Lil Wayne albums discography

American rapper Lil Wayne has released thirteen studio albums, one collaborative album, three compilation albums, five extended plays, and twenty mixtapes. Wayne made his album debut in 1999, with Tha Block Is Hot, which was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America. His later albums, Lights Out released in 2000, and 500 Degreez, released in 2002, attracted minor attention. In 2004, he released the first of his infamous Carter series, with Tha Carter. In 2005, Tha Carter II was released. In 2006, Wayne released a collaborative album with rapper Birdman, titled Like Father, Like Son. In 2008, Wayne released his best-selling album so far, titled Tha Carter III. Certified triple platinum by the RIAA,[1] Tha Carter III won the Best Rap Album award at the 2009 Grammy Awards.[2] Lil Wayne founded record label Young Money Entertainment and released a collaborative album featuring rappers signed to the label, We Are Young Money, in 2009, followed by his debut rock music album Rebirth in 2010. While serving an 8-month prison sentence in New York he released another album entitled I Am Not a Human Being, in September 2010. The next addition to Tha Carter series, Tha Carter IV, was released on August 29, 2011. In 2013, Wayne released a sequel to his 2010 album I Am Not a Human Being, titled I Am Not a Human Being II, followed by two compilation albums with his labels, Rich Gang (2013), and Young Money: Rise of an Empire (2014). After years of legal battles, his 12th studio album Tha Carter V was released on September 28, 2018. Lil Wayne released another album, Funeral, on January 31, 2020.

Lil Wayne albums discography
Lil Wayne performing in New York City
Studio albums	13
Compilation albums	3
EPs	5
Mixtapes	25

As of 2018, all of Wayne's albums have been certified at least gold by the RIAA. His album sales in the United States stand at over 15 million copies as of July 2013,[3] and his digital track sales stand at over 37 million digital copies.[4]

Studio albums

List of studio albums, with selected chart positions, sales figures and certifications

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions										Sales	Certifications
		US [5]	US R&B/HH [6]	US Rap [7]	AUS [8]	CAN [9]	FRA [10]	IRL [11]	NZ [12]	SWI [13]	UK [14]
Tha Block Is Hot	Released: November 2, 1999[15] Label: Cash Money, Universal Formats: CD, LP, cassette	3	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	US: 1,402,000[16]	RIAA: Platinum[1]
Lights Out	Released: December 19, 2000[17] Label: Cash Money, Universal Formats: CD, LP, cassette	16	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		RIAA: Gold[1]
500 Degreez	Released: July 23, 2002[18] Label: Cash Money, Universal Format: CD, LP, download	6	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		RIAA: Gold[1]
Tha Carter	Released: June 29, 2004[19] Label: Cash Money, Universal Format: CD, LP, download	5	2	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	US: 878,000[20]	RIAA: Platinum[1]
Tha Carter II	Released: December 6, 2005[21] Label: Cash Money, Universal Formats: CD, LP, download	2	1	1	—	26	—	—	—	—	—	US: 1,400,000[22]	RIAA: 2× Platinum[1]
Like Father, Like Son (with Birdman)	Released: October 31, 2006[23] Label: Cash Money, Universal Formats: CD, LP, download	3	1	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		RIAA: Gold[1]
Tha Carter III	Released: June 10, 2008[24] Label: Cash Money, Universal Motown Format: CD, LP, download	1	1	1	47	1	25	34	10	17	23	US: 3,800,000[25]	RIAA: 6× Platinum[1] BPI: Gold[26] MC: 2× Platinum[27] ARIA: Gold[28]
Rebirth	Released: February 2, 2010[29] Label: Cash Money, Young Money, Universal Motown Format: CD, LP, download	2	1	1	51	5	86	45	33	15	24	US: 849,000[30]	RIAA: Platinum[1]
I Am Not a Human Being	Released: September 27, 2010[31] Label: Cash Money, Young Money, Universal Motown Format: CD, LP, download	1	1	1	60	4	167	84	—	46	56	US: 1,000,000[30]	RIAA: Platinum[1]
Tha Carter IV	Released: August 29, 2011[32] Label: Cash Money, Young Money, Universal Republic Formats: CD, LP, download	1	1	1	9	1	14	19	8	9	8	US: 2,296,000[33] World: 3,500,000[34]	RIAA: 5× Platinum[1] BPI: Gold[26]
I Am Not a Human Being II	Released: March 26, 2013[35] Label: Young Money, Cash Money, Republic Formats: CD, LP, download	2	2	1	43	5	24	85	—	35	29	US: 529,000[36]	RIAA: 2× Platinum[1] MC: Gold[27]
Free Weezy Album	Released: July 4, 2015[37] Label: Young Money, Republic Formats: Streaming audio	77	45	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Tha Carter V	Released: September 28, 2018 Label: Young Money, Republic, Universal Formats: CD, LP, download	1	1	1	6	1	49	5 [38]	3 [39]	12	5	US: 140,000[40]	RIAA: Platinum[1]
Funeral	Released: January 31, 2020[41] Label: Young Money, Republic, Universal Formats: CD, LP, download	1	1	1	68	5	110 [42]	73 [43]	—	29	61	US: 38,000[44]
I Am Not a Human Being III[45]	Scheduled: 2021	To be released
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Compilation albums

