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 The Weeknd’s new album Starboy, which debuts at #1!
| Chart # | Artist | Album title | Sales | Sales + Streams |
| 1 | The Weeknd | Starboy | 227,396 | 366,309 *DEBUT* |
| 4 | Bruno Mars | 24K Magic | 51,921 | 72,499 |
| 16 | Drake | VIEWS | TBA | 27,262 |
| 17 | Rae Sremmurd | SremmLife 2 | TBA | 26,951 |
| 19 | A Tribe Called Quest | We got it from Here… Thank You 4 Your service | 19,188 | 24,823 |
| 28 | The Weeknd | Beauty Behind The Madness | TBA | 17,856 |
| 29 | Rihanna | ANTI | TBA | 17,621 |
| 30 | Travi$ Scott | Birds In The Trap Sing McKnight | TBA | 16,490 |