The album peaked at the top spot in the major English speaking countries – Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, and his native, the United States. Lamar found international success with his third studio album, To Pimp a Butterfly, released in 2015. The album was so popular it ended up being 2018’s 53rd biggest album in terms of overall consumption, nearly a decade after its release! Now signed to a major record label, Lamar‘s second studio album, Good Kid, M.A.A.D City, sold over 2.3 million copies in the United States alone – simply an outstanding result for a hip hop artist in the 2010s.
In 2011, the rising rapper independently released his debut studio album, Section.80, although he wouldn’t truly find success until about a year later.
Morale & The Big Steppers, an album already critically acclaimed as its predecessors.
His latest album, Damn, issued in 2017, is comfortably inside the Top 10 most successful albums from its year.Īfter a long hiatus, he is back with Mr. city world tour this weekend and is scheduled to hit London's iTunes Music Festival September 27.īET.com is your #1 source for Black celebrity news, photos, exclusive videos and all the latest in the world of hip hop and R&B music.In r ecent years, Kendrick Lamar has become one of the most popular artists in the world. "People are labeling this a classic even without the years behind it," he told, "so it's a great feeling, l ets me know that people still wanna hear good music, real music, music that has a connection - rather than just one artist, or one record on the radio." Soon after the release, Lamar was happy with the positive critical and sales reception of the release. His major label debut sustained sales momentum throughout most of the year, due in part to hit singles "Swimming Pools (Drank)," "Poetic Justice" and "B-, Don't Kill My Vibe." The critically acclaimed effort sold 242,000 units in its first week, earning second place on Billboard's Hot 100 and a No. city pushed an additional 9,000 copies this week, bringing its grand total to 1,002,000 copies sold since October 2012. Kendrick Lamar can now add a platinum plaque to his list of achievements.
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