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Precious Medals: The 2010 Hip Hop Gold and Platinum Plaques

HIPHOPDX PRESENTS MOST UNITS SOLD THE GOLD STANDARD = 250,000 albums PRECIOUS MEDALS FULL-LENGTH ALBUMS After going triple platinum with Tha Carter III, even Lil Wayne noticed harder margins in 2010. The Young Money superstar had two albums hold at gold, while blockbuster releases from Kanye West, Nicki Minaj and B.o.B. also presently sit short of the coveted platinum. With just Drake and Eminem reaching that feat in the year, Rap sales may continue to mimic the distribution of wealth - or simply put, the days of going gold in your EMINEM RECOVERY 3.21 MILLION UNITS SOLD DRAKE home-state are way behind us. EMINEM'S RECOVERY: THANK ME LATER 28 1.25 MILLION UNITS SOLD 2010 Gold Albums KANYE WEST 3 B.O.B. - THE ADVENTURES OF BOBBY RAY MY BEAUTIFUL DARK TWISTED FANTASY LIL WAYNE - I AM NOT A HUMAN BEING 0.82 MILLION UNITS SOLD WEEKS ON THE BILLBOARD TOP 200 CHARTS LIL WAYNE - REBIRTH NICKI MINAJ 4 PINK FRIDAY LUDACRIS - BATTLE OF THE SEXES 7 WEEKS 0.79 MILLION UNITS SOLD KANYE WEST - MY BEAUTIFUL DARK TWISTED FANTASY LIL WAYNE NICKI MINAJ - PINK FRIDAY I AM NOT A HUMAN BEING AT NUMBER ONE RICK ROSS - TEFLON DON THE 2010 HIP HOP GOLD & PLATINUM 0.60 MILLION UNITS SOLD BEST-SELLING HIP HOP SINGLES TRIPLE PLATINUM PLAQUES O B.O.B. - "AIRPLANES (FEAT. HAYLEY WILLIAMS)" B GREAT ADVENTURES INDED B.O.B. HAD ONE OF THE BIGGEST 2010S OF ALL, GARNERING AWARDS, A GOLD ALBUM IN THE ADVENTURES OF BOBBY RAY AND THREE DOUBLE PLATINUM PLATINUM SINGLES. WITH SOME MAJOR ASSISTANCE FROM EMINEM, O B.O.B. - "NOTHIN' ON YOU (FEAT. BRUNO MARS)" BRUNO MARS AND RIVERS CUOMO, THE REBEL ROCKER HAD THE KIND OF YEAR THAT HIS DEBUTING PEERS COULD ONLY DREAM OF. MOREOVER, BOBBY RAY WAS THE ONLY ARTIST TO SECURE A DOUBLE PLATINUM AND TRIPLE-PLATINUM SINGLES, WHICH HE HAD ONE OF EACH. B B.O.B. - "MAGIC (FEAT. RIVERS CUOMO)" DISTURBING THE PEACE Dr. Dre boldly asked on his 1999 single "Forgot About Dre": "Give me one more platinum plaque / And fuck Rap / You can have it back." A decade later, those plaques are harder to come by, and Rap is still waiting to give it to Dre. Still, a few key artists in Hip Hop managed to score multi-platinum singles, gold albums and several other framed symbols of their success. HipHopDX presents this CALI SWAG DISTRICT - "TEACH ME HOW TO DOUGIE" O DJ KHALED - "ALL I DO IS WIN (FEAT. T-PAIN, LUDACRIS, SNOOP DOGG & RICK ROSS)" FOR THE LAST DECADE, LUDACRIS HAS BEEN CHARTING HUGE SINGLES WITH HIS BOOMING VOICE. THIS YEAR, THE DTP RAPPER SCORED THREE FLO RIDA - "CLUB CAN'T HANDLE ME (FEAT. DAVID GUETTA)" PLATINUM SINGLES, INCLUDING HIS ROLE ON DJ KHALED'S SUPER-COLLAB "ALL I DO IS WIN." ALTHOUGH THE INFECTIOUS "HOW LIL WAYNE - "DROP