2022 in hip-hop - Wikiwand

This article summarizes the events, album releases, and album release dates in hip-hop for the year 2022.

Events

January

On January 1, Kodak Black was arrested in Pompano Beach, Florida, on trespassing charges.^[1]^[2]^[3]
On January 2, Traxamillion died at the age of 42.^[4]
On January 9, Earl Swavey was fatally shot at the age of 26.^[5]
On January 11, Justin Johnson and Shondale Barnett, Young Dolph's killers, were arrested in Indiana; the same day, Cornelius Smith, another of Dolph's killers, was indicted on a first-degree murder charge.^[6]
On January 13, CPO Boss Hogg died at the age of 52.^[7]
On January 14, Sad Frosty died at the age of 24.^[8] That same day, rap group Brockhampton announced that they were splitting up after a performance at Coachella 2022.^[9]
On January 26, NBA YoungBoy's Texas home was raided by SWAT team.^[10]

February

On February 9, it was announced that Snoop Dogg would be the new owner of Death Row Records.^[11]
On February 12, Blueface was arrested for gun possession in Hollywood, California.^[12] The same day, Kodak Black was shot after a fight at a Justin Bieber party in Los Angeles, California.^[13]^[14]
On February 13, Dr. Dre, Eminem, Kendrick Lamar, Mary J. Blige, and Snoop Dogg performed at the Super Bowl LVI halftime show at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California.^[15] 50 Cent and Anderson .Paak also made appearances during the performance.^[16]
On February 23, South African-native rapper, singer, and songwriter Riky Rick died by suicide at the age of 34.^[17]
On February 26, American rapper Snootie Wild died after being shot in Houston, Texas, at the age of 36.^[18] The same day, True Bleeda was shot and killed in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.^[19]

March

On March 6, DJ Dimplez, South African native hip hop DJ and producer died.^[20]

April

On April 3, Baby Keem and Kendrick Lamar won the Best Rap Performance for their song "Family Ties" at the 64th Annual Grammy Awards. Kanye West won both Best Rap Song and Best Melodic Rap Performance for his two respective songs, "Jail" featuring Jay-Z, and "Hurricane" featuring The Weeknd and Lil Baby. Tyler, the Creator won the Grammy for Best Rap Album with Call Me If You Get Lost.
On April 4, Tory Lanez was re-arrested for violating a court order regarding a 2020 shooting incident with Megan Thee Stallion.^[21]^[22]
On April 17, DJ Kay Slay died at the age of 55 due to COVID-19 complications.^[23]
On April 20, ASAP Rocky was arrested in Los Angeles, California, in connection to a shooting.^[24]

May

On May 2, Rod Wave was arrested for battery in St. Petersburg, Florida.^[25]
On May 9, Young Thug, Gunna, and 26 others associated with YSL were arrested for R.I.C.O. and conspiracy charges in Fulton County, Atlanta, Georgia.
On May 13, Lil Keed died at the age of 24 due to kidney failure.^[26]
On May 14, the Ukrainian rap group Kalush Orchestra won the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 with their song Stefania with 631 points in Turin.
On May 29, Sidhu Moose Wala was shot and killed at the age of 28 in Mansa, Punjab, India.

June

On June 2, the trial against Eric Holder Jr. for the murder of Nipsey Hussle began after Holder was arrested on April 2, 2019.
On June 5, Atlanta-based rapper Trouble was shot and killed at the age of 34.^[27] It was also reported that Washington DC–based rapper 23 Rackz was also fatally shot.^[28]
On June 14, XXL released their 2022 Freshman Class, including Nardo Wick, Doechii, SoFaygo, Babyface Ray, Kali, KayCyy, Cochise, Big30, KenTheMan, Big Scarr, Saucy Santana, and BabyTron.^[29]
On June 22, Lil Tjay was shot in Edgewater, New Jersey.^[30]
On June 29, R. Kelly was sentenced to 30 years in prison.

July

On July 6, Eric Holder Jr. was convicted on first-degree murder charges for the murder of Nipsey Hussle after Holder’s trial had started on June 2.
On July 27, JayDaYoungan was shot and killed at the age of 24.^[31]

August

On August 6, Young Slo-Be was shot and killed at the age of 29.^[32]
On August 15, Nipsey Hussle received a Hollywood Walk of Fame star posthumously, on what would have been his 37th birthday.^[33]
On August 18, Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine opened a new high school in Leimert Park, California.^[34]

September

On September 4, Pat Stay was fatally stabbed at the age of 36 in downtown Halifax, Nova Scotia.^[35]
On September 12, PnB Rock was fatally shot at the age of 30 at a Roscoe's Chicken and Waffles restaurant in Los Angeles, California.
On September 28, Coolio died from a heart attack at the age of 59.
On September 29, Freddie Lee Trone was arrested for the murder of PnB Rock in Las Vegas, Nevada, along with 2 other people.

October

On October 26, Tory Lanez was placed on house arrest after an altercation with August Alsina.

November

On November 1, Takeoff was fatally shot in Houston, Texas, at the age of 28.
On November 5, Eminem was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He was presented by Dr. Dre, and had special guest appearances by Aerosmith lead vocalist Steven Tyler and Ed Sheeran during his performance.
On November 15, Blueface was arrested for attempted murder.

December

On December 12, the trial began for Tory Lanez against Megan Thee Stallion after allegedly shooting her in the foot in July 2020.
On December 14, Gunna was released from prison after being arrested in May 2022.
On December 22, Big Scarr died in his hometown of Memphis, Tennessee, at the age of 22 from a drug overdose.
On December 23, Tory Lanez was convicted on all charges for the shooting of Megan Thee Stallion after his trial began on December 12. Lanez faces a maximum prison sentence of 22 years and eight months.^[36]

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Released albums

January

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Day	Artist(s)	Album	Record label(s)	Entering chart position
1	FNKPMPN (Del the Funky Homosapien and Kool Keith)	Subatomic	Threshold Recordings^[37]
6	Montana of 300	Rap God	Fly Guy Entertainment, E1 Music^[38]
7	Gunna	DS4Ever	YSL Records, 300 Entertainment	Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200
The Weeknd	Dawn FM	XO, Republic	Debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200
10	The Musalini and 9th Wonder	The Don & Eye	Jamla Records^[39]
14	Cordae	From a Birds Eye View	Atlantic Records, Art@War, Hi-Level^[40]	Debuted at No. 13 on the Billboard 200
DigDat	Pain Built	Sony Music UK^[41]
Earl Sweatshirt	Sick!	Tan Cressida, Warner Records^[42]	Debuted at No. 80 on the Billboard 200
Kota the Friend	Lyrics to Go, Vol. 3	FLTBYS^[43]
Slim Thug	BIGslim	Hogg Life, SoSouth^[43]
Token	Pink Is Better	Atlantic Records^[44]
21	Iann Dior	On to Better Things	10K Projects	Debuted at No. 28 on the Billboard 200
King Iso	Get Well Soon	Strange Music, INgrooves^{[citation needed]}
Paper Route Empire	Long Live Young Dolph	Empire Distribution, Paper Route^[45]	Debuted at No. 44 on the Billboard 200
YoungBoy Never Broke Again	Colors	Never Broke Again, Atlantic Records	Debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200
Young T & Bugsey	Truth Be Told	Black Butter Records^[46]
26	BlocBoy JB	Bacc 2 da Bloc	Foundation, Interscope Records^[47]
Doe Boy	Oh Really	Epic Records, Freebandz^[48]
27	Glaive	Old Dog, New Tricks	Interscope Records^[49]
28	Babyface Ray	Face	Empire Distribution, Wavy Gang^[50]	Debuted at No. 31 on the Billboard 200
Dro Kenji	With or Without You	Internet Money Records, 10k Projects^[51]
Kyle	It's Not So Bad	Self-released^[52]
NLE Choppa	Me vs. Me	Warner Records	Debuted at No. 14 on the Billboard 200
PnB Rock	SoundCloud Daze	Atlantic Records^[53]
30	Philthy Rich	Motivational Purpose	FOD^[54]
31	Matt Ox	Year of the Ox	OX^{[citation needed]}

