Kendrick Lamar’s “good kid, m.A.A.d city” surpassed its 500th week on the Billboard 200.
Kendrick Lamar, who recently dropped his long-awaited new album “Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers“, continues to achieve new milestones with his previous projects. The Compton rapper has now earned a historic feat on Billboard Chart with his second studio album “good kid, m.A.A.d city”.
“good kid, m.A.A.d city” has now spent a monumental 500 weeks on the Billboard 200, and it becomes the first solo hip-hop studio album in history to reach this milestone.
.@kendricklamar‘s ‘good kid, m.A.A.d city’ has now spent 500 weeks on the Billboard 200. It’s the first hip-hop studio album in history to reach this milestone.
— chart data (@chartdata) May 28, 2022
The project was released in 2012, with guest appearances from Drake, Dr. Dre, Jay-Z, Jay Rock and more, with production from Just Blaze, Pharrell Williams, Hit-Boy and others. It debuted at number 2 on the US Billboard 200 with sales of 242,000 copies in the first week. The album earned Lamar four Grammy Award nominations at the 2014 Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year.
Critics complimented the album’s conceptual scope and Lamar’s lyrics, and it gained considerable recognition. The album opened at number two on the Billboard 200 in the United States, selling 242,000 copies in its first week, making it the highest-selling male hip hop album of 2012. Many end-of-year lists included the album, and it frequently topped them. The Recording Industry Association of America later certified it triple platinum (RIAA). In Rolling Stone’s revised list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, the album was rated 115th in 2020.
