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 Drake’s new, long-awaited studio album Certified Lover Boy, which debuts at #1.
| Chart # | Artist(s) | Album title | Sales | Sales + Streams |
| 1 | Drake | Certified Lover Boy | 48,177 | 604,194 *DEBUT* |
| 2 | Kanye West | Donda | 8,008 | 146,505 |
| 5 | Doja Cat | Planet Her | 519 | 50,439 |
| 14 | Trippie Redd | Trip At Knight | 337 | 22,964 |
| 16 | Lil Baby & Lil Durk | The Voice Of The Heroes | 84 | 22,208 |
| 17 | Pop Smoke | Shoot For The Stars, Aim For The Moon | 855 | 21,390 |
| 18 | Lil Baby | My Turn | 270 | 19,128 |
| 19 | The Weeknd | After Hours | 790 | 18,540 |
| 21 | Post Malone | Hollywood’s Bleeding | 247 | 18,046 |
| 23 | Juice WRLD | Legends Never Die | 686 | 17,074 |
| 24 | Polo G | Hall Of Fame | 229 | 17,070 |
| 25 | J. Cole | The Off-Season | 4,178 | 16,926 |
| 26 | Justin Bieber | Justice | 1,304 | 16,319 |
| 28 | Moneybagg Yo | A Gangsta’s Pain | 380 | 15,725 |
| 30 | Lil Tecca | We Love You Tecca 2 | 76 | 15,457 |
| 31 | Juice WRLD | Goodbye & Good Riddance | 151 | 15,353 |
| 42 | Eminem | Curtain Call | 533 | 12,635 |
| 43 | Machine Gun Kelly | Tickets To My Downfall | 641 | 12,463 |
| 45 | Drake | Scorpion | 177 | 12,031 |