February

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Day	Artist(s)	Album	Record label(s)	Entering chart position
4	2 Chainz	Dope Don't Sell Itself	T.R.U., Def Jam	Debuted at No. 23 on the Billboard 200
Beam	Alien	Epic Records, Be I Am
Saba	Few Good Things	Pivot Gang LLC^[55]
Smoke DZA and Real Bad Man	Mood Swings	Real Bad Man, RFC^[54]
Upchurch	People's Champ	Holler Boy Records, Stonebaby Sounds^{[citation needed]}	Debuted at No. 101 on the Billboard 200
Yo Gotti	CM10: Free Game	Collective Music Group, Inevitable Records, Interscope Records	Debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard 200
7	Kid Capri	The Love	No Kid'n Records^[56]
11	Cousin Stizz	Just for You	Stizz Music^[57]
Huskii	Antihero	Island Records Australia	Debuted at No. 1 on the ARIA Albums chart
Juicy J and Wiz Khalifa	Stoners Night	Taylor Gang, Rostrum Records, Trippy Music^[58]
Snoop Dogg	BODR	Death Row Records	Debuted at No. 104 on the Billboard 200
$NOT	Ethereal	300 Entertainment^[59]	Debuted at No. 66 on the Billboard 200
Trae tha Truth	Truth Season: The United Streets of America	ABN, Empire^[60]
Yungen	Passionate & Paranoid	Sony Music UK^[61]
18	Big K.R.I.T.	Digital Roses Don't Die	BMG
Calboy	Black Heart	Self-released^[62]
Curren$y and The Alchemist	Continuance	Jet Life Recordings, ALC Records^[63]	Debuted at No. 200 on the Billboard 200
DC the Don	My Own Worst Enemy	Rostrum Records^[64]
Haystak	Haywire	War Horse Entertainment^{[citation needed]}
Yeat	2 Alive	Field Trip Recordings, TwizzyRich, Geffen Records	Debuted at No. 6 on the Billboard 200
22	Boosie Badazz	Heartfelt	Bad Azz Music, Connect Music^[65]
KRS-One	I M A M C R U 1 2	Self-released^[66]
23	Kanye West	Donda 2	Self-released
25	Ace Hood	M.I.N.D.	Hood Nation, Empire^[67]
Central Cee	23	Self-released	Debuted at No. 1 on the UK Albums Chart
Conway the Machine	God Don't Make Mistakes	Griselda Records, Shady Records, Interscope Records, Drumwork^[68]	Debuted at No. 175 on the Billboard 200
EarthGang	Ghetto Gods	Dreamville, Interscope Records, Spillage Village	Debuted at No. 114 on the Billboard 200
Kodak Black	Back for Everything	Dollaz N Dealz, Sniper Gang, Atlantic Records	Debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200

March

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Day	Artist(s)	Album	Record label(s)	Entering chart position
3	The Cool Kids	Before Shit Got Weird	Sounds Like Fun^[69]
4	BabyTron	Megatron	The Hip Hop Lab Records, Empire^[69]
DaBaby and YoungBoy Never Broke Again	Better than You	South Coast Music Group, Interscope, Atlantic	Debuted at No. 10 on the Billboard 200
King Von	What It Means to Be King	Only The Family, Empire	Debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200
Kojey Radical	Reason to Smile	Asylum^[70]	Debuted at No. 11 on the UK Albums Chart
Smoke DZA, 183rd, and Nym Lo	Driplomatic Immunity	RFC Music Group^[71]
Tom MacDonald and Adam Calhoun	The Brave	Self-released	Debuted at No. 14 on the Billboard 200
8	Mike Dimes	In Dimes We Trust	Camp Billy Recordings, Encore
11	Benny the Butcher	Tana Talk 4	Black Soprano Family, Griselda, Empire^[72]	Debuted at No. 22 on the Billboard 200
Bun B and Cory Mo	Mo Trill	C-Mozart Muzik, II Trill Enterprises
Dave East	How Did I Get Here?	From the Dirt
Elzhi	Zhigeist	Nature Sounds^[73]
Fly Anakin	Frank	Lex Records^[74]
Ho99o9	SKIN	A DTA, Elektra
KXNG Crooked and Joell Ortiz	Rise & Fall of Slaughterhouse	Hitmaker Music Group	Debuted at No. 152 on the Billboard 200
Lil Durk	7220	Only The Family, Alamo Records	Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200
Tobi Lou	Non-Perishable	Artclub, Empire
Warhol.SS	Where's Warhol 2	Create Music Group
17	Lil' Flip	La Clover Nostra II: The Mob Lives On	Music Access, Inc.^[75]
18	ArrDee	Pier Pressure	Island Records, Universal	Debuted at No. 2 on the UK Albums Chart
Cypress Hill	Back in Black	BMG
20	Trae tha Truth	Life n Pain	ABN, Empire^[76]
22	Phife Dawg	Forever	Smokin' Needles, AWAL^[77]
25	Blade Brown and K-Trap	Joints	Thousand8, BxB Ent.	Debuted at No. 18 on the UK Albums Chart
Buddy	Superghetto	RCA Records
Denzel Curry	Melt My Eyez See Your Future	Loma Vista, PH^[78]	Debuted at No. 51 on the Billboard 200
Larry June and Jay Worthy	2 P'z In A Pod	GDF Records, The Freeminded Records, Empire
Latto	777	RCA, Streamcut	Debuted at No. 15 on the Billboard 200
Locksmith	The Lock Sessions, Vol. 3	Landmark Entertainment^[79]
Nigo	I Know Nigo!	Victor Victor	Debuted at No. 13 on the Billboard 200
31	Dreamville	D-Day: A Gangsta Grillz Mixtape	Dreamville Records, Interscope Records^[80]	Debuted at No. 11 on the Billboard 200
Pete Rock	PeteStrumentals 4	Soul Brother Records, Vinyl Digital^[81]
Sadistik and Kno	Bring Me Back When the World Is Cured	Knomercy Productions^[82]

