American Music Award for Favorite Rap/Hip Hop Album

American Music Awards for Favorite Rap/Hip Hop Album
American Music Awards for Favorite Rap/Hip Hop Album
Country	United States
Presented by	American Music Awards
First awarded	1989
Last awarded	2022
Currently held by	Kendrick Lamar – Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers
Most awards	Nicki Minaj (3)
Most nominations	Drake (9)
Website	theamas.com

The American Music Award for Favorite Album – Rap/Hip Hop has been awarded since 1989. Years reflect in the year in which the awards were presented, for works released in the previous year (until 2003 onward where awards were handed out on November of the same year). Drake has the most nominations with 9.

Winners and nominees

1980s

Year	Artist	Album	Ref
1989 (16th)
	DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince	He's the DJ, I'm the Rapper	^{[citation needed]}
	Public Enemy	It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
	Run–D.M.C.	Tougher Than Leather

1990s

Year	Artist	Album	Ref
1990 (17th)
	MC Hammer	Let's Get It Started	^[1]
	Eazy-E	Eazy-Duz-It
	Tone Lōc	Lōc-ed After Dark
1991 (18th)
	MC Hammer	Please Hammer, Don't Hurt 'Em	^[2]
	Public Enemy	Fear of a Black Planet
	Vanilla Ice	To the Extreme
1992 (19th)
	DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince	Homebase	^{[citation needed]}
	LL Cool J	Mama Said Knock You Out
	Public Enemy	Apocalypse 91... The Enemy Strikes Black
1993 – 1999	—

2000s

Year	Artist	Album	Ref
2000 – 2002	—
2003 (30th)
	Eminem	The Eminem Show	^[3]
	Ashanti	Ashanti
	Ludacris	Word of Mouf
	Nelly	Nellyville
2003 (31st)
	50 Cent	Get Rich or Die Tryin'	^[4]
	Missy Elliott	Under Construction
	Eminem	8 Mile: Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture
	Sean Paul	Dutty Rock
2004 (32nd)
	Outkast	Speakerboxxx/The Love Below	^[5]
	Jay-Z	The Black Album
	Kanye West	The College Dropout
2005 (33rd)
	50 Cent	The Massacre	^[6]
	Eminem	Encore
	T.I.	Urban Legend
2006 (34th)
	The Black Eyed Peas	Monkey Business	^[7]
	Eminem	Curtain Call: The Hits
	T.I.	King
2007 (35th)
	T.I.	T.I. vs. T.I.P.	^[8]
	Bone Thugs-n-Harmony	Strength & Loyalty
	Young Jeezy	The Inspiration
2008 (36th)
	Kanye West	Graduation	^[9]
	Jay-Z	American Gangster
	Lil Wayne	Tha Carter III
2009 (37th)
	Jay-Z	The Blueprint 3	^[10]
	Eminem	Relapse
	T.I.	Paper Trail

2010s

Year	Artist	Album	Ref
2010 (38th)
	Eminem	Recovery	^[11]
	B.o.B	B.o.B Presents: The Adventures of Bobby Ray
	Drake	Thank Me Later
2011 (39th)
	Nicki Minaj	Pink Friday	^[12]
	Jay-Z and Kanye West	Watch the Throne
	Lil Wayne	Tha Carter IV
2012 (40th)
	Nicki Minaj	Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded	^[13]
	Drake	Take Care
	J. Cole	Cole World: The Sideline Story
2013 (41st)
	Macklemore & Ryan Lewis	The Heist	^[14]
	Jay-Z	Magna Carta Holy Grail
	Kendrick Lamar	Good Kid, M.A.A.D City
2014 (42nd)
	Iggy Azalea	The New Classic	^[15]
	Drake	Nothing Was the Same
	Eminem	The Marshall Mathers LP 2
2015 (43rd)
	Nicki Minaj	The Pinkprint	^[16]
	Drake	If You're Reading This It's Too Late
	J. Cole	2014 Forest Hills Drive
2016 (44th)
	Drake	Views	^[17]
	Drake and Future	What a Time to Be Alive
	Fetty Wap	Fetty Wap
2017 (45th)
	Kendrick Lamar	DAMN.	^[18]
	Drake	More Life
	Migos	Culture
2018 (46th)
	Post Malone	Beerbongs & Bentleys	^[19]
	Drake	Scorpion
	Lil Uzi Vert	Luv Is Rage 2
2019 (47th)
	Post Malone	Hollywood's Bleeding	^[20]
	Meek Mill	Championships
	Travis Scott	Astroworld

2020s

Year	Artist	Album	Ref
2020 (48th)
	Roddy Ricch	Please Excuse Me for Being Antisocial	^[21]
	Lil Baby	My Turn
	Lil Uzi Vert	Eternal Atake
2021 (49th)
	Megan Thee Stallion	Good News	^[22]
	Drake	Certified Lover Boy
	Juice Wrld	Legends Never Die
	Pop Smoke	Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon
	Rod Wave	SoulFly
2022 (50th)
	Kendrick Lamar	Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers	^[23]
	Future	I Never Liked You
	Gunna	DS4Ever
	Lil Durk	7220
	Polo G	Hall of Fame 2.0

Category facts

Multiple wins

Multiple nominations

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