top 10 best-selling rap albums of all time?

[topdogg187]

hey homies i was just wonderin if ne of y'all knew what the top 10 best-selling rap albums were in order. I don't want to know which ones are certified the most times i just wanna know which ones have actually sold the most cuz the riaa is fucked up.

[Nosak]

no  one can tell, all the site have some different numbers, if the number are the same , it because one site bite on another one,  but u may have a idea on it

[DPGC2001]

I don't know the top 10 but both All Eyez On Me and Life After Death are 10X Platinum...If you wanna count MC Hammer as rap he was the first to go diamond at 10 million...I think Eminem's last album sold like 8.5 or 9 million and Nelly's album just went 8X platinum...

[M Dogg™]

I know for a fact that Vanilla Ice - Too The Extreme is the highest selling rap album ever at about 15 million I think.

[ImmortalOne]

I know for a fact that Vanilla Ice - Too The Extreme is the highest selling rap album ever at about 15 million I think.

To The Extreme only sold 8 million, not 15 million. That album doesnt count anyway, cuz its not a true rap album, more of a pop album. 10 Best selling LEGIT rap albums, in no specific order:

2Pac--All Eyez On Me

Eminem--The MMLP

Biggie--Life After Death

Bone Thugs N Harmony--E.1999 Eternal

2Pac--Greatest Hits

Fugees--The Score

Snoop--Doggystyle

Dr. Dre--2001

Beastie Boys--License To Ill

Those are the 9 best selling rap albums ever, all of them sold 6 million or more. The 10th best selling rap album is actually several albums tied at 5 million..........

[Jome]

To The Extreme only sold 8 million, not 15 million. That album doesnt count anyway, cuz its not a true rap album, more of a pop album. 10 Best selling LEGIT rap albums, in no specific order:

2Pac--All Eyez On Me

Eminem--The MMLP

Biggie--Life After Death

Bone Thugs N Harmony--E.1999 Eternal

2Pac--Greatest Hits

Fugees--The Score

Snoop--Doggystyle

Dr. Dre--2001

Beastie Boys--License To Ill

Those are the 9 best selling rap albums ever, all of them sold 6 million or more. The 10th best selling rap album is actually several albums tied at 5 million..........

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Bone Thugs N Harmony--E.1999 Eternal = Only 4 million
Even Too Short sold more; 5 mill.
Dr.Dre - The Chronic = 6 million
2Pac - Makaveli = 7 million
And for the rec. Em's MMLP sold 9,5 mill or sumthin like that
You better check them stats., as some rapper says.

[Nosak]

lol , thats whut i'm sayin fuck them stats, they ain't shit

[ImmortalOne]

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Bone Thugs N Harmony--E.1999 Eternal = Only 4 million
Even Too Short sold more; 5 mill.
Dr.Dre - The Chronic = 6 million
2Pac - Makaveli = 7 million
And for the rec. Em's MMLP sold 9,5 mill or sumthin like that
You better check them stats., as some rapper says.

No, YOU better check your stats, cuz they're waaaaaaay off. My stats are official numbers straight from Soundscan [my best friend works there, and he hooks me up with numbers all the time].

Makaveli--4 million [and its not gonna hit 5 million for awhile]

Too Short has NEVER made an album that sold more than 2 million.

The Chronic--about 5 million

MMLP--about 8.5 million

E.1999 Eternal--just under 8 million.



These ARE the official numbers, please dont try to argue and say otherwise......LMAO at Too Short selling more than E.1999 Eternal.......lol, E.1999 Eternal has sold more than all of Too Short's albums COMBINED.

[Nosak]

Too Short has NEVER made an album that sold more than 2 million.

thats a joke right , cause short dogg already sold more than 2 milions , and by the way where is chase the cat spot at

[Suga Foot]

Are we talkin just in the states or worldwide?

[ImmortalOne]

thats a joke right , cause short dogg already sold more than 2 milions , and by the way where is chase the cat spot at

Too Short has sold more than 2 million TOTAL, but none of his albums individually have sold more than 2 million. His best selling album only sold 2 million, though he has a grip of albums that went gold or platinum.

And Suga Foot, I base all my sales stats in the states ONLY, cuz the sales are different in other countries. In the States, you have to sell 1 million units to go platinum. But in a country like Canada, I think have to sell only like 50,000 or something to go platinum. I forgot the exact number, but its far less than 1 million. To make things easier, I just count US sales only.

[Suga Foot]

And Suga Foot, I base all my sales stats in the states ONLY, cuz the sales are different in other countries. In the States, you have to sell 1 million units to go platinum. But in a country like Canada, I think have to sell only like 50,000 or something to go platinum. I forgot the exact number, but its far less than 1 million. To make things easier, I just count US sales only.

It's 100,000 in canada to go platinum.  It's 1/10 of what it is in the states, cuz we have 1/10 the population.

[Jome]

I used Westcoast2K as source, and it says that 2 of Too Shorts album sold 5 mill. Maybe it's just a typo.

[Don Jacob]

like it or no guys mc hammer , vanilla ice, and the beastie boys all count as rap records


i'm not sure what the exact standings are but all i know is that Please Hammer Don't Hurt em is 10.4 plat


from my guess it'd probaby be like this


1. Hammer-10.4
2. AEOM (it hasnt been updated since 98' and it has the biggest catalog sales of any rap record) 10 point somethin'
3. Biggy-10
4. eminem
5. beastie boys
6. nelly
7. vanilla ice
8. dr. dre 2001
9. fugees (i think it's 7 or 6.7)
10. fuck of i know

[ImmortalOne]

I used Westcoast2K as source, and it says that 2 of Too Shorts album sold 5 mill. Maybe it's just a typo.

Yea, thats probably it, or maybe they were referring to worldwide sales.....I never go by worldwide sales though, cuz it gets too complex.....The Chronic MIGHT be at 6 million, cuz the numbers I have in front of me are about 6 months old, but at the time I got them, the Chronic was only at a little passed 5 mill.......Makaveli is definatly NOT at 7 million. Keep in mind, the album hit 4 million just before it went out of print a couple years ago. It was finally reissued back into stores about 8 months ago, so it lost 2 years worth of sales. Its sold a little over 4 million. The MMLP is at 8.5 million. Alot of sources list it as 9 million, but thats the total unites shipped. The actual units purchased is about half a million less. E.1999 Eternal is definatly passed 4 million, easily. It was at SIX million when Tha Crossroads blew up, and its been on the top selling rap catalog charts for over 4 years. The last official number I got was 7 million, but I think this album is damn near 8 million by now......and it still sells like 10,000 copies a week.

All Eyez On Me and Life After Death are the two best selling rap albums ever.