Arguably Brooklyn's finest emcee to ever touch the mic, Jay Z has earned one of the biggest names in hip hop since his critically acclaimed debut album Reasonable Doubt which was released in 1996. Since then, he has sold over
75 million records, won 19 Grammy Awards, & was ranked as the 88th greatest artist of all time by
Rolling Stone. He is also the 3rd best selling hip hop artist of the Neilsen Soundscan era with 29,179,000 albums sold.
Solo Albums:
Note: Reasonable Doubt peaked at #23 on the Billboard 200, In My Lifetime, Vol 1. debuted & #3 and the remaining 10 albums in his main catalog debuted at #1 on the same chart.
Collaborative, Compliation & Other Releases: