List of the best-selling rap albums in Germany
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Twelve Bushido albums were recognized for a total of over 1.4 million sales
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Eight Eminem albums have been recognized for a total of over 3.2 million sales
The list of the best-selling rap albums in Germany includes music albums of the genres rap and hip-hop , which have been awarded by the Bundesverband Musikindustrie (BVMI) since 1975 for over 100,000 copies sold and thus received at least one gold record . All types of music albums such as studio albums , live albums compilations or soundtracks are included. The information does not include used albums that have been resold. So far, 157 rap albums in Germany have been awarded at least one gold record.
Distribution of plate awards
Award | until September 24, 1999 | until December 31, 2002 | until December 31, 2012 | since January 1, 2013 |
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250,000 | 150,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 |
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500,000 | 300,000 | 200,000 | 200,000 |
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750,000 | 450,000 | 300,000 | 300,000 |
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1,000,000 | 600,000 | 400,000 | 400,000 |
... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
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- | - | - | 750,000 |
The information in the table relates to the year the album was released, not the date of the award.
List of the best-selling rap albums
1 million or more units
rank | year | title | Art | Artist | Award | Sales |
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1 | 2008 | City monkey | St. |
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13 × gold | 1,300,000 |
2 | 1996 | Tic Tac Toe | St. |
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2 × platinum | 1,000,000 |
1997 | Fold the 2nd | St. |
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2 × platinum |
500,000 or more units
rank | year | title | Art | Artist | Award | Sales |
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4th | 2000 | The Marshall Mathers LP | St. |
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3 × platinum | 900,000 |
2002 | The Eminem Show | St. |
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3 × platinum | ||
6th | 1992 | 4 wins | St. |
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3 × gold | 750,000 |
1996 | The Score | St. |
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3 × gold | ||
8th | 1995 | Bugging | St. |
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1 × platinum | 500,000 |
2005 | Curtain Call: The Hits | Ko. |
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5 × gold | ||
2012 | Raop | St. |
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5 × gold |
200,000 or more units
rank | year | title | Art | Artist | Award | Sales |
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11 | 2009 | The end | St. |
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2 × platinum | 400,000 |
12 | 2000 | MTV Unplugged | Li. |
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1 × platinum | 300,000 |
2002 | Dutty skirt | St. |
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1 × platinum | ||
2004 | Encore | St. |
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3 × gold | ||
2005 | Next! | St. |
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3 × gold | ||
2009 | Beautiful new world | St. |
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3 × gold | ||
2011 | XOXO | St. |
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3 × gold | ||
2012 | With K | St. |
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3 × gold | ||
2012 | Seeed | St. |
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3 × gold | ||
2013 | Backland | St. |
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3 × gold | ||
2014 | King | St. |
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3 × gold | ||
2014 | melody | St. |
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3 × gold | ||
2014 | record | St. |
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3 × gold | ||
24 | 1990 | Please Hammer, Don't Hurt 'Em | St. |
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1 × gold | 250,000 |
1993 | The 4th dimension | St. |
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1 × gold | ||
1994 | Straight from Rödelheim | St. |
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1 × gold | ||
1995 | Gangsta's Paradise | St. |
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1 × gold | ||
1997 | Squaring the circle | St. |
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1 × gold | ||
1997 | The new S-Class | St. |
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1 × gold | ||
1997 | Nana | St. |
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1 × gold | ||
1998 | Bambule | St. |
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1 × gold | ||
1998 | Greatest hits | Ko. |
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1 × gold | ||
1999 | 4:99 | St. |
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1 × gold | ||
1999 | Esperanto | St. |
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1 × gold | ||
35 | 2003 | Music Monks | St. |
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1 × platinum | 200,000 |
2003 | Elephunk | St. |
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1 × platinum | ||
2004 | Much | St. |
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1 × platinum | ||
2004 | Collision Course | Re. |
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1 × platinum | ||
2005 | The massacre | St. |
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1 × platinum | ||
2005 | Demon Days | St. |
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1 × platinum | ||
2005 | Monkey business | St. |
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1 × platinum | ||
2006 | Mercedes dance | St. |
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1 × platinum | ||
