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<blockquote data-quote="UPROXX" data-source="post: 34539" data-attributes="member: 81"><img src="https://uproxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Kendrick-Lamar-60th-Annual-Grammy-Awards-2018-getty-full.jpg?w=1600&amp;h=660&amp;crop=1" alt="Kendrick Lamar 60th Annual Grammy Awards 2018" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Getty ImageGood Kid, M.A.A.D City, <a href="https://uproxx.com/music/kendrick-lamar-warriors-nba-championship/" target="_blank">Kendrick Lamar’s</a> second album, is one of the biggest LPs ever. By at least one metric, it’s actually the biggest hip-hop album of all time: As of this week, it’s the first hip-hop studio album to spend 500 weeks on the Billboard 200 chart. It’s the second hip-hop release overall to do so, following <a href="https://uproxx.com/music/eminem-jimmy-brian-mike-eminem-show-20th-anniversary-expanded/" target="_blank">Eminem’s</a> 2005 compilation Curtain Call: The Hits.As far as all non-compilation albums, Good Kid, M.A.A.D City is eighth on the all-time list (as of last week, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_200#Most_weeks_on_the_chart" target="_blank">via Wikipedia</a>). It comes after Pink Floyd’s Dark Side Of The Moon (962 weeks), Metallica’s Metallica (660), Nirvana’s Nevermind (576), Bruno Mars’ Doo-Wops &amp; Hooligans (572), Adele’s 21 (541), Michael Jackson’s Thriller (522), and AC/DC’s Back In Black (516).Of those, only the albums from Mars, Adele, and Lamar were released this millennium. When counting compilations, Good Kid, M.A.A.D City is 14th all-time. Meanwhile, Drake’s Take Care is closing in on the 500-week mark, as it’s currently at 481 weeks and is still on the chart.In less good Lamar chart news from this week, Harry Styles’ Harry’s House had <a href="https://uproxx.com/pop/harry-styles-harrys-house-no-1/" target="_blank">521,500 album units sold in its first week</a>. That figure easily tops this year’s previous best for a single week: Lamar’s Mr. Morale &amp; The Big Steppers, which had <a href="https://uproxx.com/music/kendrick-lamar-mr-morale-the-big-steppers-no-1/" target="_blank">295,000 album units sold in its debut frame</a>.Some artists covered here are Warner Music artists. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.<a href="https://uproxx.com/music/kendrick-lamar-good-kid-maad-city-500-weeks-billboard-200-chart/" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="UPROXX, post: 34539, member: 81"] [IMG alt="Kendrick Lamar 60th Annual Grammy Awards 2018"]https://uproxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Kendrick-Lamar-60th-Annual-Grammy-Awards-2018-getty-full.jpg?w=1600&h=660&crop=1[/IMG] [UWSL]Getty Image[/UWSL] [I]Good Kid, M.A.A.D City[/I], [URL='https://uproxx.com/music/kendrick-lamar-warriors-nba-championship/']Kendrick Lamar’s[/URL] second album, is one of the biggest LPs ever. By at least one metric, it’s actually [I]the[/I] biggest hip-hop album of all time: As of this week, it’s the first hip-hop studio album to spend 500 weeks on the [I]Billboard[/I] 200 chart. It’s the second hip-hop release overall to do so, following [URL='https://uproxx.com/music/eminem-jimmy-brian-mike-eminem-show-20th-anniversary-expanded/']Eminem’s[/URL] 2005 compilation [I]Curtain Call: The Hits[/I]. As far as all non-compilation albums, [I]Good Kid, M.A.A.D City[/I] is eighth on the all-time list (as of last week, [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_200#Most_weeks_on_the_chart']via Wikipedia[/URL]). It comes after Pink Floyd’s [I]Dark Side Of The Moon[/I] (962 weeks), Metallica’s [I]Metallica[/I] (660), Nirvana’s [I]Nevermind[/I] (576), Bruno Mars’ [I]Doo-Wops & Hooligans[/I] (572), Adele’s [I]21[/I] (541), Michael Jackson’s [I]Thriller[/I] (522), and AC/DC’s [I]Back In Black[/I] (516). Of those, only the albums from Mars, Adele, and Lamar were released this millennium. When counting compilations, [I]Good Kid, M.A.A.D City[/I] is 14th all-time. Meanwhile, Drake’s [I]Take Care[/I] is closing in on the 500-week mark, as it’s currently at 481 weeks and is still on the chart. In less good Lamar chart news from this week, Harry Styles’ [I]Harry’s House[/I] had [URL='https://uproxx.com/pop/harry-styles-harrys-house-no-1/']521,500 album units sold in its first week[/URL]. That figure easily tops this year’s previous best for a single week: Lamar’s [I]Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers[/I], which had [URL='https://uproxx.com/music/kendrick-lamar-mr-morale-the-big-steppers-no-1/']295,000 album units sold in its debut frame[/URL]. [I]Some artists covered here are Warner Music artists. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.[/I] [url="https://uproxx.com/music/kendrick-lamar-good-kid-maad-city-500-weeks-billboard-200-chart/"]Continue reading...[/url] [/QUOTE]

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