How many albums has 2Pac sold?

Shakur has sold over 75 million records worldwide, with the bulk of that coming after his death; seven of his 11 platinum albums were released posthumously.
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What was Tupac's highest selling album?

Greatest Hits is 2Pac's best-selling album in the Nielsen Music era (1991-present), with 5.33 million copies sold in the U.S. It peaked at No.
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How many did Tupac sell?

To date, Tupac has sold more than 75 million records worldwide. As of September 2017, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) listed Tupac as the 44th top-selling artist of all time by album sales and streaming figures.
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Who sold more albums 2Pac or Biggie?

So, taking those asterisks into account you have to knock 10 million off Pac's total (to 26.5 million) for the most accurate reading. Likewise, you'd take 5 million from Biggie's to arrive at the most accurate count (16 million). But Pac wins either way by an edge of about 10 million LP sales on the U.S. market.
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Does Tupac have a Diamond album?

His 1996 classic double album is now certified diamond. Eyes and ears are still on Tupac in 2014. Tupac's All Eyez on Me double-album, which was released in 1996, was certified diamond recently by the RIAA, which means 10 million copies of the classic album have been sold.
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Who sold most albums ever?

Perhaps unsurprisingly, British rock band The Beatles are top of the list for best-selling artists worldwide, with 257.7 million certified sales. Second is Elvis Presley with almost 207 million sales, followed by Michael Jackson with 169.7 million.
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Who is the most selling rapper of all time?

With over 200 million records sold, and 227 million units nationwide, Eminem is the number one selling rap artist in history and the 6th best-selling solo music artist of all time. Marshall Mathers, a.k.a. Eminem, was born on October 17, 1972. He started his rap career at age 16 in Detroit, Michigan.
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Who is the king of rap of all time?

Eminem has been crowned the King of Hip-Hop by Rolling Stone. The magazine took a look at solo rappers who released albums from 2009 to the present, taking into account album sales, rankings on the R&B/hip-hop and rap charts, YouTube video views, social media, concerts grosses, awards and critics' opinions.
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Who is the #1 artist in the world?

Justin Bieber takes the top spot, with millions of followers across socials and billions of plays on streaming services. The most popular female artist currently goes to Taylor Swift, while BTS are unsurprisingly the most popular band. Any surprises here amongst the most popular artists in 2022?
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Who is the best-selling male artist of all time?

The man, the myth, the legend, Elvis Presley is officially the number-one best-selling male artist of all time.
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How many artists have sold 100 million albums?

Michael Jackson, Paul McCartney and Phil Collins are the only musicians to have sold over 100 million albums as a solo artist and member of a group.
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Has Drake went diamond?

"God's Plan" by Drake

"God's Plan" was certified diamond on September 25, 2019.
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Did Jay-Z ever go diamond?

So far, only seven hip hop records have reached the Diamond status that signifies 10 million certified album units sold in the US. Such artists as Jay Z, Kanye West, Drake, and Dr. Dre, while having many other accolades imaginable, are yet to reach this milestone in their careers.
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Who sold 1 million albums in the first week?

The last album to move one million copies in one week was Swift's Reputation, which sold 1.238 million in 2017.
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Who has more sales than Drake?

However, Michael Jackson still reigns supreme over Drake when it comes to the most consecutive No. 1 singles (5 to Drake's 2). Thriller, meanwhile, remains the best-selling album of all time with a reported 100 million copies sold worldwide.
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What's the most listened to song ever?

Yet “It's a Small World,” also known as “It's a Small, Small World” and “It's a Small World (After All),” is very likely the most played song in music history — nearly 50 million times.
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Who is the #1 artist on Spotify?

The Grammy winner is now the No. 1 artist on Spotify. The Weeknd had a triumphant weekend.
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Is 2Pac the best rapper?

Tupac Shakur, known by his stage names 2Pac, Pac, and Makaveli, is regarded as one of the most iconic and influential rappers of all time. What he brought to hip hop was a level of rawness and a poetic drive in the way he delivered his words.
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Who is the rap goat?

Several very credible and top-selling artists have called Wayne the greatest, including Drake, Lil Baby and Kendrick Lamar, who said, “Lil Wayne is the greatest.
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Who invented rap?

One of the first rappers at the beginning of the hip hop period, at the end of the 1970s, was also hip hop's first DJ, DJ Kool Herc. Herc, a Jamaican immigrant, started delivering simple raps at his parties, which some claim were inspired by the Jamaican tradition of toasting.
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Did Michael Jackson go diamond?

The latest to join the club is, somewhat surprisingly, Michael Jackson, whose album Bad has just earned its diamond certification after just under 3o years.
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