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 Nicki Minaj’s Queen, which debuts at #2, and Trippie Redd’s debut album Life’s A Trip.
| Chart # | Artist(s) | Album title | Sales | Sales + Streams |
| 1 | Travis Scott | ASTROWORLD | 93,998 | 222,555 |
| 2 | Nicki Minaj | Queen | 82,843 | 190,131 *DEBUT* |
| 3 | Drake | Scorpion | 7,098 | 99,446 |
| 4 | Trippie Redd | Life’s A Trip | 15,279 | 70,963 *DEBUT* |
| 5 | Post Malone | Beerbongs & Bentleys | 4,363 | 53,062 |
| 7 | Cardi B | Invasion Of Privacy | 1,897 | 32,215 |
| 10 | XXXTentacion | ? | 1,563 | 31,151 |
| 12 | YG | Stay Dangerous | 752 | 23,933 |
| 15 | Lil Baby | Harder Than Ever | 280 | 20,752 |
| 16 | Mac Miller | Swimming | 2,906 | 20,040 |
| 18 | Post Malone | Stoney | 1,118 | 18,921 |
| 24 | Kanye West | Ye | 5,695 | 15,967 |
| 25 | Migos | Culture II | 979 | 15,828 |
| 27 | XXXTentacion | 17 | 154 | 15,319 |
| 30 | Beyoncé & Jay-Z | Everything Is Love | 2,842 | 14,536 |
| 31 | Wiz Khalifa | Rolling Papers 2 | 120 | 14,471 |
| 32 | J. Cole | KOD | 1,754 | 13,865 |
| 35 | Khalid | American Teen | 1,176 | 13,305 |
| 36 | YoungBoy Never Broke Again | Until Death Call My Name | 144 | 13,137 |
| 39 | Kendrick Lamar | DAMN. | 1,832 | 12,636 |
| 43 | MoneyBagg Yo | Bet On Me | 481 | 11,305 |
| 46 | Lil Uzi Vert | Luv Is Rage 2 | 102 | 10,712 |
| 50 | Future | Beastmode 2 | 0 | 10,330 |