# BET Hip Hop Award for Album of the Year

The BET Hip Hop Award for Album of the Year is an award presented to recording artists for quality album at the BET Hip Hop Awards. It was originally titled CD of the Year, but it was changed during the 2013 ceremony.

## Recipients

"‡" Indicates the album was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Rap Album. "†" Indicates the album won the Grammy Award for Best Rap Album.
| Year | Recipients | Work | Nominees |
| 2006 | T.I. | King ‡ | Lil Wayne – Tha Carter II Young Jeezy – Let's Get It: Thug Motivation 101 Lupe Fiasco – Food & Liquor ‡ Kanye West – Late Registration † |
| 2007 | T.I. | T.I. vs. T.I.P. ‡ | Jay-Z – Kingdom Come ‡ Ludacris – Release Therapy † Nas – Hip Hop Is Dead ‡ |
| 2007 | Common | Finding Forever ‡ | Jay-Z – Kingdom Come ‡ Ludacris – Release Therapy † Nas – Hip Hop Is Dead ‡ |
| 2008 | Lil Wayne | Tha Carter III † | Jay-Z – American Gangster ‡ Lupe Fiasco – Lupe Fiasco's The Cool ‡ Nas – Untitled ‡ Kanye West – Graduation † |
| 2009 | T.I. | Paper Trail ‡ | Eminem – Relapse † Q-Tip – The Renaissance ‡ Kanye West – 808s & Heartbreak Young Jeezy – The Recession |
| 2010 | Jay-Z | The Blueprint 3 ‡ | B.o.B – B.o.B Presents: The Adventures of Bobby Ray ‡ Eminem – Recovery † Drake – Thank Me Later ‡ Rick Ross – Teflon Don |
| 2011 | Kanye West | My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy † | Big Sean – Finally Famous Lupe Fiasco – Lasers ‡ Nicki Minaj – Pink Friday ‡ Wiz Khalifa – Rolling Papers |
| 2012 | The Throne (Jay-Z & Kanye West) | Watch the Throne ‡ | Common – The Dreamer/The Believer Drake – Take Care † J. Cole – Cole World: The Sideline Story Young Jeezy – TM103: Hustlerz Ambition |
| 2013 | Kendrick Lamar | good kid, m.A.A.d city ‡ | J. Cole – Born Sinner Jay Z – Magna Carta Holy Grail ‡ Nas – Life Is Good ‡ Wale – The Gifted |
| 2014 | Drake | Nothing Was the Same ‡ | Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP 2 † Future - Honest Rick Ross - Mastermind Schoolboy Q - Oxymoron ‡ Yo Gotti - I Am |
| 2015 | J. Cole | 2014 Forest Hills Drive ‡ | Big Sean - Dark Sky Paradise Drake - If You're Reading This It's Too Late ‡ Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp A Butterfly † Nicki Minaj - The Pinkprint ‡ Wale - The Album About Nothing |
| 2016 | Drake | Views ‡ | DJ Khaled – I Changed a Lot Dr. Dre – Compton ‡ Fetty Wap – Fetty Wap Future – DS2 Kanye West – The Life of Pablo ‡ |
| 2017 | Kendrick Lamar | DAMN. † | DJ Khaled – Grateful Future – Future J. Cole – 4 Your Eyez Only Jay-Z – 4:44 ‡ Migos – Culture ‡ |
| 2018 | The Carters (Beyoncé & Jay-Z) | Everything Is Love | Cardi B – Invasion of Privacy † Drake – Scorpion J. Cole – KOD Migos – Culture II |
| 2019 | Travis Scott | Astroworld ‡ | Lizzo – Cuz I Love You DJ Khaled – Father Of Asahd Tyler, the Creator – IGOR † Meek Mill – Championships ‡ |
| 2020 | Roddy Ricch | Please Excuse Me for Being Antisocial | Future – High Off Life DaBaby – Blame It on Baby DaBaby – Kirk Lil Baby – My Turn Megan Thee Stallion – Suga |
| 2021 | Tyler, the Creator | Call Me If You Get Lost † | Moneybagg Yo – A Gangsta's Pain Migos – Culture III Megan Thee Stallion – Good News DJ Khaled – Khaled Khaled 21 Savage and Metro Boomin – Savage Mode II J. Cole – The Off-Season ‡ |
| 2022 | Kendrick Lamar | Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers † | Latto – 777 Drake – Certified Lover Boy Kanye West – Donda ‡ Future – I Never Liked You ‡ Pusha T – It's Almost Dry ‡ Nas – King's Disease II ‡ |
| 2023 | Drake & 21 Savage | Her Loss ‡ | GloRilla – Anyways, Life's Great Coi Leray – Coi DJ Khaled – God Did ‡ Metro Boomin – Heroes & Villains ‡ Jack Harlow – Jackman Lil Uzi Vert – Pink Tape Megan Thee Stallion – Traumazine |
| 2024 | Nicki Minaj | Pink Friday 2 | 21 Savage – American Dream GloRilla – Ehhthang Ehhthang Drake – For All the Dogs Scary Hours Edition Sexyy Red – In Sexyy We Trust Megan Thee Stallion – Megan Gunna – One of Wun Future & Metro Boomin – We Don't Trust You‡ Travis Scott – Utopia‡ |

## Category facts

Artists that received multiple nominations :
| Nominations | Artist |
| 9 | Drake |
| 7 | Jay-Z |
| 6 | Kanye West |
| 5 | Future |
| 5 | J. Cole |
| 5 | DJ Khaled |
| 4 | Kendrick Lamar |
| 4 | Megan Thee Stallion |
| 3 | 21 Savage |
| 3 | Eminem |
| 3 | Lupe Fiasco |
| 3 | Metro Boomin |
| 3 | Nas |
| 3 | Nicki Minaj |
| 3 | T.I. |
| 3 | Jeezy |
| 2 | Big Sean |
| 2 | Common |
| 2 | DaBaby |
| 2 | Glorilla |
| 2 | Lil Wayne |
| 2 | Migos |
| 2 | Rick Ross |
| 2 | Wale |
Artists that received multiple awards :
| Awards | Artist |
| 3 | Jay-Z |
| 3 | T.I. |
| 3 | Kendrick Lamar |
| 3 | Drake |
| 2 | Kanye West |