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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 ...
Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums is a music chart published weekly by Billboard magazine that ranks R&B and hip hop albums based on sales in the United States and is compiled by Luminate. The chart debuted as Hot R&B LPs in the issue dated January 30, 1965, in an effort by the magazine to further expand into the field of rhythm and blues music. [ 1 ]
Harry Belafonte's Calypso (1956) was the first record to be recognized as a year's top-selling album by Billboard, when it started tracking sales figures. American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift is the first and only artist to have eight of their albums become best-selling records of their respective years.
The 1980s were hip-hop’s first full decade as a documented musical genre on record, and from ’80 to ’89, rap grew from single to albums, from party songs to social commentary, from simple ...
Drake currently holds the record for the most number-one hits on the Billboard rap chart. Hot Rap Songs is a record chart published by the music industry magazine Billboard that ranks the most popular hip hop songs in the United States. 77 songs topped Hot Rap Songs in the 2010s.
The following list of best-selling music artists includes musical artists from the 20th century to the present with claims of 75 million or more record sales worldwide. The sales figures are calculated based on the formula detailed below.
Billboard initially created a list of the 10 greatest rappers of all time in November 2015, with the top position held by The Notorious B.I.G. [1] The publication revised their rankings in 2023, via a partnership with Vibe, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of hip hop. The updated list, published in stages between January 11 and February 8 ...
This is a list of the best-selling hip-hop albums in the United States in the year 2010 based on RIAA certification and Nielsen SoundScan sales tracking. Best-selling hip-hop albums by year Year Artist Album Label Certified Units Certification 2011 Drake Take Care Young Money Republic Records (8,000,000) 8× Platinum 2010 Eminem Recovery Shady / Aftermath / Interscope (8,000,000) 8× Platinum ...