Lil Wayne albums discography | |
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![]() Lil Wayne performing in New York City | |
Studio albums | 14 |
EPs | 5 |
Compilation albums | 3 |
Mixtapes | 29 |
American rapper Lil Wayne has released thirteen studio albums, one collaborative album, three compilation albums, five extended plays, and twenty-nine mixtapes. Wayne made his album debut in 1999, with Tha Block Is Hot , which was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America. His later albums, Lights Out released in 2000, and 500 Degreez , released in 2002, attracted minor attention. In 2004, he released the first of his Tha Carter series, with Tha Carter . In 2005, Tha Carter II was released. In 2006, Wayne released a collaborative album with rapper Birdman, titled Like Father, Like Son . In 2008, Wayne released his best-selling album so far, titled Tha Carter III . Certified triple platinum by the RIAA, [1] Tha Carter III won the Best Rap Album award at the 2009 Grammy Awards. [2] Lil Wayne founded record label Young Money Entertainment and released a collaborative album featuring rappers signed to the label, We Are Young Money , in 2009, followed by his debut rock music album Rebirth in 2010. While serving an 8-month prison sentence in New York, he released another album entitled I Am Not a Human Being , in September 2010. The next addition to Tha Carter series, Tha Carter IV , was released on August 29, 2011. In 2013, Wayne released a sequel to his 2010 album I Am Not a Human Being, titled I Am Not a Human Being II , followed by two compilation albums with his labels, Rich Gang (2013), and Young Money: Rise of an Empire (2014). After years of legal battles, his 12th studio album Tha Carter V was released on September 28, 2018. Lil Wayne released another album, Funeral , on January 31, 2020.
His album sales in the United States stand at over 15 million copies as of July 2013, [3] and his digital track sales stand at over 37 million digital copies. [4]
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales | Certifications | ||||||||||
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US [5] | US R&B/HH [6] | US Rap [7] | AUS [8] | CAN [9] | FRA [10] | IRL [11] | NZ [12] | SWI [13] | UK [14] | |||||
Tha Block Is Hot |
| 3 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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Lights Out |
| 16 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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500 Degreez |
| 6 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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Tha Carter |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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Tha Carter II |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 26 | — | — | — | — | — |
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Like Father, Like Son (with Birdman) |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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Tha Carter III |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 47 | 1 | 25 | 34 | 10 | 17 | 23 |
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Rebirth |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | 51 | 5 | 86 | 45 | 33 | 15 | 24 |
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I Am Not a Human Being |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 60 | 4 | 167 | 84 | — | 46 | 56 |
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Tha Carter IV |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 14 | 19 | 8 | 9 | 8 | |||
I Am Not a Human Being II | 2 | 2 | 1 | 43 | 5 | 24 | 85 | — | 35 | 29 |
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Free Weezy Album |
| 77 | 45 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
Tha Carter V |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 49 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 5 |
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Funeral |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 68 | 5 | 110 | 73 | — | 29 | 61 |
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Tha Carter VI |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 14 | — | — | 31 [43] | 39 | 77 | |||
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||
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US [44] [5] | US R&B/HH [45] [6] | US Rap [46] [7] | CAN [9] | |||
We Are Young Money (as part of Young Money) |
| 9 | 3 | 1 | — |
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Rich Gang (as part of Rich Gang) |
| 9 | 2 | 2 | — | |
Rise of an Empire (as part of Young Money) |
| 7 | 4 | 2 | — | |
I Am Music |
| 25 | 9 | 6 | 64 |
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Title | EP details |
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The Leak |
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In Tune We Trust |
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Weezy Workout |
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Weezy Flow |
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Skateboard Weezy |
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Title | Mixtape details | Peak chart positions | |||
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US [5] | US Ind. [55] | US R&B/HH [6] | US Rap [7] | ||
SQ1 (with Sqad Up) |
| — | — | — | — |
SQ2 (with Sqad Up) |
| — | — | — | — |
SQ3 (with Sqad Up) |
| — | — | — | — |
SQ4 (with Sqad Up) |
| — | — | — | — |
SQ5 (with Sqad Up) |
| — | — | — | — |
SQ6 (with Sqad Up) |
| — | — | — | — |
SQ6: Tha Remix (with Sqad Up) |
| — | — | — | — |
SQ7 (10,000 Bars) (with Sqad Up) |
| — | — | — | — |
Da Drought |
| — | — | — | — |
Da Drought 2 |
| — | — | — | — |
The Prefix |
| — | — | — | — |
Young Money: The Mixtape Vol. 1 (with Young Money) |
| — | — | — | — |
The Suffix | — | — | — | — | |
The Dedication |
| — | — | 93 | — |
Dedication 2 |
| — | 30 | 85 | — |
Da Drought 3 |
| — | — | — | — |
Dedication 3 |
| 111 | 12 | 28 | 9 |
No Ceilings |
| 18 | — | 11 | 11 |
Sorry 4 the Wait |
| 60 | — | 31 | — |
Dedication 4 |
| — | — | 56 | — |
Dedication 5 |
| — | — | — | — |
Sorry 4 the Wait 2 |
| — | 49 | 47 | — |
No Ceilings 2 |
| — | — | — | — |
T-Wayne (with T-Pain) |
| — | — | — | — |
Dedication 6 |
| — | — | — | — |
Dedication 6: Reloaded |
| — | — | — | — |
No Ceilings 3 |
| — | — | — | — |
Trust Fund Babies (with Rich the Kid) | 35 | — | 19 | 17 | |
Tha Fix Before tha VI |
| 40 | — | 13 | 11 |