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 6LACK’s sophomore album East Atlanta Love Letter – which debuts at #3 – and YoungBoy Never Broke Again’s EP compilation project 4Respect 4Freedom 4Loyalty 4WhatImportant.
| Chart # | Artist(s) | Album title | Sales | Sales + Streams |
| 2 | Eminem | Kamikaze | 40,672 | 93,584 |
| 3 | 6LACK | East Atlanta Love Letter | 27,484 | 76,340 *DEBUT* |
| 4 | Drake | Scorpion | 3,166 | 69,071 |
| 5 | Travis Scott | ASTROWORLD | 1,381 | 63,478 |
| 6 | Post Malone | Beerbongs & Bentleys | 3,140 | 50,995 |
| 7 | YoungBoy Never Broke Again | 4Respect 4Freedom 4Loyalty 4WhatImportant | 1,465 | 35,146 *DEBUT* |
| 9 | Nicki Minaj | Queen | 3,366 | 33,260 |
| 13 | Mac Miller | Swimming | 4,297 | 29,840 |
| 14 | XXXTentacion | ? | 1,520 | 26,347 |
| 16 | Cardi B | Invasion Of Privacy | 864 | 25,588 |
| 22 | XXXTentacion | 17 | 3,030 | 17,647 |
| 23 | Lil Baby | Harder Than Ever | 194 | 17,316 |
| 25 | Post Malone | Stoney | 871 | 16,538 |
| 26 | Trippie Redd | Life’s A Trip | 209 | 16,082 |
| 31 | Russ | Zoo | 3,035 | 13,951 |
| 33 | Migos | Culture II | 671 | 13,665 |
| 36 | Khalid | American Teen | 1,168 | 12,921 |
| 39 | Kendrick Lamar | DAMN. | 1,462 | 11,662 |
| 40 | YG | Stay Dangerous | 571 | 11,659 |
| 47 | YoungBoy Never Broke Again | Until Death Call My Name | 155 | 11,005 |
| 50 | Lil Uzi Vert | Luv Is Rage 2 | 144 | 10,815 |