Ranking	Artist	Album	Units	Year
1	Eminem	The Marshall Mathers LP	1,760,049	2000
2	50 Cent	The Massacre	1,140,638	2005
3	Drake	Views	1,039,058	2016
4	Lil Wayne	Tha Carter III	1,005,545	2008
5	Lil Wayne	Tha Carter IV	963,970	2011
6	Kanye West	Graduation	956,936	2007
7	50 Cent	Get Rich or Die Tryin'	872,082	2003
8	Kanye West	Late Registration	860,330	2005
9	Snoop Dogg	Doggy Style	802,858	1993
10	Eminem	The Marshall Mathers LP 2	792,394	2013
11	Eminem	Recovery	741,413	2010
12	Drake	Scorpion	732,171	2018
13	Nelly	Nellyville	714,114	2002
14	Eminem	Encore	710,880	2004
15	Soundtrack	8 Mile	702,226	2002
16	DMX	…And Then There Was X	698,403	1999
17	50 Cent	Curtis	691,304	2007
18	Jay-Z	Kingdom Come	680,052	2006
19	DMX	Flesh of My Flesh…	670,227	1999
20	2Pac	The Don Killuminati	664,000	1996
21	Drake	Nothing Was the Same	657,922	2013
22	Drake	Take Care	630,571	2011
23	Wu-Tang Clan	Wu-Tang Forever	612,069	1997
24	Eminem	Relapse	608,244	2009
25	Kendrick Lamar	DAMN.	603,322	2017
26	The Game	The Documentary	586,935	2005
27	T.I.	Paper Trail	568,383	2008
28	2Pac	All Eyez on Me	565,500	1996
29	Puff Daddy & the Family	No Way Out	560,862	1997
30	Jay-Z	The Dynasty Roc La Familia	557,789	2000
31	2Pac	R U Still Down	548,865	1997
32	Jay-Z	The Blueprint 2	545,174	2002
33	D12	D12 World	544,523	2004
34	Travis Scott	Astroworld	537,449	2018
35	Drake	If You're Reading This…	535,054	2015
36	Jay-Z	Magna Carta Holy Grail	528,471	2013
37	Outkast	Stankonia	525,844	2000
38	T.I.	King	521,702	2006
39	Snoop Dogg	Da Game Is To Be Sold…	519,463	1998
40	Dr. Dre	2001	516,353	1999
41	Outkast	Speakerboxxx/The Love Below	509,689	2003
42	Drake	More Life	505,131	2017
43	Kanye West	My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy	495,835	2010
44	Master P	MP Da Last Don	495,000	1998
45	J. Cole	4 Your Eyez Only	492,217	2016
46	Notorious B.I.G.	Born Again	485,005	1999
47	Snoop Dogg	Tha Doggfather	479,000	1996
48	Jay-Z	The Blueprint 3	475,460	2009
49	T.I.	T.I. vs. T.I.P.	467,737	2007
50	Jay-Z	The Black Album	463,263	2003
51	Jay-Z	Volume 3: Life & Times…	462,716	1999
52	Post Malone	Beerbongs & Bentleys	461,393	2018
53	Kanye West	808s & Heartbreaks	450,145	2008
54	Drake	Thank Me Later	446,680	2010
55	Eminem	Curtian Call: The Hits	440,810	2005
56	Kanye West	The College Dropout	440,670	2004
57	DMX	The Great Depression	439,957	2001
58	Notorious B.I.G.	Duets: The Final Chapter	437,649	2005
59	Jay-Z & Kanye West	Watch the Throne	436,078	2011
60	Eminem	Kamikaze	434,000	2018
61	Lloyd Banks	The Hunger for More	433,545	2004
62	2Pac	Tupac: Resurection	430,219	2003
63	Ludacris	Chicken*N*Beer	429,575	2003
64	2Pac	Until the End of Time	426,870	2001
65	Jay-Z	The Blueprint	426,550	2001
66	Jay-Z	American Gangster	424,959	2007
67	Lauryn Hill	The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill	422,624	1998
68	Method Man	Tical 2000: Judgement Day	411,000	1998
69	2Pac & Outlawz	Still I Rise	408,000	1999
70	Snoop Dogg	Tha Last Meal	397,238	2000
71	J. Cole	KOD	396,628	2018
72	Nelly	Suit	395,937	2004
73	Bone Thugs-n-Harmony	The Art of War	394,000	1997
74	Mystikal	Ghetto Fabulous	386,000	1998
75	G-Unit	Beg for Mercy	376,941	2003
76	Drake & Future	What a Time to Be Alive	375,458	2015
77	Nicki Minaj	Pink Friday	375,191	2010
78	D12	Devil's Night	371,881	2001
79	J. Cole	2014 Forest Hills Drive	371,228	2014
80	Jay-Z & Linkin Park	Collision Course	368,323	2004
81	2Pac	Better Dayz	366,055	2002
82	Kendrick Lamar	To Pimp a Butterfly	362,687	2015
83	Ja Rule	Pain is Love	360,712	2001
84	The Game	Doctor's Advocate	358,278	2006
85	Nas	Hip Hop Is Dead	354,524	2006
86	Young Jeezy	The Inspiration	352,392	2006
87	Jay-Z	Volume 2…Hard Knock Life	352,000	1998
88	Nas	Stillmatic	342,600	2001
89	Nelly	Sweat	341,719	2004
90	Mystikal	Let's Get Ready	330,663	2000
91	2Pac	Loyal to the Game	330,080	2004
92	Death Row Records	Murder Was the Case	329,000	1994
93	Kanye West	Yeezus	326,841	2013
94	Ludacris	The Red Light District	322,231	2004
95	Bow Wow	Doggy Bag	320,000	2001
96	50 Cent & G Unit	Get Rich or Die Tryin' (Soundtrack)	317,313	2005
97	DMX	Grand Champ	311,950	2003
98	Twista	Kamikaze	311,889	2004
99	Ludacris	Shock Therapy	309,284	2006
100	Shady Records	Eminem Presents: The Re-Up	308,804	2006

 

Most appearances:

Jay-Z - 12

Drake - 8

2Pac - 8

Eminem - 7 [11 including 8 Mile, D12, Shady Records]

Kanye - 7

 

Not included / notes:

• Eminem's The Eminem Show debuted #1 with 284,534 first week due to being released early, then sold 1,321,799 in its second week.
• Notorious B.I.G.'s Life After Death debuted #176 with 6,000 first week due to being sold before release date, then sold 689,500 in its second week.
•  Lil Jon & Eastside Boys' Crunk Juice debuted #31 with 38,600 first week due to being sold before release date, then sold 363,114 in its second week.

 

 

Nicki and Lauryn

Eminem wow

Damn there’s only 2 women on there... and people still question Nicki’s peak..

Eminem Show should be included. 

 

Lil Wayne tho. He is really a force. 

Snoop Dogg's is super impressive considering it was the early 90's. 

the fact that nicki is on here, which is much more important than a #1 in the long run, but she couldn't just take her #2 and go.

2 minutes ago, yonsé said:

the fact that nicki is on here, which is much more important than a #1 in the long run, but she couldn't just take her #2 and go.

I know right. 

Eminem truly is the biggest hip hop of all time

 

Wayne slayed

Nas - Hip Hop Is Dead - 354,524

That's what I call frontloaded

Where is Eminem show ?????

Jay z and em I almost 6 million from first week sales alone. 

Eminem show would have sold 1.6m copies in its first week If not for early release

2pac and Snoop, my faves.