2019 in hip hop music

List of years in hip hop music

This article summarizes the events, album releases, and album release dates in hip hop music for the year 2019.

Events

January

  • On January 8, Cupcakke was hospitalized following a suicide scare.
  • On January 23, 6ix9ine admitted to being guilty of all charges related to racketeering and gang violence.
  • On January 25, DMX was again released from prison.
  • On January 27, Florida rapper Jayo Sama was killed in a drive-by shooting in West Palm Beach, Florida. He was 22 years old.

February

  • On February 3, 21 Savage was arrested by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for having an expired visa and was revealed to be a United Kingdom national.
  • On February 9, English grime rapper Cadet was killed in a car accident, at age 28.
  • On February 10, Cardi B won a Grammy Award for Best Rap Album with Invasion of Privacy and Drake won a Grammy Award for Best Rap Song with God's Plan.
  • On February 12, Mystikal was released from prison on $3 million bond.
  • On February 13, YNW Melly turned himself in to authorities and was charged with the double murder of rappers and childhood friends YNW Sakchaser and YNW Juvy. The same day that 21 Savage was released from ICE custody on bond.
  • On February 28, BlocBoy JB was arrested for drug and weapons charges.

March

April

May

  • On May 18, it was revealed that Tyler, The Creator’s ban in the United Kingdom had been lifted in an announcement for a London concert promoting his newly released album Igor. However, the show was cancelled due to overcrowding audience.

June

July

September

  • On September 5, Nicki Minaj announces her retirement from making music to "have my family".

October

  • On October 2, Gucci Mane partnered with Gucci.[citation needed]
  • On October 6, 2 Chainz partnered with Atlantic Records with his independent label The Real University.[citation needed]
  • On October 15, Tyga signed a multi-million dollar deal to be with Columbia Records.
  • On October 23, Lil Nas X's "Old Town Road" received an RIAA Diamond certification, 2019's first Diamond certification and the fastest song in history to reach this milestone.

November

  • On November 6, Drake signed with the cannabis industry.[citation needed]
  • On November 11, Bad Azz died four days earlier by the time he was arrested and jailed at Southwest Detention Center in Murrieta, California on domestic violence charges.
  • On November 13, Kodak Black is sentenced to three years and eight months prison time for lying about his criminal record while purchasing firearms.
  • On November 21, French Montana was hospitalized due to stomach pains nausea and elevated heart rate.[citation needed]
  • On November 29, The Game released his final album Born 2 Rap and announced his retirement from hip-hop.[citation needed]

December

  • On December 8, Juice WRLD was pronounced dead after suffering a seizure in Chicago Midway Airport According to TMZ, he died of a percocet overdose and swallowed all the pills so federal agents wouldn't find them on the jet.
  • On December 18, 6ix9ine was sentenced to two years in jail after already serving 13 months because of racketeering and gang violence. However, he would get out of jail only months after originally being incarcerated due to his life-threatening asthma diagnosis.

Released albums

January

Day Artist(s) Album Record label(s) Entering chart position
2 8Ball & MJG Classic Pimpin Push Management
11 Comethazine Bawskee 2 Alamo, EMPIRE
Watsky Complaint Steel Wool Media
Wifisfuneral & Robb Banks Conn3ct3d Alamo
Big K.R.I.T. TDT Multi Alumni
15 Falz Moral Instruction Bahd Guys Records
18 Blockhead Free Sweatpants Backwoodz Studioz
Boondox Liquor, Lies and Legacy Majik Ninja Entertainment
Future The Wizrd Freebandz, Epic
  • Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200
Malibu Ken (Aesop Rock & Tobacco) Malibu Ken Rhymesayers
  • Debuted at No. 176 on the Billboard 200
YNW Melly We All Shine Self-released
  • Debuted at No. 27 on the Billboard 200
23 Members Only Members Only, Vol. 4 Bad Vibes Forever, EMPIRE
  • Debuted at No. 23 on the Billboard 200
25 Boogie Everythings for Sale Shady, Interscope
  • Debuted at No. 28 on the Billboard 200
Boston George & Diego Boston George & Diego YJ Music, Def Jam
Dendemann Da Nich Für! Vertigo, Paroli Beats
DJ Kay Slay Hip Hop Frontline Streetsweepers, EMPIRE
Dreezy Big Dreez Interscope
K-Rino Lightning Language (The 4-Piece #1) Black Book International, SoSouth
Then and Now (The 4-Piece #2) Black Book International, SoSouth
Three Weeks Later (The 4-Piece #3) Black Book International, SoSouth
The S-Project (The 4-Piece #4) Black Book International, SoSouth

