Even in the broadest of scopes there is some great nuggets here. Well there you have it, a list of every single platinum artist in hip-hop’s illustrious history shout out to Marky Mark and Shaq.

Redman - 2 (Including joint LP with Method Man).

JAY-Z - 15 (Not including Collison Course with Linkin Park).

DJ Jazzy Jeff & Fresh Prince - 2 (Will Smith solo albums counted separately).

8Ball - 1 (No 8Ball & MJG album has gone Platinum).

The Complete List of Names With Number of Platinum Albums That means that while it's certainly possible that this list isn't literally 100% accurate, we're confident that it's as close to accurate as possible, and we're open to updating it as credible new information surfaces.Īnd with that out of the way, let's get to the good stuff. recording industry and is THE most reliable and credible source of album sales information. So yes, we're aware that Wikipedia has other albums listed as platinum, but Wikipedia also once listed Eminem as dead, so you know, maybe not an unshakeable foundation you want to build on.

Crucially, again, our source for this information was the RIAA, which is THE group that represents the U.S.

Finally, to use Eminem as an example again, we did not count compilation projects like the 8 Mile soundtrack or Re-Up at all, since those were more genuine group efforts where assigning credit to a particular artist or artists would be so complicated it'd no longer make sense. That means Watch the Throne gave both JAY-Z and Kanye West one platinum album point. In that vein, we decided to count dual-collab albums as a platinum album for both artists since it was a one-time, special occasion album, not a group.

So the D12 album is credited to D12, not Eminem, and not Proof, Bizarre, etc.

All groups are listed as one collective whole, not broken down into individual artists, even when the group was clearly lead by one famous rapper.

Lauryn Hill's Miseduction isn't a 'rap' album per say, but she's widely known as a rapper, there's rapping on the album, so she's included. Everlast's Whitey Ford Sings the Blues went triple platinum and was far from a purely 'hip-hop' album, but he raps on the album and was known primarily as a rapper for the majority of his career, so he's included. For example, we're still counting the Black Eyed Peas as hip-hop although, let's be honest, they started racking up the platinum albums once they went more pop. 99% of the time that was an easy task, but occasionally we had to make a judgment call.

We went through the list of RIAA certified albums and pulled out all the ones from hip-hop artists.

Before we get to the results though, some notes on how we compiled the information:

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