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 sales of DJ Khaled’s new studio album GOD DID – which debuts at #1 -, Nicki Minaj’s compilation project Queen Radio: Volume 1 and J.I.D’s The Forever Story.
| Chart # | Artist(s) | Album title | Sales | Sales + Streams |
| 1 | DJ Khaled | GOD DID | 9,140 | 107,100 *DEBUT* |
| 4 | Kendrick Lamar | Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers | 38,072 | 54,506 |
| 6 | Beyoncé | RENAISSANCE | 3,583 | 46,304 |
| 7 | Rod Wave | Beautiful Mind | 142 | 44,717 |
| 9 | Bruno Mars & Anderson .Paak | An Evening With Silk Sonic | 33,086 | 39,352 |
| 10 | YoungBoy Never Broke Again | The Last Slimeto | 72 | 31,332 |
| 11 | Nicki Minaj | Queen Radio: Volume 1 | 3,071 | 31,241 *DEBUT* |
| 12 | J.I.D | The Forever Story | 2,271 | 30,992 *DEBUT* |
| 13 | The Weeknd | The Highlights | 592 | 28,409 |
| 15 | Future | I NEVER LIKED YOU | 60 | 25,652 |
| 19 | Lil Durk | 7220 (Deluxe) | 25 | 21,773 |
| 20 | Drake | Certified Lover Boy | 28 | 21,441 |
| 21 | Drake | Honestly, Nevermind | 109 | 21,285 |
| 22 | Lil Baby | My Turn | 118 | 20,639 |
| 23 | Nardo Wick | Who Is Nardo Wick?? (Deluxe) | 29 | 19,977 |
| 24 | Megan Thee Stallion | Traumazine | 568 | 19,481 |
| 25 | Post Malone | Twelve Carat Toothache | 704 | 19,028 |
| 27 | Eminem | Curtain Call 2 | 1,602 | 18,202 |
| 28 | The Weeknd | Starboy | 960 | 17,645 |
| 29 | Doja Cat | Planet Her | 414 | 17,181 |
| 30 | Post Malone | Hollywood’s Bleeding | 550 | 16,752 |
| 31 | Brent Faiyaz | WASTELAND | 56 | 16,090 |
| 39 | Juice WRLD | Goodbye & Good Riddance | 272 | 14,532 |
| 40 | Pop Smoke | Shoot For The Stars, Aim For The Moon | 88 | 14,419 |
| 41 | Lizzo | Special | 2,637 | 14,188 |
| 42 | Chris Brown | Breezy | 137 | 14,141 |
| 46 | Kendrick Lamar | Good Kid, M.A.A.D City | 2,07 | 13,792 |
| 49 | The Weeknd | Dawn FM | 2,004 | 13,512 |