G-Unit
Awards & Honours
9
Awards Won
1
Honours
4
Rankings
4
Covers
2
Records
G-Unit's debut album Beg for Mercy sold over 2.3 million copies in the United States, making it one of the best-selling debut albums by a hip-hop group. The group was the first to have their debut album debut at number one on the Billboard 200. They won five major awards in 2004 alone, including Rap Artist of the Year at the Billboard Music Awards. Their influence on 2000s hip-hop culture, particularly in fashion and the mixtape scene, remains significant. Rolling Stone ranked them #41 on its list of the 50 Greatest Hip-Hop Groups of All Time in 2015, and MTV ranked them #9 on its list of the Greatest Hip-Hop Groups of All Time in 2007.
Awards
Honours & Distinctions
RIAA 2× Platinum Certification
Beg for Mercy certified 2× Platinum for sales of over 2 million units in the US.
Rankings & Lists
50 Greatest Hip-Hop Groups of All Time
The 50 Best Hip-Hop Groups
Greatest Hip-Hop Groups of All Time
Top 10 Hip-Hop Groups of All Time
Magazine Covers
Billboard
December 6, 2003
G-Unit: The New Kings of Hip-Hop
Vibe
March 2004
G-Unit Cover
XXL
February 2004
G-Unit Cover
The Source
January 2004
G-Unit Cover
Records & Feats
First group to debut at #1 on Billboard 200 with debut album
Beg for Mercy debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 in 2003, making G-Unit the first hip-hop group to achieve this with a debut album.
Best-selling debut album by a hip-hop group in the 2000s
Beg for Mercy sold over 2.3 million copies in the US, one of the highest-selling debut albums by a hip-hop group.