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 Drake’s record breaking new album Scorpion, which – of course – debuts at #1.
| Chart # | Artist(s) | Album title | Sales | Sales + Streams |
| 1 | Drake | Scorpion | 158,072 | 749,338 *DEBUT* |
| 3 | Post Malone | Beerbongs & Bentleys | 6,627 | 75,888 |
| 4 | XXXTentacion | ? | 2,850 | 63,209 |
| 6 | Cardi B | Invasion Of Privacy | 3,122 | 46,899 |
| 8 | Beyoncé & Jay-Z | Everything Is Love | 7,392 | 38,362 |
| 12 | Lil Baby | Harder Than Ever | 368 | 29,956 |
| 13 | XXXTentacion | 17 | 943 | 28,117 |
| 17 | Kanye West | Ye | 1,871 | 24,265 |
| 19 | Post Malone | Stoney | 1,567 | 23,611 |
| 22 | Migos | Culture II | 1,193 | 21,336 |
| 23 | J. Cole | KOD | 2,627 | 20,655 |
| 32 | YoungBoy Never Broke Again | Until Death Call My Name | 562 | 16,331 |
| 33 | Khalid | American Teen | 1,293 | 16,005 |
| 34 | Jay Rock | Redemption | 2,083 | 15,928 |
| 35 | Kendrick Lamar | DAMN. | 2,462 | 15,790 |
| 38 | Rich The Kid | The World Is Yours | 210 | 14,351 |
| 41 | Teyana Taylor | K.T.S.E. | 1,786 | 13,942 |
| 42 | Kanye West & Kid Cudi | Kids See Ghosts | 1,731 | 13,891 |
| 43 | Ella Mai | Ready | 1,095 | 13,884 |
| 44 | Kendrick Lamar & others | Black Panther The Album | 1,574 | 13,470 |
| 45 | Drake | Views | 711 | 13,246 |
| 47 | Drake | More Life | 175 | 12,746 |