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Rick Ross's Trilla becomes the first hip hop album to be certified gold in 2008, due to the heavy airplay of his second single, "The Boss". Dunk Ryders sign to Cash Money Records. [52] A G-Unit representative denies the reports of the $300,000,000 deal. [53] Nas co-signs Jay Electronica. [54] Nas changes the name of his formerly titled Nigger ...
This page lists the albums that reached number one on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and Top Rap Albums charts in 2008. The Rap Albums chart partially serves as a distillation of rap-specific titles from the overall R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.
The following is a list of albums, EPs, and mixtapes released in 2008. These albums are (1) original, i.e. excluding reissues , remasters , and compilations of previously released recordings, and (2) notable , defined as having received significant coverage from reliable sources independent of the subject.
Three soundtrack albums topped the chart in 2008: Juno, Mamma Mia! and Twilight. Hip hop artist Lil Wayne's Tha Carter III is the highest-selling album of 2008 in the US, selling 2.874 million copies since its release. [5] [6] The album attained the most sales in a week, netting over one million units after a week of release, a feat previously ...
This page indexes the individual year in hip hop music pages. 1970s. 1979 in hip hop music; 1980s. 1980 in hip hop music; 1981 in hip hop music; 1982 in hip hop music; 1983 in hip hop music; 1984 in hip hop music; 1985 in hip hop music; 1986 in hip hop music; 1987 in hip hop music; 1988 in hip hop music; 1989 in hip hop music; 1990s. 1990 in ...
In 2008, Wayne released his best-selling album so far, titled Tha Carter III. Certified triple platinum by the RIAA, [ 1 ] Tha Carter III won the Best Rap Album award at the 2009 Grammy Awards. [ 2 ] Lil Wayne founded record label Young Money Entertainment and released a collaborative album featuring rappers signed to the label, We Are Young ...
The album peaked at 53 on the Billboard 200, but you’ll find plenty of hip-hop heads (this one included) who would tell you it’s the single best album released on 9/29/98.
The Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart ranks the best-performing singles in that category in the United States. The first number-one song of the year was claimed by Alicia Keys with her song "Like You'll Never See Me Again", from her third studio album As I Am (2007). [1] In total, it spent seven consecutive weeks at number one.