BET Hip Hop Award for Album of the Year
The BET Hip Hop Award for Album of the Year is an award presented to recording artists for quality album at the BET Hip Hop Awards. Originally titled CD of the Year but it was changed during the 2013 ceremony.
Recipients
"‡" Indicates the album was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Rap Album."†" Indicates the album won the Grammy Award for Best Rap Album.
| Year | Recipients | Work | Nominees | Ref. |
| 2006 | T.I. | King ‡ | ||
| 2007 | T.I. | T.I. vs. T.I.P. ‡ | ||
| 2007 | Common | Finding Forever ‡ | ||
| 2008 | Lil Wayne | Tha Carter III † | ||
| 2009 | T.I. | Paper Trail ‡ | ||
| 2010 | Jay-Z | The Blueprint 3 ‡ | ||
| 2011 | Kanye West | My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy † | ||
| 2012 | The Throne | Watch the Throne ‡ | ||
| 2013 | Kendrick Lamar | good kid, m.A.A.d city ‡ | ||
| 2014 | Drake | Nothing Was the Same ‡ | ||
| 2015 | J. Cole | 2014 Forest Hills Drive ‡ | ||
| 2016 | Drake | Views ‡ | ||
| 2017 | Kendrick Lamar | DAMN. † | ||
| 2018 | The Carters | Everything Is Love | ||
| 2019 | Travis Scott | Astroworld ‡ |
Category facts
| Nominations | Artist |
| 7 | Jay-Z |
| 6 | Drake |
| 6 | Kanye West |
| 5 | J. Cole |
| 3 | Eminem |
| 3 | Future |
| 3 | Kendrick Lamar |
| 3 | Lupe Fiasco |
| 3 | Nas |
| 3 | T.I. |
| 3 | Jeezy |
| 2 | Big Sean |
| 2 | Common |
| 2 | DJ Khaled |
| 2 | Lil Wayne |
| 2 | Migos |
| 2 | Nicki Minaj |
| 2 | Rick Ross |
| 2 | Wale |
| Awards | Artist |
| 3 | Jay-Z |
| 3 | T.I. |
| 2 | Drake |
| 2 | Kendrick Lamar |
| 2 | Kanye West |