Kendrick Lamar achieves another career milestone.
Kendrick Lamar continues his monumental career and chart run as the rapper now has the longest-running number one album of all time on Billboard’s Top Rap Album chart.
According the Billboard, Lamar’s album GNX, which was released last November, has been number one on the Top Rap Albums chart for a record-breaking 22-week period. The record was previously held by late Pop Smoke’s posthumous album “Shoot For The Stars Aim For The Moon” which topped the chart for 21 weeks.
Kendrick Lamar’s ‘GNX’ becomes the longest-running #1 album in history on Billboard’s Top Rap Albums chart. (22 weeks)
— Surpassing ‘Shoot For The Stars Aim For The Moon’ (21 weeks) pic.twitter.com/Wgo5OEAvPp
— Kendrick Lamar Updates (@KendrickChart) June 29, 2025
The Compton rapper is currently on a joint Grand National tour with SZA, which is now the highest-grossing co-headlining tour of all time. The tour is closing in on its end, and with just 23 shows across America and Canada, the two have grossed over $256 million, with 1.1 million tickets sold. The average attendance of the tour is 48,000.
After just 23 shows, Kendrick Lamar & SZA’s ‘Grand National Tour’ is now the HIGHEST-GROSSING joint tour of all time 🔥🏟️
▫️$256.4M Revenue
▫️1.1M Tickets Sold
▫️48K Average Attendance
▫️$11.1M Average per Show pic.twitter.com/q2O1DPPYFK— Hip Hop All Day (@HipHopAllDayy) June 27, 2025
During the recent stop in Maryland, an emotional SZA gave flowers to Kendrick Lamar. “He put me onto the biggest moment of my life. This is also the biggest moment of my life… I’m so thankful, and I’m so thankful to y’all,” she said.
SZA gets emotional while thanking Kendrick, and he gives her a hug.🥹❤️
“…He put me onto the biggest moment of my life. This is also the biggest moment of my life….I’m so thankful, and I’m so thankful to y’all.”pic.twitter.com/qRg2Jmo52n
— Kendrick Lamar Updates (@KendrickChart) June 19, 2025
