Summary
- Kendrick Lamar’s GNX has been crowned the most-streamed rap album on Spotify in 2025, earning 2.98 billion streams — outperforming the next closest album by nearly a billion
- The top five is dominated by a mix of new releases and classic catalog favorites: Playboi Carti’s MUSIC (2.16B) and Tyler, The Creator’s CHROMAKOPIA (1.66B) follow Kendrick, while Kanye West’s Graduation (1.50B) and Lamar’s own DAMN. (1.45B) continue to post massive numbers
- GNX is currently the frontrunner for the 2026 GRAMMY Awards, where Kendrick leads all nominees with nine nods, including Album of the Year and Best Rap Album
Kendrick Lamar’s GNX has been crowned the most-streamed rap album on Spotify in 2025.
Hip Hop All Day reports that Dot’s November 2024 album earned a total of 2.98 billion streams last year, surpassing the 2.16 billion streams of Playboi Carti’s MUSIC. Following the two are Tyler, the Creator’s CHROMAKOPIA at No. 3 with 1.66 billion streams, Kanye West’s Graduation at 1.50 billion streams and Lamar again with DAMN. earning 1.45 billion streams.
The bottom half of the top are made up of Doechii with Alligator Bites Never Heal earning 1.39 billion streams, Travis Scott’s UTOPIA also with 1.39 billion streams, Drake’s Views with 1.35 billion streams, La Flame’s ASTROWORLD with 1.31 billion streams and Metro Boomin’s Heroes & Villains with 1.29 billion streams.
GNX dropped in November 2024 and marked Lamar’s first release outside of TDE. It went on to top the Billboard 200 and is currently in the running for Album of the Year and Best Rap Album at the 2026 GRAMMY Awards.
Check out the list below.
The top 50 most streamed rap albums of 2025 on Spotify (FINAL) 📊💿
#1: GNX — 2.98b
#2: Music — 2.16b
#3: CHROMAKOPIA — 1.66b
#4: Graduation — 1.50b
#5: DAMN. — 1.45b
#6: Alligator Bites Never Heal — 1.39b
#7: UTOPIA — 1.39b
#8: Views — 1.35b
#9: ASTROWORLD — 1.31b
#10: Heroes &… pic.twitter.com/TtPsaYKHix— Hip Hop All Day (@HipHopAllDay) January 1, 2026
