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Stats: Hip Hop Album Sales (Best Sellers Of The Decade Added)
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Wow I really thought drake was an album seller.
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He does a lot better than other people...
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Are all these figures as recent as May 2014?
I am wondering about 7) A$AP ROCKY – Long. Live. A$AP : 468,000
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Originally posted by Mrs. Aaron Paul
iambradds, you can add this to the OP if you want. these are the top 10 best selling artists based on these years. the number next to them is the amount of projects they have on this list, and i included compilations and duet albums here.
1. 9,633,152- Eminem (4)
2. 9,176,520- Lil Wayne (6)
3. 6,568,933- Drake (5)
4. 5,820,500- Kanye West (5)
5. 4,667,783- Jay-Z (3)
6. 3,990,964- BEP (2)
7. 3,782,000- TI (4)
8. 3,391,560- Nicki Minaj (3)
9. 2,108,395- Kid Cudi (4)
10. 1,748,340- Rick Ross (3)
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I'll add it!
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Originally posted by Aatthew
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tbh i never realized how consistent rick ross is
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Why is BEP on the list?
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They are a hip hop group.
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Originally posted by Kang.
Are all these figures as recent as May 2014?
I am wondering about 7) A$AP ROCKY – Long. Live. A$AP : 468,000
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Yes, they're all as of May 2014.
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Brief note: Units = number of bodies of work/releases (albums + EP combined) sold.
Sales below are for the US not WW.
Top 15 Top Selling Rappers of the 2010s (So Far)
Rapper | Units Sold | Releases | 1. Eminem | 6,663,000 | 2 | 2. Drake | 5,393,000 | 3 | 3. Lil' Wayne | 4,795,000 | 4 | 4. Nicki Minaj | 2,821,000 | 2 | 5. Kanye West | 2,021,000 | 2 | 6. Rick Ross | 1,634,000 | 3 | 7. Jay-Z | 1,361,000 | 3 | 8. J. Cole | 1,360,000 | 2 | 9. Kendrick Lamar | 1,355,000 | 2 | 10. Wiz Khalifa | 1,242,000 | 2 | 11. T.I. | 1,110,000 | 2 | 12. B.o.B | 1,006,000 | 4 | 13. 2 Chainz | 909,000 | 2 | 14. Kid Cudi | 902,000 | 3 | 15. Wale | 851,000 | 2 |
Top 20 Top Selling Rap Groups of the 2010s (So Far)
Rap Group | Units Sold | Releases | 1. Jay-Z & Kanye West | 1,591,000 | 1 | 2. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis | 1,403,000 | 1 | 3. Bad Meets Evil | 773,000 | 1 | 4. The Black Eyed Peas | 754,000 | 1 | 5. Maybach Music Group | 641,000 | 3 | 6. Young Money | 553,000 | 2 | 7. G.O.O.D. Music | 468,000 | 1 | 8. Diddy-Dirty Money | 450,000 | 1 | 9. Gorillaz | 396,000 | 3 | 10. Beastie Boys | 353,000 | 1 | 11. The Lonely Island | 287,000 | 1 | 12. Nas & Damian Marley | 258,000 | 1 | 13. Snoop Dogg & Wiz Khalifa | 163,000 | 1 | 14. Slaughterhouse | 130,000 | 2 | 15. Odd Future | 129,000 | 2 | 16. Atmosphere | 110,000 | 2 | 17. Insane Clown Posse | 108,000 | 2 | 18. Method Men, Ghostface, & Raekwon | 87,000 | 1 | 19. Gucci Mane & Waka Flocka Flame | 77,000 | 1 | 20. Rich Gang | 73,000 | 1 |
Top 15 Top Selling Overall Rap Artists of the 2010s (So Far)
Artist | Units Sold | Releases | 1. Eminem | 7,436,000 | 3 | 2. Drake | 6,019,000 | 6 | 3. Lil' Wayne | 5,421,000 | 7 | 4. Kanye West | 4,080,000 | 4 | 5. Nicki Minaj | 3,447,000 | 5 | 6. Jay-Z | 2,952,000 | 4 | 7. Rick Ross | 2,275,000 | 6 | 8. Wale | 1,492,000 | 5 | 9. Wiz Khalifa | 1,405,000 | 3 | 10. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis | 1,403,000 | 1 | 11. Kid Cudi | 1,370,000 | 4 | 12. J. Cole | 1,360,000 | 2 | 13. Kendrick Lamar | 1,355,000 | 2 | 14. Tyga | 1,156,000 | 5 | 15. Meek Mill | 1,021,000 | 4 |
Eminem's total includes solo work plus work as Bad Meets Evil.
