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 Wale’s new studio album Folarin II, which debuts at #22.
| Chart # | Artist(s) | Album title | Sales | Sales + Streams |
| 1 | Drake | Certified Lover Boy | 722 | 73,513 |
| 3 | Doja Cat | Planet Her | 358 | 41,297 |
| 5 | YoungBoy Never Broke Again | Sincerely, Kentrell | 797 | 37,781 |
| 7 | Moneybagg Yo | A Gangsta’s Pain | 587 | 34,061 |
| 8 | Young Thug | Punk | 1,269 | 33,810 |
| 9 | Lil Nas X | MONTERO | 345 | 33,072 |
| 12 | Kanye West | Donda | 298 | 28,255 |
| 13 | The Weeknd | The Highlights | 488 | 25,322 |
| 16 | Meek Mill | Expensive Pain | 1,336 | 23,716 |
| 17 | Rod Wave | SoulFly | 292 | 22,411 |
| 20 | Justin Bieber | Justice | 1,028 | 20,826 |
| 21 | Pop Smoke | Shoot For The Stars, Aim For The Moon | 386 | 19,810 |
| 22 | Wale | Folarin II | 2,960 | 19,704 *DEBUT* |
| 23 | Lil Baby | My Turn | 181 | 18,746 |
| 27 | Post Malone | Hollywood’s Bleeding | 222 | 17,380 |
| 28 | Don Toliver | Life Of A Don | 216 | 17,132 |
| 29 | Juice WRLD | Legends Never Die | 545 | 16,744 |
| 30 | Mac Miller | Faces | 3,313 | 16,634 |
| 32 | Juice WRLD | Goodbye & Good Riddance | 84 | 16,027 |
| 33 | Lil Baby & Lil Durk | The Voice Of The Heroes | 42 | 15,764 |
| 34 | Baby Keem | The Melodic Blue | 50 | 15,761 |
| 42 | Polo G | Hall Of Fame | 91 | 14,373 |
| 44 | Eminem | Curtain Call | 501 | 13,060 |