MC HAMMER albums and sales

Updated: October 16, 2021

MC HAMMER sold over 19.5 million albums. The best-selling album by MC HAMMER is PLEASE HAMMER DON'T HURT 'EM, which sold over 12.5 million copies. According to the BSA Ranking, MC HAMMER is the 225th best-selling album artist of all time.

The video releases of MC HAMMER have sold over 510,000 units, led by HAMMER TIME with over 205,000 units sold.

MC HAMMER albums ranked by sales

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Rank by Sales ▼ Rank by Year △

№	Album	Year	Total Sales	BSA Ranking
1	PLEASE HAMMER DON'T HURT 'EM MC HAMMER 1990	1990	12,594,160	Rank in 1990 Rank in 1990s Overall rank 4 48 119
2	TOO LEGIT TO QUIT MC HAMMER 1991	1991	3,465,180	Rank in 1991 Rank in 1990s Overall rank 38 407 1,173
3	LET'S GET IT STARTED MC HAMMER 1988	1988	2,126,050	Rank in 1988 Rank in 1980s Overall rank 41 390 2,252
4	THE FUNKY HEADHUNTER MC HAMMER 1994	1994	1,100,000	Rank in 1994 Rank in 1990s Overall rank 173 1,514 4,742
5	JAPAN ONLY SUPER DANCE REMIX MC HAMMER 1991	1991	200,000	Rank in 1991 Rank in 1990s Overall rank 444 6,172 20,467
6	SUPER DANCE REMIX II (JAPAN ONLY II) MC HAMMER 1992	1992	70,250	Rank in 1992 Rank in 1990s Overall rank 778 9,603 34,793
7	INSIDE OUT MC HAMMER 1995	1995	12,990	Rank in 1995 Rank in 1990s Overall rank 1,468 13,711 56,974
8	JAPAN ONLY III RARE TRACKS MC HAMMER 1992	1992	11,190	Rank in 1992 Rank in 1990s Overall rank 1,086 13,742 57,317

MC HAMMER videos ranked by sales

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Rank by Sales ▼ Rank by Year △

№	Video	Year	Total Sales	BSA Ranking
1	HAMMER TIME MC HAMMER 1990	1990	205,000	Rank in 1990 Rank in 1990s Overall rank 7 78 360
2	PLEASE HAMMER DON'T HURT 'EM MC HAMMER 1990	1990	205,000	Rank in 1990 Rank in 1990s Overall rank 8 79 361
3	HERE COMES THE HAMMER MC HAMMER 1991	1991	100,000	Rank in 1991 Rank in 1990s Overall rank 15 250 1,192

MC HAMMER sales by country

MC HAMMER album sales by country

The largest markets for albums by MC HAMMER are the United States (16 million), Japan (1.28 million) and Canada (1 million).

№	Country ▲	Sales △	Albums △
1	Australia	70,000	1
2	Austria	25,000	1
3	Canada	1,000,000	2
4	France	100,000	1
5	Germany	250,000	1
6	Japan	1,284,820	8
7	Netherlands	50,000	1
8	New Zealand	15,000	1
9	Spain	100,000	1
10	Switzerland	25,000	1
11	United Kingdom	660,000	2
12	United States	16,000,000	4

MC HAMMER video sales by country