Albums recorded by artists that primarily identify as rappers are included on the list, even if the artist’s project deviates from hip-hop as is the case with Drake’s latest No. However, albums that only contain a small percentage of rap or hip-hop songs are excluded – as are R&B, country or pop albums in which rap artists mainly serve in featured roles. Soundtrack albums that are predominantly hip-hop in nature are included in this historic recap. (Note: the count does NOT represent the total album output of any artist, just the running count of those that have reached #1 on the Billboard 200.) The albums below are listed in chronological order by title, artist and the chart date they first reached Number One, along with a running count of the number of #1 albums for the artist. More reading: These femcees have never had a No. (Clockwise from top left): Cardi B, Nicki Minaj, Lauryn Hill, Eve and Foxy Brown are the only female rappers to have achieved No. In the 35 years since the Beasties’ triumph, 245 albums that qualify as rap/hip-hop or which were recorded by artists who primarily identify as hip-hop have topped the chart, and djrobblog has tallied all of them below. But it wasn’t long before artists like NWA, Tupac Shakur and The Notorious B.I.G. Not surprisingly, the Beasties’ rock-leaning brand of rap was the first to top Billboard’s main album chart. Read this, too: Which hip-hop hoods have been represented by the most No. Cool J and Beastie Boys made it more palatable to suburban (white) teenagers. Rap music first appeared in commercial recordings and on the Billboard charts in the late 1970s, but didn’t cross into the mainstream until nearly a decade later when icons like Run-DMC, L.L.
You won’t find a more complete and accurate listing of rap/hip-hop albums that have topped the album chart anywhere but here on djrobblog. Here’s an exclusive listing of all 245 rap and hip-hop albums (or albums by rappers) that have reached Number One on the Billboard 200, from the first one in March 1987, the Beastie Boys’ Licensed To Ill, to the most recent as of the chart dated J( Honestly, Nevermind by Drake). Between them, they’ve had 44 Number One albums.
Rap legends from top left (clockwise): Drake, Kanye West, Eminem and Jay-Z.
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