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Andr\u00e9 3000 and Big Boi can now make the claim of having the best-selling album in Hip-Hop history. OutKast\u2019s Speakerboxxx\/The Love Below rose up the American sales ranks to surpass a project by Eminem.<\/p>\n
According to the Recording Industry Association of America, Speakerboxxx\/The Love Below reached 13x-Platinum status. That puts OutKast\u2019s 2003 double LP among the best-selling albums of any genre.<\/p>\n
Speakerboxxx\/The Love Below became a cultural phenomenon upon its release two decades ago. OutKast\u2019s fifth studio album debuted at No. 1 by selling over 510,000 copies in its first week.<\/p>\n
Both the Big Boi-focused \u201cThe Way You Move\u201d single and the Andr\u00e9 3000-focused \u201cHey Ya!\u201d single peaked at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. \u201cHey Ya!\u201d remained at the pinnacle of the Hot 100 rankings for nine weeks.<\/p>\n
Speakerboxxx\/The Love Below also became just the second Hip-Hop project to win the Grammy Award for Album Of The Year. The Diamond-certified The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill (10x-Platinum) won that same honor at the 1999 Grammy ceremony.<\/p>\n
OutKast has another full-length release that is currently halfway to Diamond status. The RIAA certified 2000\u2019s Stankonia as 5x-Platinum in November 2021. Both Stankonia and Speakerboxxx\/The Love Below won Grammys for Best Rap Album.<\/p>\n
Eminem\u2019s The Eminem Show (12x-Platinum) previously held the RIAA certification record for a Hip-Hop album. In addition, the Detroit rapper received RIAA Diamond Awards for 2000\u2019s The Marshall Mathers LP (11x-Platinum) and 2005\u2019s Curtain Call: The Hits (10x-Platinum).<\/p>\n
Other Diamond-certified rap albums include The Notorious B.I.G.\u2019s Life After Death (11x-Platinum), 2Pac\u2019s Greatest Hits (10x-Platinum), 2Pac\u2019s All Eyez On Me (10x-Platinum), Beastie Boys\u2019 Licensed to Ill (10x-Platinum), MC Hammer\u2019s Please Hammer Don\u2019t Hurt \u2018Em (10x-Platinum), and Nelly\u2019s Country Grammar (10x-Platinum).<\/p>\n
OutKast, Eminem or any other Hip-Hop act ever breaking the all-time RIAA certification record appears to be an extremely difficult feat. At the moment, Their Greatest Hits (1971\u20131975) by Eagles (38x-Platinum) and Thriller by Michael Jackson (34x-Platinum) are battling for first place.<\/p>\n
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