On this day 26 September 2009, Jay-Z started a two-week run at No.1 on the US album charts with ‘The Blueprint 3’, the rappers eleventh studio album.

The Blueprint 3 produced six singles: “D.O.A. (Death of Auto-Tune)”, “Run This Town”, ” “Empire State of Mind”, “On to the Next One”, “Young Forever” and “A Star Is Born”. All singles achieved chart success excluding the latter. The album received generally positive reviews from music critics and was a commercial success. It debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 chart, selling 476,000 copies in its first week