1995 in hip hop music
This article summarizes the events, album releases, and album release dates in hip hop music for the year 1995.
Released albums
Highest-charting singles
Highest first-week sales
List of top ten albums with the highest first-week home market sales of 1995
Number |
Album |
Artist |
1st-week sales |
1st-week position |
Refs |
1 |
E. 1999 Eternal |
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony |
307,000 |
1 |
Midwest Hip Hop |
2 |
Dogg Food |
Tha Dogg Pound |
277,500 |
1 |
West Coast Hip Hop |
3 |
Me Against The World |
2Pac |
240,000 |
1 |
West Coast Hip Hop |
4 |
Cypress Hill III: Temples of Boom |
Cypress Hill |
142,000 |
3 |
West Coast Hip Hop |
5 |
Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... |
Raekwon |
130,000 |
4 |
East Coast Hip Hop |
6 |
Friday |
Various Artist |
123,000 |
1 |
West Coast Hip Hop |
7 |
Cocktails |
Too Short |
101,000 |
6 |
West Coast Hip Hop |
8 |
On Top of the World |
8Ball & MJG |
83,000 |
8 |
Southern Hip Hop |
9 |
Return to the 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version |
Ol' Dirty Bastard |
81,000 |
2 |
East Coast Hip Hop |
10 |
Mr. Smith |
LL Cool J |
80,000 |
20 |
East Coast Hip Hop |
See also
References