# Billboard Music Award for Top Rap Album

This is a list of winners and nominees of the Billboard Music Award for Top Rap Album. Notable winners include The Marshall Mathers LP 2, Recovery, and Views. Eminem and Drake are the only rappers to have won the award more than once. As of 2022, Nicki Minaj is the only female rapper to win this award, winning for her second studio album, Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded in 2013.

## Winners and Nominees

| Year | Album | Artist | Other nominees |
| 2006 | King | T.I. | Lil Wayne — Tha Carter II Eminem — Curtain Call: The Hits |
| 2011 | Recovery | Eminem | Nicki Minaj — Pink Friday Lil Wayne — I Am Not a Human Being Kanye West — My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy Drake — Thank Me Later |
| 2012 | Tha Carter IV | Lil Wayne | Kanye West and Jay Z — Watch the Throne Eminem and Royce Da 5'9 — Hell: The Sequel Drake — Take Care LMFAO — Sorry for Party Rocking |
| 2013 | Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded | Nicki Minaj | Kendrick Lamar — Good Kid, M.A.A.D City Macklemore & Ryan Lewis — The Heist Rick Ross — God Forgives, I Don't 2 Chainz — Based on a T.R.U. Story |
| 2014 | The Marshall Mathers LP 2 | Eminem | J. Cole — Born Sinner Drake — Nothing Was the Same Jay Z — Magna Carta Holy Grail Macklemore & Ryan Lewis — The Heist |
| 2015 | 2014 Forest Hills Drive | J. Cole | Drake — If You're Reading This It's Too Late Nicki Minaj — The Pinkprint Iggy Azalea — The New Classic Eminem — The Marshall Mathers LP 2 |
| 2016 | Dreams Worth More Than Money | Meek Mill | Drake — If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late Drake & Future — What A Time To Be Alive Dr. Dre — Compton Kendrick Lamar — To Pimp A Butterfly |
| 2017 | Views | Drake | J. Cole — 4 Your Eyez Only Kevin Gates — Islah DJ Khaled — Major Key A Tribe Called Quest — We Got It from Here... Thank You 4 Your Service |
| 2018 | DAMN. | Kendrick Lamar | Drake — More Life Lil Uzi Vert — Luv Is Rage 2 Post Malone — Stoney Migos — Culture |
| 2019 | Scorpion | Drake | XXXTentacion — ? Travis Scott — Astroworld Post Malone — Beerbongs & Bentleys Cardi B — Invasion of Privacy |
| 2020 | Hollywood's Bleeding | Post Malone | DaBaby — Kirk Juice Wrld — Death Race for Love Roddy Ricch — Please Excuse Me for Being Antisocial Young Thug — So Much Fun |
| 2021 | Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon | Pop Smoke | DaBaby — Blame It on Baby Juice Wrld — Legends Never Die Lil Baby — My Turn Lil Uzi Vert — Eternal Atake |
| 2022 | Certified Lover Boy | Drake | Moneybagg Yo — A Gangsta's Pain Rod Wave — SoulFly The Kid Laroi — F*ck Love Kanye West — Donda |
| 2023 | Her Loss | Drake and 21 Savage | Future — I Never Liked You Lil Baby — It's Only Me Metro Boomin — Heroes & Villains Travis Scott — Utopia |
| 2024 | For All the Dogs | Drake | 21 Savage — American Dream Future and Metro Boomin — We Don't Trust You Nicki Minaj — Pink Friday 2 Rod Wave — Nostalgia |

## Most Wins and Nominations

| Wins | Artist |
| 2 | Eminem |
| 2 | Drake |
| Nominations | Artist |
| 11 | Drake |
| 5 | Eminem |
| 3 | Lil Wayne |
| 3 | Nicki Minaj |
| 3 | Post Malone |
| 2 | DaBaby |
| 2 | Future |
| 2 | Jay Z |
| 2 | Juice Wrld |
| 2 | J. Cole |
| 2 | Kendrick Lamar |
| 2 | Macklemore & Ryan Lewis |
| 2 | Ryan Lewis |
| 2 | Lil Baby |
| 2 | Lil Uzi Vert |
| 2 | Macklemore |
| 2 | Travis Scott |
| 2 | Kanye West |