April

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Day	Artist(s)	Album	Record label(s)	Entering chart position
1	Gawne & Atlus	Waves	PsychTune Records
Lil Moshpit	AAA	H1ghr Music
Stevie Stone	Raising the Bar	Ahdasee Records^[83]
Yeat	2 Alive (Geek Pack)	Geffen Records
8	42 Dugg and EST Gee	Last Ones Left	CMG, Warlike, Interscope	Debuted at No. 7 on the Billboard 200
Billy Woods	Aethiopes	Backwoodz Studioz^[84]
Coi Leray	Trendsetter	1801, Republic Records^[85]	Debuted at No. 89 on the Billboard 200
Fivio Foreign	B.I.B.L.E.	Columbia Records, RichFish	Debuted at No. 9 on the Billboard 200
Girl Talk, Wiz Khalifa, Big K.R.I.T., and Smoke DZA	Full Court Press	Taylor Gang, Asylum Records^[86]
Paul Wall and Termanology	Start 2 Finish	Perfect Time Music Group^[87]
Tom the Mail Man	Sunset Visionary, Vol. 2	The Delivery Crew, AWAL
Triple One	A Dangerous Method Vol. 1	Self-released
Vince Staples	Ramona Park Broke My Heart	Motown, Blacksmith^[88]	Debuted at No. 21 on the Billboard 200
Yung Lean	Stardust	World Affairs
15	Bas	[Bump] Pick Me Up	Dreamville, Interscope
Digga D	Noughty by Nature	CGM	Debuted at No. 1 on the UK Albums Chart
Fredo Bang	Two-Face Bang 2	Se Lavi, Def Jam	Debuted at No. 119 on the Billboard 200
Tee Grizzley	Half Tee Half Beast	300 Entertainment	Debuted at No. 116 on the Billboard 200
Yungeen Ace	All On Me	Cinematic Music Group, ATK
20	Lil' Flip and Tum Tum	Made in Texas 2	Music Access, Inc.^[89]
Redveil	Learn 2 Swim	Self-released^[90]
22	Blxst	Before You Go	Red Bull, Evgle	Debuted at No. 90 on the Billboard 200
Czarface	Czarmageddon!	Silver Age	Debuted at No. 178 on the Billboard 200
Pusha T	It's Almost Dry	GOOD Music, Def Jam	Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200
SosMula	2 High 2 Die	Hikari-Ultra, Republic Records
28	Tanna Leone	Sleepy Soldier	PGLang, Def Jam
29	Action Bronson	Cocodrillo Turbo	Loma Vista
Autumn!	Antagonist!	Victor Victor Worldwide, Casablanca
Bones and grayera	Withered	TeamSESH
Fatlip and Blu	Live From The End of The World, Vol. 1 Demos	GBA
Future	I Never Liked You	Freebandz, Epic Records	Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200
Lil Poppa	Under Investigation 3	CMG, Interscope Records	Debuted at No. 194 on the Billboard 200
MC Eiht	Revolution in Progress	Blue Stamp, Year Round
NoCap	Mr. Crawford	Never Broke Again, Atlantic	Debuted at No. 8 on the Billboard 200
Nyck Caution and Charlie Heat	Friend of the Family	Self-released
Pooh Shiesty	Shiesty Season: Certified	Atlantic, 1017

May

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Day	Artist(s)	Album	Record label(s)
3	Black Star	No Fear of Time	Self-released
6	IDK	Simple.	Clue, Warner
Jack Harlow	Come Home the Kids Miss You	Generation Now, Atlantic Records	Debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard 200
Knucks	Alpha Place	NoDaysOff	Debuted at No. 3 on the UK Albums Chart
Method Man	Meth Lab Season 3: The Rehab	Hanz On Music Entertainment, ONErpm^[91]
Octavian	Alpha	Sex Am Club
12	Blac Youngsta	4Life	Heavy Camp, Create Music Group
13	Fresco Trey	Heartbreak Diaries 2	Warner Records
Horrorshow	Good Problems	Elefant Traks
Kendrick Lamar	Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers	PGLang, Top Dawg Entertainment, Aftermath, Interscope^[92]	Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200
Quelle Chris	Deathfame	Mello Music Group
They Hate Change	Finally, New	Jagjaguwar
18	Marlon Craft	While We're Here	Homecourt
20	Boldy James and Real Bad Man	Killing Nothing	Real Bad Man Records
Lil Gnar	Die Bout It	Gnarcotic Records, Create Music Group
M Huncho	Chasing Euphoria	Island Records	Debuted at No. 5 on the UK Albums Chart
Stunna 4 Vegas	Rae Rae’s Son	Billion Dollar Baby, Interscope
Snoop Dogg	Metaverse: The NFT Drop, Vol. 1	Real Talk Entertainment
27	Jeshi	Universal Credit	Because Music
Joey Purp and Kami	You and the Money	YATM, OON
Nafe Smallz	Legacy	Ozone Music	Debuted at No. 52 on the UK Albums Chart
Z-Ro	Pressure	1 Deep Entertainment, Empire^[93]

June

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Day	Artist(s)	Album	Record label(s)	Entering chart position
3	070 Shake	You Can't Kill Me	GOOD, Def Jam
KayCyy	Get Used To It	BuVision, Columbia Records
MC Ren	Osiris	Boomdocz Productions^[94]
Post Malone	Twelve Carat Toothache	Republic Records	Debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200
Vory	Lost Souls	UMG Recordings
10	Curren$y and Fuse	Spring Clean 2	Jet Life Recordings
Father	Young Hot Ebony 2	Awful Records
XXXTENTACION	Look at Me: The Album	Bad Vibes Forever	Debuted at No. 24 on the Billboard 200
15	J. Stone	The Definition of Sacrifice	25/8 No Breaks, All Money In No Money Out
17	Drake	Honestly, Nevermind	OVO Sound, Republic Records^[95]	Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200
Duke Deuce	Crunkstar	Quality Control Music, Motown Records
Gucci Mane and 1017	So Icy Gang: The ReUp	1017 Records, Atlantic Records	Debuted at No. 39 on the Billboard 200
Kevin Gates	Khaza	Bread Winners' Association, Atlantic^[96]	Debuted at No. 8 on the Billboard 200
Logic	Vinyl Days	Def Jam^[97]	Debuted at No. 12 on the Billboard 200
Snoop Dogg	Snoop Dogg Presents Death Row Summer 2022	Death Row
Westside Boogie	More Black Superheroes	LVRN, Shady, Interscope
24	Chris Brown	Breezy	CBE, RCA Records	Debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard 200
Cochise	The Inspection	Columbia Records
French Montana and Harry Fraud	Montega	Coke Boys Records^[98]	Debuted at No. 46 on the Billboard 200
Juicy J and Pi'erre Bourne	Space Age Pimpin’	Trippy Music^[99]
Lupe Fiasco	Drill Music in Zion	1st and 15th, Thirty Tigers^[100]
Money Man	Big Money	Black Circle, Empire	Debuted at No. 95 on the Billboard 200
30	Lil Mabu	Double M's	Self-released

July

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Day	Artist(s)	Album	Record label(s)	Entering chart position
1	E.D.I. Mean and Yhung T.O.	Souljahz 2 Generalz	O4L Digital^[101]
Kid Buu	Blind for Love 4: A Perfect Love Letter	Valentine Enterprise
Moor Mother	Jazz Codes	Anti-
8	Brent Faiyaz	Wasteland	Lost Kids, Venice, Stem	Debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200
Ken Carson	X	Opium, Interscope Records	Debuted at No. 115 on the Billboard 200
Kid Cudi	The Boy Who Flew to the Moon, Vol. 1	Wicked Awesome, Republic Records	Debuted at No. 83 on the Billboard 200
Kota the Friend	Memo	Venice Innovation Labs
PGF Nuk	Switch Music	Self-released
Tasman Keith	A Colour Undone	AWAL
Westside Gunn	Peace"Fly"God	Griselda Records
10	Baby Bash and Paul Wall	The Legalizers 3: Plant Based	Paul Wall Music, Bashtown Music Group^[102]
15	CMG The Label	Gangsta Art	CMG, Interscope Records	Debuted at No. 11 on the Billboard 200
DJ Premier	Hip Hop 50: Vol. 1	Mass Appeal Records
Joey Cool	The Chairman of the Board	Strange Music, INgrooves^[103]
Lizzo	Special	Nice Life, Atlantic Records	Debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200
Lloyd Banks	The Course of the Inevitable 2	Money By Any Means, Empire^[104]
Rexx Life Raj	The Blue Hour	Empire
Rowdy Rebel	Rebel vs. Rowdy	Epic Records
Sheff G	From the Can	Winners Circle Entertainment, RCA Records
20	Flo Milli	You Still Here, Ho?	RCA Records
21	Icewear Vezzo	Rich Off Pints 3	Iced Up Records
22	Joey Bada$$	2000	Pro Era, Cinematic, Columbia^[105]	Debuted at No. 25 on the Billboard 200
Lil Uzi Vert	Red and White	Generation Now, Atlantic Records	Debuted at No. 23 on the Billboard 200
Mozzy	Survivor's Guilt	Collective Music Group, Interscope Records	Debuted at No. 40 on the Billboard 200
Rico Nasty	Las Ruinas	Sugar Trap, Atlantic Records
RZA	Bobby Digital and the Pit of Snakes	36 Chambers, MNRK Records
The Koreatown Oddity	IsThisForReal?	Stones Throw Records
29	Bankroll Freddie	From Trap to Rap 2	Quality Control Music, Motown
Beyoncé	Renaissance	Columbia, Parkwood	Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200
Domo Genesis	Intros, Outros & Interludes	Bigger Picture Recordings
Fenix Flexin	Fenix Flexin Vol. 2	Atlantic Records
Hotboii	Blinded by Death	Rebel, Geffen	Debuted at No. 89 on the Billboard 200
K Camp	Vibe Forever	Rare Sounds, Interscope Records
$uicideboy$	Sing Me a Lullaby, My Sweet Temptation	G59	Debuted at No. 7 on the Billboard 200
Wiz Khalifa	Multiverse	Taylor Gang, Asylum^[106]
Yella Beezy	Bad Azz Yella Boy	Profit Music Group