THE WORLD (FEAT. EMINEM)" LOW" AND "MY CHICK BAD" DOMINATED SINGLE SALES AND GAVE O LUDACRIS - "HOW LOW" SHINE TO THE LEGENDARY TRAXSTER, THE ALBUM THEY CAME FROM, BATTLE OF THE SEXES, STRETCHED SIMPLY TO GOLD. breakdown to you, featuring first-timers B.o.B., Wiz Khalifa and Waka Flocka Flame, along with superstars like Eminem, Nelly and Lil Wayne. Sales may be down, but these artists are up - and the O LUDACRISs - "MY CHICK BAD (FEAT. NICKI MINAJ)" NELLY - "JUST A DREAM" A PROJECT OF HIPHOPDX spotlight...well, Rap has it back. SOURCES: NIELSEN SOUNDSCAN, TWITTER HIPHOPDX PRESENTS MOST UNITS SOLD THE GOLD STANDARD = 250,000 albums PRECIOUS MEDALS FULL-LENGTH ALBUMS After going triple platinum with Tha Carter III, even Lil Wayne noticed harder margins in 2010. The Young Money superstar had two albums hold at gold, while blockbuster releases from Kanye West, Nicki Minaj and B.o.B. also presently sit short of the coveted platinum. With just Drake and Eminem reaching that feat in the year, Rap sales may continue to mimic the distribution of wealth - or simply put, the days of going gold in your EMINEM RECOVERY 3.21 MILLION UNITS SOLD DRAKE home-state are way behind us. EMINEM'S RECOVERY: THANK ME LATER 28 1.25 MILLION UNITS SOLD 2010 Gold Albums KANYE WEST 3 B.O.B. - THE ADVENTURES OF BOBBY RAY MY BEAUTIFUL DARK TWISTED FANTASY LIL WAYNE - I AM NOT A HUMAN BEING 0.82 MILLION UNITS SOLD WEEKS ON THE BILLBOARD TOP 200 CHARTS LIL WAYNE - REBIRTH NICKI MINAJ 4 PINK FRIDAY LUDACRIS - BATTLE OF THE SEXES 7 WEEKS 0.79 MILLION UNITS SOLD KANYE WEST - MY BEAUTIFUL DARK TWISTED FANTASY LIL WAYNE NICKI MINAJ - PINK FRIDAY I AM NOT A HUMAN BEING AT NUMBER ONE RICK ROSS - TEFLON DON THE 2010 HIP HOP GOLD & PLATINUM 0.60 MILLION UNITS SOLD BEST-SELLING HIP HOP SINGLES TRIPLE PLATINUM PLAQUES O B.O.B. - "AIRPLANES (FEAT. HAYLEY WILLIAMS)" B GREAT ADVENTURES INDED B.O.B. HAD ONE OF THE BIGGEST 2010S OF ALL, GARNERING AWARDS, A GOLD ALBUM IN THE ADVENTURES OF BOBBY RAY AND THREE DOUBLE PLATINUM PLATINUM SINGLES. WITH SOME MAJOR ASSISTANCE FROM EMINEM, O B.O.B. - "NOTHIN' ON YOU (FEAT. BRUNO MARS)" BRUNO MARS AND RIVERS CUOMO, THE REBEL ROCKER HAD THE KIND OF YEAR THAT HIS DEBUTING PEERS COULD ONLY DREAM OF. MOREOVER, BOBBY RAY WAS THE ONLY ARTIST TO SECURE A DOUBLE PLATINUM AND TRIPLE-PLATINUM SINGLES, WHICH HE HAD ONE OF EACH. B B.O.B. - "MAGIC (FEAT. RIVERS CUOMO)" DISTURBING THE PEACE Dr. Dre boldly asked on his 1999 single "Forgot About Dre": "Give me one more platinum plaque / And fuck Rap / You can have it back." A decade later, those plaques are harder to come by, and Rap is still waiting to give it to Dre. Still, a few key artists in Hip Hop managed to score multi-platinum singles, gold albums and several other framed symbols of their