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Kendrick Lamar's "good kid, m.A.A.d City" has now been on the Billboard 200 for 600 weeks

Kendrick Lamar's "good kid, m.A.A.d City" is widely regarded as one of the best rap albums of all-time.
Kendrick Lamar's "good kid, m.A.A.d City" is widely regarded as one of the best rap albums of all-time. (Shutterstock/TDE)

Kendrick Lamar's "good kid, m.A.A.d City" has just made history.


On Monday, the album, which was released 2012, became the first non-greatest hits rap album in history to have spent 600 weeks Billboard 200 album chart.


That's just over 11-and-a-half years.


Only 12 albums in history have spent more weeks on the Billboard 200. They include Eminem's 2005 greatest hits album "Curtain Call: The Hits," Bruno Mars' "Doo-Wops & Hooligans," and Pink Floyd's "The Dark Side of the Moon."



Released in October 2012, "good kid, m.A.A.d City" is widely regarded as one of the greatest hip-hop albums of all time.


Boasting exceptional storytelling, introspective lyricism, and masterful production, Lamar's sophomore album has sold over 3 million copies and counting in the United States alone.



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