List of compilation albums, with selected chart positions and certifications

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions			Certifications
		US [46]	US R&B [47]	US Rap [48]
We Are Young Money (as part of Young Money)	Released: December 21, 2009[49] Label: Young Money, Cash Money, Republic Formats: CD, download	9	3	1	RIAA: Gold[50]
Rich Gang (as part of Rich Gang)	Released: July 23, 2013[51] Label: Young Money, Cash Money, Republic Formats: CD, download	9	2	2
Rise of an Empire (as part of Young Money)	Released: March 11, 2014[52] Label: Young Money, Cash Money, Republic Formats: CD, download	7	4	2

Extended plays

List of extended plays

Title	EP details
The Leak	Released: December 25, 2007[53] Label: Cash Money Formats: Download
In Tune We Trust	Released: July 5, 2017[54] Label: Young Money Format: Streaming audio
Weezy Workout	Released: June 17, 2020[55] Label: Young Money Format: Digital download, streaming
Weezy Flow	Released: June 24, 2020 Label: Young Money Format: Digital download, streaming
Skateboard Weezy	Released: July 1, 2020 Label: Young Money Format: Digital download, streaming

Mixtapes

List of mixtapes, with selected chart positions

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
		US [5]	US Ind. [56]	US R&B [6]	US Rap [7]
SQ1 (with Sqad Up)	Released: 2002[57] Formats: Download	—	—	—	—
SQ2 (with Sqad Up)	Released: 2002[58] Formats: Download	—	—	—	—
SQ3 (with Sqad Up)	Released: 2002[59] Formats: Download	—	—	—	—
SQ4 (with Sqad Up)	Released: 2002[60] Formats: Download	—	—	—	—
SQ5 (with Sqad Up)	Released: 2003[61] Formats: Download	—	—	—	—
SQ6 (with Sqad Up)	Released: 2003[62] Formats: Download	—	—	—	—
SQ6: Tha Remix (with Sqad Up)	Released: 2003[63] Formats: Download	—	—	—	—
SQ7 (10,000 Bars) (with Sqad Up)	Released: 2003[64] Formats: Download	—	—	—	—
Da Drought	Released: 2003[65] Label: Cash Money Formats: Download	—	—	—	—
Da Drought 2	Released: 2004[66] Label: Cash Money Formats: Download	—	—	—	—
The Prefix	Released: February 2004[67] Label: Cash Money Formats: Download	—	—	—	—
Young Money: The Mixtape Vol. 1 (with Young Money)	Released: October 6, 2005[68] Label: Young Money Format: Download	—	—	—	—
The Suffix	Released: November 20, 2005[69][70] Label: Cash Money Formats: Download	—	—	—	—
The Dedication	Released: December 13, 2005[71] Label: On the Low Formats: Download	—	—	93	—
Dedication 2	Released: September 4, 2006[72] Label: BCD Formats: Download	—	30	85	—
Da Drought 3	Released: May 11, 2007[73] Label: Young Money Formats: Download	—	—	—	—
Dedication 3	Released: December 16, 2008[74] Label: Aphilliates Formats: Download	111	12	28	9
No Ceilings	Released: October 31, 2009[75] Label: Cash Money, Young Money Formats: Download	18	—	—	—
Sorry 4 the Wait	Released: July 13, 2011[76] Label: Cash Money, Young Money Formats: Download	—	—	—	—
Dedication 4	Released: September 3, 2012[77] Label: Young Money, Aphilliates Formats: Download	—	—	56	—
Dedication 5	Released: September 1, 2013[78] Label: Young Money Formats: Download	—	—	—	—
Sorry 4 the Wait 2	Released: January 20, 2015[79] Label: Young Money Formats: Download	—	49	47	—
No Ceilings 2	Released: November 26, 2015[79] Label: Young Money Formats: Download	—	—	—	—
T-Wayne (with T-Pain)	Released: May 18, 2017[80] Label: Nappy Boy Format: Download	—	—	—	—
Dedication 6	Released: December 25, 2017[81] Label: Young Money Formats: Download	—	—	—	—
Dedication 6: Reloaded	Released: January 26, 2018[82] Label: Young Money Formats: Download	—	—	—	—
No Ceilings 3	Released: November 27, 2020 [83]	—	—	—	—

See also

• Lil Wayne singles discography
• Lil Wayne videography

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External links

• Official website