Billboard Music Award for Top Rap Album

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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.

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Winners and Nominees

YearAlbumArtistOther 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 WayneKanye 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. ColeDrake — 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

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