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This is a '''list of best-selling [[hip hop music|hip hop]] albums in the [[United States]]''' according to the [[Recording Industry Association of America]].

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!'''Artist'''
!'''Album'''
!'''Year'''
!'''Label'''
!'''Subgenre'''
!'''Sales (millions)'''
!'''Certification'''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinum.php |title=Recording Industry Association of America |publisher=RIAA |date= |accessdate=2012-02-28}}</ref> 


|-
|[[Eminem]]
|''[[The Marshall Mathers LP]]''
|2000
|[[Aftermath Entertainment]]/[[Interscope Records]]
|[[Midwest Hip Hop]]
|11
|11&times; Platinum

|-
|[[Outkast]]
|''[[Speakerboxxx/The Love Below]]''
|2003
|[[LaFace]]/[[Arista]]
|[[Southern Hip Hop]]
|11 (Double Album)
|11&times; Platinum

|-
|[[Notorious B.I.G.]]
|''[[Life After Death]]''
|1996
|[[Bad Boy Records|Bad Boy]]
|[[East Coast Hip Hop]]
|10.2 (Double Album)
|10&times; Platinum
|-
|Eminem
|''[[The Eminem Show]]''
|2002
|[[Shady Records|Shady]]/[[Aftermath Entertainment]]/[[Interscope Records]]
|[[Midwest Hip Hop]]
|10.1
|10&times; Platinum
|-
|[[MC Hammer]]
|''[[Please Hammer, Don't Hurt 'Em]]''
|1990
|[[Capitol Records|Capitol]]
|[[Pop Rap]]
|10
|10&times; Platinum
|-
|[[2Pac]]
|''[[Greatest Hits (Tupac Shakur album)|Greatest Hits]]''
|1998
|[[Death Row Records|Death Row]]/[[Interscope Records]]
|[[West Coast Hip Hop]]
|10 (Double Album)
|10&times; Platinum<ref>[http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?content_selector=gold-platinum-searchable-database RIAA searchable database] (under "Advanced" search, enter "2 PAC" for "Artist Name" and "Greatest Hits" for "Album Name". Accessed July 3, 2011</ref>