August

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Day	Artist(s)	Album	Record label(s)	Entering chart position
5	Bobby Shmurda	Bodboy	Self-released
Eminem	Curtain Call 2	Shady Records, Aftermath Entertainment, Interscope Records	Debuted at No. 6 on the Billboard 200
Gawne	Ghosts	Self-released
Kalan.FrFr	222	Roc Nation
Ouija Macc	Stalewind	Chapter 17 Records, Psychopathic Records
StaySolidRocky	Why So Larceny?	Self-released
YoungBoy Never Broke Again	The Last Slimeto	Atlantic, Never Broke Again^[107]	Debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200
8	Young Nudy	EA Monster	RCA Records	Debuted at No. 151 on the Billboard 200
10	Chris Patrick	X-Files	CXR, Good Partners
12	Danger Mouse and Black Thought	Cheat Codes	BMG^[108]	Debuted at No. 43 on the Billboard 200
Destroy Lonely	No Stylist	Opium	Debuted at No. 91 on the Billboard 200
Freddie Dredd	Freddie's Inferno	RCA Records, Sony Music Entertainment
The Game	Drillmatic – Heart vs. Mind	100 Entertainment, Virgin Records^[109]	Debuted at No. 12 on the Billboard 200
Megan Thee Stallion	Traumazine	300, 1501 Certified Warner Records	Debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard 200
Peezy	Only Built 4 Diamond Links	Boyz Entertainment, Empire Distribution	Debuted at No. 123 on the Billboard 200
Rod Wave	Beautiful Mind	Alamo Records, Sony Music Entertainment	Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200
Royce da 5'9"	The Heaven Experience, Vol. 1	Heaven Studios, eOne^[110]
The Musalini and Khrysis	Pure Izm	Jamla Records, Empire Distribution
17	Kenny Mason	Pup Pack	Self-released
19	600breezy	Retaliation	600Cartel, Empire Distribution
Aitch	Close to Home	Infinitum Records	Debuted at No. 2 on the UK Albums Chart
B.o.B	Better Than Drugs	Bobby Ray Music
Diamond D	The Rear View	Dymond Mine Records
Internet Money	We All We Got	Internet Money, TenThousand Projects
Larry June	Spaceships on the Blade	The Freeminded Records, Empire Distribution	Debuted at No. 39 on the Billboard 200
OMB Peezy and DJ Drama	Misguided	300 Entertainment
YBN Nahmir	Faster Car Music	Def Jam Records, Universal Music Group
Kurupt	7Ps tha Gotti Way	Penagon, Fat Beats^[111]
20	Kodak Black	Closure	Self-released
26	88GLAM	Close To Heaven Far From God	88GLAM
Autumn!	Golden Child, Chapter 2	Victor Victor Worldwide, Universal Music Group
Declaime and Madlib	In the Beginning Vol. 2	Someothaship Connection, Fat Beats Records
DJ Khaled	God Did	We The Best Music, Epic Records, Roc Nation^[112]	Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200
Dro Kenji	Anywhere But Here	Internet Money Records, TenThousand Projects
JID	The Forever Story	Dreamville, Interscope, Spillage Village^[113]	Debuted at No. 12 on the Billboard 200
Lil' Flip	The Art of Freestyle 3	Wreckshop Records, Clover G, Music Access, Inc.^[114]
Mach-Hommy and Tha God Fahim	Dollar Menu 4	Self-released
Meechy Darko	Gothic Luxury	Loma Vista Recordings
Meyhem Lauren and Daringer	Black Vladimir	Black Truffle Enterprises
MoneyMarr	Virgoat	GS, Empire Distribution
Nicki Minaj	Queen Radio: Volume 1	Young Money Entertainment, Republic Records	Debuted at No. 10 on the Billboard 200
Real Boston Richey	Public Housing	Open Shift Distribution	Debuted at No. 60 on the Billboard 200
Roc Marciano and The Alchemist	The Elephant Man’s Bones	Pimpire, ALC Records
Sauce Walka	Sauce Beach Florida	The Sauce Familia
27	Peanuts	Peanuts	Self-released^[115]
29	iLoveMakonnen	Summer '22	Self-released
31	Kenny Beats	Louie	XL Recordings

September

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Day	Artist(s)	Album	Record label(s)	Entering chart position
2	Dusty Locane	Rollin N Controllin	95MM, Empire Distribution
Pi'erre Bourne	Good Movie	SossHouse, Interscope Records
Sha EK	Face of the What	Defiant Records, Warner Records	Debuted at No. 189 on the Billboard 200
Snoop Dogg	Metaverse: The NFT Drop, Vol. 2	Real Talk Entertainment
Wombat	What Death Tastes Like	ADA, Warner Music Australia	Debuted at No. 12 on the ARIA Albums Chart
7	YoungBoy Never Broke Again	Realer 2	Never Broke Again, Atlantic Records	Debuted at No. 71 on the Billboard 200
9	Black Soprano Family	Long Live DJ Shay	Black Soprano Family
Cappadonna and Stu Bangas	3rd Chamber Grail Bars	Fat Beats Distribution
Lil Jairmy	GasGod 2	300 Entertainment
Nav	Demons Protected by Angels	XO Records, Republic Records	Debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200
Sampa the Great	As Above, So Below	Loma Vista Recordings	Debuted at No. 12 on the ARIA Albums Chart
Yeat	Lyfe	Twizzy Records, Geffen Records, Interscope Records	Debuted at No. 10 on the Billboard 200
16	EST Gee	I Never Felt Nun	Collective Music Group, Interscope Records	Debuted at No. 8 on the Billboard 200
K.O	Skhanda Republic 3	Skhanda World, Sony Music
Ka	Languish Arts	Iron Works
Woeful Studies
Kashdami	World Damination	Mercury Records, Republic Records
KXNG Crooked and Joell Ortiz	Harbor City Season One	Hitmaker Music Group, Hitmaker Distribution^[116]
Symba and DJ Drama	Results Take Time	Starr Island, Atlantic Records
17	Curren$y	The 8 Ball Jacket	Self-released
23	BigWalkDog	Trick City	1017 Records, Atlantic Records	Debuted at No. 125 on the Billboard 200
Cam'ron and A-Trak	U Wasn't There	Federal Reserve, Empire Distribution
DaBaby	Baby on Baby 2	Billion Dollar Baby, Interscope Records	Debuted at No. 34 on the Billboard 200
D-Block Europe	Lap 5	Self-released	Debuted at No. 2 on the UK Albums Chart
DreamDoll	Life In Plastic 3	District 18 Entertainment, Warner Records
Lakeyah	No Pressure (Pt. 2)	Quality Control Music, Motown Records
Lucki	Flawless Like Me	Empire	Debuted at No. 12 on the Billboard 200
28	Kenny Mason	Ruffs	RCA Records
30	Baby Tate	Mani/Pedi	Warner Records
BIG30	Last Man Standing	Bread Gang, N-Less, Interscope Records	Debuted at No. 104 on the Billboard 200
Billy Woods	Church	Backwoodz Studioz
Boldy James and Nicholas Craven	Fair Exchange No Robbery	Nicholas Craven Productions
DDG	It's Not Me It's You	Epic Records, Sony Music	Debuted at No. 133 on the Billboard 200
Drakeo the Ruler	Keep The Truth Alive	Stinc Team, Empire Distribution
Freddie Gibbs	Soul Sold Separately	ESGN, Warner Records^[117]	Debuted at No. 11 on the Billboard 200
Kankan	Way2Geeked	Empire Distribution
Kid Cudi	Entergalactic	Republic Records, Wicked Awesome	Debuted at No. 13 on the Billboard 200
Prodigy	The Hegelian Dialectic 2: The Book of Heroine	Infamous Records
Rome Streetz	Kiss the Ring	Griselda Records
Tory Lanez	Sorry 4 What	One Umbrella Records	Debuted at No. 10 on the Billboard 200
Twiztid	Songs of Samhain, Vol. 3: Cult of Night	Majik Ninja Entertainment
UnoTheActivist	Limbus 3	Self-released
YG	I Got Issues	4Hunnid Records, Def Jam	Debuted at No. 18 on the Billboard 200

