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.

Winners and Nominees

YearAlbumArtistOther nominees
2006KingT.I.Lil WayneTha Carter II
Eminem — '
2011RecoveryEminemNicki MinajPink Friday
Lil Wayne — I Am Not a Human Being
Kanye WestMy Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Drake — Thank Me Later
2012Tha Carter IVLil WayneKanye West and Jay ZWatch the Throne
Eminem and Royce Da 5'9 — '
Drake — Take Care
LMFAO — Sorry for Party Rocking
2013Nicki MinajKendrick LamarGood Kid, M.A.A.D City
Macklemore & Ryan LewisThe Heist
Rick RossGod Forgives, I Don't
2 ChainzBased on a T.R.U. Story
2014The Marshall Mathers LP 2EminemJ. Cole — Born Sinner
Drake — Nothing Was the Same
Jay Z — Magna Carta Holy Grail
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis — The Heist
20152014 Forest Hills DriveJ. ColeDrake — If You're Reading This It's Too Late
Nicki Minaj — The Pinkprint
Iggy AzaleaThe New Classic
Eminem — The Marshall Mathers LP 2
2016Dreams Worth More Than MoneyMeek MillDrake — If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late
Drake & FutureWhat A Time To Be Alive
Dr. Dre — Compton
Kendrick Lamar — To Pimp A Butterfly
2017ViewsDrakeJ. Cole — 4 Your Eyez Only
Kevin GatesIslah
DJ KhaledMajor Key
A Tribe Called QuestWe Got It from Here... Thank You 4 Your Service
2018DAMN.Kendrick LamarDrake — More Life
Lil Uzi VertLuv Is Rage 2
Post MaloneStoney
MigosCulture
2019ScorpionDrakeXXXTentacion?
Travis ScottAstroworld
Post Malone — Beerbongs & Bentleys
Cardi BInvasion of Privacy

Most Wins and Nominations

The following individuals received two or more Top Rap Album Awards:
WinsArtist
2Eminem
2Drake

The following individuals received two or more Top Rap Album nominations:
NominationsArtist
6Drake
5Eminem
3Lil Wayne
3Nicki Minaj
2Jay Z
2J. Cole
2Kendrick Lamar
2Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
2Ryan Lewis
2Macklemore
2Kanye West