Jay-Z albums discography

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American rapper Jay-Z has released thirteen studio albums, five collaboration albums, two live albums, one compilation album, one soundtrack album, two mixtapes, 115 singles (including 45 as a featured artist), nine promotional singles, and 82 music videos. As of December 2014, Jay-Z sold 29,179,000 studio albums in the United States. Jay-Z began his music career in the 1980s, building a reputation as a fledgling rapper in his hometown of Brooklyn, and collaborating with his mentor and fellow rapper Jaz-O. Jay-Z later founded Roc-A-Fella Records with close friends Damon Dash and Kareem "Biggs" Burke, and released his debut album, Reasonable Doubt (1996). The album peaked at number 23 on the US Billboard 200 and has since been recognized as a seminal work of the hip hop genre. Its singles includes "Dead Presidents", "Ain't No Nigga", and "Can't Knock the Hustle", all of which reached the top ten on the Billboard Hot Rap Songs chart. His second album, In My Lifetime, Vol. 1 (1997), saw Jay...

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