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. As of 2022, Nicki Minaj is the only female rapper to win this award, winning for her second studio album, Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded in 2013.

Winners and Nominees

Year	Album	Artist	Other nominees
2006	King[1]	T.I.	Lil Wayne — Tha Carter II[1] Eminem — Curtain Call: The Hits
2011	Recovery[2]	Eminem	Nicki Minaj — Pink Friday[2] Lil Wayne — I Am Not a Human Being Kanye West — My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy Drake — Thank Me Later
2012	Tha Carter IV[3]	Lil Wayne	Kanye West and Jay Z — Watch the Throne[3] Eminem and Royce Da 5'9 — Hell: The Sequel Drake — Take Care LMFAO — Sorry for Party Rocking
2013	Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded[4]	Nicki Minaj	Kendrick Lamar — Good Kid, M.A.A.D City[4] Macklemore & Ryan Lewis — The Heist Rick Ross — God Forgives, I Don't 2 Chainz — Based on a T.R.U. Story
2014	The Marshall Mathers LP 2[5]	Eminem	J. Cole — Born Sinner[5] Drake — Nothing Was the Same Jay Z — Magna Carta Holy Grail Macklemore & Ryan Lewis — The Heist
2015	2014 Forest Hills Drive[6]	J. Cole	Drake — If You're Reading This It's Too Late[6] Nicki Minaj — The Pinkprint Iggy Azalea — The New Classic Eminem — The Marshall Mathers LP 2
2016	Dreams Worth More Than Money[7]	Meek Mill	Drake — If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late[7] Drake & Future — What A Time To Be Alive Dr. Dre — Compton Kendrick Lamar — To Pimp A Butterfly
2017	Views	Drake	J. Cole — 4 Your Eyez Only Kevin Gates — Islah DJ Khaled — Major Key A Tribe Called Quest — We Got It from Here... Thank You 4 Your Service
2018	DAMN.	Kendrick Lamar	Drake — More Life Lil Uzi Vert — Luv Is Rage 2 Post Malone — Stoney Migos — Culture
2019	Scorpion	Drake	XXXTentacion — ? Travis Scott — Astroworld Post Malone — Beerbongs & Bentleys Cardi B — Invasion of Privacy
2020	Hollywood's Bleeding	Post Malone	DaBaby — Kirk Juice Wrld — Death Race for Love Roddy Ricch — Please Excuse Me for Being Antisocial Young Thug — So Much Fun
2021	Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon	Pop Smoke	DaBaby — Blame It on Baby Juice Wrld — Legends Never Die Lil Baby — My Turn Lil Uzi Vert — Eternal Atake
2022	Certified Lover Boy	Drake	Moneybagg Yo — A Gangsta's Pain Rod Wave — SoulFly The Kid Laroi — F*ck Love Kanye West — Donda
2023	Her Loss	Drake and 21 Savage	Future — I Never Liked You Lil Baby — It's Only Me Metro Boomin — Heroes & Villains Travis Scott — Utopia
2024	For All the Dogs	Drake	21 Savage — American Dream Future and Metro Boomin — We Don't Trust You Nicki Minaj — Pink Friday 2 Rod Wave — Nostalgia

Most Wins and Nominations

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

The following individuals received two or more Top Rap Album nominations: Nominations Artist 11 Drake 5 Eminem 3 Lil Wayne Nicki Minaj Post Malone 2 DaBaby Future Jay Z Juice Wrld J. Cole Kendrick Lamar Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Ryan Lewis Lil Baby Lil Uzi Vert Macklemore Travis Scott Kanye West