This is a list of the best-selling hip-hop albums in the United States in the year 2010 based on RIAA certification and Nielsen SoundScan sales tracking.[1]
| width=5% | Year | width=25% | Artist | width=30% | Album | width=18% | Label | width=10% | Certified Units | width=12% | Certification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Drake | Take Care | Young Money / Cash Money / Republic Records | (8,000,000) | 8× Platinum | ||||||
| 2010 | Eminem | Recovery | Shady / Aftermath / Interscope | (8,000,000) | 8× Platinum | ||||||
| 2010 | Nicki Minaj | Pink Friday | Young Money / Cash Money / Republic Records | (3,000,000) | 3× Platinum | ||||||
| 2010 | Kanye West | My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy | Roc-A-Fella | (3,000,000) | 3× Platinum | ||||||
| 2010 | B.o.B | Atlantic Records | (2,000,000) | 2× Platinum | |||||||
| 2010 | Drake | Thank Me Later | Universal Motown | (1,000,000) | Platinum | ||||||
| 2010 | Lil Wayne | I Am Not a Human Being | Universal Motown | (1,000,000) | Platinum | ||||||
| 2010 | Lil Wayne | Rebirth | Universal Motown | (1,000,000) | Platinum | ||||||
| 2010 | Kid Cudi | Universal Republic | (500,000) | Gold | |||||||
| 2010 | Ludacris | Battle of the Sexes | Disturbing tha Peace / Def Jam | (500,000) | Gold | ||||||
| 2010 | Rick Ross | Teflon Don | Maybach Music / Slip-n-Slide / Def Jam | (500,000) | Gold | ||||||
| 2010 | T.I. | No Mercy | Grand Hustle / Atlantic | (500,000) | Gold |