![]() ![]() Here are the 50 Best Selling Rap Albums of All Time. When Lil Wayne's Tha Carter III sold over a million copies his first week it truly marked the moment of his arrival as a rap superstar.Įven if numbers alone don't always tell the whole story, they do tell some sort of story. ![]() Dre's The Chronic moved major units in 1992 it signaled a shift in hip-hop from the East Coast to the West. Debut albums from rappers like Nas, Snoop Doggy Dogg, and 50 Cent became events unto themselves. In 1986, when Run-D.M.C.'s Raising Hell went multi-platinum within a year it proved that hip-hop was a truly a cultural force. ![]() The sales definitely reflect part of the impact an artist had. While all of the albums on this list are in the multi-platinum and even diamond range, a few reflect some of the pivotal moments within hip-hop. In fact, sometimes they're something significant. Records sales aren't everything, but they are something. ![]()
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