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 Machine Gun Kelly’s new album bloom, which debuts at #8.
| Chart # | Artist | Album title | Sales | Sales + Streams |
| 3 | Kendrick Lamar | DAMN. | 30,680 | 114,629 |
| 6 | Drake | More Life | TBA | 56,874 |
| 8 | Machine Gun Kelly | bloom | 34,531 | 49,395 *DEBUT* |
| 10 | Bruno Mars | 24K Magic | 16,108 | 39,497 |
| 12 | Logic | Everybody | 8,020 | 34,599 |
| 18 | Migos | Culture | TBA | 28,663 |
| 19 | Post Malone | Stoney | TBA | 28,569 |
| 20 | Future | FUTURE | TBA | 27,462 |
| 22 | The Weeknd | Starboy | 6,611 | 24,729 |
| 29 | Playboi Carti | Playboi Carti | TBA | 19,568 |
| 31 | Kodak Black | Painting Pictures | TBA | 18,036 |
| 32 | Travi$ Scott | Birds In The Trap Sing McKnight | TBA | 17,394 |
| 33 | Drake | VIEWS | TBA | 17,333 |
| 36 | Big Sean | I Decided. | TBA | 14,903 |
| 37 | Future | HNDRXX | TBA | 14,107 |
| 40 | Mary J. Blige | Strength Of A Woman | 11,009 | 12,981 |
| 42 | Rihanna | ANTI | TBA | 12,581 |
| 43 | Chance The Rapper | Coloring Book | 0 | 12,249 |
| 50 | J. Cole | 4 Your Eyez Only | TBA | 10,473 |