February

Day Artist(s) Album Record label(s) Entering chart position
1 G Herbo Still Swervin Machine Entertainment Group
  • Debuted at No. 41 on the Billboard 200
People Under the Stairs Sincerely, the P Piecelock 70
8 AJ Tracey AJ Tracey Self-released
  • Debuted at No. 3 on the UK Albums Chart
Boston George & Slim Thug Big Bad Boston and the Boss Hogg Life
Demrick No Wasting Time DEM
Mars & Young Swizz The Hangover Mad Insanity Records, EMPIRE
Sean Price & Small Professor 86 Witness Ruck Down, Duck Down, Coalmine Records
Wiz Khalifa & Currensy 2009 Jet Life Recordings, Taylor Gang
  • Debuted at No. 35 on the Billboard 200
11 ASAP Ant Addie Pitino Self-released
Bones SparrowsCreek TeamSESH
13 Berner & Mozzy Slimey Individualz Bern One Ent., Mozzy Records, EMPIRE
14 Slim Thug Suga Daddy Slim: On tha Prowl Hogg Life
15 Czarface & Ghostface Killah Czarface Meets Ghostface Silver Age
Insane Clown Posse Fearless Fred Fury Psychopathic Records
  • Debuted at No. 44 on the Billboard 200
Papoose Underrated Honorable Records, EMPIRE
Struggle Jennings The Widow's Son Angels & Outlaws
Wicca Phase Springs Eternal Suffer On Run for Cover Records
22 Giggs Big Bad... No BS, Island Records
Gorilla Zoe I Am Atlanta 4ever Hood Figga
Gunna Drip or Drown 2 YSL, 300
  • Debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard 200
Higher Brothers Five Stars 88rising Records
Lil Pump Harverd Dropout Tha Lights Global, Warner Bros.
  • Debuted at No. 7 on the Billboard 200
Night Lovell Goodnight Lovell SCPP
Offset Father of 4 Quality Control Music, Motown
  • Debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard 200
Smif-N-Wessun The All Duck Down Records
The Dirtball Skull Hollow Throttle House Inc
27 T-Pain 1Up Cinematic Music Group
  • Debuted at No. 115 on the Billboard 200

March

Day Artist(s) Album Record label(s) Entering chart position
1 2 Chainz Rap or Go to the League Def Jam Recordings
  • Debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard 200
Blu & Oh No A Long Red Hot Los Angeles Summer Night Nature Sounds
DaBaby Baby on Baby Interscope
  • Debuted at No. 25 on the Billboard 200
Eto & DJ Muggs Hell's Roof Soul Assassins
Lil Skies Shelby Atlantic Records
  • Debuted at No. 5 on the Billboard 200
Little Simz Grey Area Age 101 Music
  • Debuted at No. 87 on the UK Albums Chart
Myka 9 & Adriatic In Motion Automatic Records
7 Bullies (Denmark Vessey, DrxQuinnx & Azarias) いじめっ子 Fxckrxp Records
8 Dave Psychodrama Neighbourhood Recordings
  • Debuted at No. 1 on the UK Albums Chart
Juice Wrld Death Race for Love Grade A Productions, Interscope
  • Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200
14 Lil Gotit Crazy But It's True Alamo Records, Empire
Nav Brown Boy XO
15 Chief Keef & Zaytoven GloToven Glo Gang, RBC Records
  • Debuted at No. 153 on the Billboard 200
Dizzy Wright Nobody Cares, Work Harder Dizzy Wright, Empire
Scarlxrd Infinity Lxrd Records, Island
17 Lil' Flip La Clover Nostra: Clover Gang GT Digital, Lil' Flip
18 Frenzo Harami Chaabian Boyz: Volume 1 Dubba Squad
22 Don Trip Don't Feed the Guerillas
Nav Bad Habits XO, Republic Records
  • Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200
Rich the Kid The World Is Yours 2 Interscope, Rich Forever Music
  • Debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard 200
29 Birdman & Juvenile Just Another Gangsta Cash Money Records
Boosie Badazz Badazz 3.5 Lil Boosie Music
Ill Bill & Stu Bangas Cannibal Hulk Uncle Howie Records
MED Child of the Jungle Bang Ya Head
Quelle Chris Guns Mello Music Group
Yelawolf Trunk Muzik 3 Slumerican, Shady Records, Interscope
  • Debuted at No. 28 on the Billboard 200

