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 Wiz Khalifa’s long-awaited new album Rolling Papers 2, which debuts at #2.
| Chart # | Artist(s) | Album title | Sales | Sales + Streams |
| 1 | Drake | Scorpion | 24,576 | 266,464 |
| 2 | Wiz Khalifa | Rolling Papers 2 | 13,110 | 79,945 *DEBUT* |
| 3 | Post Malone | Beerbongs & Bentleys | 5,612 | 67,642 |
| 4 | XXXTentacion | ? | 3,173 | 45,696 |
| 5 | Cardi B | Invasion Of Privacy | 2,095 | 43,418 |
| 8 | Future | Beastmode 2 | 0 | 26,448 |
| 9 | Lil Baby | Harder Than Ever | 324 | 26,161 |
| 11 | Beyoncé & Jay-Z | Everything Is Love | 4,461 | 24,735 |
| 16 | Post Malone | Stoney | 1,291 | 21,291 |
| 18 | XXXTentacion | 17 | 402 | 20,343 |
| 19 | Migos | Culture II | 1,038 | 19,042 |
| 22 | Kanye West | Ye | 969 | 17,065 |
| 23 | J. Cole | KOD | 1,769 | 16,058 |
| 27 | YoungBoy Never Broke Again | Until Death Call My Name | 102 | 15,379 |
| 28 | Khalid | American Teen | 1,193 | 15,073 |
| 29 | Kendrick Lamar | DAMN. | 2,297 | 14,940 |
| 34 | Ella Mai | Ready | 593 | 12,559 |
| 40 | Lil Uzi Vert | Luv Is Rage 2 | 132 | 11,696 |
| 42 | Meek Mill | Legends Of The Summer | 99 | 11,585 |
| 44 | Drake | Views | 401 | 11,572 |
| 45 | Rich The Kid | The World Is Yours | 135 | 11,571 |
| 47 | Kendrick Lamar & others | Black Panther The Album | 984 | 11,444 |
| 49 | SZA | CTRL | 1,039 | 11,043 |
| 50 | Bruno Mars | 24K Magic | 1,950 | 10,876 |