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:
- 50Polo G - THE GOAT
- This albums total streams: 3.44B
- Most played song on the album THE GOAT: Martin & Gina with 928.7M streams
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- 49Roddy Ricch - Please Excuse Me for Being Antisocial
- This albums total streams: 3.64B
- Most played song on the album Please Excuse Me for Being Antisocial: The Box with 1.98B streams
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- 48Chris Brown - Indigo
- This albums total streams: 3.68B
- Most played song on the album Indigo: No Guidance with 1.06B streams
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- 47Eminem - Music To Be Murdered By
- This albums total streams: 3.74B
- Most played song on the album Music To Be Murdered By: Godzilla with 1.52B streams
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- 46Pop Smoke - Meet The Woo 2
- This albums total streams: 3.75B
- Most played song on the album Meet The Woo 2: Invincible with 569.2M streams
- 45Lil Tecca - We Love You Tecca
- This albums total streams: 3.77B
- Most played song on the album We Love You Tecca: Ransom with 1.42B streams
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- 44Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP2
- This albums total streams: 3.93B
- Most played song on the album The Marshall Mathers LP2: The Monster with 1.07B streams
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- 43SZA - Ctrl
- This albums total streams: 3.99B
- Most played song on the album Ctrl: Love Galore with 840.8M streams
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- 42Drake - Nothing Was The Same
- This albums total streams: 4.02B
- Most played song on the album Nothing Was The Same: Hold On, We're Going Home with 1.03B streams
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- 41Eminem - Curtain Call: The Hits
- This albums total streams: 4.09B
- Most played song on the album Curtain Call: The Hits: Lose Yourself with 2.28B streams
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- 40Eminem - 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
- 39Bryson Tiller - T R A P S O U L
- This albums total streams: 4.17B
- Most played song on the album T R A P S O U L: Don't with 1.35B streams
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- 38Travis Scott - UTOPIA
- This albums total streams: 4.31B
- Most played song on the album UTOPIA: FE!N with 839.4M streams
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- 37The Notorious B.I.G. - Greatest Hits
- This albums total streams: 4.46B
- Most played song on the album Greatest Hits: Hypnotize with 1.19B streams
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- 36Eminem - Recovery
- This albums total streams: 4.61B
- Most played song on the album Recovery: Love The Way You Lie with 1.61B streams
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- 35Travis Scott - Birds In The Trap Sing McKnight
- This albums total streams: 4.65B
- Most played song on the album Birds In The Trap Sing McKnight: goosebumps with 2.50B streams
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- 34Cardi B - Invasion of Privacy
- This albums total streams: 4.69B
- Most played song on the album Invasion of Privacy: I Like It with 1.65B streams
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- 33Macklemore - The Heist
- This albums total streams: 4.74B
- Most played song on the album The Heist: Can't Hold Us with 2.38B streams
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- 32Kid Cudi - Man On The Moon: The End Of Day
- This albums total streams: 4.78B
- Most played song on the album Man On The Moon: The End Of Day: Day 'N' Nite with 864.2M streams
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- 3150 Cent - Get Rich Or Die Tryin'
- This albums total streams: 4.80B
- Most played song on the album Get Rich Or Die Tryin': In Da Club with 1.58B streams
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- 30The Notorious B.I.G. - Life After Death
- This albums total streams: 4.89B
- Most played song on the album Life After Death: Hypnotize with 1.19B streams
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- 29Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP
- This albums total streams: 4.99B
- Most played song on the album The Marshall Mathers LP: The Real Slim Shady with 1.89B streams
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- 28Kanye West - The Life Of Pablo
- This albums total streams: 5.06B
- Most played song on the album The Life Of Pablo: Father Stretch My Hands Pt. 1 with 1.17B streams
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- 272Pac - Greatest Hits
- This albums total streams: 5.12B
- Most played song on the album Greatest Hits: California Love with 786.4M streams
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- 26Drake - Take Care
- This albums total streams: 5.14B
- Most played song on the album Take Care: Headlines with 674.6M streams