April

Day Artist(s) Album Record label(s) Entering chart position
5 JellyRoll Whiskey Sessions II Jingle Punks Music
12 Anderson .Paak Ventura Aftermath Entertainment
  • Debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard 200
Caleb Steph Bellwood Product Dirty Hit, INgrooves
Iann Dior Nothings Ever Good Enough 10k
KSI and Randolph New Age Self-released
  • Debuted at No. 17 on the UK Albums Chart
Riff Raff Pink Python Jody Highroller Ent.
Vinnie Paz & Tragedy Khadafi Camouflage Regime Iron Tusk Music, Enemy Soil
15 JellyRoll Crosses and Crossroads War Dog
19 03 Greedo Still Summer in the Projects Alamo Records
Erick Sermon Vernia Def Squad
Lizzo Cuz I Love You Nice Life, Atlantic Records
  • Debuted at No. 6 on the Billboard 200
Loyle Carner Not Waving, But Drowning AMF Records, Virgin EMI Records
  • Debuted at No. 3 on the UK Albums Chart
Pivot Gang You Can't Sit With Us Pivot Gang
Tech N9ne N9NA Strange Music, RBC, INgrooves
  • Debuted at No. 34 on the Billboard 200
Your Old Droog It Wasn't Even Close Gogul Mogul, Mongoloid Banks
20 Bun B & Statik Selektah TrillStatik ShowOff Records, II Trill Enterprises
Kokane Finger Roll Bud E. Boy Entertainment
Upchurch Creeker II Redneck Nation Records
  • Debuted at No. 66 on the Billboard 200
Wiz Khalifa Fly Times Vol. 1: The Good Fly Young Taylor Gang, Rostrum Records, Atlantic Records
  • Debuted at No. 70 on the Billboard 200
25 Kevin Abstract Arizona Baby Question Everything, RCA Records
  • Debuted at No. 53 on the Billboard 200
OMB Peezy Preacher to the Streets Sick Wid It Records
26 Madchild Demons Battle Axe
Pete Rock Return of the SP1200 Tru Soul Records
Rico Nasty & Kenny Beats Anger Management Sugar Trap
Schoolboy Q Crash Talk Top Dawg Entertainment, Interscope
  • Debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard 200
Twiztid Generation Nightmare Majik Ninja Entertainment
  • Debuted at No. 51 on the Billboard 200
Various artists For the Throne (Music Inspired by the HBO Series Game of Thrones) Columbia
  • Debuted at No. 37 on the Billboard 200

May

Day Artist(s) Album Record label(s) Entering chart position
3 Asian Da Brat Unfuccwithable 1017 Eskimo, Alamo Records
PnB Rock TrapStar Turnt PopStar Atlantic, WEA International
  • Debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard 200
Styles P S.P. The GOAT: Ghost of All Time The Phantom Entertainment LLC, EMPIRE
TOBi STILL Same Plate Entertainment, Sony Music
Bones UnderTheWillowTree TeamSESH
5 Berner El Chivo Bern One Entertainment
Suga Free The Resurrection Buss Clinic LLC
7 Kutt Calhoun Truth Be Told Black Gold Entertainment
10 Diamond D The Diam Piece 2 Dymond Mine Records
DJ Paul Power, Pleasure & Painful Things Scale-A-Ton Ent.
Logic Confessions of a Dangerous Mind Visionary Music Group, Def Jam Recordings
  • Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200
Quando Rondo From the Neighborhood to the Stage Never Broke Again, Atlantic
  • Debuted at No. 29 on the Billboard 200
Smokepurpp Lost Planet 2.0 Alamo Records
17 Curren$y & Statik Selektah Gran Turismo Jet Life, Showoff, EMPIRE
Digga D Double Tap Diaries CGM Records
  • Debuted at No. 11 on the UK Albums Chart
DJ Khaled Father of Asahd We the Best, Epic
  • Debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200
Injury Reserve Injury Reserve Loma Vista Recordings
  • Debuted at No. 14 on the Billboard Heatseekers Albums
Megan Thee Stallion Fever 1501 Certified Ent, 300
  • Debuted at No. 10 on the Billboard 200
Slowthai Nothing Great About Britain Method Records
  • Debuted at No. 9 on the UK Albums Chart
Tyler, the Creator Igor Columbia
  • Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200
24 Beast Coast Escape from New York Columbia
  • Debuted at No. 29 on the Billboard 200
Collie Buddz Hybrid Harper Digital
Moneybagg Yo 43va Heartless N-Less Entertainment
  • Debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard 200
$uicideboy$ & Travis Barker Live Fast Die Whenever G*59 Records
YG 4Real 4Real 4Hunnid Records, Def Jam Recordings
  • Debuted at No. 7 on the Billboard 200
31 Denzel Curry Zuu Loma Vista Recordings
  • Debuted at No. 32 on the Billboard 200
Jim Jones El Capo Vamplife, EMPIRE
  • Debuted at No. 114 on the Billboard 200
Philthy Rich East Oakland Legend SCMMLLC, EMPIRE
Skepta Ignorance Is Bliss Boy Better Know
  • Debuted at No. 2 on the UK Albums Chart
Yung Gravy Sensational Republic
  • Debuted at No. 52 on the Billboard 200

