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Jay-Z Tops Charts, Ties Elvis For No. 1 Albums

Wednesday, November 14, 2007
By: Kenny Rodriguez


Jay-ZJay-Z scored his tenth No. 1 album on the Billboard charts with “American Gangster,” selling 425,000 copies in its debut week.

The Brooklyn rapper is now tied with Elvis Presley in second place for the most No. 1 albums on the charts; topped only by The Beatles who had 19.

Since 1998, all eight of Jay-Z’s solo studio albums have hit No. 1, including “The Blueprint,” “The Black Album,” and “Kingdom Come.”

Other artists who made the Billboard charts include Garth Brooks (“The Ultimate Hits”), the Eagles (“Long Road Out of Eden”), and Chris Brown (“Exclusive”).

List of Jay-Z’s No. 1 solo albums:
1998 – Vol. 2 … Hard Knock Life
1999 – Vol. 3 … Life & Times of S. Carter
2000 – The Dynasty: Roc La Familia
2001 – The Blueprint
2002 – The Blueprint 2: The Gift & The Curse
2003 – The Black Album
2006 – Kingdom Come
2007 – American Gangster

And collaborations:
2004 – Unfinished Business (with R. Kelly)
2004 – Collision Course (with Linkin Park)



(23) Comments | Post a comment »



Jay not even gold damn....
Posted by MEEKA
Reasonable doubt and vol 1 aint there so he may not be gold but he flopped big on vol1 which is an embarrasment in hip hop, thats what happens when diddy executive produces your sh*t, he trys to make every rapper another big, but there can never be another big not even jay
Posted by shift
Jay-z deserves a number 1 spot for this album.kingdome come i don't know how that became number 1 but it was trash and american gangster was nice.
Posted by TheRealPresidentCarter
Jay-z the goat
Posted by zay
No big deal. This is probably just another rap/hip-hop cd filled with the n-word.
Posted by So What
When ya blue & you got nothing to do ... Step into the party life
Posted by 4.5 mics
Laheim! lol...as if...the interesting thing is the bottom 2 chart toppers...both were corporately motivated and included some trash...cheers, however.
Posted by miveyjr
Jay-z you big lip bastard
Posted by statestore #4
Jay is a true genius! american gangster is a classic album! hip hop stand-up! your boy hova did his thing! 100
Posted by keithyutica
Hes lost it. He'll never come up with a line like "i've got the whole of the us open, advantage jigga" again. The hungers gone .... Gone i tell you!!
Posted by red neck
^^ i never understood that line, until now when i just read it. That's sad, lol
Posted by me
What do u dudes expect? he is the best rapper alive!!!!
Posted by Christopher Williams
....jay is the realest rapper rap'n today..... The curtis mayfield of rap.... F*ck them juvenile motherF*ckaz.
Posted by evenwhenilie
If he beats elvis presley thats nice but nobody can beat the king of rock n roll, between elvis and jay-z fu*k jay-z
Posted by Scott
What you talkin about jay-z is michael jackson in hip-hop mj>>>>>>>>>>>>elvis
Posted by Freddy
He's dat fuc8en bull everyone knows it they r just 2 embarrassed to admit but what the fuc8 he's already sittin on top of da world hate it or luv it wannabees and there could never be another "big" never no matter how hard they try damn respect dat man u can't replace a freakin legend idiots everyone is there own man
Posted by prettychick
Yo tha collabo lps w/r kelly count as #1's 4 him 2?
Posted by holla @ me
Jay-z gets all the respect in the world he iz mosdef the best rapper alive,all ya hataz betta recongize who iz gud and who iz trash(soulja boy,hurricane chris,playaz cirlce,shop boyz etc.) dhey all wack hiphop 4 eva!!!!!
Posted by Vital to HipHops Survival
The album is nice homie stop hatin. If a few rappers took a step back like this there would be better sales for everyone. The only thing is that he bit the sh*t out of the movie. Dat my friend is what i was mad about. Other than that it sounds good. 1
Posted by DIGGS B-Waite
All th negative comments on this site were wrote while bobbing they head to the roc boys tune....which u jus can tseem to get enuff off...jay is the goat!
Posted by slim
Ahhhh,... So much hate in one place, how refreshing lmao!!!! he's worth half a bil!!! had more succes in three minutes than some of you've had your whole trash life, and all you can do is diss.. N*@gas is so sorry. Its lots of rappers i don't care for but still give them their props for their success. We can at least support our own instead of wanting them back on the block with the rest of the broke ass wanna be hustlers!!! jay stick a wad of money in their mouth cause my zippers stuck!!!!!!! lmao
Posted by Michael Ameer
Yo, i think jay is hot and you can't deny his skills on the mic or his business savy. The only thing i don't understand is why don't he let his roc boys some exposure. I'm from philly and i heard both beans and freeway's album and i think they are hot and should get more exposure than they are. I am not saying that because we rep the same town listen for yourselves you'll see what i mean.if you want the roc back you got get behind it. I know that 50 co-executive produced freeway,and even jay said that 50 bought fire to the table, and it was his turn. Kool, but why didn't the roc camp producers just blaze and kanye give the boy tracks. His own squad didn't even come through. Shout out to free who let it roll off his back.. Gracefully. Cmon jay bring the roc back but treat the roc right. Oh blue print 3 ? no peedi, no young gunnas ?.... What about the new artist uncle murda and others. These n*ggas can spit too... You signed them now to quote jay partially anyway (i know biggie said it first). My twist is "them artist you talk about bring em out. It's hard to hear em when all we hear is ya mouth"
Posted by JIGGSAW
Jay is th michael jordan of hiphop!!!!
Posted by teddy bruck shot

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