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Kendrick Lamar's 'GNX' Is Now the Longest-Running No. 1 Album on the Top Rap Albums Chart
Summary
Kendrick Lamarcontinues to break records withGNXachieving yet another Billboard chart feat.
The album is now the longest-running No. 1 on Billboard's Top Rap Albums chart at 22 weeks. Dot overtakes the previous record set by the latePop Smoke, whose posthumous albumShoot For The Stars Aim For The Moonsat at No. 1 for 21 weeks.
GNXsurpassedTravis Scott's streaming record forUTOPIA, hitting2 billion streamsin 96 days againstUTOPIA's114 days. It was also the first hip-hop album tosell one million unitsin the US this 2025.
The news arrives shortly after Lamar and SZA's 'Grand National Tour' became thehighest-grossing joint tourin history. It grossed $254.6 million USD and sold 1.1 million tickets from 23 shows so far, with the duo hitting up Europe, UK and Australia later this year.