June

Day Artist(s) Album Record label(s) Entering chart position
7 Casey Veggies Organic Vested in Culture, Epic
Future Save Me Epic, Freebandz
  • Debuted at No. 5 on the Billboard 200
MoStack Stacko MizerMillion Entertainment, Virgin, EMI
  • Debuted at No. 3 on the UK Albums Chart
Polo G Die a Legend Polo G, Columbia
  • Debuted at No. 6 on the Billboard 200
Tee Grizzley Scriptures Grizzly Gang, 300
  • Debuted at No. 20 on the Billboard 200
Tyga Legendary Last Kings, Empire
  • Debuted at No. 17 on the Billboard 200
12 GoldLink Diaspora Squaaash Club, RCA
  • Debuted at No. 77 on the Billboard 200
14 Lil Keed Long Live Mexico 300 Entertainment, YSL Records
  • Debuted at No. 26 on the Billboard 200
Your Old Droog Transportation Mongoloid Banks
21 B.o.B Southmatic No Genre, The Dispensary
Gucci Mane Delusions of Grandeur 1017, Atlantic
  • Debuted at No. 7 on the Billboard 200
K Camp Wavy 2 Kritical RARE Sound, Interscope, EMPIRE
Lil Nas X 7 Columbia
  • Debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200
Trina The One Rockstarr Music Group
  • Debuted at No. 126 on the Billboard 200
28 Chris Brown Indigo RCA
  • Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200
Freddie Gibbs & Madlib Bandana Keep Cool, RCA
  • Debuted at No. 21 on the Billboard 200
Mustard Perfect Ten 10 Summers, Interscope
  • Debuted at No. 8 on the Billboard 200

July

Day Artist(s) Album Record label(s) Entering chart position
5 Dreamville Revenge of the Dreamers III Dreamville Records, Interscope
  • Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200
Jaden Smith Erys MSFTSMusic, Roc Nation
  • Debuted at No. 12 on the Billboard 200
Machine Gun Kelly Hotel Diablo Bad Boy, Interscope
  • Debuted at No. 5 on the Billboard 200
12 Big K.R.I.T. K.R.I.T. Iz Here Multi Alumni, BMG
  • Debuted at No. 16 on the Billboard 200
Inspectah Deck Chamber No. 9 Music Generation Corp.
Kool Keith Keith Mello Music Group
19 Iggy Azalea In My Defense Bad Dreams, EMPIRE
  • Debuted at No. 50 on the Billboard 200
Jasiah Jasiah I Am Atlantic
Nas The Lost Tapes 2 Mass Appeal, Def Jam
  • Debuted at No. 10 on the Billboard 200
24 Yung Bans Misunderstood Freebandz
26 Anybody Killa Tampon Juice Native World Inc.
Chance the Rapper The Big Day Self-released
  • Debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200
Comethazine Bawskee 3.5 Alamo, EMPIRE
  • Debuted at No. 53 on the Billboard 200
E-40 Practice Makes Paper Heavy on the Grind
  • Debuted at No. 65 on the Billboard 200
NF The Search Capitol CMG, NF Real Music LLC
  • Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200
Rich Brian The Sailor 88rising
  • Debuted at No. 62 on the Billboard 200
Spice 1 Platinum OG Elder Entertainment
YBN Cordae The Lost Boy YBN Records, Atlantic Records
  • Debuted at No. 13 on the Billboard 200
BJ the Chicago Kid 1123 Motown
UBI Under Bad Influence Strange Music, RBC, Ingrooves
Slim Thug King of the Nawf Hogg Life, SoSouth
28 Big Que The Madness Is Out EP Madness Records

August

Day Artist(s) Album Record label(s) Entering chart position
2 Lil Durk Love Songs 4 the Streets 2 Alamo Records
  • Debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard 200
Saint Dog Bozo Suburban Noize, Force 5 Records
9 Blueface Dirtbag Cash Money Records
  • Debuted at No. 48 on the Billboard 200
Murs and 9th Wonder The Iliad is Dead and the Odyssey is Over Self-released
Rick Ross Port of Miami 2 Maybach Music, Epic
  • Debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200
Trippie Redd ! Caroline, 10k
  • Debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard 200
Ugly God Bumps & Bruises Asylum Records
  • Debuted at No. 46 on the Billboard 200
16 A$AP Ferg Floor Seats RCA
  • Debuted at No. 50 on the Billboard 200
Snoop Dogg I Wanna Thank Me Doggy Style, EMPIRE
  • Debuted at No. 76 on the Billboard 200
Quality Control Music Control the Streets, Volume 2 Quality Control Music, Motown, Capitol
  • Debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard 200
Young Thug So Much Fun YSL Records, 300 Entertainment
  • Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200
20 Little Brother May the Lord Watch Imagine Nation Music, For Members Only, EMPIRE
23 Brockhampton Ginger Question Everything, RCA
  • Debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard 200
Jeezy TM104: The Legend of the Snowman CTE, Def Jam Recordings
  • Debuted at No. 5 on the Billboard 200
Missy Elliott Iconology Atlantic
  • Debuted at No. 24 on the Billboard 200
Obie Trice The Fifth Black Market Entertainment
Rapsody Eve Roc Nation
  • Debuted at No. 76 on the Billboard 200
Trae tha Truth Exhale ABN, EMPIRE
30 Alchemist Yacht Rock 2
Common Let Love Loma Vista
  • Debuted at No. 118 on the Billboard 200
Kano Hoodies All Summer Parlophone, Bigger Picture Music
  • Debuted at No. 8 on the UK Albums Chart
Joell Ortiz Monday Mello
Lil Tecca We Love You Tecca Republic Records
  • Debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard 200
Bones KickingTheBucket TeamSESH

