top 10 best-selling rap albums of all time?

[Don Jacob]

actually  hellrazor e. 1999 eternal is like 6


when 1st of the month dropped they were gold, the they went 4x platnum after crossroads, so unless they go gold and platnum every year in back sales (which AEOM doesn't even do and it's the best selling rap catalog album) it's @ 6


when mtv did their top 100 videos of 1996 they had bone's album @ 4x

the january 97' issue of rolling stone has it @ 4


and billboard has it @ 4 in 96 and 97


i think your getting it's world wide sales confussed with it's US sales becase theres no way it's been going gold every year

[DPGC2001]

Actually The Fugees The Score is the best selling album worldwide...It's like at 17 million...Hammer, Vanilla Ice and Doggystyle are after them in worldwide sales...

[ImmortalOne]

actually  hellrazor e. 1999 eternal is like 6


when 1st of the month dropped they were gold, the they went 4x platnum after crossroads, so unless they go gold and platnum every year in back sales (which AEOM doesn't even do and it's the best selling rap catalog album) it's @ 6


when mtv did their top 100 videos of 1996 they had bone's album @ 4x

the january 97' issue of rolling stone has it @ 4


and billboard has it @ 4 in 96 and 97


i think your getting it's world wide sales confussed with it's US sales becase theres no way it's been going gold every year

Naw, its definatly passed 6 mill......I got it at 7 million on the Soundscan sheet sitting right here in front of me, and these are US numbers only.....I have no idea what it is worldwide, probably a grip.

Remember, E.1999 Eternal sold over 430,000 in the first week alone. Thats almost gold right there. It was at least 5 million by the time Tha Crossroads blew up, and it stayed on the charts well into 97' [the release of AOW also helped increase its sales too]. I think the total chart time for Eternal, Billboard 200 and Catalog charts combined, is well passed 300 weeks........that easily puts it at 7 million, if not more.

On a side note, E.1999 Eternal was the 3rd gangsta rap album EVER to go #1 on the charts [Doggystyle was the first, Me Against The World was the second].......

[DPGC2001]

Layzie Bone gave an interview here on Hot 97 when his album came out last year and said Eternal sold 6 million in the U.S...He said it was the highest selling ever on Ruthless Records...He also said the single Crossroads sold over 2 million copies and sold more than Ice ICe Baby...

[Don Jacob]

i ain't saying you're a liar but where'd you get a soundscan sheet from that is saying this?


and there is more than 3 gangsta rap albums that have gone to #1

efil4zaggin was the first
all eyez on me came  out before eternal and debuted there


and there are a couple in between which have nabbed that spot too


are a few more

[ZILLA THA GOODFELLA]

Too Short has never gone more than Platinum.......
He has sold 9 million total out of 12 albums that he has.


E.1999 Eternal is 6 million officially cuz Layzie said it.......but I think its just passed 7, Billboard hasn't updated it 4 ages...........It's like around 7th or 8th highest selling ever.........

[Subliminiminal]

Here's a more or less accurate list specially the top part

1.-The Fugees: The Score-17pl
2.-2Pac: All Eyez On Me-9pl
3.-The Notorious B.I.G: Life After Death-9
3.-Eminem: The Marshall Mathers LP- 8-9pl
4.-Dr. Dre: The Chronic-8 & a Halfpl
5.-Dre Dre: 2001-8pl
6.-Bone Thugs-N-Harmony: E. 1999 Eternal-8pl
7.-Snoop Dogg: Doggystyle-7 & a Halfpl
8.-Eminem: The Slim Shady LP
9.-Nelly: Country Grammar-7pl
10.-Cypress Hill: Cypress Hill-5pl
11.-Cypress Hill: Black Sunday-5pl
12.-P. Diddy: No Way Out-5pl
13.-DMX: It's Dark And Hell Is Hot...-5pl
14.-Jay-Z: Vol. 2 Hard Knock Life-5pl
15.-DMX: Flesh Of My Flesh, Blood Of My Blood-5pl
16.-Jay-Z: Vol. 3 Life And Times Of S. Carter-5pl
17.-DMX: ...And Then There Was X-5pl
18.-Jay-Z:The Dynasty Roc La Familia 2000-5pl

[topdogg187]

well does neone know how much Doggystyle has sold cuz some sites say 5 million some say 6 and some say 8 so i don't know what tha fuck it is. I'm pretty sure that it is at least 8 times platinum and prolly even more well if any of y'all know holla back.

