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 Mary J. Blige’s new album Strength Of A Woman – which debuts at #3 – and Wale’s new project SHINE.
| Chart # | Artist | Album title | Sales | Sales + Streams |
| 1 | Kendrick Lamar | DAMN. | 54,932 | 169,452 |
| 3 | Mary J. Blige | Strength Of A Woman | 69,562 | 75,562 *DEBUT* |
| 4 | Drake | More Life | 4,661 | 67,184 |
| 7 | Bruno Mars | 24K Magic | 15,667 | 39,952 |
| 14 | Future | FUTURE | TBA | 28,550 |
| 15 | Migos | Culture | 2,622 | 27,221 |
| 16 | The Weeknd | Starboy | 4,370 | 25,920 |
| 17 | Wale | SHINE | 12,716 | 25,584 *DEBUT* |
| 18 | Post Malone | Stoney | TBA | 24,520 |
| 20 | Kodak Black | Painting Pictures | TBA | 21,333 |
| 22 | Drake | VIEWS | TBA | 17,940 |
| 24 | Playboi Carti | Playboi Carti | TBA | 17,364 |
| 25 | Travi$ Scott | Birds In The Trap Sing McKnight | TBA | 17,327 |
| 26 | Big Sean | I Decided. | TBA | 16,379 |
| 28 | Future | HNDRXX | TBA | 15,716 |
| 35 | Rihanna | ANTI | TBA | 13,378 |
| 37 | Chance The Rapper | Coloring Book | 0 | 12,485 |
| 38 | J. Cole | 4 Your Eyez Only | 3,632 | 11,675 |
| 44 | Kendrick Lamar | Good Kid, M.A.A.D City | TBA | 10,678 |
| 48 | Rae Sremmurd | SremmLife 2 | TBA | 10,305 |
| 49 | Rick Ross | Rather You Than Me | 4,769 | 10,159 |