September

Day Artist(s) Album Record label(s) Entering Chart Position
4 IDK Is He Real Warner Music Group
6 EarthGang Mirrorland Dreamville, Interscope, Spillage Village
  • Debuted at No. 40 on the Billboard 200
Ghostface Killah Ghostface Killahs Music Generation Corp.
Post Malone Hollywood's Bleeding Republic
  • Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200
Ras Kass Soul on Ice 2 Mello Music Group
12 Bizzy Bone Carbon Monoxide Bizzy Bone
13 Young Noble 3rd Eye View Outlaw Recordz
JPEGMafia All My Heroes Are Cornballs EQT Records
  • Debuted at No. 105 on the Billboard 200
20 Skyzoo & Pete Rock Retropolitan Mello Music Group
The Gatlin and Yukmouth Double Dragon Tal Boi Entertainment
24 Ryan Upchurch Parachute Redneck Nation
  • Debuted at No. 52 on the Billboard 200
27 Kevin Gates I'm Him Bread Winners' Association
  • Debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard 200
DaBaby Kirk Billion Dollar Baby, Interscope
  • Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200
Pitbull Libertad 548 Mr. 305 Records
Young M.A Herstory in the Making M.A Music, 3D
  • Debuted at No. 16 on the Billboard 200
Joey Cool Old Habits Die Hard Strange Music, RBC, Ingrooves

October

Day Artist(s) Album Record label(s) Entering Chart Position
4 Akon El Negreeto Akonik Label Group
Compton's Most Wanted Gangsta Bizness Bluestamp Music Group
Danny Brown U Know What I'm Sayin? Warp
  • Debuted at No. 134 on the Billboard 200
Peewee Longway & Money Man Long Money Black Circle, MPA BandCamp, EMPIRE
  • Debuted at No. 45 on the Billboard 200
Radamiz Nothing Changes If Nothing Changes Payday, Ultra
9 Father Hu$band EP Awful Records, RCA
11 Curren$y, Trademark & Young Roddy Plan of Attack Babygrande
Lil' Kim 9 Queen Bee, eOne Music
Lil Tjay True 2 Myself Columbia
  • Debuted at No. 5 on the Billboard 200
Wale Wow... That's Crazy Maybach, Warner
  • Debuted at No. 7 on the Billboard 200
YoungBoy Never Broke Again Al YoungBoy 2 Never Broke Again, Atlantic
  • Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200
YK Osiris The Golden Child Def Jam
  • Debuted at No. 90 on the Billboard 200
17 Homeboy Sandman Dusty Mello Music Group
Kool Keith Computer Technology Junkadelic Music
18 BEAM 95 BE I AM, Epic
Black Moon Rise of da Moon
MAVI Let The Sun Talk MAVI
Smoke DZA, Benny the Butcher & Pete Rock Statue of Limitations RFC Music Group, Cinematic
Clipping. There Existed an Addiction to Blood Sub Pop
G-Eazy Scary Nights EP RVG, BPG, RCA
  • Debuted at No. 27 on the Billboard 200
Gucci Mane Woptober II 1017, Atlantic
  • Debuted at No. 9 on the Billboard 200
25 Akon Akonda Akonik Label Group
Kanye West Jesus Is King GOOD, Def Jam
  • Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200
31 Lil' Flip The Art of Freestyle 2 Clover G, SoSouth
Uncommon Nasa & Kount Fif City As School Man Bites Dog

