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 Jay Z’s new album 4:44 – which debuts at #1 – and 21 Savage’s debut album Issa.
| Chart # | Artist | Album title | Sales | Sales + Streams |
| 1 | Jay-Z | 4:44 | 175,441 | 277,601 *DEBUT* |
| 2 | 21 Savage | Issa | 21,825 | 75,243 *DEBUT* |
| 3 | Kendrick Lamar | DAMN. | 12,809 | 49,261 |
| 4 | DJ Khaled | Grateful | 7,117 | 46,788 |
| 9 | Calvin Harris | Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 1 | 3,600 | 27,437 |
| 10 | Drake | More Life | TBA | 25,788 |
| 11 | Bruno Mars | 24K Magic | 11,230 | 25,649 |
| 12 | 2 Chainz | Pretty Girls Like Trap Music | 5,236 | 25,106 |
| 14 | SZA | CTRL | 4,297 | 22,562 |
| 15 | Post Malone | Stoney | TBA | 21,821 |
| 17 | Migos | Culture | TBA | 18,289 |
| 21 | The Weeknd | Starboy | TBA | 15,871 |
| 22 | Future | FUTURE | TBA | 15,654 |
| 25 | Playboi Carti | Playboi Carti | TBA | 13,349 |
| 27 | Travi$ Scott | Birds In The Trap Sing McKnight | TBA | 12,580 |
| 29 | Drake | VIEWS | TBA | 12,263 |
| 30 | Childish Gambino | Awaken, My Love! | TBA | 12,042 |
| 33 | Bryson Tiller | True To Self | TBA | 11,180 |
| 36 | Logic | Everybody | TBA | 10,546 |
| 44 | Big Sean | I Decided. | TBA | 9,114 |
| 46 | Rihanna | Anti | TBA | 9,032 |
| 48 | Young Thug | Beautiful Thugger Girls | TBA | 8,794 |
| 50 | Chance The Rapper | Coloring Book | TBA | 8,639 |