2006 | From the skyline to the curb back | St. |
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1 × platinum | ||
2006 | live | Li. |
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1 × platinum | ||
2007 | Shock Value | St. |
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1 × platinum | ||
2007 | Fornika | St. |
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1 × platinum | ||
2007 | 7th | St. |
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1 × platinum | ||
2007 | Culcha Candela | St. |
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1 × platinum | ||
2009 | We children from Soul train station | St. |
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1 × platinum | ||
2009 | live from Berlin | Li. |
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1 × platinum | ||
2010 | For you still fanta you | St. |
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1 × platinum | ||
2010 | MTV Unplugged Live from the MV | Li. |
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1 × platinum | ||
2010 | Recovery | St. |
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1 × platinum | ||
2010 | The best | Ko. |
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1 × platinum | ||
2012 | Order from the bottom | St. |
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1 × platinum | ||
2012 | Split personality | St. |
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1 × platinum | ||
2012 | The Heist | St. |
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1 × platinum | ||
2012 | #Best | Ko. |
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1 × platinum | ||
2013 | Engines | St. |
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1 × platinum | ||
2013 | The Marshall Mathers LP 2 | St. |
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1 × platinum | ||
2013 | 30-11-80 | St. |
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1 × platinum | ||
2013 | MTV Unplugged Kahedi Radio Show | Li. |
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1 × platinum | ||
2014 | Fortunately for the future II | St. |
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1 × platinum | ||
2014 | In black | St. |
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1 × platinum | ||
2015 | Level why why | St. |
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1 × platinum | ||
2015 | MTV Unplugged: Cro | Li. |
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1 × platinum | ||
2015 | Music is not a solution | St. |
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1 × platinum | ||
2015 | Pimp Tape Volume 4 | St. |
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1 × platinum | ||
2016 | High & hungry 2 | St. |
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1 × platinum | ||
2016 | Advanced Chemistry | St. |
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1 × platinum | ||
2016 | Plastic palm trees | St. |
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1 × platinum | ||
2017 | Sampler 4 | Ko. |
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1 × platinum |
100,000 or more units
rank | year | title | Art | Artist | Award | Sales |
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73 | 1999 | From the point of view and with the words of ... | St. |
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1 × gold | 150,000 |
1999 | 2001 | St. |
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1 × gold | ||
2000 | The Ecleftic: 2 Sides II a Book | St. |
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1 × gold | ||
2000 | The W | St. |
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1 × gold | ||
2001 | Gorillaz | St. |
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1 × gold | ||
2001 | Samy Deluxe | St. |
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1 × gold | ||
2001 | New Dubby Conquerors | St. |
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1 × gold | ||
2002 | Nellyville | St. |
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1 × gold | ||
81 | 2003 | Get Rich or Die Tryin ' | St. |
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1 × gold | 100,000 |
2003 | Speakerboxxx / The Love Below | St. |
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1 × gold | ||
2004 | mask | St. |
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1 × gold | ||
2004 | D12 World | St. |
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1 × gold | ||
2004 | Max Herre | St. |
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1 × gold | ||
2004 | Electro ghetto | St. |
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1 × gold | ||
2004 | Aggro announcement No. 4 | Ko. |
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1 × gold | ||
2004 | R&G (Rhythm & Gangsta): The Masterpiece | St. |
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1 × gold | ||
2005 | Built on the water | St. |
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1 × gold | ||
2005 | The Trinity | St. |
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1 × gold | ||
2005 | Public Enemy No. 1 | St. |
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1 × gold | ||
2005 | Aggro announcement No. 5 | Ko. |
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1 × gold | ||
2006 | St. Elsewhere | St. |
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1 × gold | ||
2006 | The Dutchess | St. |
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1 × gold | ||
2006 | I | St. |
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1 × gold | ||
2006 | vendetta | Ko. |
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1 × gold | ||
2007 | Cockfight | St. |
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1 × gold | ||
2007 | Curtis | St. |
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1 × gold | ||
2008 | Me and my mask | St. |
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1 × gold | ||
2008 | Heavy metal payback | St. |
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1 × gold | ||
2009 | Relapse / Relapse: Refill | St. |
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1 × gold | ||
