Kendrick Lamar’s “DAMN” has now spent 9 consecutive years on the Billboard 200.
— It has never left the chart since its release & is the longest charting album of 2017.
Kendrick Lamar's 'good kid, m.A.A.d city' is the first album to earn at least 700 weeks on the Billboard 200 since Michael Jackson's 'Thriller'.
'Thriller' achieved the milestone in October 2025.
9 years ago today, Kendrick Lamar released “HUMBLE.”
— It was Kendrick’s first solo #1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100, and is the first rap song to sell 20 MILLION units in the US.
Kendrick Lamar’s ‘good kid, m.A.A.d city’ has now spent 700 total weeks on the Billboard 200.
— It’s the longest charting hip-hop studio album in history.
Kendrick Lamar received three awards at the 2026 iHeart Radio Music Awards:
• Hip-Hop Artist of the Year
• Hip-Hop Album of the Year — ‘GNX’
• Hip-Hop Song of the Year — ‘luther’