[topdogg187]

well does neone know how much Doggystyle has sold cuz some sites say 5 million some say 6 and some say 8 so i don't know what tha fuck it is. I'm pretty sure that it is at least 8 times platinum and prolly even more plus i read on a site that the chronic was speculated to have sold around 8 million and i know for a fact that doggystyle has sold much more then the chronic did. so if any of y'all know the true facts fo doggystyle just holla back.

[Don Jacob]

Here's a more or less accurate list specially the top part

1.-The Fugees: The Score-17pl
2.-2Pac: All Eyez On Me-9pl
3.-The Notorious B.I.G: Life After Death-9
3.-Eminem: The Marshall Mathers LP- 8-9pl
4.-Dr. Dre: The Chronic-8 & a Halfpl
5.-Dre Dre: 2001-8pl
6.-Bone Thugs-N-Harmony: E. 1999 Eternal-8pl
7.-Snoop Dogg: Doggystyle-7 & a Halfpl
8.-Eminem: The Slim Shady LP
9.-Nelly: Country Grammar-7pl
10.-Cypress Hill: Cypress Hill-5pl
11.-Cypress Hill: Black Sunday-5pl
12.-P. Diddy: No Way Out-5pl
13.-DMX: It's Dark And Hell Is Hot...-5pl
14.-Jay-Z: Vol. 2 Hard Knock Life-5pl
15.-DMX: Flesh Of My Flesh, Blood Of My Blood-5pl
16.-Jay-Z: Vol. 3 Life And Times Of S. Carter-5pl
17.-DMX: ...And Then There Was X-5pl
18.-Jay-Z:The Dynasty Roc La Familia 2000-5pl

you're whole list is bullshit


1. the fugees never sold 17 million
2. pac is at 10 million and isn't even in second place
3. biggie is at 10 million
3. eminem is 8.5
4. dre is at 7 and 5
5. e. 1999 eternal is at 5 , 6 at best
6. doggystyle is at 6
8. slim shady lp only sold 3 million
9. nelly you got right
10. cypress hill's first ain't even platnum
11. black sunday is only 3 times platnum
12. no way out is at 7
13. dmx you got right
14. vol 2= 3 times 4 at best
15. 3 times
16. 2 or 3 times
17.it's posted as 5 but it's really at 4.6
18. roclafamilia only went platnum

[DPGC2001]

Fugees have sold 17 million but that's worldwide sales...In the U.S. they have sold a little over 5 million copies...Here are some sales straight from Soundscan...

(U.S. Only)
Doggystyle- 6 million
E1999- 6 million
No Way Out- 5.1 million
2001- 7 million
The Chronic- 5 million
All Eyez on Me- 5 million(Double CD)10 x platinum
Life After Death- 5 million(Double Cd)10 X Platinum
Makaveli- 3.5 million
Slim Shady LP- 4.2 million
Marshall Mathers LP- 8.6 million
Hard Knock Life- 5 million
Nelly- 7.5 million

[ImmortalOne]

^^^Those are pretty close, but you're off on a couple of them:

No Way Out: over 6 million, like 6.6 million was the last number I saw

E.1999 Eternal: over 7 million. Its probably at 8, but ill give yall the benefit of the the doubt and say its still at 7 million.

Makaveli: a little over 4 million.

I got a sheet from Soundscan right here, but cant post it cuz I dont have a friggin scanner. I dont care if anyone believes me or not, whatever.

[Don Jacob]

lol dude hellrazor it's 6 million....theres a million sources saying this even lazie bone there's NO WAY it has sold 3 or 4 million records in the last 4-5 years, the catelouge of that album does NOT sell gold and platnum every year....the only artists that do that are michael jackson, metallica , pink floyd's dark side of the moon, and a couple of other records that are well into double diamond or near it

[Nosak]

ya'll two , ( dpgc2001 and hellrasor) got your info from soundscan and ya'l arguing , see that the sale is bullshits nobody knows except the labels

[Quadruple OG]

didn't Pac's greatest hits go diamond, or very close to diamond?