All Eyez on Me was the rappers fourth album and was put out during the height of the east coast vs. Pretty much everyone in the rap game or who are fans of music are familiar with Tupac Shakur, and he is considered to be one of the greatest rappers of all time. All Eyez on Me – Tupac Shakur – 9 million Put out under Def Jam and Columbia Records, Licensed to Ill featured the songs “The New Style”, “Brass Monkey”, and “No Sleep Till Brooklyn”.ħ. This was also the first rap LP to top the Billboard charts back in the day. Well despite that, the Beastie Boys did managed to accomplish that feat, and their debut album was one of the most successful rap/hip-hop albums of all time.
Licensed to Ill – The Beastie Boys – 9 millionīack in 1986 if you told people that three white Jewish boys from Brooklyn would go on to become one of the biggest hip-hop/rap groups of all time, everyone would laugh at you. The album was released in 2000 under Universal Records and it featured the songs “Country Grammar”, “Ride wit Me”, and “Batter Up”.Ĩ. It’s always good for an artists debut album to go on and sell 8.5 million copies, and it certainly launched Nelly’s career. Dre and Eminem were credited as producers on this album, among others, and the album has influenced countless other musicians and rappers. In just the first week of its release it managed to move 872,000 copies. At the time it was a pioneering album for the sub-genre of gangsta rap. This was the second release from 50 Cent and it came out in 2003. The first album on our list is from 50 Cent and it is arguably his best album.
Get Rich or Die Tryin’ – 50 Cent – 8.3 million We are going to take a look at a list of the highest selling rap/hip-hop albums of all time.ġ0. Today there are thousands of rappers from all around the world putting out music, but only a select few have gone down in the hall of fame for selling the most amount of records. That genre continued to grow during the 1980’s and has now become one of the most popular genres of music ever. This lyrical heavy genre combined with rhythmic music and samples started to become extremely popular and it was known as hip-hop and rap. During the late 1970’s in the Bronx, a new genre of music was being made.