November

Day Artist(s) Album Record label(s) Entering Chart Position
1 Earl Sweatshirt Feet of Clay Tan Cressida, Warner
  • Debuted at No. 102 on the Billboard 200
Gang Starr One of the Best Yet To the Top, Gang Starr Enterprises
  • Debuted at No. 82 on the Billboard 200
Rod Wave Ghetto Gospel Alamo
  • Debuted at No. 10 on the Billboard 200
Stalley Reflection of Self: The Head Trip Nature Sounds
Westside Gunn Hitler Wears Hermes 7 Griselda Records, EMPIRE
Yelawolf Ghetto Cowboy Slumerican
  • Debuted at No. 76 on the Billboard 200
Brother Ali Secrets & Escapes Rhymesayers Entertainment
8 Dave East Survival From The Dirt, Mass Appeal, Def Jam
  • Debuted at No. 11 on the Billboard 200
Doja Cat Hot Pink Kemosabe, RCA
  • Debuted at No. 93 on the Billboard 200
Iann Dior Industry Plant 10k
  • Debuted at No. 44 on the Billboard 200
Jacquees King of R&B Cash Money, Republic
  • Debuted at No. 20 on the Billboard 200
Lil Mosey Certified Hitmaker Interscope Records
  • Debuted at No. 12 on the Billboard 200
Maez301 Maez301 Strange Music, RBC, Ingrooves
15 Lil Peep Everybody's Everything Columbia
  • Debuted at No. 14 on the Billboard 200
Styles P Presence The Phantom Entertainment LLC, EMPIRE
Tory Lanez Chixtape 5 Mad Love, Interscope
  • Debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200
17 Frenzo Harami Gundeh Paseh Dubba Squad
22 03 Greedo & Kenny Beats Netflix & Deal Alamo, EMPIRE
Flipp Dinero Love for Guala We The Best, Cinematic, Epic
  • Debuted at No. 132 on the Billboard 200
Slaine One Day
Trippie Redd A Love Letter to You 4 Caroline, TenThousand Projects
  • Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200
YNW Melly Melly vs. Melvin 300
  • Debuted at No. 8 on the Billboard 200
24kGolden DROPPED OUTTA COLLEGE Columbia
  • Debuted at No. 122 on the Billboard 200
28 Paul Wall & Statik Selektah Give Thanks EP Showoff
29 Blac Youngsta Church on Sunday Heavy Camp, Collective Music Group, Epic
  • Debuted at No. 91 on the Billboard 200
Fabolous Summertime Shootout 3: Coldest Summer Ever Desert Storm, Def Jam
  • Debuted at No. 7 on the Billboard 200
Rittz Put a Crown on It CNT Records
The Game Born 2 Rap Prolific Records, eOne
  • Debuted at No. 19 on the Billboard 200
Griselda W.W.C.D. (What Would Chine Gun Do?) Griselda Records, Shady, Interscope
Smoke DZA & Curren$y Prestige Worldwide RFC Music Group, Jet Life, Cinematic
Lil' Flip The Music Machine GT Digital, Clover G
Bones IFeelLikeDirt TeamSESH

December

Day Artist(s) Album Record label(s) Entering chart position
2 Roc Marciano Marcielago Marci Enterprises
Iggy Azalea Wicked Lips Bad Dreams, EMPIRE
6 Fat Joe & Dre Family Ties RNG, Terror Squad, EMPIRE
  • Debuted at No. 81 on the Billboard 200
French Montana Montana Coke Boys, Bad Boy, Epic
  • Debuted at No. 25 on the Billboard 200
Max B House Money PhaseOne Network
Roddy Ricch Please Excuse Me For Being Antisocial Atlantic
  • Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200
XXXTentacion Bad Vibes Forever Bad Vibes Forever, EMPIRE
  • Debuted at No. 5 on the Billboard 200
10 Bizarre Rufus No Money Records
11 Only The Family & Lil Durk Family Over Everything Only the Family, Alamo, Interscope
  • Debuted at No. 93 on the Billboard 200
13 Atmosphere Whenever
KXNG Crooked & Bronze Nazareth Gravitas Fat Beats, Holy Toledo Productions
KAYTRANADA Bubba KAYTRANADA, RCA
  • Debuted at No. 56 on the Billboard 200
Rich Homie Quan Coma
Robb Bank$ Road to Falconia EMPIRE
Smokepurpp Deadstar 2 Alamo, Interscope
  • Debuted at No. 137 on the Billboard 200
Stormzy Heavy is the Head #Merky Records
YFN Lucci HIStory Think It's A Game Entertainment, Warner
  • Debuted at No. 152 on the Billboard 200
K-Rino Mind Vision Black Book International, SoSouth
18 Various artists 1800 Seconds Vol.2: Curated by Future UnitedMasters
20 Cam'ron Purple Haze 2 Killa Entertainment
  • Debuted at No. 180 on the Billboard 200
Gucci Mane East Atlanta Santa 3 Guwop, Atlantic
  • Debuted at No. 68 on the Billboard 200
Sean Price & Lil' Fame Price of Fame Duck Down Music
Too $hort The Vault Dangerous Music, EMPIRE
Curren$y Back at Burnie's Jet Life, EMPIRE
23 Your Old Droog Jewelry Mongoloid Banks
27 Travis Scott and JackBoys JackBoys Cactus Jack, Grand Hustle, Epic
  • Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200

