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. No chart debuts in this week’s overview, but only older albums that are still selling very well.
| Chart # | Artist | Album title | Sales | Sales + Streams |
| 1 | The Weeknd | Starboy | 16,400 | 66,766 |
| 3 | Bruno Mars | 24K Magic | 22,638 | 44,353 |
| 4 | Drake | VIEWS | 12,973 | 40,141 |
| 5 | J. Cole | 4 Your Eyez Only | 14,203 | 37,075 |
| 12 | Post Malone | Stoney | TBA | 23,336 |
| 14 | Rihanna | ANTI | 4,108 | 22,511 |
| 16 | Rae Sremmurd | SremmLife 2 | TBA | 21,508 |
| 19 | Travi$ Scott | Birds In The Trap Sing McKnight | 4,299 | 19,332 |
| 23 | The Weeknd | Beauty Behind The Madness | 6,521 | 17,074 |
| 25 | Childish Gambino | Awaken, My Love! | 9,816 | 16,359 |
| 27 | A Tribe Called Quest | We Got It From Here… Thank You 4 Your Service | 12,952 | 15,387 |
| 33 | Beyoncé | Lemonade | 8,263 | 12,890 |
| 34 | Justin Bieber | Purpose | TBA | 12,616 |
| 36 | Yo Gotti | White Friday (CM9) | 5,551 | 12,436 |
| 42 | J. Cole | 2014 Forest Hills Drive | TBA | 11,898 |
| 43 | D.R.A.M. | Big Baby D.R.A.M. | TBA | 11,688 |
| 46 | Gucci Mane | The Return Of East Atlanta Santa | TBA | 11,481 |
| 48 | John Legend | Darkness And Light | TBA | 11,059 |
| 49 | Chance The Rapper | Coloring Book | 0 | 11,053 |
| 50 | Bryson Tiller | T R A P S O U L | TBA | 10,964 |