BET Hip Hop Award for Album of the Year

BET Hip Hop Award for Album of the Year
Pink Friday 2 by Nicki Minaj, the 2024 recipient
Awarded for	Excellent hip hop albums
Country	United States (US)
Presented by	Black Entertainment Television (BET)
First award	2006
Most awards	Jay-Z, T.I., Kendrick Lamar and Drake (3)
Most nominations	Drake (8)

The BET Hip Hop Award for Album of the Year is an award presented to recording artists for quality album at the BET Hip Hop Awards. It was originally titled CD of the Year, but it was changed during the 2013 ceremony.

Recipients

"‡" Indicates the album was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Rap Album.
"†" Indicates the album won the Grammy Award for Best Rap Album.

Year	Recipients	Work	Nominees	Ref.
2006	T.I.	King ‡	Lil Wayne – Tha Carter II Young Jeezy – Let's Get It: Thug Motivation 101 Lupe Fiasco – Food & Liquor ‡ Kanye West – Late Registration †	[1]
2007	T.I.	T.I. vs. T.I.P. ‡	Jay-Z – Kingdom Come ‡ Ludacris – Release Therapy † Nas – Hip Hop Is Dead ‡	[2]
	Common	Finding Forever ‡
2008	Lil Wayne	Tha Carter III †	Jay-Z – American Gangster ‡ Lupe Fiasco – Lupe Fiasco's The Cool ‡ Nas – Untitled ‡ Kanye West – Graduation †	[3]
2009	T.I.	Paper Trail ‡	Eminem – Relapse † Q-Tip – The Renaissance ‡ Kanye West – 808s & Heartbreak Young Jeezy – The Recession	[4]
2010	Jay-Z	The Blueprint 3 ‡	B.o.B – B.o.B Presents: The Adventures of Bobby Ray ‡ Eminem – Recovery † Drake – Thank Me Later ‡ Rick Ross – Teflon Don	[5]
2011	Kanye West	My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy †	Big Sean – Finally Famous Lupe Fiasco – Lasers ‡ Nicki Minaj – Pink Friday ‡ Wiz Khalifa – Rolling Papers	[6]
2012	The Throne (Jay-Z & Kanye West)	Watch the Throne ‡	Common – The Dreamer/The Believer Drake – Take Care † J. Cole – Cole World: The Sideline Story Young Jeezy – TM103: Hustlerz Ambition	[7]
2013	Kendrick Lamar	good kid, m.A.A.d city ‡	J. Cole – Born Sinner Jay Z – Magna Carta Holy Grail ‡ Nas – Life Is Good ‡ Wale – The Gifted	[8]
2014	Drake	Nothing Was the Same ‡	Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP 2 † Future - Honest Rick Ross - Mastermind Schoolboy Q - Oxymoron ‡ Yo Gotti - I Am	[9]
2015	J. Cole	2014 Forest Hills Drive ‡	Big Sean - Dark Sky Paradise Drake - If You're Reading This It's Too Late ‡ Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp A Butterfly † Nicki Minaj - The Pinkprint ‡ Wale - The Album About Nothing	[10]
2016	Drake	Views ‡	DJ Khaled – I Changed a Lot Dr. Dre – Compton ‡ Fetty Wap – Fetty Wap Future – DS2 Kanye West – The Life of Pablo ‡	[11]
2017	Kendrick Lamar	DAMN. †	DJ Khaled – Grateful Future – Future J. Cole – 4 Your Eyez Only Jay-Z – 4:44 ‡ Migos – Culture ‡	[12]
2018	The Carters (Beyoncé & Jay-Z)	Everything Is Love	Cardi B – Invasion of Privacy † Drake – Scorpion J. Cole – KOD Migos – Culture II	[13]
2019	Travis Scott	Astroworld ‡	Lizzo – Cuz I Love You DJ Khaled – Father Of Asahd Tyler, the Creator – IGOR † Meek Mill – Championships ‡	[14]
2020	Roddy Ricch	Please Excuse Me for Being Antisocial	Future – High Off Life DaBaby – Blame It on Baby DaBaby – Kirk Lil Baby – My Turn Megan Thee Stallion – Suga	[15]
2021	Tyler, the Creator	Call Me If You Get Lost †	Moneybagg Yo – A Gangsta's Pain Migos – Culture III Megan Thee Stallion – Good News DJ Khaled – Khaled Khaled 21 Savage and Metro Boomin – Savage Mode II J. Cole – The Off-Season ‡	[16]
2022	Kendrick Lamar	Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers †	Latto – 777 Drake – Certified Lover Boy [a] Kanye West – Donda ‡ Future – I Never Liked You ‡ Pusha T – It's Almost Dry ‡ Nas – King's Disease II ‡	[18]
2023	Drake & 21 Savage	Her Loss ‡	GloRilla – Anyways, Life's Great Coi Leray – Coi DJ Khaled – God Did ‡ Metro Boomin – Heroes & Villains ‡ Jack Harlow – Jackman Lil Uzi Vert – Pink Tape Megan Thee Stallion – Traumazine	[19]
2024	Nicki Minaj	Pink Friday 2	21 Savage – American Dream GloRilla – Ehhthang Ehhthang Drake – For All the Dogs Scary Hours Edition Sexyy Red – In Sexyy We Trust Megan Thee Stallion – Megan Gunna – One of Wun Future & Metro Boomin – We Don't Trust You ‡ Travis Scott – Utopia ‡	[19]

Category facts

Artists that received multiple nominations

Nominations	Artist
9	Drake
7	Jay-Z
6	Kanye West
5	Future
	J. Cole
	DJ Khaled
4	Kendrick Lamar
	Megan Thee Stallion
3	21 Savage
	Eminem
	Lupe Fiasco
	Metro Boomin
	Nas
	Nicki Minaj
	T.I.
	Jeezy
2	Big Sean
	Common
	DaBaby
	Glorilla
	Lil Wayne
	Migos
	Rick Ross
	Wale

Artists that received multiple awards

Awards	Artist
3	Jay-Z
	T.I.
	Kendrick Lamar
	Drake
2	Kanye West

Notes

1. Certified Lover Boy was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Rap Album until Drake withdrew the album from Grammy consideration. ^[17]

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