success. HipHopDX presents this CALI SWAG DISTRICT - "TEACH ME HOW TO DOUGIE" O DJ KHALED - "ALL I DO IS WIN (FEAT. T-PAIN, LUDACRIS, SNOOP DOGG & RICK ROSS)" FOR THE LAST DECADE, LUDACRIS HAS BEEN CHARTING HUGE SINGLES WITH HIS BOOMING VOICE. THIS YEAR, THE DTP RAPPER SCORED THREE FLO RIDA - "CLUB CAN'T HANDLE ME (FEAT. DAVID GUETTA)" PLATINUM SINGLES, INCLUDING HIS ROLE ON DJ KHALED'S SUPER-COLLAB "ALL I DO IS WIN." ALTHOUGH THE INFECTIOUS "HOW LIL WAYNE - "DROP THE WORLD (FEAT. EMINEM)" LOW" AND "MY CHICK BAD" DOMINATED SINGLE SALES AND GAVE O LUDACRIS - "HOW LOW" SHINE TO THE LEGENDARY TRAXSTER, THE ALBUM THEY CAME FROM, BATTLE OF THE SEXES, STRETCHED SIMPLY TO GOLD. breakdown to you, featuring first-timers B.o.B., Wiz Khalifa and Waka Flocka Flame, along with superstars like Eminem, Nelly and Lil Wayne. Sales may be down, but these artists are up - and the O LUDACRISs - "MY CHICK BAD (FEAT. NICKI MINAJ)" NELLY - "JUST A DREAM" A PROJECT OF HIPHOPDX spotlight...well, Rap has it back. SOURCES: NIELSEN SOUNDSCAN, TWITTER HIPHOPDX PRESENTS MOST UNITS SOLD THE GOLD STANDARD = 250,000 albums PRECIOUS MEDALS FULL-LENGTH ALBUMS After going triple platinum with Tha Carter III, even Lil Wayne noticed harder margins in 2010. The Young Money superstar had two albums hold at gold, while blockbuster releases from Kanye West, Nicki Minaj and B.o.B. also presently sit short of the coveted platinum. With just Drake and Eminem reaching that feat in the year, Rap sales may continue to mimic the distribution of wealth - or simply put, the days of going gold in your EMINEM RECOVERY 3.21 MILLION UNITS SOLD DRAKE home-state are way behind us. EMINEM'S RECOVERY: THANK ME LATER 28 1.25 MILLION UNITS SOLD 2010 Gold Albums KANYE WEST 3 B.O.B. - THE ADVENTURES OF BOBBY RAY MY BEAUTIFUL DARK TWISTED FANTASY LIL WAYNE - I AM NOT A HUMAN BEING 0.82 MILLION UNITS SOLD WEEKS ON THE BILLBOARD TOP 200 CHARTS LIL WAYNE - REBIRTH NICKI MINAJ 4 PINK FRIDAY LUDACRIS - BATTLE OF THE SEXES 7 WEEKS 0.79 MILLION UNITS SOLD KANYE WEST - MY BEAUTIFUL DARK TWISTED FANTASY LIL WAYNE NICKI MINAJ - PINK FRIDAY I AM NOT A HUMAN BEING AT NUMBER ONE RICK ROSS - TEFLON DON THE 2010 HIP HOP GOLD & PLATINUM 0.60 MILLION UNITS SOLD BEST-SELLING HIP HOP SINGLES TRIPLE PLATINUM PLAQUES O B.O.B. - "AIRPLANES (FEAT. HAYLEY WILLIAMS)" B GREAT ADVENTURES INDED B.O.B. HAD ONE OF THE BIGGEST 2010S OF ALL, GARNERING AWARDS, A GOLD ALBUM IN THE ADVENTURES OF BOBBY RAY AND THREE DOUBLE PLATINUM PLATINUM SINGLES. WITH SOME MAJOR ASSISTANCE FROM EMINEM, O B.O.B. - "NOTHIN' ON YOU (FEAT. BRUNO MARS)" BRUNO MARS AND RIVERS CUOMO, THE REBEL ROCKER HAD THE KIND OF YEAR THAT HIS DEBUTING PEERS COULD ONLY DREAM OF. MOREOVER, BOBBY RAY WAS THE ONLY ARTIST TO SECURE A DOUBLE PLATINUM AND TRIPLE-PLATINUM