Billboard 200 Chart Moves: Dr. Dre's U.S. Album Sales Surpass 15 Million
— Dr. Dre, Dr. Dre — 2001 - No. 195 — The hip-hop icon’s total album sales have now surpassed 15 million sold, according to Nielsen Music. (He crossed the threshold in the week ending July 28.) His biggest selling album is Dr. Dre — 2001 (No. 195 on the latest chart), which has moved 7.9 million copies. His second biggest seller is his debut effort, The Chronic, with 5.9 million sold (including its original release and later reissues and deluxe versions). His third solo studio album, Compton, has sold 535,000. (The remainder of the 15 million is comprised of compilation albums and archival releases like First Round Knockout and Concrete Roots.)
Dr. Dre — 2001 is the fifth biggest selling rap album in the U.S. since Nielsen Music began tracking sales in 1991. Ahead of it are 50 Cent’s Get Rich Or Die Tryin’ (8.4 million), Nelly’s Country Grammar (8.6 million), Eminem’s The Eminem Show (10.7 million) and Eminem’s The Marshall Mathers LP (11 million).