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- 25Drake - Certified Lover Boy
- This albums total streams: 5.30B
- Most played song on the album Certified Lover Boy: Fair Trade with 854.7M streams
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- 24Metro Boomin - HEROES & VILLAINS
- This albums total streams: 5.34B
- Most played song on the album HEROES & VILLAINS: Creepin' with 1.41B streams
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- 23Dr. Dre - 2001
- This albums total streams: 5.57B
- Most played song on the album 2001: Still D.R.E. with 1.48B streams
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- 22Jay-Z - Watch The Throne
- This albums total streams: 5.63B
- Most played song on the album Watch The Throne: Ni**as In Paris with 1.48B streams
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- 21Juice WRLD - Death Race For Love
- This albums total streams: 6.00B
- Most played song on the album Death Race For Love: Robbery with 1.34B streams
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- 20J. Cole - 2014 Forest Hills Drive
- This albums total streams: 6.13B
- Most played song on the album 2014 Forest Hills Drive: No Role Modelz with 2.32B streams
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- 19Lil Uzi Vert - Luv Is Rage 2
- This albums total streams: 6.19B
- Most played song on the album Luv Is Rage 2: 20 Min with 1.07B streams
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- 18Kanye West - Graduation
- This albums total streams: 6.22B
- Most played song on the album Graduation: Stronger with 1.44B streams
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- 17Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.d city
- This albums total streams: 6.42B
- Most played song on the album good kid, m.A.A.d city: Money Trees with 1.57B streams
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- 16Juice WRLD - Legends Never Die
- This albums total streams: 6.46B
- Most played song on the album Legends Never Die: Come & Go with 981.9M streams
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- 15Drake - More Life
- This albums total streams: 7.20B
- Most played song on the album More Life: Passionfruit with 1.68B streams
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- 14Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
- This albums total streams: 7.76B
- Most played song on the album My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy: POWER with 958.1M streams
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- 13XXXTENTACION - 17
- This albums total streams: 8.29B
- Most played song on the album 17: Jocelyn Flores with 2.23B streams
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- 12Kendrick Lamar - DAMN.
- This albums total streams: 8.32B
- Most played song on the album DAMN.: HUMBLE. with 2.32B streams
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- 11Pop Smoke - Shoot For The Stars Aim For The Moon
- This albums total streams: 8.68B
- Most played song on the album Shoot For The Stars Aim For The Moon: Dior with 1.07B streams
- 10SZA - SOS
- This albums total streams: 8.92B
- Most played song on the album SOS: Good Days with 1.19B streams
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- 9Travis Scott - ASTROWORLD
- This albums total streams: 9.10B
- Most played song on the album ASTROWORLD: SICKO MODE with 2.19B streams
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- 8Post Malone - Stoney
- This albums total streams: 9.16B
- Most played song on the album Stoney: Congratulations with 2.03B streams
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- 7Eminem - The Eminem Show
- This albums total streams: 9.65B
- Most played song on the album The Eminem Show: Without Me with 2.27B streams
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- 6Drake - Views
- This albums total streams: 9.84B
- Most played song on the album Views: One Dance with 3.31B streams
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- 5Drake - Scorpion
- This albums total streams: 10.22B
- Most played song on the album Scorpion: God's Plan with 2.58B streams
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- 4Post Malone - beerbongs & bentleys
- This albums total streams: 11.96B
- Most played song on the album beerbongs & bentleys: rockstar with 3.02B streams
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- 3Juice WRLD - Goodbye & Good Riddance
- This albums total streams: 12.04B
- Most played song on the album Goodbye & Good Riddance: Lucid Dreams with 2.61B streams
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- 2Post Malone - Hollywood's Bleeding
- This albums total streams: 13.13B
- Most played song on the album Hollywood's Bleeding: Sunflower with 3.49B streams
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- 1XXXTENTACION - ?
- This albums total streams: 14.56B
- Most played song on the album ?: SAD! with 2.26B streams
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