Drake's total includes solo work plus work as Young Money and Rich Gang.
Lil' Wayne's total includes solo work plus work as Young Money and Rich Gang.
Kanye West's total includes solo work plus work as Jay-Z & Kanye West and G.O.O.D. Music.
Nicki Minaj's total includes solo work plus work as Young Money and Rich Gang.
Jay-Z's total includes solo work plus work as Jay-Z & Kanye West.
Rick Ross's total includes solo work plus work as Maybach Music Group.
Wale's total includes solo work plus work as Maybach Music Group.
Wiz Khalifa's total includes solo work plus work as Snoop Dogg & Whiz Khalifa.
Kid Cudi's total includes solo work plus work as G.O.O.D. Music.
Tyga's total includes solo work plus work as Young Money and Rich Gang.
Meek Mill's total includes solo work plus work as G.O.O.D. Music.
I also have totaled the units sold for each artist who sold over 100k as a solo artist. There are, in total, sixty-eight rappers who have sold over 100k. I was kind of picky and choosy with who I recognized as making it over 100k.... I ignored the country rappers and the reggaeton rappers.
If anyone is interested in the raw data (including the sixty-eight rappers), slide into my PMs. It's too much to post here and I don't feel like taking the time to format it.
I'm sure there might be a couple errors, but... ajdsfklfasd. Enjoy y'all!
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Oops, I probably should list what releases contribute to the solo artists' totals:
Solo Data
Eminem - Recovery (4,541,000); TMMLP2 (2,121,838);
Drake - TC (2,113,000); TML (1,713,000); NWTS (1,567,000);
Lil' Wayne - Tha Carta IV (2,320,000); IANAHB (1,049,000); IANAHB2 (605,000); Rebirth (820,960);
Nicki Minaj - PF (1,907,000); PF:RR (914,000);
Kanye West - MBDTF (1,365,000); Yeezus (656,000);
Rick Ross - Teflon Don (741,205); GF,ID (565,000); Mastermind (328,000);
Jay-Z - MCHG (1,144,000); The Hits Collection V1 (201,742); Live in Brooklyn (15,700);
Kendrick Lamar - gk,mc (1,245,000); Section.80 (110,000);
J. Cole - Cole World (677,000); Born Sinner (683,000);
Wiz Khalifa - Rolling Papers (821,000); O.N.I.F.C. (421,00);
T.I. - No Mercy (589,000); Trouble Man (521,000);
B.O.B. - TAoBR (597,000); Strange Clouds (302,000); Underground Luxury (103,000); iTunes Session (4,328);
2 Chainz - BOATS (665,000); BOATS2 (244,000);
Kid Cudi - Man on the Moon 2 (529,395); Indicud (271,000); Satellite Flight (102,000);
Wale - Ambition (485,000); The Gifted (366,000);
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coming for male artist of the decade 2 decades in a row
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Originally posted by Mrs. Aaron Paul
coming for male artist of the decade 2 decades in a row
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He has to be one of the best selling rappers of all time because like damn...
I hope he cracks 10 million in the US by the end of the decade though. It'd be a great accomplishment.
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Originally posted by Aatthew
He has to be one of the best selling rappers of all time because like damn...
I hope he cracks 10 million in the US by the end of the decade though. It'd be a great accomplishment.
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he is. at least, since 1990, when soundscan started tracking sales. im not sure how much rappers who started out in the 80's have sold though.
it would be amazing for him to crack 10 million in the US alone (he didnt worldwide a while ago though) but he doesnt release often enough i dont think, and the album sales market gets weaker every year.
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Drake & Kanye
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Mac Miller
J Cole
Drake
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I'm beginning to feel like a rap god...Slay Marsha
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1) Eminem - 9,633,152 (4)
2) Lil Wayne - 9,176,520 (6)
3) Drake - 6,568,933 (5)
4) Kanye West 5,820,500 (5)
5) Jay Z 4,667,783 (3)
Legends
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Originally posted by Aatthew
Brief note: Units = number of bodies of work/releases (albums + EP combined) sold.
Sales below are for the US not WW.
