First Rap Album to Top the Billboard 200 in Each Year (Complete List) – Billboard
Here’s a complete list of the first rap albums to reach No. 1 on the Billboard 200 in each calendar year since 1987.
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Here’s a complete list of the first rap albums to reach No. 1 on the Billboard 200 in each calendar year since 1987.
For the last 16 weeks, one label has topped the Billboard 200 – Republic Records. That marks the longest streak for any label at No. 1 since 1998.
Rapper M.C. Hammer became an ordained minister, while actor Dylan Sprouse set up a mead brewing company.
It’s unclear when the album will be released, but Pop Smoke’s posthumous debut, Shoot for the Stars Aim for the Moon, remains in the top 10 on the Billboard 200. The album, which was released in July 2020, has spent the most weeks at No. 1 on Billboard’s Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart since M.C. Hammer’s Please Hammer, Don’t Hurt Em in 1990. 50 Cent, who co-executive produced Shoot for the Stars, may not be involved the second time around. “[Steven Victor] talked to me about the new record, and I’m not sure if I’ll participate with this, that record,” he told Kris Kaylin. â...
Pop Smoke’s posthumous debut Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon was released last July. The album, which was co-executive produced by 50 Cent, debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and became the longest-running No. 1 on Billboard’s Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart since M.C. Hammer’s Please Hammer, Don’t Hurt Em in 1990. The album spawned a trio of platinum tracks (“Hello,” “Got It On Me,” and “Something Special”), three 2x platinum songs (“Mood Swings,” “The Woo,” and “What You Know About Love”), one 3x platinum (“Dior”), and the 4x platinum “For the N...