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 12 of 2025.
This week’s overview includes the first week sales of Playboi Carti’s long-awaited new album MUSIC, which debuts at #1.
Source: HITS Daily Double
| Chart # | Artist(s) | Album title | Sales | Sales + Streams |
| 1 | Playboi Carti | MUSIC | 10,280 | 302,083 *DEBUT* |
| 3 | Kendrick Lamar | GNX | 12,965 | 70,764 |
| 4 | PARTYNEXTDOOR & Drake | $ome $exy $ongs 4 U | 268 | 66,616 |
| 5 | SZA | SOS Deluxe: LANA | 2,078 | 62,716 |
| 14 | The Weeknd | Hurry Up Tomorrow | 5,911 | 32,401 |
| 19 | Post Malone | The Diamond Collection | 211 | 26,776 |
| 23 | Tyler, The Creator | CHROMAKOPIA | 374 | 22,556 |
| 28 | Kendrick Lamar | DAMN. | 2,585 | 20,666 |
| 29 | Kendrick Lamar | good kid, m.A.A.d city | 3,024 | 19,822 |
| 35 | Lil Baby | WHAM | 18 | 18,314 |
| 37 | SZA | Ctrl | 2,649 | 17,336 |
| 39 | Frank Ocean | Blonde | 101 | 17,213 |
| 42 | Drake | Take Care | 673 | 16,728 |
| 47 | Eminem | Curtain Call | 837 | 15,877 |