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Tupac Shakur

As the first rapper to ever have a No.1 on the Billboard Top 200 Albums Chart and the highest selling rap/hip-hop artist of all time, Tupac has sold more than 67 million copies worldwide, with 38 million units sold in the U.S. alone. His No. 1 single California Love sold more than 2 million copies. Record sales of 2Pac's posthumous albums have exceeded 20 million units. Tupac has garnered 11 platinum albums and 1 gold album. Eight posthumous albums containing previously unreleased material have all been certified platinum with sales of more than a million copies each. Tupac appeared on Forbes' Top Earning Dead Celebrities list in 2002, 2003 and 2004 with earnings of $7 million, $12 million and $5 million respectively. Rolling Stone ranked Tupac as the 86th Greatest Rock N' Roll artist of all time, as well as placed him at No. 6 on their list of 100 Immortal Artists of All Time. VH1 named Tupac as No. 3 in their 50 Greatest Hip Hop Artists series. MTV's show 100 Greatest Videos Ever Made included Tupac's California Love at No. 9.