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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.

 

Drake ties another Eminem Billboard record

Drake’s latest album, Certified Lover Boy, has spent 5th week on Billboard 200 charts, making him to repeat the record set by Eminem.

Drizzy now has three albums which have spent at least 5 weeks each at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 charts, just like Eminem.

Other Drake’s albums that have spent at least five weeks at number one are: “Scorpion” and “Views”

For Eminem, the record holder albums are: “The Marshall Mathers LP,” “The Eminem Show,” and “Recovery.”

Drake shouts out Eminem on Instagram

While Drake and Eminem have not collaborated since the 2009 single “Forever,” which also featured Lil Wayne and Kanye West, Eminem sent some advice to Drizzy on his Music To Be Murdered By – B Side track “Zeus,” on which Slim Shady rapped, “And, Drake, they’re gonna turn on you one day too / And the more you win, the sooner they do / They’ll be calling you a trash bin
Sayin’ that your new one isn’t better than your last and / Even if it is, once they start to turn their backs / They ain’t never comin’ back in.”

Eminem also shouted out Drake on his recent collaboration with Nas on a song “EPMD 2” where the Detroit legend raps: “I just pray for the day when I’m able to say that I’m placed with the greats
And my name’s with the Kane’s and the Wayne’s, and the Jay’s and the Dre’s / And the Ye’s, and the Drake’s and the J Dilla’s, Jada’s, Cool J’ / And the Ra’s and amazin’ as Nas is, and praise to the Gods of this.”

Today, Drake took the opportunity to shout out Eminem on Instagram, after he called Em “the greatest rapper to ever touch the mic” back in 2016 in Detroit while performing ‘Forever’

“Man, this guy is underappreciated” wrote Drizzy on his Story, while tagging Eminem and sharing one of his oldest performances.

Drake has also recently followed Eminem on Instagram. Check the screenshots below:

Steve Aoki explains why remix of Drake, Lil Wayne, Kanye West & Eminem’s “Forever” failed to be released

DJ and producer Steve Aoki has recently opened up about holding back on raising a family, missed opportunities with Drake, Lil Wayne, Kanye West and Eminem, suffering from tinnitus, and losing his best friend.

Aoki’s career has undoubtedly rewarded him with unforgettable moments and opportunities. One opportunity that passed him by in the earlier parts of his journey was a remix of Drake’s “Forever,” song from 2009, featuring Lil Wayne, Kanye West and Eminem.

In a new interview Graham, he recalled how Kanye called him up to share some lyrics he was working on. He then later bumped into Drake, whose team sent him stems of an upcoming track.

“It is Drake, it is Eminem, it is Lil Wayne, and it is Kanye West. I could remix the biggest voices of my career. It never actually ever came out because it just was not that good. Sad to say, but that is life. I had the opportunity – it was not good at the time. If they gave me the opportunity now, it would be a different story.”

You can watch the interview below:

Eminem overcomes Drake to set another record on Spotify

Eminem’s classic album from 2000, “The Marshall Mathers LP” has surpassed 2 billion streams on Spotify which makes Eminem the first and the only artist in history to have 7 albums with over 2 billion streams each.

The Marshall Mathers LP, The Marshall Mathers LP 2, Recovery, Music To Be Murdered By, Kamikaze, The Eminem Show, Curtain Call: The Hits have all surpassed the 2 billion mark. Another album that is close to the milestone is Revival with 1.6 billion streams.

Drake comes on second place as he has six albums to reach that accolade.

You can revisit MMLP below:

Eminem gives huge shout out to Drake, Lil Wayne & Kanye West on Nas’ “EPMD 2”

Nas has just released the second installment of his Grammy-winning album, King Disease.

The album includes a track titled “EPMD 2” which features Eminem and EPMD. In the song, Eminem gives shout out to hip-hop greats, and includes Drake and Kanye West in the list:

“I just pray for the day When I’m able to say that I’m placed with the greats and my names with the Kane’s and the Wayne’s and the Jay’s and the Dre’s and the Ye’s and the Drake’s And the J-Dilla’s, Jada’s, Cool J’s and the Ra’s and amazing as Nas is and praise to the Gods of this.”