2009 | aggro Berlin | St. |
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1 × gold | ||
2009 | Shock Value II | St. |
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1 × gold | ||
2010 | Times change you | St. |
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1 × gold | ||
2010 | Etching Music Vol. 2 | St. |
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1 × gold | ||
2010 | Fortunately in the future | St. |
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1 × gold | ||
2010 | The beginning | St. |
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1 × gold | ||
2011 | Planet pit | St. |
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1 × gold | ||
2011 | Sorry for party rocking | St. |
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1 × gold | ||
2011 | Black-and-white | St. |
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1 × gold | ||
2011 | 23 | St. |
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1 × gold | ||
2011 | aura | St. |
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1 × gold | ||
2011 | Air rate | St. |
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1 × gold | ||
2011 | Blutzbrüdaz - the Mukke to the film | Ko. |
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1 × gold | ||
2012 | Hello World! | St. |
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1 × gold | ||
2012 | AMYF | St. |
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1 × gold | ||
2013 | Young, brutal, handsome 2 | St. |
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1 × gold | ||
2013 | compass without North | St. |
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1 × gold | ||
2013 | DNA | St. |
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1 × gold | ||
2013 | Rich Kidz | St. |
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1 × gold | ||
2014 | Sonny Black | St. |
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1 × gold | ||
2014 | Killa | St. |
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1 × gold | ||
2014 | FVCKB! TCHE $ GETMONE ¥ | St. |
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1 × gold | ||
2014 | martyr | St. |
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1 × gold | ||
2014 | Crackstreet Boys 3 | Ko. |
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1 × gold | ||
2015 | From the shadow into the light | St. |
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1 × gold | ||
2015 | Carlo Cokxxx hookers 3 | St. |
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1 × gold | ||
2015 | Eighth day | St. |
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1 × gold | ||
2015 | Mirage | St. |
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1 × gold | ||
2015 | mummy | St. |
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1 × gold | ||
2015 | Hurray the world is ending | St. |
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1 × gold | ||
2015 | VI | St. |
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1 × gold | ||
2015 | Ebb tide | St. |
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1 × gold | ||
2015 | CLA $$ IC | St. |
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1 × gold | ||
2016 | labyrinth | St. |
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1 × gold | ||
2016 | DREAMS | St. |
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1 × gold | ||
2016 | The golden album | St. |
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1 × gold | ||
2016 | distance | St. |
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1 × gold | ||
2016 | Emperor | St. |
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1 × gold | ||
2017 | Good night | St. |
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1 × gold | ||
2017 | Roswell | St. |
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1 × gold | ||
2017 | No night for no one | St. |
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1 × gold | ||
2017 | Black Friday | St. |
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1 × gold | ||
2017 | anthracite | St. |
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1 × gold | ||
2017 | Blyat | St. |
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1 × gold | ||
2017 | #DIY | St. |
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1 × gold | ||
2017 | Royal bunker | St. |
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1 × gold | ||
2017 | revival | St. |
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1 × gold | ||
2018 | Captain Fantastic | St. |
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1 × gold | ||
2018 | Earth and bones | St. |
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1 × gold | ||
2018 | cloud 7 | St. |
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1 × gold | ||
2018 | Berlin lives | St. |
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1 × gold | ||
2018 | Plastic palm trees 2 | St. |
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1 × gold | ||
2019 | CB6 | St. |
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1 × gold | ||
2019 | They wanted water but got gasoline | St. |
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1 × gold | ||
2019 | Berlin lives 2 | St. |
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1 × gold | ||
2019 | plate | EP |
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1 × gold |
Legend
- Extended Play (EP)
- Compilation (Ko.)
- Live album (left)
- Remix album (right)
- Studio album (St.)
Albums by number
Artist
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nation
Album type
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See also
- German album charts
- German hip-hop charts
- List of rap albums that reached number one in the German charts
- List of number one albums in the German hip-hop charts
- List of the best-selling music albums certified by BVMI in Germany
- List of the best-selling rap songs in Germany
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Guidelines for awarding gold / platinum awards (PDF) In: Bundesverband Musikindustrie . April 6, 2018. Retrieved April 25, 2018.