Rap Albums

Top Rap Albums is an American record chart published by Billboard that ranks rap albums based on sales compiled by Nielsen SoundScan.[1]

History

Top Rap Albums began publication for the week of November 13, 2004 and the first number-one album was Unfinished Business by Jay-Z and R. Kelly.[2]

Chart achievements

Albums with the most weeks at No. 1

Artists with most number-one albums

AlbumsArtistSource
13 Jay-Z
11
Lil Wayne[5][6]
8
The Game[7]
Drake[7]
7
Eminem[8]
[9]

References

  1. "Rap Albums : Page 1". Billboard. Retrieved 2013-11-09.
  2. "Rap Albums: Week of November 13, 2004". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. November 13, 2004. Retrieved December 15, 2011.
  3. Pope, A. (2016). Musical artists capitalizing on hybrid identities: A case study of drake the “Authentic”“Black”“Canadian”“Rapper”. Stream: Culture/Politics/Technology, 9(1), 3.
  4. Bohnett, M. (2019). Centers and Peripheries in the Expression and Enactment of Religion, Sociopolitical Soundscapes, and the Reception of Kendrick Lamar’s DAMN.
  5. "Lil Wayne Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
  6. Westhoff, B. (2011). Dirty South: OutKast, Lil Wayne, Soulja Boy, and the Southern Rappers Who Reinvented Hip-Hop.
  7. Anderson, Trevor (13 July 2018). "Drake Ties The Game For Most No. 1s on Top Rap Albums Chart". billboard.com. Billboard Music. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
  8. "Eminem Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
  9. "Jay-Z Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved 13 February 2020.


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