After having no Hip Hop albums go platinum in 2014, two hit the mark in 2015.
Check out the 15 best selling Hip Hop albums released in 2015:
1. Drake – If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late (1,121,000) 2. The Weeknd - Beauty Behind The Madness (797,0000 3. Kendrick Lamar – To Pimp A Butterfly (755,000) 5. Drake & Future – What A Time To Be Alive (494,000) 5. Dr. Dre – Compton (481,000) 6. Meek Mill – Dreams Worth More Than Money (371,000) 7. Big Sean – Dark Sky Paradise (341,000) 8. Future – DS2 (312,000) 9. A$AP Rocky – At.Long.Last.ASAP (230,000) 10. Fetty Wap – Fetty Wap (222,000) 11. Wale – The Album About Nothing (178,000) 12. Rae Sremmurd -- SremmLife (164,000) 13. Logic - Incredible True Story (148,000) 14. Jeezy - Church In These Streets (140,000) 15. Ludacris Ludaversal (125,000)
Two albums that were dropped in late 2014 were also among the best selling of this year. J. Cole's 2014 Forest Hills Drive was released on 12/9/14 and accumulated 1,072,000 in total sales. Nicki Minaj's The Pinkprint hit stores 12/12/14 and moved 672,000 total units.
Here are the biggest opening weeks of 2015.
1. Drake - IYRTITL (495K) 2. Drake & Future - WATTBA (334K) 3. The Weeknd - BBTM (325K) 4. Kendrick Lamar - TPAB (324K) 5. Dr. Dre - Compton (278K) 6. Meek Mill - DWMTM (214K) 7. Big Sean -DSP (139K) 8. Future - DS2 (126K) 9. Logic - TITS (118K) 10. A$AP Rocky - ALLA (116K)
What was your favorite album of 2015.