It really is quite unbelievable that there was only a five year gap between 2Pac’s debut album and his first posthumous release.
In those few years that he was alive and recording music, he create an unrivalled catalogue that cemented his legacy as one of the greatest rappers of all time, as well as one of the best-selling hip hop artists ever.
From Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z… (we couldn’t find the first week numbers for 2Pacalypse Now) to Pac’s Life, we rank 2Pac’s first week album sale numbers.
Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z…
Released: February 16, 1993
Label: Interscope, Jive
First week album sales: 38,000
Billboard 200 position: 24
Singles: “Holler If Ya Hear Me”, “I Get Around”, “Keep Ya Head Up”, “Papa’z Song”
Pac’s Life
Released: November 21, 2006
Label: Amaru, Interscope
First week album sales: 159,000
Billboard 200 position: 9
Singles: “Untouchable”, “Pac’s Life”, “Playa Cardz Right”
Me Against the World
Released: March 14, 1995
Label: Interscope, Jive
First week album sales: 210,500
Billboard 200 position: 1
Singles: “Dear Mama”, “So Many Tears”, “Temptations”
Loyal to the Game
Released: December 14, 2004
Label: Amaru, Interscope
First week album sales: 330,000
Billboard 200 position: 1
Singles: “Thugs Get Lonely Too”, “Ghetto Gospel”
Better Dayz
Released: November 26, 2002
Label: Amaru, Death Row, Interscope
First week album sales: 366,000
Billboard 200 position: 5
Singles: “Thugz Mansion”, “Still Ballin”
Still I Rise
Released: December 21, 1999
Label: Death Row, Interscope
First week album sales: 408,000
Billboard 200 position: 7
Singles: “Baby Don’t Cry (Keep Ya Head Up II)”
Until the End of Time
Released: March 27, 2001
Label: Amaru, Death Row, Interscope
First week album sales: 426,870
Billboard 200 position: 1
Singles: “Happy Home”, “Until the End of Time”, “Letter 2 My Unborn”
R U Still Down? (Remember Me)
Released: November 25, 1997
Label: Amaru, Interscope, Jive
First week album sales: 549,000 copies
Billboard 200 position: 2
Singles: “I Wonder If Heaven Got a Ghetto”, “Do for Love”
All Eyez on Me
Released: February 13, 1996
Label: Death Row, Interscope
First week album sales: 566,000
Billboard 200 position: 1
Singles: “California Love”, “2 of Amerikaz Most Wanted”, “How Do U Want It”, “I Ain’t Mad at Cha”
The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory
Released: November 5, 1996
Label: Death Row, Interscope
First week album sales: 664,000
Billboard 200 position: 1
Singles: “Toss It Up”, “To Live & Die in L.A.”, “Hail Mary”
