Billboard Music Award for Top Rap Album

This is a list of winners and nominees of the Billboard Music Award for Top Rap Album. Notable winners include The Marshall Mathers LP 2, Recovery, and Views. Eminem and Drake are the only rappers to have won the award more than once. As of 2022, Nicki Minaj is the only female rapper to win this award, winning for her second studio album, Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded in 2013.

Winners and Nominees

Year Album Artist Other nominees
2006 King[1] T.I. Lil WayneTha Carter II[1]
EminemCurtain Call: The Hits
2011 Recovery[2] Eminem Nicki MinajPink Friday[2]
Lil WayneI Am Not a Human Being
Kanye WestMy Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
DrakeThank Me Later
2012 Tha Carter IV[3] Lil Wayne Kanye West and Jay ZWatch the Throne[3]
Eminem and Royce Da 5'9Hell: The Sequel
Drake — Take Care
LMFAO — Sorry for Party Rocking
2013 Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded[4] Nicki Minaj Kendrick LamarGood Kid, M.A.A.D City[4]
Macklemore & Ryan LewisThe Heist
Rick RossGod Forgives, I Don't
2 ChainzBased on a T.R.U. Story
2014 The Marshall Mathers LP 2[5] Eminem J. ColeBorn Sinner[5]
Drake — Nothing Was the Same
Jay ZMagna Carta Holy Grail
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis — The Heist
2015 2014 Forest Hills Drive[6] J. Cole Drake — If You're Reading This It's Too Late[6]
Nicki Minaj — The Pinkprint
Iggy AzaleaThe New Classic
Eminem — The Marshall Mathers LP 2
2016 Dreams Worth More Than Money[7] Meek Mill Drake — If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late[7]
Drake & FutureWhat A Time To Be Alive
Dr. DreCompton
Kendrick Lamar — To Pimp A Butterfly
2017 Views Drake J. Cole4 Your Eyez Only
Kevin GatesIslah
DJ KhaledMajor Key
A Tribe Called QuestWe Got It from Here... Thank You 4 Your Service
2018 DAMN. Kendrick Lamar Drake — More Life
Lil Uzi VertLuv Is Rage 2
Post MaloneStoney
MigosCulture
2019 Scorpion Drake XXXTentacion?
Travis ScottAstroworld
Post MaloneBeerbongs & Bentleys
Cardi BInvasion of Privacy
2020 Hollywood's Bleeding Post Malone DaBabyKirk
Juice WrldDeath Race for Love
Roddy RicchPlease Excuse Me for Being Antisocial
Young ThugSo Much Fun
2021 Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon Pop Smoke DaBabyBlame It on Baby
Juice WrldLegends Never Die
Lil BabyMy Turn
Lil Uzi VertEternal Atake
2022 Certified Lover Boy Drake Moneybagg YoA Gangsta's Pain
Rod WaveSoulFly
The Kid LaroiF*ck Love
Kanye WestDonda
2023 Her Loss Drake and 21 Savage FutureI Never Liked You
Lil BabyIt's Only Me
Metro BoominHeroes & Villains
Travis ScottUtopia

Most Wins and Nominations

References

  1. ^ a b "2006 Billboard Music Awards". Awardsandwinners. Retrieved October 23, 2016.
  2. ^ a b "2011 Billboard Music Awards". Awardsandwinners. Retrieved October 23, 2016.
  3. ^ a b "2012 Billboard Music Awards". Awardsandwinners. Retrieved October 23, 2016.
  4. ^ a b "2013 Billboard Music Awards". Awardsandwinners. Retrieved October 23, 2016.
  5. ^ a b "2014 Billboard Music Awards". Awardsandwinners. Retrieved October 23, 2016.
  6. ^ a b "2015 Billboard Music Awards". Variety. May 17, 2015. Retrieved October 23, 2016.
  7. ^ a b "2016 Billboard Music Awards". Billboard.com. May 22, 2016. Retrieved October 23, 2016.