|-





|-
|[[2Pac]]
|''[[All Eyez On Me]]''
|1998
|[[Death Row Records|Death Row]]/[[Interscope Records]]
|[[West Coast Hip Hop]]
|9 (Double Album)
|9&times; Platinum<ref>[http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?content_selector=gold-platinum-searchable-database RIAA searchable database] (under "Advanced" search, enter "2 PAC" for "Artist Name" and "Greatest Hits" for "Album Name". Accessed July 3, 2011</ref>
|-
|[[Beastie Boys]]
|''[[Licensed to Ill]]''
|1986
|[[Def Jam Recordings|Def Jam]]
|[[Golden Age Hip Hop]]
|9
|9&times; Platinum
|-
|[[Will Smith]]
|''[[Big Willie Style]]''
|1997
|[[Columbia Records|Columbia]]
|[[Pop-Rap]]
|9
|9&times; Platinum
|-
|[[50 Cent]]
|''[[Get Rich or Die Tryin' (album)|Get Rich or Die Tryin']]''
|2003
|[[G-Unit Records|G-Unit]]/[[Shady Records|Shady]]/[[Aftermath Entertainment]]/[[Interscope Records]]
|[[East Coast Hip Hop]]
|8.9 <ref>[http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/100-best-albums-of-the-2000s-20110718/50-cent-get-rich-or-die-tryin-19691231 ]{{dead link|date=June 2012}}</ref>
|6&times; Platinum<ref name=riaa>{{cite web|title=50 Cent searchable database|url=http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH_RESULTS&artist=50_Cent&format=&go=Search&perPage=50|publisher=[[Recording Industry Association of America]]|accessdate=24 June 2011}}</ref>
|-
|[[Nelly]]
|''[[Country Grammar]]''
|2000
|[[Universal Records|Universal]]
|[[Southern Hip Hop]]
|8.5
|9&times; Platinum
|-
|[[Dr. Dre]]
|''[[2001 (Dr. Dre album)|2001]]''
|1999
|[[Aftermath Entertainment]]/[[Interscope Records]]
|[[West Coast Hip Hop]]
|7.6
|6&times; Platinum
|-
|[[Lauryn Hill]]
|''[[The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill]]''
|1998
|[[Ruffhouse]]/[[Columbia Records|Columbia]]
|[[East Coast Hip Hop]]
|8
|8&times; Platinum
|-
|[[Vanilla Ice]]
|''[[To the Extreme]]''
|1990
|[[Capitol Records|Capitol]]
|[[Pop Rap]]
|7
|7&times; Platinum
|-
|Nelly
|''[[Nellyville]]''
|2002
|[[Universal Recordings|Universal]]
|Southern Hip Hop
|6.5
|6&times; Platinum
|-
|[[Fugees]]
|''[[The Score (Fugees album)|The Score]]''
|1996
|[[Columbia Records|Columbia]]
|[[Alternative Hip Hop]]
|6.1
|6&times; Platinum
|-
|[[Snoop Dogg]]
|''[[Doggystyle]]''
|1993
|[[Death Row Records|Death Row]]/[[Priority Records]]
|[[West Coast Hip Hop]]
|5.5
|4&times; Platinum
|-
|[[Jay-Z]]
|''[[Vol. 2... Hard Knock Life]]''
|1998
|[[Roc-a-Fella Records|Roc-a-Fella]]/[[Def Jam]]
|East Coast Hip Hop
|5.4
|5&times; Platinum
|-
|Eminem
|''[[The Slim Shady LP]]''
|1999
|[[Aftermath Entertainment]]/[[Interscope Records]]
|[[Midwest Hip Hop]]
|5.4
|4&times; Platinum
|-
|Eminem
|''[[Encore (Eminem album)|Encore]]''
|2004
|[[Shady Records|Shady]]/[[Aftermath Entertainment]]/[[Interscope Records]]
|[[Midwest Hip Hop]]
|5.3
|4&times; Platinum
|-
|50 Cent
|''[[The Massacre]]''
|2005
|[[G-Unit Records|G-Unit]]/[[Shady Records|Shady]]/[[Aftermath Entertainment]]/[[Interscope Records]]
|[[East Coast Hip Hop]]
|5.3
|5&times; Platinum
|-
|[[Sean Combs|Puff Daddy]] and [[Bad Boy Entertainment|the Family]]
|''[[No Way Out (album)|No Way Out]]''
|1997
|[[Bad Boy Records]]
|[[East Coast Hip Hop]]
|5.2
|7&times; Platinum
|-
|[[Bone Thugs-n-Harmony]]
|''[[E. 1999 Eternal]]''
|1995
|[[Ruthless Records]]
|[[Midwest Hip Hop]]
|5.1
|4&times; Platinum
|-
|2Pac
|''[[The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory]]''
|1996
