The Most Overlooked Fact About Jay-Z’s 14 Straight #1 Albums

[Cloud McFly]

Is that more often than not, he went against heavy hitters who dropped the same day, still was able to debut #1. And this isn’t even counting the collab albums.

Vol. 2 - Aquemini (Outkast), The Love Movement (ATCQ), Black Star

Dynasty - Stankonia (Outkast), All That You Leave Behind (U2)

The Blueprint - Love & Theft (Bob Dylan), Silver Side Up (Nickleback), Satellite (P.O.D.), Glitter (Mariah Carey), Ghetto Fabolous (Fabolous)

Blueprint 2 - 3D (TLC), Under Construction (Missy Elliot), Riot Act (Pearl Jam), Away From The Sun (3 Doors Down) Dutty Rock (Sean Paul), Loyalty (Fat Joe)

The Black Album - In The Zone (Britney Spears), Beg For Mercy (G-Unit)

Kingdom Come - Pac's Life (2Pac), The Blue Carpet Treatment (Snoop Dogg), Daughtry, Greatest Hits (P.O.D.)

American Gangster - Ultimate Hits (Garth Brooks), Greatest Hits (Nas), Exclusive (Chris Brown), B.A.R.S. (Cassidy)

 

[Street Knowledge]

And V2 was the number 1 album in the country 5 weeks in a row

 

[Budda]

You’re examples aren’t the best,

 

[Budda]

And V2 was the number 1 album in the country 5 weeks in a row

That’s good but I would expect it to debut higher than Aquemini Outkast, a less relevant Tribe called Quest and Black star.

 

[Budda]

His dynasty album first week sales are the most impressive because Stankonia was a huge album, even though Stankonia went to more than double its sales(Dynasty) in the long run it’s still impressive.

 

[Cloud McFly]

That’s good but I would expect it to debut higher than Aquemini Outkast, a less relevant Tribe called Quest and Black star.

I think you are greatly underrating Outkast here.

 

[Budda]

I think you are greatly underrating Outkast here.

Outkast didn’t become a huge group to pop masses till Stankonia.

 

[JustCKing]

Outkast didn’t become a huge group to pop masses till Stankonia.

Kast's success with Aquemini though is underrated. They went 2X platinum with the highest charting single ("Rosa Parks") peaking at #55.

 

[Cloud McFly]

Outkast didn’t become a huge group to pop masses till Stankonia.

Before Vol. 2, I’d say they were neck and neck with Jay-Z. Maybe even bigger.

 

[Ziggiy]

He definitely went against some heavy hitters. I think it was most impressive that he was able to outchart Outlast TWICE and move 450K units of The Blueprint during the week the towers fell

 

[Sad Bunny]

He paid for a few of those though lol

He was rigging the game via Samsung and whoever else bought his album.

 

[Cloud McFly]

He paid for a few of those though lol

He was rigging the game via Samsung and whoever else bought his album.

Samsung had nothing to with any album listed, and for the one they did purchase copies of to giveaway to their users, they weren’t counted by Billboard, and he still went #1.

 

[Metal Face]

B.A.R.S. (Cassidy)

 

[CrimsonTider]

Yeah but did Hov make Magic 3

 

[Knucklehead]

Was sure this was gonna be a hate or camel thread