"Deserved, dope project": Fans rejoice as Kendrick Lamar's 'GNX' becomes first rap album to hit 1 million U.S. sales in 2025

Kendrick Lamar's latest album, GNX, hits a relatively significant record as it becomes the first rap album of 2025 to sell over 1 million units in the United States.

GNX was released on November 22, 2024. The project has topped multiple global charts. The album is also the rapper's first full-length release under his independent label PGLang after his exit from Top Dawg Entertainment and Aftermath, reports suggest.

The album has been featured with contributions from Jack Antonoff and Sounwave as executive producers and multiple artists such as SZA, Roddy Ricch, Kamasi Washington, and other rising talents.

Chart Data took to its official X (formerly Twitter) page to share:

"@kendricklamar's 'GNX' becomes the first hip-hop album to sell over 1 million units in the US in 2025."

Fans react to the new milestone of Kendrick Lamar's 'GNX'

Fans were quick to gather in the comment section of the post as they voiced their reactions over Kendrick Lamar's latest achievement. Below are what some of them had to share:

"Deserved, dope project", declared a fan.

"How can anyone compete with this level of greatness? Kendrick is in a league of his own.", opined another.

"The domination is real", hyped a third.

"A huge milestone for hip-hop!", expressed a fourth.

"I’m a Kendrick fan too what I don’t get though is y’all get mad when OVO fans jump under every Kendrick post and start comparing him to Drake, yet y’all get under every Kendrick post and make it about Drake. Like damn it is annoying. When did Kendrick fan base become this?", noted a fifth.

Others also chimed in:

"I think the catalyst was the drake fans talking shit the 17 days between push-ups and euphoria. It radicalized a lot of KDOT fans that were normally very silent and made them go on attack mode to defend Kendrick.", posted an X user.

"I have yet to hear a project better since this dropped", lauded another.

"Drake fans and Kendrick fans, if you want to move past the beef and return to the way things used to be, you need to stop leaving negative comments on each other’s posts. It’s just corny. If you want to listen to a your artist, go ahead and do that why waste your time commenting?", penned a third.

"Lol last years album destroying everything in its path. Ovo delulu's said the album would have hype for 1 week. Looks like they're about to spend another year crying", commented a fourth.

GNX was released amid an ongoing rivalry between Kendrick Lamar and rapper Drake. The feud was intensified in 2024 through a series of diss tracks. It has kept both artists in the headlines.

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