The music industry has certainly come a long way since the early ’80s where hip hop acts didn’t even have a chart for their own, instead having to compete with R&B and dance acts.
But now, with hip hop being the biggest and most influential genre in the world, the culture’s impact is now reflecting on all the charts. But let’s look beyond Billboard and first week album sales, here we focus on what’s the most streamed in the modern era. Remarkably, there are now countless hip hop artists who have over 5 billion streams alone .
From Drake’s Scorpion to Juice Wrld’s Goodbye & Good Riddance to XXXTentacion’s “?” we take a look at the 100 most streamed hip hop albums on Spotify, of all time.
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A Top 50 countdown of Hip Hop most popular albums in order of streams in the modern era on Spotify is as follows:
- 50Playboi Carti - Die Lit
- This albums total streams: 2.96B
- Most played song on the album Die Lit: Shoota with 684.5M streams
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- 49USHER - Confessions
- This albums total streams: 2.96B
- Most played song on the album Confessions: Yeah! with 1.30B streams
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- 48Eminem - Kamikaze
- This albums total streams: 2.97B
- Most played song on the album Kamikaze: Venom with 786.0M streams
- 47Drake - Her Loss
- This albums total streams: 3.11B
- Most played song on the album Her Loss: Rich Flex with 809.7M streams
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- 46Eminem - Encore
- This albums total streams: 3.14B
- Most played song on the album Encore: Mockingbird with 1.67B streams
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- 45Lil Baby - My Turn
- This albums total streams: 3.15B
- Most played song on the album My Turn: We Paid with 416.5M streams
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- 44Migos - Culture II
- This albums total streams: 3.16B
- Most played song on the album Culture II: Walk It Talk It with 777.5M streams
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- 4321 Savage - SAVAGE MODE II
- This albums total streams: 3.16B
- Most played song on the album SAVAGE MODE II: Runnin with 648.0M streams
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- 422Pac - All Eyez On Me
- This albums total streams: 3.19B
- Most played song on the album All Eyez On Me: Ambitionz Az A Ridah with 741.8M streams
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- 41Nicki Minaj - The Pinkprint
- This albums total streams: 3.25B
- Most played song on the album The Pinkprint: Only with 556.8M streams
- 40Lil Uzi Vert - Eternal Atake
- This albums total streams: 3.26B
- Most played song on the album Eternal Atake: P2 with 326.4M streams
- 39Lil Wayne - I Am Music
- This albums total streams: 3.35B
- Most played song on the album I Am Music: A Milli with 558.2M streams
- 38Drake - If You're Reading This It's Too Late
- This albums total streams: 3.37B
- Most played song on the album If You're Reading This It's Too Late: Know Yourself with 406.5M streams
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- 37Eminem - Curtain Call: The Hits
- This albums total streams: 3.44B
- Most played song on the album Curtain Call: The Hits: Lose Yourself with 2.19B streams
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- 36Romeo Santos - Fórmula, Vol. 2
- This albums total streams: 3.50B
- Most played song on the album Fórmula, Vol. 2: Propuesta Indecente with 748.2M streams
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- 35Pop Smoke - Meet The Woo 2
- This albums total streams: 3.53B
- Most played song on the album Meet The Woo 2: Invincible with 548.1M streams
- 34Lil Nas X - MONTERO
- This albums total streams: 3.56B
- Most played song on the album MONTERO: MONTERO with 1.90B streams
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- 33Eminem - Music To Be Murdered By
- This albums total streams: 3.67B
- Most played song on the album Music To Be Murdered By: Godzilla with 1.45B streams
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- 32Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP2
- This albums total streams: 3.86B
- Most played song on the album The Marshall Mathers LP2: The Monster with 1.03B streams
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- 31Bryson Tiller - T R A P S O U L
- This albums total streams: 3.96B
- Most played song on the album T R A P S O U L: Don't with 1.27B streams
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- 30Drake - Nothing Was The Same
- This albums total streams: 3.98B
- Most played song on the album Nothing Was The Same: Hold On, We're Going Home with 992.9M streams
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- 29Eminem - Curtain Call 2
- This albums total streams: 4.14B
- Most played song on the album Curtain Call 2: Love The Way You Lie with 1.52B streams
- 28Frank Ocean - channel ORANGE
- This albums total streams: 4.28B
- Most played song on the album channel ORANGE: Lost with 1.05B streams
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- 27The Notorious B.I.G. - Greatest Hits
- This albums total streams: 4.31B
- Most played song on the album Greatest Hits: Hypnotize with 1.14B streams
