Pac is the top selling hiphop artist of all time...

[israelihiphop]

From MTV2

1. 2Pac- 26.5 million
2. Eminem-22.9 million(not including Encore)
3. Dr. Dre- 17.9 million(including his NWA albums)
4. Snoop- 16.8 million(damn didn't know he sold that much)
5. Jay-z- 16.7 million

[Wessia4LiaNia Chieee Chieee]

yeah i've seen this too "hip hop platinum"
it's sad that em gots the 2nd place
"If i was white and call my mama a bitch
It wouldn't took me this long-to get this rich"  Mack 10 (don't know if he's refeerin to em but it fits as hell:)

[Bramsterdam (see ya)]

thats shitty eminem is up there, I hate that guy..

[Ðøšïå]

em will be #1 soon

[STILLDRE IS THE GODFATHER]

yeah i've seen this too "hip hop platinum"
it's sad that em gots the 2nd place
"If i was white and call my mama a bitch
It wouldn't took me this long-to get this rich"  Mack 10 (don't know if he's refeerin to em but it fits as hell:)

 it think it was ice cube who said that anyway dope line so true

[PLANT]

Would they include anf of Snoop's group albums like Tha Eastsidaz, 213 or the Allstars cd to those numbers?  Or is it strictly solo album sales?

[israelihiphop]

Would they include anf of Snoop's group albums like Tha Eastsidaz, 213 or the Allstars cd to those numbers?  Or is it strictly solo album sales?

probably included those, 1st Eastsidaz went platinum, second went gold, 213 hasn't even gone gold...

[Leggy Hendrix]

not surprising considering the 27 post death album that have been released by Pac...

[topdogg187]

From MTV2

1. 2Pac- 26.5 million
2. Eminem-22.9 million(not including Encore)
3. Dr. Dre- 17.9 million(including his NWA albums)
4. Snoop- 16.8 million(damn didn't know he sold that much)
5. Jay-z- 16.7 million

The Pac numbers are way off because if u look at the Guiness Book Of World Records it has 2pac listed at the Best Selling Rapper of All Time and it says that he has sold over 36.5 million in the United States Alone, So i dont' see anyone ever beating that number, not even eminem.

[Denial! Is Actively Joinin The Revolution]

i saw that show ages ago its all bout how much rappers spend and wat they really earn that woz done ages ago so some people mite of moved up the list

[ImmortalOne]

26.5 million for Pac?? More like 40-45 million. All Eyez On Me and Greatest Hits alone sold almost 10 million each, so thats 20 million right there with just those two albums.

No one (in rap) will catch Pac in sales, not even Eminem. Pac has too big of a lead, and the fact he keeps releasing albums will keep him as the best selling hip hop artist ever.

[Ras Kass' Toothpick]

26.5 million for Pac?? More like 40-45 million. All Eyez On Me and Greatest Hits alone sold almost 10 million each, so thats 20 million right there with just those two albums.

No one (in rap) will catch Pac in sales, not even Eminem. Pac has too big of a lead, and the fact he keeps releasing albums will keep him as the best selling hip hop artist ever.

Well, if you inflate his numbers to make him look better it'll be impossible for Eminem to catch him.  The fact is, by the end of 2005, Eminem with his 4 albums will have sold more copies of his albums than 2Pac.
(going by U.S. sales figures)

[topdogg187]

26.5 million for Pac?? More like 40-45 million. All Eyez On Me and Greatest Hits alone sold almost 10 million each, so thats 20 million right there with just those two albums.

No one (in rap) will catch Pac in sales, not even Eminem. Pac has too big of a lead, and the fact he keeps releasing albums will keep him as the best selling hip hop artist ever.

Well, if you inflate his numbers to make him look better it'll be impossible for Eminem to catch him.  The fact is, by the end of 2005, Eminem with his 4 albums will have sold more copies of his albums than 2Pac.
(going by U.S. sales figures)

No he won't not even close because those numbers posted above are not right, because liek i said in my earlier post, it has 2pac listed as the Best Selling Rap Artist Of All Time in the 2003 Guiness Book Of World Records and it says that he has sold more than 36.5 million in the US ALONE, so as for inflating the numbers, there is no need for that because pac's ACTUAL numbers speak for themselves and unless em releases another 3 albums that all go diamond which i highly doubt than he will never catch pac.

[ZILLA THA GOODFELLA]

^ That's because guinness counted each double disc album as 2 cds sold. That's the way it should be anyway.

[Ras Kass' Toothpick]

Well, a double CD is still just one album.


2Pacalypse Now = 500k - 1 million
Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z. = 1 - 2 million
Me Against The World = 2 - 3 million
All Eyez On Me = 4.5 - 5 million
The Don Kiluminati (The 7 Day Theory) = 4 - 5 million
R U Still Down = 4 - 5 million
Greatest Hits = 4.5 - 5 million
Until The End Of Time = 3 - 4 million
Better Dayz = 2 - 3 million

8 albums plus a greatest hits = 25.5 million atleast...33 million at the most

The Slim Shady LP = 4 -5 million
The Marshal Mathers LP = 9 - 10 million
The Eminem Show = 8 - 9 million

3 albums = 21 million atleast...24 at the most


Numbers based on information from riaa.org
Now can anyone actually really think that Eminem has no chance of catching 2Pac?  Just look at the averages, Eminem sells 7 million a CD and 2Pac sells about 3 million.