List of best-selling female rappers

This is a following list of the best-selling female rappers of all time, including albums and singles.

Figures for the list only includes pure sales figures and available figures after the 1990s: as of 2010 certifications have been combined with streaming or digital audio sales; in this list only digital sales are counted since most of today artists' pure sales are sold digitally.

Best-selling female rappers worldwide
Artist Country of origin Period active Studio albums Claimed sales
Nicki Minaj Trinidad & Tobago 2010–present (13 years) 4 100 million[1]
Iggy Azalea Australia 2011-present (11 years) 3 70 million[2][3]

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Lauryn Hill United States 1988–present (34 years) 1 50 million[5]
Lil' Kim United States 1994–present (27 years) 6 45 million[6]
Cardi B United States 2015–present (7 years) 1 31 million (singles)[7]
Missy Elliott United States 1997–present (26 years) 6 30 million[8][9][10]

Best-selling female rappers singles

Sales based on claimed figures and certifications.

Rapper Released Single Claimed Sales
Cardi B 2018 "I Like It" 11 million[11]
Cardi B 2017 "Bodak Yellow" 11 million[12]
Nicki Minaj 2011 "Super Bass " 10 million[13]
Iggy Azalea 2014 "Fancy " 9.1 million[14]
Nicki Minaj 2012 "Starships" 7.2 million[14]

Best-selling female rap albums worldwide
Released Album Artist Sales
1998 The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill Lauryn Hill 20 million[15][16][17]
2001 Miss E...So Addictive Missy Elliott 11 million[18]
2002 Under Constrution Missy Elliott 9 million[19]
1996 Ill Na Na Foxy Brown 6 million[20]
1996 Hard Core Lil' Kim 6 million[21]
2010 Pink Friday Nicki Minaj 3.8 million[22]
2014 The Pinkprint Nicki Minaj 3 million[23]
2018 Invasion of Privacy Cardi B 3 million[24]

See also

References
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