SINGLES, WHICH HE HAD ONE OF EACH. B B.O.B. - "MAGIC (FEAT. RIVERS CUOMO)" DISTURBING THE PEACE Dr. Dre boldly asked on his 1999 single "Forgot About Dre": "Give me one more platinum plaque / And fuck Rap / You can have it back." A decade later, those plaques are harder to come by, and Rap is still waiting to give it to Dre. Still, a few key artists in Hip Hop managed to score multi-platinum singles, gold albums and several other framed symbols of their success. HipHopDX presents this CALI SWAG DISTRICT - "TEACH ME HOW TO DOUGIE" O DJ KHALED - "ALL I DO IS WIN (FEAT. T-PAIN, LUDACRIS, SNOOP DOGG & RICK ROSS)" FOR THE LAST DECADE, LUDACRIS HAS BEEN CHARTING HUGE SINGLES WITH HIS BOOMING VOICE. THIS YEAR, THE DTP RAPPER SCORED THREE FLO RIDA - "CLUB CAN'T HANDLE ME (FEAT. DAVID GUETTA)" PLATINUM SINGLES, INCLUDING HIS ROLE ON DJ KHALED'S SUPER-COLLAB "ALL I DO IS WIN." ALTHOUGH THE INFECTIOUS "HOW LIL WAYNE - "DROP THE WORLD (FEAT. EMINEM)" LOW" AND "MY CHICK BAD" DOMINATED SINGLE SALES AND GAVE O LUDACRIS - "HOW LOW" SHINE TO THE LEGENDARY TRAXSTER, THE ALBUM THEY CAME FROM, BATTLE OF THE SEXES, STRETCHED SIMPLY TO GOLD. breakdown to you, featuring first-timers B.o.B., Wiz Khalifa and Waka Flocka Flame, along with superstars like Eminem, Nelly and Lil Wayne. Sales may be down, but these artists are up - and the O LUDACRISs - "MY CHICK BAD (FEAT. NICKI MINAJ)" NELLY - "JUST A DREAM" A PROJECT OF HIPHOPDX spotlight...well, Rap has it back. SOURCES: NIELSEN SOUNDSCAN, TWITTER HIPHOPDX PRESENTS MOST UNITS SOLD THE GOLD STANDARD = 250,000 albums PRECIOUS MEDALS FULL-LENGTH ALBUMS After going triple platinum with Tha Carter III, even Lil Wayne noticed harder margins in 2010. The Young Money superstar had two albums hold at gold, while blockbuster releases from Kanye West, Nicki Minaj and B.o.B. also presently sit short of the coveted platinum. With just Drake and Eminem reaching that feat in the year, Rap sales may continue to mimic the distribution of wealth - or simply put, the days of going gold in your EMINEM RECOVERY 3.21 MILLION UNITS SOLD DRAKE home-state are way behind us. EMINEM'S RECOVERY: THANK ME LATER 28 1.25 MILLION UNITS SOLD 2010 Gold Albums KANYE WEST 3 B.O.B. - THE ADVENTURES OF BOBBY RAY MY BEAUTIFUL DARK TWISTED FANTASY LIL WAYNE - I AM NOT A HUMAN BEING 0.82 MILLION UNITS SOLD WEEKS ON THE BILLBOARD TOP 200 CHARTS LIL WAYNE - REBIRTH NICKI MINAJ 4 PINK FRIDAY LUDACRIS - BATTLE OF THE SEXES 7 WEEKS 0.79 MILLION UNITS SOLD KANYE WEST - MY BEAUTIFUL DARK TWISTED FANTASY LIL WAYNE NICKI MINAJ - PINK FRIDAY I AM NOT A HUMAN BEING AT NUMBER ONE RICK ROSS - TEFLON DON THE 2010 HIP HOP GOLD & PLATINUM 0.60 MILLION UNITS SOLD BEST-SELLING HIP HOP SINGLES TRIPLE PLATINUM PLAQUES O B.O.B. - "AIRPLANES (FEAT. HAYLEY WILLIAMS)" B GREAT