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

[Deltron]

by pac's life Pac's momentum was pretty dead, thank Eminem for that

 

[semicko82]

I always joke Jay-Z stopped Outkast from getting the number 1 album twice, and Jay hops on an Outkast album and they finally hit number 1 lol

 

[Budda]

Yeah but did Hov make Magic 3

I mean he did make Blue Magic but did he make Rebirth?

 

[Robbie3000]

I always joke Jay-Z stopped Outkast from getting the number 1 album twice, and Jay hops on an Outkast album and they finally hit number 1 lol

Lyror and Jay cheated on a few of those #1 debuts.

 

[Chris Cool]

Yeah. The rumors that they were buying his own albums had been out there.

 

[vdfebduderocks]

buying albums was the ultimate Def Jam strategy until the mid 2000s when they realized they had no more money to do so lol.

 

[CrushedGroove]

Him and the Roc did some impressive numbers man. He was everywhere. Can't do nothing but salute. He set out to accomplish something and I'm sure surpassed it.

 

[Artfull Dodger]

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)

 

[semicko82]

buying albums was the ultimate Def Jam strategy until the mid 2000s when they realized they had no more money to do so lol.

When you consider back then numbers are based on how many units were shipped instead of sold that puts a lot of things in perspective

 

[FunkDoc1112]

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

Yeah OutKast was big within hip-hop from day 1 as Southernplayalistic and ATLiens both went platinum, Stankonia is just when white people got hip

 

[FunkDoc1112]

When you consider back then numbers are based on how many units were shipped instead of sold that puts a lot of things in perspective

That was for RIAA certifications, not actual Soundscan units

 

[semicko82]

That was for RIAA certifications, not actual Soundscan units

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