|[[Death Row Records|Death Row]]/[[Interscope Records]]
|West Coast Hip Hop
|6
|4&times; Platinum
|-
|[[Juvenile (rapper)|Juvenile]] 
|[[400 Degreez]]
|1998
|[[Cash Money Records|Cash Money]] / [[Universal Records|Universal]]
|[[Southern Rap]] / [[Bounce Music]]
|5
|5&times; Platinum
|-
|[[DMX (rapper)|DMX]]
|''[[...And Then There Was X]]''
|1999
|[[Ruff Ryders Entertainment|Ruff Ryders]]/[[Def Jam]]
|[[East Coast Hip Hop]]
|5
|5&times; Platinum
|-
|[[Salt-n-Pepa]]
|''[[Very Necessary]]''
|1993
|[[Next Plateau|Next Plateau Records]]
|Hip hop
|5
|5&times; Platinum
|-
|Eminem and [[Shady Records|Various Artists]]
|''[[8 Mile (soundtrack)]]''
|2002
|Shady
|[[Hardcore Hip Hop]]
|4.9
|4&times; Platinum
|-
|DMX
|''[[It's Dark and Hell Is Hot]]''
|1998
|Ruff Ryders / Def Jam
|East Coast hip hop
|4.7
|5&times; Platinum
|-
|Dr. Dre
|''[[The Chronic]]''
|1992
|Death Row
|West Coast hip hop
|4.6
|4&times; Platinum
|-
|Eminem
|''[[Recovery (Eminem album)|Recovery]]''
|2010
|[[Shady Records|Shady]]/[[Aftermath Entertainment]]/[[Interscope Records]]
|[[Midwest Hip Hop]]
|4 (as of 2011)
<ref>{{cite web|last=Langhorne |first=Cyrus |url=http://www.sohh.com/2011/08/game_turns_red_at_no_1_jay-z_kanye_west.html |title=Game Turns R.E.D. At No. 1, Jay-Z & Kanye West Get Dethroned, Beyonce Loses Top 10 Billing |publisher=Sohh.Com |date=2011-08-31 |accessdate=2012-02-28}}</ref>
|4&times; Platinum
|-
|The Notorious B.I.G.
|''[[Ready to Die]]''
|1994
|Bad Boy
|East Coast hip hop
|4
|4&times; Platinum
|-
|[[Wu-Tang Clan]]
|''[[Wu-Tang Forever]]''
|1997
|[[Loud Records|Loud]]
|East Coast hip hop
|4 (Double Album)
|4&times; Platinum
|-
|Outkast
|''[[Stankonia]]''
|2000
|Arista
|Southern hip hop
|4
|4&times; Platinum<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH_RESULTS&artist=OutKast&title=Stankonia&format=ALBUM&go=Search&perPage=50|title=RIAA - Gold & Platinum - December 21, 2010: ''Stankonia'' certified awards|publisher=[[Recording Industry Association of America]]|accessdate=December 21, 2010}}</ref>
|-
|2Pac
|''[[R U Still Down? (Remember Me)]]''
|1997
|[[Jive Records|Jive]]
|West Coast hip hop
|4
|4&times; Platinum
|-
|[[Bone Thugs-n-Harmony]]
|''[[The Art of War (Bone Thugs-n-Harmony album)|The Art of War]]''
|1997
|Ruthless
|Midwest hip hop
|4 (Double Album)
|4&times; Platinum
|-
|[[Nas]]
|''[[It Was Written]]''
|1996
|Columbia
|East Coast hip hop
|4
|4&times; Platinum
|-
|[[Master P]]
|''[[MP Da Last Don]]''
|1998
|No Limit / Priority
|Southern hip hop
|4 (Double Album)
|4&times; Platinum
|-
|Beastie Boys
|''[[Hello Nasty]]''
|1998
|Capitol
|Alternative hip hop
|3.9
|3&times; Platinum
|-
|[[Lil Wayne]]
|''[[Tha Carter III]]''
|2008
|[[Cash Money Records|Cash Money]]
|Southern hip hop
|3.8
|3&times; Platinum
|-
|Eminem
|''[[Curtain Call: The Hits]]''
|2005
|Aftermath / Shady
|Midwest hip hop
|3.6
|2&times; Platinum
|-
|[[Ludacris]]
|''[[Word of Mouf]]''
|2001
|[[Disturbing tha Peace|DTP]] / [[Def Jam]]
|Southern Rap
|3.6
|3&times; Platinum
|-
|Jay-Z
|''[[The Black Album (Jay-Z album)|The Black Album]]''
|2003
|Roc-a-Fella / Def Jam
|East Coast hip hop
|3.4
|3&times; Platinum
|-
|Kanye West
|''[[The College Dropout]]''
|2004
|Roc-a-Fella / Def Jam
|Alternative hip hop
|3.2
|3&times; Platinum
|-
|[[Master P]]
|[[Ghetto D]]
|1997
|[[No Limit Records|No Limit]] / [[Priority Records|Priority]]
|[[Southern Rap]] / [[Bounce Music]]
|3.1
|3&times; Platinum
|-
|Jay-Z
