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 Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.
2000s Year Album Artist 2006 King T.I. Curtain Call: The Hits Eminem Tha Carter II Lil Wayne 2007-9 colspan="3"
2010s Year Album Artist 2010 colspan="3" 2011 Recovery Eminem I Am Not a Human Being Lil Wayne My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy Kanye West Pink Friday Nicki Minaj Thank Me Later Drake 2012 Tha Carter IV Lil Wayne Hell: The Sequel Eminem and Royce Da 5'9 Sorry for Party Rocking LMFAO Take Care Drake Watch the Throne Kanye West and Jay Z 2013 Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded Nicki Minaj Based on a T.R.U. Story 2 Chainz God Forgives, I Don't Rick Ross Good Kid, M.A.A.D City Kendrick Lamar The Heist Macklemore & Ryan Lewis 2014 The Marshall Mathers LP 2 Eminem Born Sinner J. Cole Magna Carta Holy Grail Jay Z Nothing Was the Same Drake The Heist Macklemore & Ryan Lewis 2015 2014 Forest Hills Drive J. Cole If You're Reading This It's Too Late Drake The Marshall Mathers LP 2 Eminem The New Classic Iggy Azalea The Pinkprint Nicki Minaj 2016 Dreams Worth More Than Money Meek Mill Compton Dr. Dre If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late Drake To Pimp A Butterfly Kendrick Lamar What A Time To Be Alive Drake & Future 2017 Views Drake 4 Your Eyez Only J. Cole Islah Kevin Gates Major Key DJ Khaled We Got It from Here... Thank You 4 Your Service A Tribe Called Quest 2018 Damn Kendrick Lamar Culture Migos Luv Is Rage 2 Lil Uzi Vert More Life Drake Stoney Post Malone 2019 Scorpion Drake ? XXXTentacion Astroworld Travis Scott Beerbongs & Bentleys Post Malone Invasion of Privacy Cardi B
2020s Year Album Artist 2020 Hollywood's Bleeding Post Malone Death Race for Love Juice Wrld Kirk DaBaby Please Excuse Me for Being Antisocial Roddy Ricch So Much Fun Young Thug 2021 Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon Pop Smoke Blame It on Baby DaBaby Eternal Atake Lil Uzi Vert Legends Never Die Juice Wrld My Turn Lil Baby 2022 Certified Lover Boy Drake A Gangsta's Pain Moneybagg Yo Donda Kanye West F*ck Love The Kid Laroi SoulFly Rod Wave 2023 Her Loss Drake and 21 Savage Heroes & Villains Metro Boomin I Never Liked You Future It's Only Me Lil Baby Utopia Travis Scott 2024 For All the Dogs Drake American Dream 21 Savage Nostalgia Rod Wave Pink Friday 2 Nicki Minaj We Don't Trust You Future and Metro Boomin
Multiple wins and nominations Wins Rank Artist Awards won Years won 1 Drake 5 2017, 2019, 2022, 2023 and 2024 2 Eminem 2 2011 and 2014
Nominations Nominations Artist 11 Drake 5 Eminem 4 Nicki Minaj3 Lil Wayne Post Malone2 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
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