Faith Evans did release a collaborative album featuring Biggie last year, The King & I, but that didn't make much of a splash, selling only 24,000 units. 20 years ago Wallace left Puff Daddy’s party in a GMC Suburban SUV that stopped at a red light at the. alone, and that number will likely gradually rise over time thanks to his undeniable legacy. or Biggie Smalls was shot and killed in a drive-by shooting in LA. Those are some big shoes to fill and leave it to Biggie to manage to create a classic on his second album as well.

I think that it is the best rap album ever made. The two posthumous albums, Born Again and Duets: The Final Chapter, gained 1.96 million and 1.17 million respectively.īiggie has now sold 13.4 million albums in the U.S. came out with a classic album in 1994 entitled 'Ready To Die'. His second studio album, Life After Death, has over five million in sales, while his debut, Ready to Die, has almost four million. The sales for that week are up 339% from the previous week, and as Billboard notes, it's likely because the album was sold for $4.99 on the iTunes store for that period.īecause of this surge, all five of Biggie's solo albums have reached the million-selling mark, with the two albums he finished when he was still alive coming through the biggest numbers. Billboard reports that the compilation sold 4000 copies for the week ending February 8, pushing the album's sales past the one million mark. has now scored his fifth million-selling album in the States.

Thanks to a Greatest Hits compilation released in 2007, The Notorious B.I.G.

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