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 sales of NLE Choppa’s new album Cottonwood 2 – which debuts at #21 – and Yung Bleu’s Love Scars II.
| Chart # | Artist(s) | Album title | Sales | Sales + Streams |
| 3 | SZA | SOS | 208 | 67,726 |
| 7 | Metro Boomin | HEROES & VILLAINS | 1,447 | 37,911 |
| 10 | Drake & 21 Savage | Her Loss | 802 | 32,314 |
| 12 | NF | HOPE | 6,583 | 31,908 |
| 14 | The Weeknd | The Highlights | 538 | 29,100 |
| 18 | Tyler, The Creator | CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST: The Estate Sale | 1,933 | 26,769 |
| 19 | The Weeknd | Starboy | 1,09 | 25,713 |
| 20 | Lil Baby | My Turn | 55 | 25,132 |
| 21 | NLE Choppa | Cottonwood 2 | 1,573 | 24,303 *DEBUT* |
| 22 | Lil Baby | It’s Only Me | 79 | 24,069 |
| 27 | Drake | Certified Lover Boy | 23 | 20,334 |
| 29 | Yung Bleu | Love Scars II | 11,993 | 19,902 *DEBUT* |
| 32 | Frank Ocean | Blonde | 101 | 18,788 |
| 33 | Future | I NEVER LIKED YOU | 91 | 18,157 |
| 34 | Post Malone | Hollywood’s Bleeding | 482 | 18,106 |
| 39 | Eminem | Curtain Call | 277 | 17,429 |
| 41 | SZA | Ctrl | 1,164 | 16,906 |
| 45 | Kendrick Lamar | DAMN. | 595 | 15,819 |
| 47 | Kendrick Lamar | Good Kid, M.A.A.D City | 1,201 | 15,672 |