October

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Day	Artist(s)	Album	Record label(s)	Entering chart position
4	Grip	5 and a F** You*	Stray Society
Rich Homie Quan	Family & Mula	Rich Homie Entertainment
7	Adam Calhoun	Country Rap Tunes	ACal
Flohio	Out of Heart	AWAL
G Herbo	Survivor's Remorse (Side A)	Machine Entertainment Group, Republic Records	Debuted at No. 9 on the Billboard 200
Open Mike Eagle	Component System with the Auto Reverse	Auto Reverse Records
Quavo and Takeoff	Only Built for Infinity Links	Quality Control Music, Capitol Records, Motown Records, YRN The Label	Debuted at No. 7 on the Billboard 200
Toosii	Boys Don't Cry	SCMG, Capitol Records
YoungBoy Never Broke Again	3800 Degrees	Never Broke Again, Atlantic Records	Debuted at No. 12 on the Billboard 200
Cormega	The Realness II	Viper Records^[118]
10	G Herbo	Survivor's Remorse (Side B)	Machine Entertainment Group, Republic Records
14	Clymax and K-Rino	Concrete Thoughts	Clymax Entertainment^[119]
Smoke DZA	10,000 Hrs	RFC Music Group^[120]
Lil Baby	It's Only Me	4PF, Wolfpack, Quality Control, Motown, Capitol	Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200
Mavi	Laughing so Hard, it Hurts	Mavi 4 Mayor Music, UnitedMasters
Mykki Blanco	Stay Close to Music	Self-released
Rimzee	Cold Feet	Self-released	Debuted at No. 11 on the UK Albums Chart
Tee Grizzley	Chapters of the Trenches	Grizzley Gang, 300 Entertainment	Debuted at No. 124 on the Billboard 200
17	Gucci Mane	So Icy Boyz 22	1017 Records, Atlantic Records
18	Curren$y	8 Ball Jacket 2	Self-released
20	Snoop Dogg and DJ Drama	I Still Got It	Death Row Records
Superstar Pride	5lbs of Pleasure	UnitedMaster LLC	Debuted at No. 195 on the Billboard 200
21	A-Reece	Deadlines: Free P2	Revenge Club Records
Armani Caesar	The Liz 2	Griselda Records
bbno$	bag or die	Self-released
Duckwrth	Chrome Bull	SuperGood, The Blind Youth
Fredo Bang	UNLV	Se Lavi Productions, Def Jam Records
Jeezy and DJ Drama	SNOFALL	Def Jam Recordings	Debuted at No. 9 on the Billboard 200
Lil Mosey	UNI	Interscope Records
Loyle Carner	Hugo	EMI Records	Debuted at No. 3 on the UK Albums Chart
Snow Tha Product	To Anywhere	Snow tha Product
YoungBoy Never Broke Again	Ma' I Got a Family	Never Broke Again	Debuted at No. 7 on the Billboard 200
26	454	Fast Trax 3	Math / Honeymoon
28	BabyTron	Bin Reaper 3: Old Testament	The Hip Hop Lab Records, Empire Distribution	Debuted at No. 69 on the Billboard 200
Berner	From Seed to Sale	Bern One Entertainment	Debuted at No. 20 on the Billboard 200
Bobby Shmurda and lougotcash	ShmurdaGotcash	GS9 Records
Cakes da Killa	Svengali	Young Art Records
Duke Deuce	Memphis Massacre III	Quality Control Music, Motown
Taylor Gang	G Rage	Taylor Gang, Stem^[121]
Kodak Black	Kutthroat Bill: Vol. 1	Atlantic Records	Debuted at No. 8 on the Billboard 200
Lancey Foux	Life in Hell	PSYKE, Human Re Sources
Marlowe (L'Orange and Solemn Brigham)	Marlowe 3	Mello Music Group
Money Man	Blackout	Empire	Debuted at No. 168 on the Billboard 200
Never Broke Again	Nightmare on 38th St	Never Broke Again, Motown Records
Raw Youngin	386 Landlord	808 Mafia
Sheek Louch	Gorillaween 4	D-Block Records
Smino	Luv 4 Rent	Zero Fatigue, Motown Records	Debuted at No. 50 on the Billboard 200
Westside Gunn	Hitler Wears Hermes 10	Griselda Records, Empire Distribution	Debuted at No. 183 on the Billboard 200
Young Noble	Fire in My Soul (An Acoustic Experience)	Outlaw Recordz^[122]
Your Old Droog	The Yodfather	Droog Recordings
Yung Gravy	Marvelous	Republic Records	Debuted at No. 99 on the Billboard 200
31	Bones	2MillionBlunts	TeamSESH, Empire Distribution
Dusty Locane	Nightmare On Da Fifth	95MM, Empire Records
Lil Shine	Losing Myself	Self-released

November

More information Day, Artist(s) ...