Highest-charting songs

Hip hop songs from any year which charted in the 2019 Top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100
Song Artist Project Peak position
"Circles" Post Malone Hollywood's Bleeding 1
"Highest in the Room" Travis Scott JackBoys
"Old Town Road" Lil Nas X featuring Billy Ray Cyrus 7
"Sunflower" Post Malone and Swae Lee Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
"Truth Hurts" Lizzo Cuz I Love You
"Wow." Post Malone Hollywood's Bleeding 2
"Good as Hell" Lizzo Coconut Oil 3
"Goodbyes" Post Malone featuring Young Thug Hollywood's Bleeding
"Please Me" Cardi B and Bruno Mars
"Middle Child" J. Cole Revenge of the Dreamers III 4
"Ransom" Lil Tecca We Love You Tecca
"Roxanne" Arizona Zervas
"Futsal Shuffle 2020" Lil Uzi Vert Eternal Atake 5
"Homicide" Logic featuring Eminem Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
"Panini" Lil Nas X 7
"Follow God" Kanye West Jesus Is King 7
"Money in the Grave" Drake featuring Rick Ross The Best in the World Pack
"Suge" DaBaby Baby on Baby
"Take What You Want" Post Malone featuring Ozzy Osbourne and Travis Scott Hollywood's Bleeding 8
"Thotiana" Blueface Famous Cryp
"Bandit" Juice Wrld and YoungBoy Never Broke Again Death Race for Love 10
"Bop" DaBaby Kirk 11
"Hot" Young Thug featuring Gunna So Much Fun
"Hot Girl Summer" Megan Thee Stallion featuring Nicki Minaj and Ty Dolla Sign
"Pop Out" Polo G featuring Lil Tjay Die a Legend
"A Lot" 21 Savage featuring J. Cole I Am > I Was 12
"The London" Young Thug featuring J. Cole and Travis Scott So Much Fun
"Earfquake" Tyler, the Creator Igor 13
"Intro" DaBaby Kirk
"Murder on My Mind" YNW Melly I Am You 14
"Hollywood's Bleeding" Post Malone Hollywood's Bleeding 15
"Enemies" Post Malone featuring DaBaby 16
"Press" Cardi B
"Closed on Sunday" Kanye West Jesus Is King 17
"Saint-Tropez" Post Malone Hollywood's Bleeding 18
"Selah" Kanye West Jesus Is King 19
"Wish Wish" DJ Khaled featuring Cardi B and 21 Savage Father of Asahd
"Die for Me" Post Malone featuring Future and Halsey Hollywood's Bleeding 20
"Leave Me Alone" Flipp Dinero Love for Guala
"Megatron" Nicki Minaj
"Baby" Lil Baby and DaBaby Control the Streets, Volume 2 21
"Higher" DJ Khaled featuring Nipsey Hussle and John Legend Father of Asahd
"My Type" Saweetie Icy
"Vibez" DaBaby Kirk
"On Chill" Wale featuring Jeremih Wow... That's Crazy 22
"On the Road" Post Malone featuring Meek Mill and Lil Baby Hollywood's Bleeding
"Rodeo" Lil Nas X and Cardi B 7
"On God" Kanye West Jesus Is King 23
"Pure Water" Mustard and Migos Perfect Ten
"Act Up" City Girls Girl Code 26
"Racks in the Middle" Nipsey Hussle featuring Roddy Ricch and Hit-Boy
"Look Back at It" A Boogie wit da Hoodie Hoodie SZN 27
"Robbery" Juice Wrld Death Race for Love
"Sanguine Paradise" Lil Uzi Vert 28
"Toes" DaBaby featuring Lil Baby and Moneybagg Yo Kirk
"A Thousand Bad Times" Post Malone Hollywood's Bleeding 29
"Legends" Juice Wrld Too Soon..
"Twerk" City Girls featuring Cardi B Girl Code
"Envy Me" Calboy Wildboy 31
"Bad Bad Bad" Young Thug featuring Lil Baby So Much Fun 32
"Everything We Need" Kanye West featuring Ty Dolla Sign and Ant Clemons Jesus Is King 33
"I'm Gonna Be" Post Malone Hollywood's Bleeding
"223's" YNW Melly featuring 9lokkNine Melly vs. Melvin 34
"Staring at the Sun" Post Malone featuring SZA Hollywood's Bleeding
"Omertà" Drake The Best in the World Pack 35
"Cash Shit" Megan Thee Stallion featuring DaBaby Fever 36
"God Is" Kanye West Jesus Is King
"Shotta Flow" NLE Choppa Cottonwood
"Allergic" Post Malone Hollywood's Bleeding 37
"Camelot" NLE Choppa Top Shotta
"Use This Gospel" Kanye West featuring Clipse and Kenny G Jesus Is King
"Hear Me Calling" Juice Wrld Death Race for Love 38
"Keanu Reeves" Logic Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
"Swervin" A Boogie wit da Hoodie featuring 6ix9ine Hoodie SZN
"Clout" Offset featuring Cardi B Father of 4 39
"Gold Roses" Rick Ross featuring Drake Port of Miami 2
"I" Lil Skies Shelby
"Backin' It Up" Pardison Fontaine featuring Cardi B Under8ed 40

Highest first-week consumption

List of albums with the highest first-week consumption (sales + streaming + track equivalent), as of December 2019 in the United States
Number Album Artist 1st-week consumption 1st-week position Refs
1 Hollywood's Bleeding Post Malone 489,000 1
2 Jesus Is King Kanye West 264,000 1
3 Igor Tyler, the Creator 165,000 1
4 Death Race for Love Juice Wrld 165,000 1
5 Kirk DaBaby 145,000 1
6 Father of Asahd DJ Khaled 136,000 2
7 So Much Fun Young Thug 131,000 1
8 The Search NF 130,000 1
9 The Wizrd Future 125,000 1
10 Revenge of the Dreamers III Dreamville & J. Cole 115,000 1

