4,682,000 Eminem Recovery (2010)
2,352,000 Lil Wayne Tha Carter IV (2011)
2,334,000 Eminem The Marshall Mathers LP 2 (2013)
2,245,000 Drake Take Care (2011)
1,955,000 Nicki Minaj Pink Friday (2010)
1,819,000 Drake Thank Me Later (2010)
1,718,000 Drake Nothing Was the Same (2013)
1,627,000 Jay Z & Kanye West Watch the Throne (2011)
1,474,000 Macklemore & Ryan Lewis The Heist (2014)
1,450,000 Kendrick Lamar Good Kid, M.A.A.D City (2012)
1,413,000 Kanye West My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (2010)
1,203,000 Jay Z Magna Carta Holy Grail (2013)
1,072,000 Lil Wayne I Am Not a Human Being (2010)
1,093,000 Drake If You're Reading This It's Too Late (2015)
1,047,000 J. Cole 2014 Forest Hills Drive (2014)

2010 - 5
2011 - 3
2012 - 2
2013 - 3
2014 - 1
2015 - 1


2010
LIL WAYNE - Rebirth 876,000
BLACK EYED PEAS - The Beginning 873,000
RICK ROSS - Teflon Don 799,000
T.I. - No Mercy 640,000
LUDACRIS - Battle Of The Sexes 635,000
B.O.B - The Adventures Of Bobby Ray 597,000
KID CUDI - Man On The Moon 2: The Legend Of Mr. Rager 550,000
2011
WIZ KHALIFA - Rolling Papers 864,000
BAD MEETS EVIL - Hell: The Sequel EP 827,000
J. COLE - Cole World: The Sideline Story 772,000
YOUNG JEEZY - TM 103: Hustlerz Ambition 727,000
LUPE FIASCO - Lasers 520,000
PITBULL - Planet Pit 510,000
WALE - Ambition 500,000
2012
NICKI MINAJ - Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded 914,000
2 CHAINZ - Based On A T.R.U. Story 689,000
RICK ROSS - God Forgives, I Don't 570,000
T.I. - Trouble Man: Heavy Is The Head 540,000
2013
J. COLE - Born Sinner 747.000
KANYE WEST - Yeezus 706.000
LIL' WAYNE - I Am Not A Human Being II 650.000
A$AP ROCKY - Long. Live. A$AP 520.000
2014
NICKI MINAJ - The Pinkprint 677,000
IGGY AZALEA - The New Classic 520,000
2015
KENDRICK LAMAR - To Pimp A Butterfly 724,000

wow at the pinkprint and the new classic numbers I thought they were platinum especially with all the promo.

not all promo is good promo

Mess @ Luke Bryan having two albums that outsold Drake in the U.S.

Hip-hop really needs a revival.

The Heist is from 2012 not 2014

Onika

Didn't PF cross 2m already tho?

These sales are trash.

No

Are you talking to me? If so...
1. I'm not a girl **** boy
2. Pop music ain't selling no better.
3. HipHop albums used to sell a lot even ten years ago.

Nothing Was the Same needs to outsell Thank Me Later. But yes at all of his releases going platinum.

It's amazing how many albums that felt "huge" in hip-hop sold so surprisingly little. More a comment on the overall sales decline in music and rate of illegal downloading everywhere. I know in hip-hop illegal downloading is even more prominent, though.

It's called fake fans, if you're truly a fan of an artist you will actually buy their work.

I disagree with that statement you do not have to buy music to be a real fan. Supporting tours gives the artist more money in their pocket anyway.

I think its more streaming and not so much illegal downloading.

It isnt that bad, even if illegal downloads & streaming lately have been killing album sales, there are four(Drake next solo will make it five) hip hop albums in the top20 across all genres.

Well, I guess you're right but albums are not that expensive. Anyone that can spend $100s of dollars on a ticket can spend $10 on an album. Streaming is also cool to do but illegally downloading isn't being a real fan.

That's easy to say when you're an Eminem fan

Other than Eminem's top album, we've had a handful of country albums outsell the best-selling hip-hop albums despite hip-hop being a much larger market and having a much better shot at crossing over. It's definitely a weird turn around from the 90s and 2000s.

racism.

I'm not just an Eminem fan for starter.

Look at Macklemore: he's white, he had two gigantic cross over hits plus Same Love, robbed two grammys & he barely outsold GKMC. The latter had great longevity and that's what hip hop albums are lacking due heavy piracy & now streaming.

I can't name one country album that has reached the streams of Pink Print for instance and based on "the most pirated artists" of 2013 Em, Jay & Kanye made the list, again no country acts

Maybach music.