Day	Artist(s)	Album	Record label(s)	Entering chart position
4	3Breezy	Heart on Display	Capitol Records, Universal Music
9th Wonder	Zion VII	Jamla Records
Bobby Sessions	I’d Rather Keep It to Myself	Def Jam Recordings
Boldy James and Futurewave	Mr. Ten08	WavGodMusic, FxckRxp
Drake and 21 Savage	Her Loss	OVO Sound, Slaughter Gang, Epic Records	Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200
iayze	Monarch 2: No Auto	Simple Stupid Records, Geffen Records
Lecrae	Church Clothes 4	Reach Records
Lil Double 0	Walk Down World	Freebandz, Open Shift Distribution	Debuted at No. 175 on the Billboard 200
Lil Poppa	Heavy Is the Head	Rule #1, Interscope Records
R.A.P. Ferreira	5 to the Eye with Stars	Ruby Yacht
Sha EK	O to the G	Defiant Records, Warner Records
Slim 400	Hol'Upppp 4Eva	Ice Wata, Empire Distribution
Yhung T.O.	Rather Rich Than Famous	R3al Boii Records
11	Famous Dex	Lost on Saturn	Rich Forever Music
GloRilla	Anyways, Life's Great	Collective Music Group, Interscope Records	Debuted at No. 11 on the Billboard 200
Headie One	No Borders: European Compilation Project	Relentless Records, Sony Music UK
Homeboy Sandman	Still Champion	Mello Music Group
Lil' Flip	Fondren Flip	Clover G, Music Access, Inc.^[123]
Nas	King's Disease III	Mass Appeal Records^[124]	Debuted at No. 10 on the Billboard 200
Quadeca	I Didn't Mean to Haunt You	DeadAir Records, AWAL
Run the Jewels	RTJ Cu4tro	Jewel Runners LLC, BMG Rights Management
SleazyWorld Go	Where the Shooters Be	SleazyWorld, Island Records	Debuted at No. 151 on the Billboard 200
SoFaygo	Pink Heartz	Cactus Jack^[125]
Toosii	Boys Don't Cry: Men Do	SCMG, Capitol Records
Yung Bleu	Tantra	Moon Boy University, Empire Distribution	Debuted at No. 99 on the Billboard 200
15	Apollo Brown and Philmore Greene	Cost of Living	Mello Music Group
$ilkMoney	I Don't Give a Fk About This Rap Shit, Imma Just Drop Until I Don't Feel Like It Anymore	DB$B Records
17	Brockhampton	The Family	Question Everything, RCA Records	Debuted at No. 15 on the Billboard 200
Key Glock	Pre5l	Paper Route Empire	Debuted at No. 190 on the Billboard 200
18	Brockhampton	TM	Question Everything, RCA Records	Debuted at No. 100 on the Billboard 200
Busta Rhymes	The Fuse is Lit	Conglomerate, Empire Distribution
Comethazine	Bawskee 5	Alamo Records, Sony Music Entertainment
Dave East and DJ Drama	The Book of David	Def Jam Recordings
Dougie B	Nobody Bigger	Republic Records
Enchanting	No Luv	1017 Records, Atlantic Records
Jordan	Crooks and Queens	NQ Records	Debuted at No. 59 on the UK Albums Chart
Meekz	Respect the Come Up	Neighbourhood Recordings	Debuted at No. 12 on the UK Albums Chart
Rich Homie Quan	Family & Mula - Reloaded	Rich Homie Entertainment
Rod Wave	Jupiter's Diary: 7 Day Theory	Alamo Records, Sony Music	Debuted at No. 9 on the Billboard 200
Roddy Ricch	Feed Tha Streets III	Bird Vision, Atlantic Records	Debuted at No. 14 on the Billboard 200
Saweetie	The Single Life	ICY, Warner Records
Sheek Louch	Beast Mode 5	D Block Records
Tom MacDonald	Renegade	Self-released
The Revolution
Vinnie Paz	Tortured in the Name of God's Unconditional Love	Iron Tusk
19	Lil' Flip and CashStar	Make It Make Sense	G Rec, 3 Faces Ent, GT Digital^[126]
21	Big Homiie G	Speak Up G	N-Less Entertainment
Meek Mill	Flamerz 5	Maybach Music Group, Dream Chasers
22	Homixide Gang	Homixide Lifestyle	Opium
23	Jean Grae	Please Send Help	Self-released
25	Big Yavo	The Largest	Geffen Records
Curren$y	The Drive in Theatre Part 2	Jet Life Recordings
Money Man	Blackout: The Sequel	Empire
Quando Rondo and YoungBoy Never Broke Again	3860	Never Broke Again, Atlantic Records	Debuted at No. 62 on the Billboard 200
Sadat X and Dough Networkz	Science of Life	Dough Networkz Presents
Stormzy	This Is What I Mean	Def Jam Recordings	Debuted at No. 1 on the UK Albums Chart
Troy Ave	New York City the Movie	Worldstar Distribution
28	La Chat and Crunchy Black	Hood	Hardhittin Money Gang, Dime-A-Dozen Ent.
Twiztid	Glyph	Majik Ninja Entertainment
29	Lil Mosey	VER	Mogul Vision, Interscope Records
Yung Kayo	Nineteen	Young Stoner Life, 300 Entertainment

December

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Day	Artist(s)	Album	Record label(s)	Entering chart position
1	BabyTron	They Won't Clear This	Self-released
TOBi	Hoodwinked	Same Plate, RCA Records
Trapboy Freddy	No Distractions	300 Entertainment
2	Babyface Ray	Mob	Wavy Gang, Empire Distribution	Debuted at No. 54 on the Billboard 200
Chinx	CR6	Coke Boys Records
DaBoii	Onna Gang	YWN, Empire Distribution
Finesse2Tymes	90 Days	Bread Gang	Debuted at No. 57 on the Billboard 200
Metro Boomin	Heroes & Villains	Boominati Worldwide, Republic Records	Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200
Phora	The Butterfly Effect	Self-released
Powfu	Surrounded by Hounds and Serpents	Columbia Records
Wifisfuneral	Until We Meet Again	Living Dead LLC.
Yungeen Ace	Survivor of the Trenches	Geffen Records
5	Dusty Locane	Catch da Flu	95MM, Empire Distribution
6	Stalley	Somebody Up There Loves Me	Mello Music Group
7	BSlime	Love Me or Don't	Young Stoner Life, 300 Entertainment
8	Icewear Vezzo and DJ Drama	Paint the City	Quality Control Music
9	A Boogie wit da Hoodie	Me vs. Myself	Atlantic Records, Highbridge The Label	Debuted at No. 6 on the Billboard 200
Apathy and Stu Bangas	King of Gods. No Second	Dirty Version LLC.
Gucci Mane	So Icy Boyz: The Finale	1017 Records, Atlantic Records
Kay Flock	The D.O.A. Tape (Care Package)	Universal Music Group
Kool G Rap	Last of a Dying Breed	Full Mettle, DMG
Lil Boom	Colorful	10K Projects
Luh Soldier	Trench Baby 2	Geffen Records
Mount Westmore	Snoop Cube 40 $hort	Death Row Records	Debuted at No. 188 on the Billboard 200
Scorey	Help Is on the Way	Columbia Records
Sha EK	Return of the Jiggy	Defiant Records, Warner Records
SZA	SOS	Top Dawg Entertainment, RCA Records	Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200
12	Little Simz	No Thank You	Forever Living Originals
16	Ab-Soul	Herbert	Top Dawg Entertainment
G Perico	South Central	Perico's Innerprise, Empire Distribution
Jacquees	Sincerely for You	Cash Money Records	Debuted at No. 163 on the Billboard 200
Ka$hdami	18	Republic Records
NoCap	The Main Bird	Never Broke Again, Atlantic Records
Only The Family and Lil Durk	Loyal Bros 2	OTF, Empire Distribution	Debuted at No. 37 on the Billboard 200
Peewee Longway	Live a Lil	MPA Bandcamp Music Group, Empire Distribution
Quin NFN and Lil 2z	2's & 4's	NFN Entertainment, Empire Distribution
$uicideboy$ and Germ	DirtiestNastiest$uicide	G*59 Records	Debuted at No. 54 on the Billboard 200
The Alchemist	The Alchemist Sandwich	ALC, Empire Distribution
Young Dolph	Paper Route Frank	Paper Route Empire	Debuted at No. 25 on the Billboard 200
Your Old Droog	YOD Presents: The Shining	Droog Recordings
Kurupt and C-Mob	Don't Be Stupid	Penagon Records, GOTTI MOB, Compound Interest^[127]
20	jev.	the color grey.	Loner, inc.
21	Killy	Crazy Life of Sin	Secret Sound Club
Mike	Beware of the Monkey	10k
23	Sauce Walka	Sauce Ghetto Gospel 3	The Sauce Familia, Empire Distribution
YoungBoy Never Broke Again	Lost Files	Never Broke Again, Atlantic Records	Debuted at No. 45 on the Billboard 200
30	Smoke DZA and The Smokers Club	Money for Dummies	RFC Music Group^[128]