|''[[Vol. 3... Life and Times of S. Carter]]''
|1999
|Roc-a-Fella / Def Jam
|East Coast hip hop
|3.1
|3&times; Platinum
|-
|Kanye West
|''[[Late Registration]]''
|2005
|Roc-a-Fella / Def Jam
|Alternative hip hop
|3
|3&times; Platinum
|-
|DMX
|''[[Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood]]''
|1998
|Ruff Ryders / Def Jam
|East Coast hip hop
|3
|3&times; Platinum
|-
|Beastie Boys
|''[[Ill Communication]]''
|1994
|Capitol
|Alternative hip hop
|3
|3&times; Platinum
|-
|[[Run–D.M.C.]]
|''[[Raising Hell (album)|Raising Hell]]''
|1986
|Arista
|Golden age hip hop
|3
|3&times; Platinum
|-
|[[Cypress Hill]]
|''[[Black Sunday (Cypress Hill album)|Black Sunday]]''
|1993
|Columbia
|West Coast hip hop
|3
|3&times; Platinum
|-
|[[Warren G]]
|''[[Regulate...G Funk Era]]''
|1994
|Def Jam
|West Coast hip hop
|2
|2&times; Platinum
|-
|[[Ludacris]]
|''[[Back for the First Time]]''
|2000
|Def Jam
|Southern hip hop
|3
|3&times; Platinum
|-
|[[G-Unit]]
|''[[Beg for Mercy]]''
|2003
|[[G-Unit Records|G-Unit]]/[[Interscope Records]]
|[[East Coast Hip Hop]]
|3
|2&times; Platinum
|-
|Nelly
|''[[Suit (album)|Suit]]''
|2004
|Universal
|Southern hip hop
|3
|3&times; Platinum
|-
|2Pac
|''[[Until the End of Time (Tupac Shakur album)|Until The End Of Time]]''
|2001
|Amaru  / Death Row
|West Coast hip hop
|4
|4&times; Platinum 
|-
|Nas
|''[[Stillmatic]]''
|2001
|Columbia
|East coast hip hop
|3
|3&times; Platinum
|-
|Ja Rule
|''[[Pain Is Love]]''
|2001
|Def Jam
|East Coast hip hop
|3
|3&times; Platinum
|-
|Bow Wow 
|''[[Beware Of Dog]]''
|2000
|So So Def
|Midwest hip hop
|3
|-
|[[Eazy E]]
|''[[It's On (Dr. Dre) 187um Killa]]''
|1993
|Ruthless
|West Coast hip hop
|3
|3&times; Platinum
|-
|[[Bone Thugs-N-Harmony]]
|''[[Creepin on ah Come Up]]''
|1994
|Ruthless
|East/West Coast hip hop
|2
|2&times; Platinum
|-
|[[Eazy E]]
|''[[Eazy-Duz-It]]''
|1988
|Ruthless/Priority
|West Coast hip hop
|2
|2&times; Platinum
|-
|[[Drake (entertainer)|Drake]]
|''[[Take Care (album)|Take Care]]''
|2011
|Young Money/Universal Republic
|Pop rap
|2
|2&times; Platinum
|-
|Jay-Z
|''[[Magna Carta Holy Grail]]''
|2013
|[[Roc Nation]]/[[Universal Music Group|Universal]]
|East coast hip hop
|2.9
|2&times; Platinum<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH_RESULTS&artist=Jay-Z|title=RIAA - Gold & Platinum - September 3, 2013: ''Magna Carta... Holy Grail'' certified awards|publisher=[[Recording Industry Association of America]]|accessdate=September 5, 2013}}</ref>
|-
|[[Mobb Deep]]
|''[[Murda Muzik]]''
|1999
|[[SRC Records|SRC]] / Loud
|Old school hip hop
|2
|2&times; Platinum<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH_RESULTS&artist=Mobb Deep|title=RIAA - Gold & Platinum - November 11, 2013: ''Murda Muzik'' certified awards|publisher=[[Recording Industry Association of America]]|accessdate=November 11, 2013}}</ref>
|}

<math>*</math>Double album.

==See also==
* [[List of best-selling albums in the United States]]
* [[List of best-selling albums worldwide]]
* [[Lists of best-selling albums by country]]
* [[List of best-selling music artists]]
* [[List of best-selling singles]]
* [[Top ten best-selling albums of the Nielsen SoundScan era (United States)]]
* [[Best-selling albums by year (USA)|Best-selling Albums by Year (USA)]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:History of hip hop]]
[[Category:Lists of best-selling albums|United States, Hip hop]]