Here’s our weekly overview of Hip-Hop and R&B album sales in the US, including an update on where the albums land at the Billboard 200 chart. This time for week 1 of 2025.
No chart debuts in this week’s overview, but the Hip-Hop and R&B albums still dominate the top 50.
Source: HITS Daily Double
| Chart # | Artist(s) | Album title | Sales | Sales + Streams |
| 1 | SZA | SOS Deluxe: LANA | 3,434 | 128,389 |
| 2 | Kendrick Lamar | GNX | 917 | 69,946 |
| 9 | Tyler, The Creator | CHROMAKOPIA | 894 | 37,287 |
| 16 | Rod Wave | Last Lap | 42 | 24,194 |
| 18 | GloRilla | GLORIOUS | 207 | 22,233 |
| 36 | Beyoncé | COWBOY CARTER | 3,917 | 18,489 |
| 37 | Juice WRLD | The Party Never Ends | 74 | 17,203 |
| 39 | Kendrick Lamar | good kid, m.A.A.d city | 3,732 | 17,008 |
| 40 | Tyler, The Creator | IGOR | 7,546 | 16,976 |
| 41 | Frank Ocean | Blonde | 61 | 16,641 |
| 42 | SZA | Ctrl | 3,686 | 16,577 |
| 43 | Eminem | Curtain Call | 1,376 | 16,380 |
| 45 | Drake | Take Care | 1,471 | 15,978 |
| 46 | Juice WRLD | Goodbye & Good Riddance | 505 | 15,956 |
| 49 | J. Cole | 2014 Forest Hills Drive | 2,239 | 15,754 |
| 50 | Kendrick Lamar | DAMN. | 2,370 | 15,605 |