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Highest-charting songs

United States

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Hip hop songs from any year which charted in the 2022 Top 40 of the *Billboard* Hot 100^[129]
Song	Artist	Project	Peak position
"First Class"	Jack Harlow	Come Home the Kids Miss You	1
"Wait for U"	Future featuring Drake and Tems	I Never Liked You
"Jimmy Cooks"	Drake featuring 21 Savage	Honestly, Nevermind
"About Damn Time"	Lizzo	Special
"Super Freaky Girl"	Nicki Minaj	Pink Friday 2
"Do We Have a Problem?"	Nicki Minaj and Lil Baby	Queen Radio: Volume 1	2
"Rich Flex"	Drake and 21 Savage	Her Loss
"Major Distribution"	3
"Super Gremlin"	Kodak Black	Back for Everything
"Big Energy"	Latto	777
"N95"	Kendrick Lamar	Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers
"I Like You (A Happier Song)"	Post Malone featuring Doja Cat	Twelve Carat Toothache
"Puffin on Zootiez"	Future	I Never Liked You	4
"California Breeze"	Lil Baby	It's Only Me
"On BS"	Drake and 21 Savage	Her Loss
"Spin Bout U"	5
"Die Hard"	Kendrick Lamar, Blxst and Amanda Reifer	Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers
"Staying Alive"	DJ Khaled featuring Drake and Lil Baby	God Did
"Sticky"	Drake	Honestly, Nevermind	6
"Pussy & Millions"	Drake and 21 Savage featuring Travis Scott	Her Loss
"Privileged Rappers"	Drake and 21 Savage	7
"Falling Back"	Drake	Honestly, Nevermind
"Pushin P"	Gunna and Future featuring Young Thug	DS4Ever
"Woman"	Doja Cat	Planet Her
"Silent Hill"	Kendrick Lamar and Kodak Black	Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers
"United in Grief"	Kendrick Lamar	8
"712PM"	Future	I Never Liked You
"Forever"	Lil Baby featuring Fridayy	It's Only Me
"Superhero (Heroes & Villains)"	Metro Boomin, Future and Chris Brown	Heroes & Villains
"Thats What I Want"	Lil Nas X	Montero
"Circo Loco"	Drake and 21 Savage	Her Loss
"BackOutsideBoyz"	Drake	9
"Tomorrow 2"	GloRilla and Cardi B	Anyways, Life's Great
"Vegas"	Doja Cat	Elvis	10
"Real Spill"	Lil Baby	It's Only Me
"I'm Dat Nigga"	Future	I Never Liked You
"I'm on One"	Future featuring Drake	11
"Father Time"	Kendrick Lamar featuring Sampha	Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers
"Hours in Silence"	Drake and 21 Savage	Her Loss
"Broke Boys"	12
"Love You Better"	Future	I Never Liked You
"Cooped Up"	Post Malone featuring Roddy Ricch	Twelve Carat Toothache
"Rich Spirit"	Kendrick Lamar	Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers	13
"Texts Go Green"	Drake	Honestly, Nevermind
"Hot Shit"	Cardi B, Kanye West and Lil Durk	Non-album single
"Right On"	Lil Baby
"In a Minute"	It's Only Me	14
"Broadway Girls"	Lil Durk featuring Morgan Wallen	7220
"Massive"	Drake	Honestly, Nevermind
"Treacherous Twins"	Drake and 21 Savage	Her Loss
"Keep It Burnin"	Future featuring Kanye West	I Never Liked You	15
"Pop Out"	Lil Baby featuring Nardo Wick	It's Only Me
"Middle of the Ocean"	Drake	Her Loss
"Sweetest Pie"	Megan Thee Stallion and Dua Lipa	Traumazine
"Thousand Miles"	The Kid Laroi	The First Time (Deluxe Version)
"The Heart Part 5"	Kendrick Lamar	Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers
"We Cry Together"	Kendrick Lamar and Taylour Paige	16
"Too Easy"	Gunna and Future	DS4Ever
"Jumbotron Shit Poppin"	Drake	Her Loss
"God Did"	DJ Khaled featuring Rick Ross, Lil Wayne, Jay-Z, John Legend and Fridayy	God Did	17
"Nail Tech"	Jack Harlow	Come Home the Kids Miss You	18
"Ahhh Ha"	Lil Durk	7220
"More M's"	Drake and 21 Savage	Her Loss
"I Guess It's Fuck Me"	Drake	19
"Never Hating"	Lil Baby and Young Thug	It's Only Me
"Worldwide Steppers"	Kendrick Lamar	Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers
"Count Me Out"	20
"Bussin"	Nicki Minaj and Lil Baby	Queen Radio: Volume 1
"Massaging Me"	Future	I Never Liked You
"Calling My Name"	Drake	Honestly, Nevermind
"Get Into It (Yuh)"	Doja Cat	Planet Her
"Dua Lipa"	Jack Harlow	Come Home the Kids Miss You	21
"A Keeper"	Drake	Honestly, Nevermind
"Alone"	Rod Wave	Beautiful Mind
"Heyy"	Lil Baby	It's Only Me
"Stand on It"	22
"What Happened to Virgil"	Lil Durk featuring Gunna	7220
"True Love"	Kanye West and XXXTentacion	Donda 2
"Too Many Nights"	Metro Boomin and Future featuring Don Toliver	Heroes & Villains
"Purple Hearts"	Kendrick Lamar, Summer Walker and Ghostface Killah	Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers
"Savior"	Kendrick Lamar, Baby Keem and Sam Dew	23
"Still D.R.E."	Dr. Dre featuring Snoop Dogg	2001
"Currents"	Drake	Honestly, Nevermind
"Churchill Downs"	Jack Harlow featuring Drake	Come Home the Kids Miss You
"In My Head"	Juice Wrld	Non-album single
"Umbrella"	Metro Boomin, 21 Savage and Young Nudy	Heroes & Villains
"Thought I Was Playing"	Gunna and 21 Savage	DS4Ever
"P Power"	Gunna featuring Drake	24
"For a Nut"	Future featuring Gunna and Young Thug	I Never Liked You
"Detox"	Lil Baby	Non-album single	25
"Chickens"	Future featuring EST Gee	I Never Liked You	26
"Petty Too"	Lil Durk featuring Future	7220
"Cash In Cash Out"	Pharrell Williams featuring 21 Savage and Tyler, the Creator	TBA
"Not Finished"	Lil Baby	It's Only Me
"3AM on Glenwood"	21 Savage	Her Loss	27
"Niagara Falls (Foot or 2)"	Metro Boomin, Travis Scott and 21 Savage	Heroes & Villains
"25k Jacket"	Gunna featuring Lil Baby	DS4Ever	28
"Flight's Booked"	Drake	Honestly, Nevermind
"Plan B"	Megan Thee Stallion	Traumazine	29
"Gold Stacks"	Future	I Never Liked You
"Beautiful"	DJ Khaled featuring Future and SZA	God Did
"No Interviews"	Lil Durk	7220	30
"Betty (Get Money)"	Yung Gravy	Marvelous
"Big Time"	DJ Khaled featuring Future and Lil Baby	God Did	31
"Raindrops (Insane)"	Metro Boomin and Travis Scott	Heroes & Villains
"Star Walkin'"	Lil Nas X	Non-album single	32
"Perfect Timing"	Lil Baby	It's Only Me
"In My Head"	Lil Tjay	Non-album single	33
"Rich (Interlude)"	Kendrick Lamar	Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers
"Worst Day"	Future	I Never Liked You	34
"Golden Child"	Lil Durk	7220
"Yungen"	Rod Wave featuring Jack Harlow	Beautiful Mind	35
"Beat the Odds"	Lil Tjay	Non-album single	36
"Thinking with My Dick"	Kevin Gates featuring Juicy J	Stranger than Fiction	37
"Blick Blick"	Coi Leray and Nicki Minaj	Trendsetter
"Umm Hmm"	YoungBoy Never Broke Again	The Last Slimeto
"Cold December"	Rod Wave	Beautiful Mind	38
"To the Moon!"	Jnr Choi and Sam Tompkins	Non-album single
"Distraction"	Polo G	Hood Poet	39
"Voodoo"	Future featuring Kodak Black	I Never Liked You
"Don't Play That"	King Von and 21 Savage	What It Means to Be King	40
"Handsomer"	Russ featuring Ktlyn	Non-album single
"Poland"	Lil Yachty	Non-album single
"Mr. Morale"	Kendrick Lamar and Tanna Leone	Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers

United Kingdom

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Hip hop songs from any year which charted in the 2022 Top 10 of the UK Singles Chart^[130]
Song	Artist	Project	Peak position
"Starlight"	Dave	Non-album single	1
"Doja"	Central Cee	2
"Baby"	Aitch and Ashanti	Close to Home
"Coming for You"	SwitchOTR featuring A1 x J1	Non-album single	5
"My G"	Aitch featuring Ed Sheeran	Close to Home	6
"Overseas"	D-Block Europe featuring Central Cee	Home Alone 2
"War"	ArrDee and Aitch	Pier Pressure
"IFTK"	Tion Wayne and La Roux	Non-album single
"Hide & Seek"	Stormzy	This Is What I Mean	7
"BMW"	Bad Boy Chiller Crew	Disrespectful
"Pump 101"	Digga D and Still Brickin'	Noughty by Nature	9
"Rocket Science"	Clavish featuring D-Block Europe	Rap Game Awful

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Highest first-week consumption

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List of albums with the highest first-week consumption (sales + streaming + track equivalent), as of December 2022 in the United States
Number	Album	Artist	1st-week consumption	1st-week position	Refs
1	Her Loss	Drake and 21 Savage	404,000	1	^[131]
2	Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers	Kendrick Lamar	295,500	1	^[132]
3	I Never Liked You	Future	222,000	1	^[133]
4	It's Only Me	Lil Baby	216,000	1	^[134]
5	Honestly, Nevermind	Drake	204,000	1	^[135]
6	Heroes & Villains	Metro Boomin	185,000	1	^[136]
7	DS4Ever	Gunna	150,300	1	^[137]
8	Twelve Carat Toothache	Post Malone	121,000	2	^[138]
9	7220	Lil Durk	120,500	1	^[139]
10	Beautiful Mind	Rod Wave	115,000	1	^[140]

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All critically reviewed albums ranked

Metacritic

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Number	Artist	Album	Average score	Number of reviews	Reference
1	Nas	King's Disease III	88	11 reviews	^[141]
2	Loyle Carner	Hugo	87	8 reviews	^[142]
3	Little Simz	No Thank You	86	13 reviews	^[143]
4	Mike	Beware of the Monkey	86	5 reviews	^[144]
5	Kendrick Lamar	Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers	85	26 reviews	^[145]
6	Earl Sweatshirt	Sick!	85	17 reviews	^[146]
7	Denzel Curry	Melt My Eyez See Your Future	85	8 reviews	^[147]
8	Fly Anakin	Frank	84	7 reviews	^[148]
9	Danger Mouse and Black Thought	Cheat Codes	83	17 reviews	^[149]
10	Pusha T	It's Almost Dry	83	15 reviews	^[150]
11	Saba	Few Good Things	83	9 reviews	^[151]
12	JID	The Forever Story	83	6 reviews	^[152]
13	Moor Mother	Jazz Codes	83	5 reviews	^[153]
14	Open Mike Eagle	Component System with the Auto Reverse	83	5 reviews	^[154]
15	Jeshi	Universal Credit	83	4 reviews	^[155]
16	Vince Staples	Ramona Park Broke My Heart	82	10 reviews	^[156]
17	Digga D	Noughty by Nature	82	6 reviews	^[157]
18	Roc Marciano and The Alchemist	The Elephant Man's Bones	82	6 reviews	^[158]
19	Conway the Machine	God Don't Make Mistakes	81	8 reviews	^[159]
20	Kojey Radical	Reason to Smile	81	7 reviews	^[160]
21	Ho99o9	Skin	81	6 reviews	^[161]
22	Quelle Chris	Deathfame	81	5 reviews	^[162]
23	Mykki Blanco	Stay Close to Music	81	5 reviews	^[163]
24	Billy Woods	Aethiopes	81	5 reviews	^[164]
25	Cakes da Killa	Svengali	81	4 reviews	^[165]
26	Megan Thee Stallion	Traumazine	80	12 reviews	^[166]
27	Curren$y and The Alchemist	Continuance	80	6 reviews	^[167]
28	Central Cee	23	80	5 reviews	^[168]
29	Sampa the Great	As Above, So Below	79	15 reviews	^[169]
30	Stormzy	This Is What I Mean	79	14 reviews	^[170]
31	Brockhampton	The Family	79	10 reviews	^[171]
32	Lupe Fiasco	Drill Music in Zion	79	8 reviews	^[172]
33	Black Star	No Fear of Time	79	5 reviews	^[173]
34	Freddie Gibbs	Soul Sold Separately	78	8 reviews	^[174]
35	Benny the Butcher	Tana Talk 4	78	6 reviews	^[175]
36	Phife Dawg	Forever	77	7 reviews	^[176]
37	Cypress Hill	Back in Black	76	11 reviews	^[177]
38	Flo Milli	You Still Here, Ho?	76	8 reviews	^[178]
39	EarthGang	Ghetto Gods	76	7 reviews	^[179]
40	Kid Cudi	Entergalactic	75	4 reviews	^[180]
41	Joey Bada$$	2000	74	9 reviews	^[181]
42	Flohio	Out of Heart	74	7 reviews	^[182]
43	070 Shake	You Can't Kill Me	74	6 reviews	^[183]
44	Drake	Honestly, Nevermind	73	14 reviews	^[184]
45	The Koreatown Oddity	IsThisForReal?	73	6 reviews	^[185]
46	Rod Wave	Beautiful Mind	73	5 reviews	^[186]
47	Metro Boomin	Heroes & Villains	73	5 reviews	^[187]
48	Rico Nasty	Las Ruinas	73	4 reviews	^[188]
49	Cordae	From a Birds Eye View	71	7 reviews	^[189]
50	Lil Durk	7220	71	5 reviews	^[190]
51	Quavo and Takeoff	Only Built for Infinity Links	70	6 reviews	^[191]
52	Future	I Never Liked You	69	7 reviews	^[192]
53	Post Malone	Twelve Carat Toothache	68	15 reviews	^[193]
54	Iann Dior	On to Better Things	68	5 reviews	^[194]
55	Aitch	Close to Home	67	8 reviews	^[195]
56	Lil Baby	It's Only Me	66	9 reviews	^[196]
57	Big K.R.I.T.	Digital Roses Don't Die	66	5 reviews	^[197]
58	Mount Westmore	Snoop Cube 40 $hort	66	5 reviews	^[198]
59	Fivio Foreign	B.I.B.L.E.	64	6 reviews	^[199]
60	A Boogie wit da Hoodie	Me vs. Myself	63	5 reviews	^[200]
61	Drake and 21 Savage	Her Loss	62	12 reviews	^[201]
62	YoungBoy Never Broke Again	The Last Slimeto	62	6 reviews	^[202]
63	Coi Leray	Trendsetter	60	4 reviews	^[203]
64	RZA	Bobby Digital and the Pit of Snakes	60	4 reviews	^[204]
65	The Game	Drillmatic – Heart vs. Mind	59	5 reviews	^[205]
66	Nav	Demons Protected by Angels	59	4 reviews	^[206]
67	2 Chainz	Dope Don't Sell Itself	58	7 reviews	^[207]
68	YG	I Got Issues	58	4 reviews	^[208]
69	Jack Harlow	Come Home the Kids Miss You	51	9 reviews	^[209]
70	Gunna	DS4Ever	51	5 reviews	^[210]
71	Kanye West	Donda 2	48	6 reviews	^[211]
72	DJ Khaled	God Did	43	6 reviews	^[212]

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