Hip‑Hop Albums: RIAA Lists Top 25 Best‑Selling Records

The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) compiled a list of the 25 highest‑selling hip‑hop albums in the United States, based on certified sales units. The ranking reflects the commercial growth of rap music over five decades.

Notable entries include The Notorious B.I.G.’s *Life After Death*, Tupac Shakur’s *All Eyez on Me*, OutKast’s *Speakerboxxx/The Love Below*, Eminem’s *The Eminem Show*, and 50 Cent’s *Get Rich or Die Tryin’*. Only about a dozen rap albums have achieved diamond certification, underscoring the rarity of such sales milestones. The list notes that sales figures do not always capture an album’s cultural impact.