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<a href="/profile/Nas" class="text-word" target="_blank" >Nas</a> came through with a last-minute contender for album of the year with his latest <a href="https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/450729-nas-kings-disease-iii-review" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">collaborative effort </a>alongside <a href="/profile/hitboy" class="text-word" target="_blank" >Hit-Boy</a>, King&#8217;s Disease III. Critics and fans dubbed the newest opus from the Queensbridge luminary as one of his best in decades, and it looks like the numbers are backing this sentiment.



Following a week of conversation surrounding the album, King&#8217;s Disease III hit the top 10 of the <a href="https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/451818-nas-hit-boys-king-disease-iii-first-week-sales-projections-are-in" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Billboard 200</a>. The album moved 29K in its first week, landing at #10. The Billboard debut marks a milestone for Nas who ties with Hov on his latest record on the Billboard 200.



Thanks to King&#8217;s Disease III, Nas now has as many top 10 albums on the Billboard 200 as <a href="https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/449157-nas-reveals-that-he-still-texts-jay-z-about-their-former-beef" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">his former rival</a> Jay-Z with 16 entries. This means that Nas and Jay currently hold the record for the most top 10 albums among any rappers.



Neither Nas nor Jay-Z topped the charts with their debut efforts. Illmatic opened just outside the top 10, peaking at #12 while Jay&#8217;s Reasonable Doubt debuted at #23. Their subsequent efforts, however, became the starting point of their commercial success. Nas&#8217;s It Was Written debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200, holding the top spot for 12 weeks. Meanwhile, Jay-Z&#8217;s Vol. 2 marked his first chart-topper following a #3 debut for In My Lifetime Vol. 1.



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EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ - OCTOBER 27: Rappers <a href="/profile/JayZ" class="text-word" target="_blank" >Jay Z</a> (R) and Nas perform onstage during Power 105.1's &quot;Powerhouse 2005: Operation Takeover&quot; at the Continental Airlines Arena on October 27, 2005 in East Rutherford, New Jersey. (Photo by Scott Gries/Getty Images for Universal Music)" class="wp-image-452097" srcset="https://editor.urbanlinx.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/GettyImages-56034430.jpg 3000w, https://editor.urbanlinx.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/GettyImages-56034430.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https://editor.urbanlinx.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/GettyImages-56034430.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https://editor.urbanlinx.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/GettyImages-56034430.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https://editor.urbanlinx.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/GettyImages-56034430.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https://editor.urbanlinx.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/GettyImages-56034430.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w, https://editor.urbanlinx.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/GettyImages-56034430.jpg?resize=1500,1000 1500w" sizes="(max-width: 3000px) 100vw, 3000px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ &#8211; OCTOBER 27: Rappers Jay Z (R) and Nas perform onstage during Power 105.1&#8217;s &#8220;Powerhouse 2005: Operation Takeover&#8221; at the Continental Airlines Arena on October 27, 2005 in East Rutherford, New Jersey. (Photo by Scott Gries/Getty Images for Universal Music)</figcaption></figure>



Jay-Z still leads the way for most #1s among any solo act. At this point in his career, Jay is second to the Beatles with 14 #1 albums. The Beatles currently hold the all-time record with 19.



Though Jay-Z and Nas likely aren&#8217;t debating chart positions, the Magic rapper poked fun at their rivalry recently. In the song, &#8220;Thun,&#8221; Nas suggested there&#8217;s still a friendly competition that exists within their friendship.



&#8220;No beef or rivals, they playing ‘Ether’ on TIDAL / Brothers can do anything when they decide to / In a Range Rover, dissecting bars from ‘Takeover’ / Sometimes I text Hova like, ‘N***a, this ain’t over,’ laughing,&#8221; he raps. 



Congratulations to Nas on his latest feat on the charts!