You can listen to the song below:

Biggest selling & most streamed rappers of all time (Updated list, 2021)

Updated list of top selling rappers of all time globally has been revealed. You can check out the Top 10 below:

1. Eminem – 227 million units sold.

2. Drake – 152 million units sold.

3. Kanye West – 140 million units sold.

4. Jay Z – 125 million units sold.

5. Lil Wayne – 110 million units sold.

6. Nicki Minaj – 106 million units sold.

7. Flo Rida – 102 million units sold.

8. Tupac Shakur – 75 million units sold.

9. Snoop Dogg – 40 million units sold.

10. DMX – 34 million units sold.

List of most streamed rappers on Spotify has also been calculated. The list includes features too. Check it below:

1. Drake – 54.8 billion streams.

2. Eminem – 27.2 billion streams.

3. Travis Scott – 24.3 billion streams.

4. Kanye West – 22.4 billion streams.

5. Nicki Minaj – 21.8 billion streams.

6. Kendrick Lamar – 20.5 billion streams.

7. Future – 19.6 billion streams.

8. XXXtentacion – 19.4 billion streams.

9. Juice WRLD – 19.2 billion streams.

10. Lil Wayne – 17.8 billion streams.

Billboard reveals highest paid hip-hop artists of 2020

Billboard has released the highest earning musicians in 2020 and in the hip-hop category, Post Malone and Drake are leading. You can check out the top ten highest paid rappers below.

NOTE: the revenue is ONLY from music, earned in the United States of America.

1. Post Malone – $23.2 million.

2. Drake – $14.2 million.

3. NBA YoungBoy – $11.9 million.

4. Lil Baby – $11.7 million.

5. Eminem – $9.7 million.

6. Lil Uzi Vert – $9.5 million.

7. DaBaby – $9.1 million.

8. Bad Bunny – $8.4 million.

9. Future – $8.2 million.

10. Roddy Ricch – $7.4 million.

Detailed numbers for Eminem

Streaming: $6.6M
Sales: $1.3M
Publishing: $1.8M
Touring: $0

For the detailed listing, visit Billboard here.

 

Eminem ties Drake’s all-time record on Spotify

Eminem’s “Curtain Call: The Hits” has surpassed 2 billion streams on Spotify which means that Detroit legend ties Drake as the ONLY artists on Spotify’s history to have six albums above 2 billion streams each on the streaming platform.

You can check out the six Eminem albums that have reached that milestone below:

1. The Eminem Show – 3.3 billion streams.

2. The Marshall Mathers LP 2 – 2.8 billion.

3. Recovery – 2.7 billion.

4. Kamikaze – 2.3 billion.

5. Music To Be Murdered By – 2.1 billion

6. Curtain Call: The Hits – 2.0 billion

The Marshall Mathers LP is also close to two billion mark as it currently stands at 1.92 billion streams.

Revisit Eminem’s 2005 greatest hits album below:

Drake, Kanye West, Lil Wayne & Eminem’s “Forever” goes platinum in UK

Drake, Kanye West, Lil Wayne and Eminem’s “Forever” song is now a platinum seller in the United Kingdom as the song has now sold over 600,000 units in the country.

“Forever” was released as a single from the soundtrack to LeBron James’s More Than A Game documentary. The song was also placed on the re-release of Eminem’s album Relapse, titled Relapse: Refill.

The track was produced by Boi-1da and was originally for Kardinal Offishall featuring Rock City in early 2008, as “Bring It Back”. Kardinal did not use the song for his album and it was later re-sold to Drake, who released it in late 2008 as “I Want This Forever” featuring Lil Wayne and Kidd Kidd.

The 2009 version of “Forever” features Kanye West, Lil Wayne, and Eminem. Rapper Jay-Z called it the best posse cut of the decade. Kanye West also revealed that he had to re-write his verse for two days after hearing Eminem’s verse.

Mike Zombie names Eminem & Lil Wayne as his favorite artists

Mike Zombie, who is in-house producer for Drake’s label OVO Sound and who previously worked with Lil Wayne, The Game, DJ Khaled, Jhené Aiko, Waka Flocka Flame, Young M.A and more, has recently named Eminem and Lil Wayne as his favorite artists.

Mike Zombie produced Drake’s one of the biggest hits “Started From The Bottom” back in 2013. In 2015, he worked with our boy Westside Boogie on a track “The Reach (Intro)” and most recently, he contributed into the production of Eminem’s “These Demons,” featuring MAJ.

Willingboro Township, New Jersey-born producer was recently asked on Instagram to name his Top 3 artists on which he replied: “Me, Eminem and Lil Wayne.” Check the screenshot below:

Justin Bieber names his Top 5 rappers, includes Eminem

Justin Bieber has recently hit DJ Khaled at his podcast on Amazon Music where the pop megastar from Canada was asked to name his top five emcees of all time. Here is what Justin replied:

“When you open this conversation there is always room for ‘ahh I can’t believe this’ but I would say Lil Wayne, I would say Biggie. I just watched his documentary and I was like ‘oh my goodness.’ I will say Eminem, Kanye West and Drizzy Drake.”

When Justin mentioned Eminem, DJ Khaled commented: “For sure, for sure. That’s another big one. Shout out to Eminem.”

You can watch the interview below:

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