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Future

Rapper · USA

Future is an American rapper who holds the record for the most number one albums on the Billboard 200 among rappers.

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Age42
BornNovember 20, 1983 · Atlanta, Georgia, USA
FieldHip-hop and Freebandz
CountryUnited States
RoleRapper

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The Real Me delivered a twelfth number one with 131,000 units, a record set alongside his smallest comparable opening, and made without a single guest.

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Future in 2019

People · Aug 19, 2026

Future passed Eminem and Kanye with his twelfth number one. It was his smallest opening in years

He now holds the all-time record for number one albums outright, past Eminem and Kanye West. He set it with roughly forty per cent fewer units than the last comparable album, on a record with no guests, in a year he spent as a guest on everyone else's.

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