Top 20 best selling hip-hop albums in 2021

List of the best selling albums in 2021 has been officially announced and we took a look at the bet selling hip-hop albums this year.

Drake’s Certified Lover Boy occupies the first spot with over 1.8 million album equivalent units sold, followed by Pop Smoke’s Shoot For The Stars, Aim For The Moon with almost 1.5 million units.

One of the most surprising appearances is Eminem at number 20 (number 49 overall in every genre) with his greatest hits album, Curtain Call: The Hits which was released back in 2005. It has shifted a whopping 673,000 copies in 2021 alone.

It should also be noted that almost every album in Top 20 are released either in 2021 or 2020, only Eminem’s Billboard-record holder album was released 15 years ago.

Check the list of best selling hip-hop albums in 2021 below:

1. Drake – Certified Lover Boy (2021) – 1,850,000 units sold.

2. Pop Smoke – Shoot For The Stars, Aim For The Moon (2020) – 1,473,000.

3. Doja Cat – Planet Her (2021) – 1,403,000.

4. Lil Baby – My Turn (2020) – 1,175,000.

5. Moneybagg Yo – A Gangsta’s Pain (2021) – 1,121,000.

6. Juice WRLD – Legends Never Die (2020) – 1,085,000.

7. Polo G – Hall Of Fame (2021) – 1,054,000.

8. Post Malone – Hollywood’s Bleeding (2020) – 1,043,000.

9. Lil Durk – The Voice (2020) – 980,000.

10. J. Cole – The Off-Season (2021) – 979,000.

11. Lil Nas X – Montero (2021) – 960,000.

12. Juice WRLD – Goodbye & Good Riddance (2018) – 922,000.

13. Kanye West – Donda (2021) – 916,000.

14. Pooh Shiesty – Shiesty Season (2021) – 898,000.

15. Lil Baby & Lil Durk – The Voice Of The Heroes (2021) – 882,000.

16. Megan Thee Stallion – The News (2020) – 798,000.

17. Doja Cat – Hot Pink (2019) – 710,000.

18. Lil Tjay – Destined 2 Win (2021) – 676,000.

19. Travis Scott – ASTROWORLD (2018) – 674,000.

20. Eminem – Curtain Call: The Hits (2005) – 673,000.

Via HitsDailyDouble.