These are the 25 highest-selling hip-hop albums of all time
Barnaby Lane
- These are the 25 highest-selling hip-hop albums of all time in the United States.
- Insider's list is based on sales figures reported by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).
=25. The Notorious B.I.G. — "Ready to Die" (1994)
Label: Bad Boy/Rhino
Units sold: 6 million
=25. Various Artists — "8 Mile: Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture" (2002)
Label: Interscope
Units sold: 6 million
=25. Jay-Z — "Vol. 2... Hard Knock Life" (1998)
Label: Roc-A-Fella
Units sold: 6 million
=25. Drake — "Take Care" (2011)
Label: Republic/Cash Money/Young Money
Units sold: 6 million
=25. Drake — "Views" (2016)
Label: Republic/Cash Money/Young Money
Units sold: 6 million
=25. Dr. Dre — "2001" (1999)
Label: Interscope
Units sold: 6 million
=25. Akon — "Konvicted" (2006)
Label: Universal
Units sold: 6 million
=25. 50 Cent — "The Massacre" (2005)
Label: Aftermath/Interscope
Units sold: 6 million
=17. Puff Daddy & the Family — "No Way Out" (1997)
Label: Bad Boy/Arista
Units sold: 7 million
=17. Nelly — "Nellyville" (2002)
Label: Universal
Units sold: 7 million
=17. Fugees — "The Score" (1996)
Label: Ruffhouse/Columbia
Units sold: 7 million
=14. Lil Wayne — "Tha Carter III" (2008)
Label: Universal Republic/Cash Money
Units sold: 8 million
=14. Eminem — "Recovery" (2010)
Label: Shady/Aftermath/Interscope
Units sold: 8 million
=12. Will Smith — "Big Willie Style" (1997)
Label: Columbia
Units sold: 9 million
=12. 50 Cent — "Get Rich or Die Tryin'" (2003)
Label: Aftermath/Interscope
Units sold: 9 million
=10. Nelly — "Country Grammar" (2000)
Label: Universal
Units sold: 10 million
=10. Lauryn Hill — "The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill" (1998)
Label: Ruffhouse/Columbia
Units sold: 10 million
=10. Eminem — "Curtain Call: The Hits" (2005)
Label: Aftermath
Units sold: 10 million
=10. Beastie Boys —"Licensed to Ill" (1986)
Label: Def Jam
Units sold: 10 million
=10. 2Pac — "All Eyez On Me" (1995)
Label: Death Row/Interscope
Units sold: 10 million
=10. 2Pac — "Greatest Hits" (1998)
Label: Interscope
Units sold: 10 million
=4. The Notorious B.I.G. — "Life After Death" (1997)
Label: Bad Boy/Rhino
Units sold: 11 million
=4. Outkast — "Speakerboxxx/The Love Below" (2003)
Label: So So Def
Units sold: 11 million
=4. Eminem — "The Marshall Mathers LP" (2000)
Label: Aftermath/Interscope
Units sold: 11 million
1. Eminem — "The Eminem Show" (2002)
Label: Aftermath/Interscope
Units sold: 12 million
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