The Last 15 Hip-Hop Albums To Go Platinum [Photos]

» by Trent Clark (@ItsMeTC15) Oct 20 2014, 5:42pm

Forbes has exposed the ailing music scene with a new report that shows no artist’s album released this year has gone platinum. Beyoncé’s self-titled dominance was released last year and Lorde’s media darling presence has since stalled, leaving only Disney’s Frozen soundtrack with a shiny plaque.

With a little help from the RIAA, we’ve compiled the last fifteen Hip-Hop albums to go platinum–and the list is pretty segregated. The last couple of albums on the list weren’t even released this decade. Hopefully all struggle rappers are taking notes.

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Photos: WENN

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sam

The real reason is not a single album released in 2014 deserved going platinum… I can not think of a single one. hopefully 2015 will do better.
Real Talk

Fiddy cent???
- BMJR_RE4
  
  I THOUGHT SO AND NELLY DID TOO I BELIEVE.
Rico Black

I noticed that all of these are Northern artists. S/out to lil Wayne for being the only person holding down the south.
Troybenz

beyonce
- Education
  
  hip hop……Bey is not Hip Hop….I stan too but read 🙂
Sk8board – C

Its hard to believe 1,000,000 + people bought Nicky Minaj Roman Reloaded! It was pop gimmick trash and shouldnt be considered a hip hop album..FOH
- Real Talk
  
  She didn’t sell platinum, she SHIPPED it. There’s a difference. People don’t know that you don’t actually need to sell 1 million albums to get certified platinum. They just have to ship 1 million albums to the store for people to buy. Its sitting at 850k. Yeezus only sold 650k and they still gave him platinu,.
BMJR_RE4

DIDN’T 50 CENT FIRST 2 ALBUMS GO PLATINUM? OR NAH?
- Mega
  
  A decade ago.
Vandellish

I couldn’t sit through none of these except for maybe ‘Watch the Throne’ and ‘Good Kid, Maad City’.
It’s all good though, mainstream rap has ALWAYS sucked in my opinion…yes even in the 80s and 90s too. Underground is where the art is.