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 Young Thug’s new project Slime Language, which debuts at #8.
| Chart # | Artist(s) | Album title | Sales | Sales + Streams |
| 2 | Travis Scott | ASTROWORLD | 11,352 | 110,975 |
| 3 | Drake | Scorpion | 5,512 | 92,471 |
| 4 | Nicki Minaj | Queen | 21,154 | 89,863 |
| 5 | Post Malone | Beerbongs & Bentleys | 5,161 | 55,558 |
| 8 | Young Thug | Slime Language | 3,124 | 44,256 *DEBUT* |
| 10 | Trippie Redd | Life’s A Trip | 1,623 | 34,162 |
| 11 | Cardi B | Invasion Of Privacy | 1,323 | 33,210 |
| 12 | XXXTentacion | ? | 1,309 | 32,385 |
| 16 | Lil Baby | Harder Than Ever | 204 | 21,419 |
| 18 | Post Malone | Stoney | 1,426 | 20,357 |
| 21 | YG | Stay Dangerous | 569 | 18,724 |
| 24 | XXXTentacion | 17 | 126 | 16,820 |
| 25 | Migos | Culture II | 966 | 16,779 |
| 29 | YoungBoy Never Broke Again | Until Death Call My Name | 102 | 14,931 |
| 31 | Khalid | American Teen | 1,094 | 13,955 |
| 33 | Mac Miller | Swimming | 1,456 | 13,618 |
| 34 | Wiz Khalifa | Rolling Papers 2 | 77 | 13,615 |
| 35 | Beyoncé & Jay-Z | Everything Is Love | 2,595 | 13,515 |
| 41 | J. Cole | KOD | 1,044 | 13,007 |
| 42 | Kendrick Lamar | DAMN. | 1,461 | 12,913 |
| 45 | Lil Uzi Vert | Luv Is Rage 2 | 55 | 11,798 |
| 48 | Kanye West | Ye | 1,874 | 11,274 |