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.

Year	Album	Artist	Ref.
2006	King	T.I.	^[1]
	Curtain Call: The Hits	Eminem
	Tha Carter II	Lil Wayne
2007-9	N/a

Year	Album	Artist	Ref.
2010	N/a
2011	Recovery	Eminem	^[2]
	I Am Not a Human Being	Lil Wayne
	My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy	Kanye West
	Pink Friday	Nicki Minaj
	Thank Me Later	Drake
2012	Tha Carter IV	Lil Wayne	^[3]
	Hell: The Sequel	Eminem and Royce Da 5'9
	Sorry for Party Rocking	LMFAO
	Take Care	Drake
	Watch the Throne	Kanye West and Jay Z
2013	Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded	Nicki Minaj	^[4]
	Based on a T.R.U. Story	2 Chainz
	God Forgives, I Don't	Rick Ross
	Good Kid, M.A.A.D City	Kendrick Lamar
	The Heist	Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
2014	The Marshall Mathers LP 2	Eminem	^[5]
	Born Sinner	J. Cole
	Magna Carta Holy Grail	Jay Z
	Nothing Was the Same	Drake
	The Heist	Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
2015	2014 Forest Hills Drive	J. Cole	^[6]
	If You're Reading This It's Too Late	Drake
	The Marshall Mathers LP 2	Eminem
	The New Classic	Iggy Azalea
	The Pinkprint	Nicki Minaj
2016	Dreams Worth More Than Money	Meek Mill	^[7]
	Compton	Dr. Dre
	If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late	Drake
	To Pimp A Butterfly	Kendrick Lamar
	What A Time To Be Alive	Drake & Future
2017	Views	Drake	^{[citation needed]}
	4 Your Eyez Only	J. Cole
	Islah	Kevin Gates
	Major Key	DJ Khaled
	We Got It from Here... Thank You 4 Your Service	A Tribe Called Quest
2018	DAMN.	Kendrick Lamar	^[8]
	Culture	Migos
	Luv Is Rage 2	Lil Uzi Vert
	More Life	Drake
	Stoney	Post Malone
2019	Scorpion	Drake	^[9]
	?	XXXTentacion
	Astroworld	Travis Scott
	Beerbongs & Bentleys	Post Malone
	Invasion of Privacy	Cardi B

Year	Album	Artist	Ref.
2020	Hollywood's Bleeding	Post Malone	^[10]
	Death Race for Love	Juice Wrld
	Kirk	DaBaby
	Please Excuse Me for Being Antisocial	Roddy Ricch
	So Much Fun	Young Thug
2021	Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon	Pop Smoke	^[11]
	Blame It on Baby	DaBaby
	Eternal Atake	Lil Uzi Vert
	Legends Never Die	Juice Wrld
	My Turn	Lil Baby
2022	Certified Lover Boy	Drake	^[12]
	A Gangsta's Pain	Moneybagg Yo
	Donda	Kanye West
	Fck Love*	The Kid Laroi
	SoulFly	Rod Wave
2023	Her Loss	Drake and 21 Savage	^[13]
	Heroes & Villains	Metro Boomin
	I Never Liked You	Future
	It's Only Me	Lil Baby
	Utopia	Travis Scott
2024	For All the Dogs	Drake	^[14]
	American Dream	21 Savage
	Nostalgia	Rod Wave
	Pink Friday 2	Nicki Minaj
	We Don't Trust You	Future and Metro Boomin

Rank	Artist	Awards won	Years won
1	Drake	5	2017, 2019, 2022, 2023 and 2024
2	Eminem	2	2011 and 2014

Nominations	Artist
11	Drake
5	Eminem
4	Nicki Minaj
3	Lil Wayne
3	Post Malone
2	DaBaby
	Future
	Jay Z
	Juice Wrld
	J. Cole
	Kendrick Lamar
	Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
	Ryan Lewis
	Lil Baby
	Lil Uzi Vert
	Macklemore
	Travis Scott
	Kanye West

Billboard Music Award for Top Rap Album

Winners and Nominees

2000s

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2020s

Multiple wins and nominations

Wins

Nominations

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