As of this week Jay-Z has sold 29,106,000 albums in the USA. Passing 2Pac, he is 2nd only to eminem

[JQ Legend]

double CDs were not double the price, they were all priced differently. Usually 1.3-1.5 Times' the price. Just like Beyonces album costing 1.5 times more than a lot of albums.
And his two double albums sold more than 7 day theory. So obviously cats had no problems with paying a few more bucks for twice as much music.

And you Einsteins need to stop saying that it's not impressive to outsell a dead person.
If an artist outsells Elvis it's not impressive? Pac still had like 20 albums released or about 8-9 major label albums. However it's not very impressive, it's just an observation worth knowing.

They were double the price

Double albums were going for like $25-$30+

All Eyez On Me was going for that price range and so was Life After Death

Albums were $12-$15 back then

 

[NvrCMyNut]

he surpassed pac a while ago....when the thread was made the same feelings were caught.

 

[observe]

Pac is still the highest selling rapper..nikkas been selling his bootlegs all thru Africa to brazil..,bootlegs count as sales IMO

 

[Borisavage]

This is US sales only. And even worldwide 50 cent has not sold 30 million (12 for get rich, 10 for massacre, 3 for Curtis, less than 1 for BISD)...he still has 4 million to go

The GRIDT soundtrack

 

[Tuling]

nineteeen be screaming and shyt in here calm down

 

[Harry B]

They were double the price

Double albums were going for like $25-$30+

All Eyez On Me was going for that price range and so was Life After Death

Albums were $12-$15 back then

Lol at albums 12-15 back then when albums that's digital albums today. Album are still 12-13 bucks, a deluxe cd is still about 15 bucks, which is the album most people buy. http://www.bestbuy.com/site/magna-c...=21645426&st=magna carta holy grail&lp=2&cp=1

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/life-is...87034&skuId=5762861&st=life is good&lp=3&cp=1


Albums were like 17-20 bucks in the 90s and double 25-30 or even more if it was MJ's history or something.

 

[Jone2three45]

The usually suspects made it into another 2Pac thread again...

 

[Cladyclad]

We all gotta fall off, but you 1st G

 

[JQ Legend]

Lol at albums 12-15 back then when albums that's digital albums today. Album are still 12-13 bucks, a deluxe cd is still about 15 bucks, which is the album most people buy. http://www.bestbuy.com/site/magna-carta-holy-grail-cd/21645426.p;jsessionid=F1EA0BAA1853F81D108244CBA20DD649.bbolsp-app04-194?id=2727816&skuId=21645426&st=magna carta holy grail&lp=2&cp=1

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/life-is-good-deluxe-edition-pa-digipak-cd/5762861.p?id=2487034&skuId=5762861&st=life is good&lp=3&cp=1


Albums were like 17-20 bucks in the 90s and double 25-30 or even more if it was MJ's history or something.

Albums were not that much back then and that's crazy how that logic even works

There is literally nothing that is the same price in 2014 as it was in the 90s, everything has gone up and has been doing so pretty much since the beginning of inflation

That is not even my opinion that is an economic fact

 

[RTF]

Name 3 rappers that sold more than jay z worldwide....I'll wait

Errrr Eminem, 50 cent, Nelly. Maybe even Kanye.

Look at the chart position of his albums internationally compared to them.

For example, the UK is the second biggest market for English speaking artists. He's had 1 number one album there. MCHG. Only BP3, WTT & MCHG have gone into the top 5. His only Canadian #1 albums are those 3. In comparison even Kanye has had 5 #1 Canadian albums, 2 Uk #1's & 4 of his albums have gone top 5 in that country including WTT.

Jay's much bigger now internationally than he's ever been. And of course that's in an era of low sales. IN the UK's he's at around 1.5m in albums, same as Nelly. Kanye's on 1.8m. Eminem? Let's not even go there.

 

[Nomad1]

stan rhetoric? every Pac thread? Big L wasn't a star, he had skills but he was never looking to become a star his music wasn't radio friendly he didn't have shyt like California Love. Big L was the epitome of a hardcore, boom bap NYC MC straight out of DITC. It's not about "hustle", he wasn't on a major if he would have lived he would have signed to Rocafella Records. Let's compare Big L to 2Pac while completely ignoring fame level because they are both dead

Why compare 2Pac to regional acts like Mac Dre and Big L, why not compare him to a guy like B.I.G. who himself had a diamond album, whose first album outsold Pac's first few albums combined, whose first album outsold MATW, who himself has a 2x Platinum posthumous album?

How am I pulling numbers out of my ass those are real, official numbers and the most recent numbers. AEOM has sold 5.8 million copies under 2CD rules it's a Diamond album, under regular rules it's 5x Platinum.

Personal insults? Why you mad? It ain't that serious breh

I don't even like talking sales, there's classic albums that didn't go Plat or it took them a while to go Plat and there's shyt albums that went Plat easily. I'm only debating here because as usual Pac stans want to deify Pac and downplay Jay.

2pac was in the game as a solo rapper for 5 years and Big L was in the game for a solo rapper for 9 years. Damn fukking right im comparing them two. Like I said, nikkas in here celebrating jigga passing Pac but how is that fair? You nikkas keep moving the goal posts. Like I said it was Big L's fault for not being a big rapper in a 9 year span. Biggie and Pac made it faster than him.
Aeom went 5x plat in 96' . Currently it's 9x plat because Afeni didn't file the paperwork for it to be certified so we currently don't know HOW MUCH it sold. Keep moving goal posts/making numbers up

 

[blackslash]

Jay Z has defeated the GhoSTS


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The Dynasty continues yall die

 

[bigbadbossup2012]

http://riaa.com/goldandplatinum.php?content_selector=top-selling-artists 2pac has him by 10 mil

2 PAC 38.5
JAY Z 29

nikkas in here celebrating like I didnt set the record straight already

 

[Pimp]

Those were both double albums so cut that 12 million down to 6 (soundscan doesn't count double albums at 2 sales, although the riaa does for certification purposes).
Pac's first 2 albums didn't sell much before his death, so the majority of the 6.4 million pre death comes from the 2 double albums.
Billboard wouldn't lie.
6.4 million off 4 albums pre death.
Deal with it

Pac had 1 double album before he died and me against the world sold 2 million b4 he died. If u aint over 30 dont talk to me about pac.

 

[J-Fire]

KENNY G48

damn...didn't realize he pushed those many units playing the sax. brothas used to fuccks wid him back in da day even though it was kinda before my time as i'm 27.