Jay-Z has topped the charts with his latest album The Blueprint 3 and has surpassed Rock & Roll legend Elvis Presley with more #1 albums by a solo artist.
The rapper’s 11th album sold over 470,000 copies this week, putting the album in the top slot on Billboard’s Top 200 Albums chart.
Jay-Z tied Presley with 10, when his album American Gangster was released in November of 2007.
American Gangster debuted at #1, moving over 425,000 amount of copies during the first week in stores.
The album pushed Jay-Z’s the rapper in front of iconic Rock & Roll acts like The Rolling Stones and Bruce Springsteen.
The Beatles have 19 #1 albums and are the only group in music history to have more #1 albums than Jay-Z.
The rapper is aware of the monumental accomplishment and makes a reference to the historic accomplishment on The Blueprint 3.
On the track “Reminder,” Jay-Z drops lines referencing his #1 album streak, in addition to name checking Elvis Presley and The Rolling Stones.
Ten number 1 albums in a row who better than me/Only the Beatles nobody ahead of me/I crush Elvis in his blue suede shoes/Made the rolling stones seem sweet as Kool-Aid too
Jay-Z is currently working on a new “experimental” album which has no release date.
The rapper’s 11th album sold over 470,000 copies this week, putting the album in the top slot on Billboard’s Top 200 Albums chart.
Jay-Z tied Presley with 10, when his album American Gangster was released in November of 2007.
American Gangster debuted at #1, moving over 425,000 amount of copies during the first week in stores.
The album pushed Jay-Z’s the rapper in front of iconic Rock & Roll acts like The Rolling Stones and Bruce Springsteen.
The Beatles have 19 #1 albums and are the only group in music history to have more #1 albums than Jay-Z.
The rapper is aware of the monumental accomplishment and makes a reference to the historic accomplishment on The Blueprint 3.
On the track “Reminder,” Jay-Z drops lines referencing his #1 album streak, in addition to name checking Elvis Presley and The Rolling Stones.
Ten number 1 albums in a row who better than me/Only the Beatles nobody ahead of me/I crush Elvis in his blue suede shoes/Made the rolling stones seem sweet as Kool-Aid too
Jay-Z is currently working on a new “experimental” album which has no release date.
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