KENDRICK LAMAR “Good Kid mA.A.d CITY” Now HIP HOP King of Charts
Kendrick Lamar ‘good kid, m.A.A.d city‘ has officially passed ‘The Eminem Show’ as the longest charting hip-hop studio album in Billboard 200 history.
Released in 2012, the multiplatinum album from the Grammy and Pulitzer prize-winning rap star with songs like “Swimming Pools (Drank),” the Drake-assisted “Poetic Justice” and “Bitch, Don’t Kill My Vibe”
Kendrick Lamar album has now stayed 358 weeks on the hip hop charts passing Eminem’s record for 357 weeks with “The Eminem Show”. although Although K. Dot’s good kid, m.A.A.d is the current titleholder for longest-charting hip-hop studio album, Slim Shady’s greatest hits compilation Curtain Call: The Hits has spent a little over 100 more weeks on Billboard’s top album chart than good kid with 462 weeks.
Both Dr. Dre protégés have dropped multiple albums that have spent almost two years on the Billboard 200.
Here are other list of album under the TOP 10 list of most stayed on the Billboard 200 CHART.
(courtesy of XXLMAG)
(courtesy of XXLMAG)
Curtain Call: The Hits
Artist: Eminem
Release date: Dec. 6, 2005
Weeks on Billboard 200: 462
Release date: Dec. 6, 2005
Weeks on Billboard 200: 462
good kid, m.A.A.d city
Artist: Kendrick Lamar
Release date: Oct. 22, 2012
Weeks on Billboard 200: 359
Release date: Oct. 22, 2012
Weeks on Billboard 200: 359
The Eminem Show
Artist: Eminem
Release date: May 26, 2002
Weeks on Billboard 200: 357
Release date: May 26, 2002
Weeks on Billboard 200: 357
Take Care
Artist: Drake
Release date: Nov. 15, 2011
Weeks on Billboard 200: 341
Release date: Nov. 15, 2011
Weeks on Billboard 200: 341
Recovery
Artist: Eminem
Release date: June 18, 2010
Weeks on Billboard 200: 320
Release date: June 18, 2010
Weeks on Billboard 200: 320
Nothing Was the Same
Artist: Drake
Release date: Sept. 24, 2013
Weeks on Billboard 200: 302
Release date: Sept. 24, 2013
Weeks on Billboard 200: 302
Greatest Hits
Artist: 2Pac
Release date: Nov. 24, 1998
Weeks on Billboard 200: 289
Release date: Nov. 24, 1998
Weeks on Billboard 200: 289
If You’re Read This It’s Too Late
Artist: Drake
Release date: Feb. 13, 2015
Weeks on Billboard 200: 197
Release date: Feb. 13, 2015
Weeks on Billboard 200: 197
Greatest Hits
Artist: The Notorious B.I.G.
Release date: Mar. 6, 2007
Weeks on Billboard 200: 192
Release date: Mar. 6, 2007
Weeks on Billboard 200: 192
Views
Artist: Drake
Release date: Apr. 29, 2016
Weeks on Billboard 200: 176
Release date: Apr. 29, 2016
Weeks on Billboard 200: 176
2001
Artist: Dr. Dre
Release date: Nov. 16, 1999
Weeks on Billboard 200: 164
Release date: Nov. 16, 1999
Weeks on Billboard 200: 164
Tha Carter III
Artist: Lil Wayne
Release date: June 9, 2008
Weeks on Billboard 200: 157
Release date: June 9, 2008
Weeks on Billboard 200: 157
