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 Baby Keem’s new album The Melodic Blue, which debuts at #4, and Aaliyah’s self-titled album, which has been released on streaming services for the first time.
| Chart # | Artist(s) | Album title | Sales | Sales + Streams |
| 1 | Drake | Certified Lover Boy | 6,379 | 232,950 |
| 2 | Kanye West | Donda | 2,244 | 80,528 |
| 4 | Baby Keem | The Melodic Blue | 1,187 | 54,068 *DEBUT* |
| 6 | Doja Cat | Planet Her | 582 | 49,411 |
| 12 | Aaliyah | Aaliyah | 16,317 | 27,492 |
| 14 | Pop Smoke | Shoot For The Stars, Aim For The Moon | 601 | 22,130 |
| 17 | Lil Baby & Lil Durk | The Voice Of The Heroes | 63 | 20,413 |
| 18 | Trippie Redd | Trip At Knight | 369 | 19,605 |
| 20 | Lil Baby | My Turn | 261 | 18,731 |
| 21 | The Weeknd | After Hours | 708 | 18,388 |
| 22 | Post Malone | Hollywood’s Bleeding | 287 | 17,770 |
| 23 | Polo G | Hall Of Fame | 247 | 17,406 |
| 24 | Juice WRLD | Legends Never Die | 554 | 17,266 |
| 25 | J. Cole | The Off-Season | 4,24 | 17,141 |
| 26 | Justin Bieber | Justice | 1,197 | 16,925 |
| 33 | Machine Gun Kelly | Tickets To My Downfall | 713 | 14,612 |
| 39 | Eminem | Curtain Call | 435 | 13,251 |
| 43 | Kendrick Lamar | Good Kid, M.A.A.D City | 1,295 | 12,166 |
| 46 | The Weeknd | The Highlights | 699 | 11,396 |