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- 26Eminem - Recovery
- This albums total streams: 4.47B
- Most played song on the album Recovery: Love The Way You Lie with 1.52B streams
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- 2550 Cent - Get Rich Or Die Tryin'
- This albums total streams: 4.53B
- Most played song on the album Get Rich Or Die Tryin': In Da Club with 1.50B streams
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- 24Kid Cudi - Man On The Moon: The End Of Day
- This albums total streams: 4.66B
- Most played song on the album Man On The Moon: The End Of Day: Day 'N' Nite with 834.6M streams
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- 23Macklemore - The Heist
- This albums total streams: 4.74B
- Most played song on the album The Heist: Can't Hold Us with 2.38B streams
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- 22Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP
- This albums total streams: 4.78B
- Most played song on the album The Marshall Mathers LP: The Real Slim Shady with 1.79B streams
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- 21The Notorious B.I.G. - Life After Death
- This albums total streams: 4.79B
- Most played song on the album Life After Death: Hypnotize with 1.14B streams
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- 20Kanye West - The Life Of Pablo
- This albums total streams: 4.94B
- Most played song on the album The Life Of Pablo: Father Stretch My Hands Pt. 1 with 1.10B streams
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- 192Pac - Greatest Hits
- This albums total streams: 4.97B
- Most played song on the album Greatest Hits: California Love with 740.4M streams
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- 18Drake - Take Care
- This albums total streams: 5.04B
- Most played song on the album Take Care: Headlines with 648.5M streams
- 17Drake - Certified Lover Boy
- This albums total streams: 5.20B
- Most played song on the album Certified Lover Boy: Fair Trade with 815.8M streams
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- 16Frank Ocean - Blonde
- This albums total streams: 5.46B
- Most played song on the album Blonde: Pink + White with 1.29B streams
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- 15Jay-Z - Watch The Throne
- This albums total streams: 5.52B
- Most played song on the album Watch The Throne: Ni**as In Paris with 1.43B streams
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- 14Kanye West - Graduation
- This albums total streams: 5.89B
- Most played song on the album Graduation: Stronger with 1.40B streams
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- 13J. Cole - 2014 Forest Hills Drive
- This albums total streams: 5.94B
- Most played song on the album 2014 Forest Hills Drive: No Role Modelz with 2.23B streams
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- 12Lil Uzi Vert - Luv Is Rage 2
- This albums total streams: 5.99B
- Most played song on the album Luv Is Rage 2: 20 Min with 1.00B streams
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- 11Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.d city
- This albums total streams: 6.14B
- Most played song on the album good kid, m.A.A.d city: Money Trees with 1.47B streams
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- 10Pop Smoke - Shoot For The Stars Aim For The Moon
- This albums total streams: 6.15B
- Most played song on the album Shoot For The Stars Aim For The Moon: Dior with 1.07B streams
- 9The Kid LAROI - F*CK LOVE 3+: OVER YOU
- This albums total streams: 6.43B
- Most played song on the album F*CK LOVE 3+: OVER YOU: STAY with 3.10B streams
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- 8Drake - More Life
- This albums total streams: 7.10B
- Most played song on the album More Life: Passionfruit with 1.62B streams
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- 7Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
- This albums total streams: 7.62B
- Most played song on the album My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy: POWER with 933.3M streams
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- 6XXXTENTACION - 17
- This albums total streams: 7.94B
- Most played song on the album 17: Jocelyn Flores with 2.18B streams
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- 5Kendrick Lamar - DAMN.
- This albums total streams: 7.94B
- Most played song on the album DAMN.: HUMBLE. with 2.22B streams
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- 4Eminem - The Eminem Show
- This albums total streams: 9.31B
- Most played song on the album The Eminem Show: Without Me with 2.13B streams
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- 3Drake - Views
- This albums total streams: 9.65B
- Most played song on the album Views: One Dance with 3.18B streams
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- 2Drake - Scorpion
- This albums total streams: 10.11B
- Most played song on the album Scorpion: God's Plan with 2.53B streams
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- 1XXXTENTACION - ?
- This albums total streams: 14.26B
- Most played song on the album ?: SAD! with 2.21B streams
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