Kendrick Lamar has broken Eminem’s record for longest charting Hip Hop studio album in Billboard 200 history. According to a tweet from Chart Data, Kendrick’s good kid, m.A.A.d city has surpassed The Eminem Show.
“.@kendricklamar’s ‘good kid, m.A.A.d city’ is now the longest charting hip-hop studio album in Billboard 200 history, passing ‘The Eminem Show,’ the tweet read.
The Eminem Show currently sits at 357 weeks while good kid, m.A.A.d city is at 358 weeks.
good kid, m.A.A.d city served as K. Dot’s sophomore album and follow-up to 2011’s Section .80. The project dropped on October 22, 2012 and debuted at No. 2, selling roughly 242,000 copies in its inaugural week.
It marked the highest first-week sales of any Hip Hop album from a male artist and the best-selling debut from a male artist.
On the flip side, The Eminem Show was released in 2002 and debuted at No. 1 in not only the U.S. but also in 18 other countries. The project was certified diamond by the RIAA in 2011, his second album to receive the rare distinction.
Eminem called good kid, m.A.A.d city a “masterpiece” in 2016.
“When I first heard Kendrick’s debut on Aftermath, I couldn’t believe it,” he wrote on Genius. “The fact that it was his first real album and he was able to make it a story which intertwines with the skits like that was genius.
“That hasn’t really been done that many times, let alone on someone’s first time up. The level of wordplay, the deliveries, the beats — it’s just a masterpiece.”
The clarity, I got my clarity just studying Eminem when I was a kid.
― Kendrick Lamar Talks to Rick Rubin About “Alright,” Eminem, and Kendrick’s Next Album | GQ
[This article has been updated. The following was published on July 16, 2019.]
Kendrick Lamar’s 2012 sophomore album good kid, m.A.A.d city has apparently tied a Billboard record belonging to Eminem.
On Monday (July 15), Chart Data fired off a tweet proclaiming, “@kendricklamar’s ‘good kid, m.A.A.d city’ has now spent 350 weeks on the Billboard 200. It joins ‘The Eminem Show’ as the only hip-hop studio album to reach this milestone.”
good kid, m.A.A.d city followed Lamar’s 2011 debut, Section .80.
Upon its release, the Aftermath/TDE project hit the Billboard 200 chart at No. 2, selling roughly 242,000 copies in its first week. As a result, it became the highest first-week Hip Hop album sales of that year from a male artist as well as the best-selling debut from a male artist.
The album boasted features from Dr. Dre, Drake, Jay Rock and Compton’s Most Wanted vet MC Eiht, among others.
By comparison, The Eminem Show was released in 2002 and served as Shady’s fourth studio album. It debuted at No. 1 on not only the Billboard 200 chart but in 18 other countries as well.
In 2011, the project earned diamond status from the RIAA — Em’s second album to achieve the prestigious distinction. (2000’s Marshall Mathers LP was also certified diamond in 2011.)
The Eminem Show yielded several massive singles, including “White America” and “Without Me.”
Much respect to K Dot and supporters of that real.
Definitely a classic and his best record by far !
both Aftermath
Wait it’s been like 14 hours and nobody’s hated on Em? Let’s see if this gets it started.
Kendrick Lamar is the only rapper alive or dead that can say he’s in Shady’s league.
Why do you want hate on em?
Kendrick? Ptsh, the kid is good, but no where near close to em. I would say only Royce, and maybe (and it’s a big maybe) Lupe Fiasco, and Kenny’s been ducking Lupe for a long time.
I don’t know how cause Kendrick’s shit put me to sleep.
That’s ‘cus you ain’t got nothing in your head to slow it down…sh!t just empty!
One hell of an album, it definitely deserves all the praise it has gotten and then some.
KDot peaked with this one right here, respect.
GKMC and eminem show should be classified as wack pop music than hiphop.
Section 80 and this were probably his only good albums, after that I had to shut him off. Much respect to the milestone though.
Agreed … To Pimp was crazy artistic but holds no real replay value
Fake news. GKMC sold 1.7 million albums while Eminem Show sold 10.6 million. Face it, nothing this generation does is every really that good or relevant.
Read it again shit 4 brains. Album sales has nothing to do with how long an album stay on the charts. Although I agree there’s shit rappers and songs out now.
Pay him no mind. Em stans are in the same league as Barbz and Bey fans. They could tell their fan base that kitty litter is the best condiment and these fools would support it with no idea of reasoning.
Aftermath, bitches!
No hate but how can these be put side by side even as far as billboard is concerned? People had to actually buy eminem’s album to be on billboard while all you had to do was listen to Kendrick’s album (stream it). I’m not saying Kendrick wouldn’t sell mad albums if it were back in the day.It is kinda bogus all these billboard records are getting broke because of streams are different. They should have records before/after the change but at the end of the day who cares.
At the end of the day, Dr Dre is the winner here.
Wow so many salty opinions all of which lack any real scope or debt. I guess casual listeners have an opinion to…
Good kid maad city movie coming soon hattin ass betch negus
Dot. Duckworth
Kendrick’s “SECTION 80 ” is better than ANYTHING EM has ever made !!!!