Top 15 Top Selling Rappers of the 2010s (So Far)
Rapper | Units Sold | Releases | 1. Eminem | 6,663,000 | 2 | 2. Drake | 5,393,000 | 3 | 3. Lil' Wayne | 4,795,000 | 4 | 4. Nicki Minaj | 2,821,000 | 2 | 5. Kanye West | 2,021,000 | 2 | 6. Rick Ross | 1,634,000 | 3 | 7. Jay-Z | 1,361,000 | 3 | 8. J. Cole | 1,360,000 | 2 | 9. Kendrick Lamar | 1,355,000 | 2 | 10. Wiz Khalifa | 1,242,000 | 2 | 11. T.I. | 1,110,000 | 2 | 12. B.o.B | 1,006,000 | 4 | 13. 2 Chainz | 909,000 | 2 | 14. Kid Cudi | 902,000 | 3 | 15. Wale | 851,000 | 2 |
Top 20 Top Selling Rap Groups of the 2010s (So Far)
Rap Group | Units Sold | Releases | 1. Jay-Z & Kanye West | 1,591,000 | 1 | 2. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis | 1,403,000 | 1 | 3. Bad Meets Evil | 773,000 | 1 | 4. The Black Eyed Peas | 754,000 | 1 | 5. Maybach Music Group | 641,000 | 3 | 6. Young Money | 553,000 | 2 | 7. G.O.O.D. Music | 468,000 | 1 | 8. Diddy-Dirty Money | 450,000 | 1 | 9. Gorillaz | 396,000 | 3 | 10. Beastie Boys | 353,000 | 1 | 11. The Lonely Island | 287,000 | 1 | 12. Nas & Damian Marley | 258,000 | 1 | 13. Snoop Dogg & Wiz Khalifa | 163,000 | 1 | 14. Slaughterhouse | 130,000 | 2 | 15. Odd Future | 129,000 | 2 | 16. Atmosphere | 110,000 | 2 | 17. Insane Clown Posse | 108,000 | 2 | 18. Method Men, Ghostface, & Raekwon | 87,000 | 1 | 19. Gucci Mane & Waka Flocka Flame | 77,000 | 1 | 20. Rich Gang | 73,000 | 1 |
Top 15 Top Selling Overall Rap Artists of the 2010s (So Far)
Artist | Units Sold | Releases | 1. Eminem | 7,436,000 | 3 | 2. Drake | 6,019,000 | 6 | 3. Lil' Wayne | 5,421,000 | 7 | 4. Kanye West | 4,080,000 | 4 | 5. Nicki Minaj | 3,447,000 | 5 | 6. Jay-Z | 2,952,000 | 4 | 7. Rick Ross | 2,275,000 | 6 | 8. Wale | 1,492,000 | 5 | 9. Wiz Khalifa | 1,405,000 | 3 | 10. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis | 1,403,000 | 1 | 11. Kid Cudi | 1,370,000 | 4 | 12. J. Cole | 1,360,000 | 2 | 13. Kendrick Lamar | 1,355,000 | 2 | 14. Tyga | 1,156,000 | 5 | 15. Meek Mill | 1,021,000 | 4 |
Eminem's total includes solo work plus work as Bad Meets Evil.
Drake's total includes solo work plus work as Young Money and Rich Gang.
Lil' Wayne's total includes solo work plus work as Young Money and Rich Gang.
Kanye West's total includes solo work plus work as Jay-Z & Kanye West and G.O.O.D. Music.
Nicki Minaj's total includes solo work plus work as Young Money and Rich Gang.
Jay-Z's total includes solo work plus work as Jay-Z & Kanye West.
Rick Ross's total includes solo work plus work as Maybach Music Group.
Wale's total includes solo work plus work as Maybach Music Group.
Wiz Khalifa's total includes solo work plus work as Snoop Dogg & Whiz Khalifa.
Kid Cudi's total includes solo work plus work as G.O.O.D. Music.
Tyga's total includes solo work plus work as Young Money and Rich Gang.
Meek Mill's total includes solo work plus work as G.O.O.D. Music.
I also have totaled the units sold for each artist who sold over 100k as a solo artist. There are, in total, sixty-eight rappers who have sold over 100k. I was kind of picky and choosy with who I recognized as making it over 100k.... I ignored the country rappers and the reggaeton rappers.
If anyone is interested in the raw data (including the sixty-eight rappers), slide into my PMs. It's too much to post here and I don't feel like taking the time to format it.
I'm sure there might be a couple errors, but... ajdsfklfasd. Enjoy y'all!
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Awesome thanks!!!
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I'll update the OP with the information provided above
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