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 week’s overview includes the first week numbers of Kendrick Lamar’s new album DAMN. – which debuts at #1 and is already certified gold – and Playboi Carti’s self titled debut project.
| Chart # | Artist | Album title | Sales | Sales + Streams |
| 1 | Kendrick Lamar | DAMN. | 361,534 | 610,417 *DEBUT* |
| 3 | Drake | More Life | 9,588 | 86,578 |
| 7 | Bruno Mars | 24K Magic | 17,230 | 44,001 |
| 9 | Future | FUTURE | 5,398 | 36,854 |
| 10 | Migos | Culture | TBA | 28,519 |
| 11 | The Weeknd | Starboy | 4,839 | 28,270 |
| 12 | Playboi Carti | Playboi Carti | 7,520 | 28,051 *DEBUT* |
| 13 | Kodak Black | Painting Pictures | TBA | 27,163 |
| 14 | Post Malone | Stoney | TBA | 25,947 |
| 18 | Big Sean | I Decided. | 3,674 | 20,504 |
| 20 | Drake | VIEWS | TBA | 18,094 |
| 21 | Future | HNDRXX | TBA | 17,354 |
| 22 | Joey Bada$$ | ALL-AMERIKKKAN BADA$$ | 7,119 | 16,618 |
| 24 | Travi$ Scott | Birds In The Trap Sing McKnight | TBA | 16,014 |
| 26 | J. Cole | 4 Your Eyez Only | 6,100 | 14,576 |
| 27 | Rihanna | ANTI | TBA | 14,299 |
| 28 | Kendrick Lamar | Good Kid, M.A.A.D City | 3,151 | 14,294 |
| 30 | Rick Ross | Rather You Than Me | 6,395 | 12,949 |
| 34 | Chance The Rapper | Coloring Book | 0 | 12,312 |
| 37 | Rae Sremmurd | SremmLife 2 | TBA | 11,382 |
| 40 | Trey Songz | Tremaine The Album | 4,285 | 10,859 |
| 46 | Childish Gambino | Awaken, My Love! | TBA | 9,936 |
| 50 | The Weeknd | Beauty Behind The Madness | TBA | 8,861 |