The Notorious B.I.G.’s Greatest Hits returns to the Billboard 200 and reaches 400 total weeks on the chart, becoming the rapper’s first release to hit that milestone. The compilation reenters at No. 189 with just under 9,750 equivalent units, driven almost entirely by streaming. Greatest Hits has now spent more time on the Billboard 200 than all of Biggie’s other charting projects combined.

Notorious B.I.G. Reaches A Huge Chart Milestone Decades After His Death

This time around, Greatest Hits bounces in at No. 189. Luminate reports that in the most recent tracking period, which is reflected on the current Billboard charts, the compilation moved just under 9,750 equivalent units. Streams are responsible for well over 9,000 of those copies, as the title sold just 300 units.
Greatest Hits Reaches 400 Weeks


Greatest Hits is the first release by B.I.G. to hit 400 weeks on the Billboard 200. In fact, it remains the only full-length from the hip-hop megastar to crack triple-digit frames anywhere on the rundown.

Ready to Die is close to crossing that threshold, as it's up to 97 stays somewhere on the 200-space ranking. Life After Death doesn't trail far behind, with 90 weeks spent somewhere on the Billboard 200.
​ Greatest Hits has lived on the Billboard 200 longer than all of the rapper’s other charting efforts combined. Biggie Has Three No. 1 Albums


Both during his lifetime and in the decades that have passed since his death, B.I.G. has sent only half a dozen projects to the Billboard 200. Amazingly, half of those have reached No. 1, and Greatest Hits is counted among those leaders. B.I.G. first topped the tally in April 1997 with Life After Death. Sadly, that set ruled only weeks after he was shot and killed. Two years later, Born Again spent one frame at the summit.

Greatest Hits didn't debut on the Billboard 200 until March 2007 – a decade after the hip-hop musician's passing – and the fact that it launched in first place was yet another sign that he was a generational talent. B.I.G. also cracked the top 10 a year before Greatest Hits with Duets: The Final Chapter. That project opened and peaked at No. 3.​

Ready to Die hit the Billboard 200 in 1994 and narrowly missed out on entering the top 10, as it peaked at No. 15. Most recently, in 2017, Biggie was credited on the album The King & I with Faith Evans, his one-time spouse. That collaborative set spent one frame at No. 65 during its run.​​


Source: forbes.com/sites/hughmcintyre/2026/07/06/notorious-big-reaches-a-huge-chart-milestone-decades-after-his-death/