n 1994, "Nuthin' but a "G" Thang" and "Let Me Ride" were nominated at the 36th Grammy Awards, with the latter winning Best Rap Solo Performance for Dr. Dre.[28] That year, readers of Hip Hop Connection voted it the fourth best album of all time, leading the magazine to speculate, "In a few years' time, it could even be remembered as the best rap album of all time."[44]
The Chronic was included in Vibe magazine's list of the 100 Essential Albums of the 20th Century,[45] and the magazine later included it in their list of the Top 10 Rap Albums of All Time, dubbing it a "decade-defining opus".[46] The record was ranked eighth in Spin magazine's "90 Greatest Albums of the '90s",[47] and in 2005, it was ranked at number thirty-five in their list of the "100 Greatest Albums, 1985–2005".[48] Rolling Stone ranked The Chronic at number 138 on their list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.[43] In 2005, MTV Networks listed The Chronic as the third greatest hip hop album in history.[49] The following year, Time magazine named it as one of "The All-Time 100 Albums".[29] In a retrospective issue, XXL magazine awarded The Chronic a perfect "XXL" rating.[50] The Source, who originally gave the album a rating of 4.5 out of 5 mics in 1993, would later include it in their list of the 100 Best Rap Albums; in 2008, the magazine's former editor Reginald Dennis remarked that he "would have given it a five" in retrospect—the magazine's editors had a strict rule forbidding five-mic ratings at the time—and that "no one could have predicted the seismic shift that this album would produce".[51] The Chronic is listed in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.[52]
As of 2015, the album has sold 5.7 million copies in the United States,[3] and was certified Triple Platinum by RIAA on November 3, 1993.[53] It is Dr. Dre's second-bestselling album, as his follow-up album, 2001, was certified sextuple Platinum.[54] The album first appeared on music charts in 1993, peaking on the Billboard 200 at number three, and peaking on Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums at number one.[55] The Chronic spent eight months in the Billboard Top 10.[56] The album's three singles became top ten Billboard singles.[57] "Nuthin' but a "G" Thang" peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100 and at number one on both the Hot Rap Singles and Hot R&B Singles charts.[57] "Fuck Wit Dre Day (And Everybody's Celebratin')" became a top ten single on four different charts, including the Hot R&B Singles (number 6) and the Hot 100 (number 8).[57]
The Chronic didn't chart on the UK Albums Chart until 2000, eight years after its original release, and peaked at number 43 in July 2004. It has sold 260,814 copies there.[58] The Chronic re-entered the charts in 2003, peaking on the Ireland Albums Top 75 at number 48, and on the UK Albums Top 75 in 2004 at number 43.[59]