ADVENTURES INDED B.O.B. HAD ONE OF THE BIGGEST 2010S OF ALL, GARNERING AWARDS, A GOLD ALBUM IN THE ADVENTURES OF BOBBY RAY AND THREE DOUBLE PLATINUM PLATINUM SINGLES. WITH SOME MAJOR ASSISTANCE FROM EMINEM, O B.O.B. - "NOTHIN' ON YOU (FEAT. BRUNO MARS)" BRUNO MARS AND RIVERS CUOMO, THE REBEL ROCKER HAD THE KIND OF YEAR THAT HIS DEBUTING PEERS COULD ONLY DREAM OF. MOREOVER, BOBBY RAY WAS THE ONLY ARTIST TO SECURE A DOUBLE PLATINUM AND TRIPLE-PLATINUM SINGLES, WHICH HE HAD ONE OF EACH. B B.O.B. - "MAGIC (FEAT. RIVERS CUOMO)" DISTURBING THE PEACE Dr. Dre boldly asked on his 1999 single "Forgot About Dre": "Give me one more platinum plaque / And fuck Rap / You can have it back." A decade later, those plaques are harder to come by, and Rap is still waiting to give it to Dre. Still, a few key artists in Hip Hop managed to score multi-platinum singles, gold albums and several other framed symbols of their success. HipHopDX presents this CALI SWAG DISTRICT - "TEACH ME HOW TO DOUGIE" O DJ KHALED - "ALL I DO IS WIN (FEAT. T-PAIN, LUDACRIS, SNOOP DOGG & RICK ROSS)" FOR THE LAST DECADE, LUDACRIS HAS BEEN CHARTING HUGE SINGLES WITH HIS BOOMING VOICE. THIS YEAR, THE DTP RAPPER SCORED THREE FLO RIDA - "CLUB CAN'T HANDLE ME (FEAT. DAVID GUETTA)" PLATINUM SINGLES, INCLUDING HIS ROLE ON DJ KHALED'S SUPER-COLLAB "ALL I DO IS WIN." ALTHOUGH THE INFECTIOUS "HOW LIL WAYNE - "DROP THE WORLD (FEAT. EMINEM)" LOW" AND "MY CHICK BAD" DOMINATED SINGLE SALES AND GAVE O LUDACRIS - "HOW LOW" SHINE TO THE LEGENDARY TRAXSTER, THE ALBUM THEY CAME FROM, BATTLE OF THE SEXES, STRETCHED SIMPLY TO GOLD. breakdown to you, featuring first-timers B.o.B., Wiz Khalifa and Waka Flocka Flame, along with superstars like Eminem, Nelly and Lil Wayne. Sales may be down, but these artists are up - and the O LUDACRISs - "MY CHICK BAD (FEAT. NICKI MINAJ)" NELLY - "JUST A DREAM" A PROJECT OF HIPHOPDX spotlight...well, Rap has it back. SOURCES: NIELSEN SOUNDSCAN, TWITTER HIPHOPDX PRESENTS MOST UNITS SOLD THE GOLD STANDARD = 250,000 albums PRECIOUS MEDALS FULL-LENGTH ALBUMS After going triple platinum with Tha Carter III, even Lil Wayne noticed harder margins in 2010. The Young Money superstar had two albums hold at gold, while blockbuster releases from Kanye West, Nicki Minaj and B.o.B. also presently sit short of the coveted platinum. With just Drake and Eminem reaching that feat in the year, Rap sales may continue to mimic the distribution of wealth - or simply put, the days of going gold in your EMINEM RECOVERY 3.21 MILLION UNITS SOLD DRAKE home-state are way behind us. EMINEM'S RECOVERY: THANK ME LATER 28 1.25 MILLION UNITS SOLD 2010 Gold Albums KANYE WEST 3 B.O.B. - THE ADVENTURES OF BOBBY RAY MY BEAUTIFUL DARK TWISTED FANTASY LIL WAYNE - I AM NOT A HUMAN BEING 0.82 MILLION UNITS