams: 9.93B
- Most played song on the album The Eminem Show: Without Me with 2.40B streams
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- 6Drake - Views
- This albums total streams: 9.97B
- Most played song on the album Views: One Dance with 3.43B streams
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- 5Drake - Scorpion
- This albums total streams: 10.30B
- Most played song on the album Scorpion: God's Plan with 2.65B streams
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- 4Post Malone - beerbongs & bentleys
- This albums total streams: 12.09B
- Most played song on the album beerbongs & bentleys: rockstar with 3.07B streams
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- 3Juice WRLD - Goodbye & Good Riddance
- This albums total streams: 12.32B
- Most played song on the album Goodbye & Good Riddance: Lucid Dreams with 2.69B streams
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- 2Post Malone - Hollywood's Bleeding
- This albums total streams: 13.42B
- Most played song on the album Hollywood's Bleeding: Sunflower with 3.61B streams
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- 1XXXTENTACION - ?
- This albums total streams: 14.84B
- Most played song on the album ?: SAD! with 2.30B streams
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