All critically reviewed albums ranked

Metacritic

Number Artist Album Average score Number of reviews Reference
1 Little Simz Grey Area 91 15 reviews
2 Dave Psychodrama 90 10 reviews
3 Rapsody Eve 90 8 reviews
4 Freddie Gibbs & Madlib Bandana 88 23 reviews
5 Little Brother May the Lord Watch 86 5 reviews
6 JPEGMafia All My Heroes Are Cornballs 85 14 reviews
7 Denzel Curry Zuu 85 8 reviews
8 Lizzo Cuz I Love You 84 24 reviews
9 Maxo Kream Brandon Banks 84 5 reviews
10 Krept & Konan Revenge Is Sweet 84 5 reviews
11 Jme Grime MC 84 4 reviews
12 Danny Brown U Know What I'm Sayin? 83 21 reviews
13 Sampa the Great The Return 83 9 reviews
14 Stormzy Heavy Is the Head 82 17 reviews
15 Slowthai Nothing Great About Britain 82 15 reviews
16 2 Chainz Rap or Go to the League 82 8 reviews
17 Westside Boogie Everythings for Sale 82 7 reviews
18 GoldLink Diaspora 82 6 reviews
19 Giggs BIG BAD 82 6 reviews
20 The Game Born 2 Rap 82 4 reviews
21 Tyler, the Creator IGOR 81 18 reviews
22 AJ Tracey AJ Tracey 81 9 reviews
23 Megan Thee Stallion Fever 81 9 reviews
24 Cordae The Lost Boy 81 5 reviews
25 Quelle Chris Guns 81 4 reviews
26 Skepta Ignorance Is Bliss 79 14 reviews
27 Kano Hoodies All Summer 79 13 reviews
28 Young Thug So Much Fun 79 10 reviews
29 Post Malone Hollywood's Bleeding 79 10 reviews
30 Rico Nasty & Kenny Beats Anger Management 79 4 reviews
31 EarthGang Mirrorland 77 8 reviews
32 03 Greedo Still Summer in the Projects 77 5 reviews
33 Malibu Ken Malibu Ken 76 7 reviews
34 Gunna Drip or Drown 2 76 6 reviews
35 Kevin Abstract ARIZONA BABY 76 4 reviews
36 Gucci Mane Woptober II 76 4 reviews
37 Brockhampton GINGER 75 12 reviews
38 Injury Reserve Injury Reserve 75 7 reviews
39 DaBaby KIRK 74 7 reviews
40 clipping. There Existed an Addiction to Blood 73 11 reviews
41 Lil Durk Love Songs 4 the Streets 2 73 4 reviews
42 Offset Father of 4 72 8 reviews
43 Czarface & Ghostface Killah Czarface Meets Ghostface 72 7 reviews
44 Roddy Ricch Please Excuse Me for Being Antisocial 72 4 reviews
45 Homeboy Sandman Dusty 72 4 reviews
46 Chance the Rapper The Big Day 71 21 reviews
47 Gang Starr One of the Best Yet 71 12 reviews
48 Ghostface Killah Ghostface Killahs 71 4 reviews
49 Future The Wizrd 70 12 reviews
50 Loyle Carner Not Waving, but Drowning 70 12 reviews
51 YG 4Real 4Real 70 8 reviews
52 Common Let Love 70 8 reviews
53 Jidenna 85 to Africa 70 4 reviews
54 DJ Shadow Our Pathetic Age 69 13 reviews
55 ScHoolboy Q CrasH Talk 69 7 reviews
56 Big K.R.I.T. K.R.I.T. Iz Here 69 4 reviews
57 Fredo Third Avenue 68 4 reviews
58 Rick Ross Port of Miami 2 67 7 reviews
59 03 Greedo & Kenny Beats Netflix & Deal 67 5 reviews
60 Rich the Kid The World Is Yours 2 67 4 reviews
61 Logic Confessions of a Dangerous Mind 65 4 reviews
62 Juice Wrld Death Race for Love 61 11 reviews
63 DJ Khaled Father of Asahd 59 7 reviews
64 Trippie Redd ! 59 6 reviews
65 NF The Search 58 6 reviews
66 Jaden ERYS 58 5 reviews
67 XXXTENTACION Bad Vibes Forever 55 6 reviews
68 Kanye West Jesus Is King 53 25 reviews
69 NAV Bad Habits 52 4 reviews
70 Lil Pump Harverd Dropout 46 8 reviews
71 Iggy Azalea In My Defense 39 4 reviews

AnyDecentMusic?

Number Artist Album Average score Number of reviews Reference
1 Dave Psychodrama 8.8 8 reviews
2 Little Simz Grey Area 8.5 15 reviews
3 JPEGMafia All My Heroes Are Cornballs 8.3 10 reviews
4 Freddie Gibbs & Madlib Bandana 8.1 24 reviews
5 Kano Hoodies All Summer 8.1 14 reviews

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