SOLD WEEKS ON THE BILLBOARD TOP 200 CHARTS LIL WAYNE - REBIRTH NICKI MINAJ 4 PINK FRIDAY LUDACRIS - BATTLE OF THE SEXES 7 WEEKS 0.79 MILLION UNITS SOLD KANYE WEST - MY BEAUTIFUL DARK TWISTED FANTASY LIL WAYNE NICKI MINAJ - PINK FRIDAY I AM NOT A HUMAN BEING AT NUMBER ONE RICK ROSS - TEFLON DON THE 2010 HIP HOP GOLD & PLATINUM 0.60 MILLION UNITS SOLD BEST-SELLING HIP HOP SINGLES TRIPLE PLATINUM PLAQUES O B.O.B. - "AIRPLANES (FEAT. HAYLEY WILLIAMS)" B GREAT ADVENTURES INDED B.O.B. HAD ONE OF THE BIGGEST 2010S OF ALL, GARNERING AWARDS, A GOLD ALBUM IN THE ADVENTURES OF BOBBY RAY AND THREE DOUBLE PLATINUM PLATINUM SINGLES. WITH SOME MAJOR ASSISTANCE FROM EMINEM, O B.O.B. - "NOTHIN' ON YOU (FEAT. BRUNO MARS)" BRUNO MARS AND RIVERS CUOMO, THE REBEL ROCKER HAD THE KIND OF YEAR THAT HIS DEBUTING PEERS COULD ONLY DREAM OF. MOREOVER, BOBBY RAY WAS THE ONLY ARTIST TO SECURE A DOUBLE PLATINUM AND TRIPLE-PLATINUM SINGLES, WHICH HE HAD ONE OF EACH. B B.O.B. - "MAGIC (FEAT. RIVERS CUOMO)" DISTURBING THE PEACE Dr. Dre boldly asked on his 1999 single "Forgot About Dre": "Give me one more platinum plaque / And fuck Rap / You can have it back." A decade later, those plaques are harder to come by, and Rap is still waiting to give it to Dre. Still, a few key artists in Hip Hop managed to score multi-platinum singles, gold albums and several other framed symbols of their success. HipHopDX presents this CALI SWAG DISTRICT - "TEACH ME HOW TO DOUGIE" O DJ KHALED - "ALL I DO IS WIN (FEAT. T-PAIN, LUDACRIS, SNOOP DOGG & RICK ROSS)" FOR THE LAST DECADE, LUDACRIS HAS BEEN CHARTING HUGE SINGLES WITH HIS BOOMING VOICE. THIS YEAR, THE DTP RAPPER SCORED THREE FLO RIDA - "CLUB CAN'T HANDLE ME (FEAT. DAVID GUETTA)" PLATINUM SINGLES, INCLUDING HIS ROLE ON DJ KHALED'S SUPER-COLLAB "ALL I DO IS WIN." ALTHOUGH THE INFECTIOUS "HOW LIL WAYNE - "DROP THE WORLD (FEAT. EMINEM)" LOW" AND "MY CHICK BAD" DOMINATED SINGLE SALES AND GAVE O LUDACRIS - "HOW LOW" SHINE TO THE LEGENDARY TRAXSTER, THE ALBUM THEY CAME FROM, BATTLE OF THE SEXES, STRETCHED SIMPLY TO GOLD. breakdown to you, featuring first-timers B.o.B., Wiz Khalifa and Waka Flocka Flame, along with superstars like Eminem, Nelly and Lil Wayne. Sales may be down, but these artists are up - and the O LUDACRISs - "MY CHICK BAD (FEAT. NICKI MINAJ)" NELLY - "JUST A DREAM" A PROJECT OF HIPHOPDX spotlight...well, Rap has it back. SOURCES: NIELSEN SOUNDSCAN, TWITTER

Precious Medals: The 2010 Hip Hop Gold and Platinum Plaques

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This infographic gives a break down of the most successful hip-hop albums of 2010. It lists the most sold albums from those new in the industry and rappers and artists who have made a comeback. It sho...

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