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 Hamilton Mixtape – which debuts at #1 -, Childish Gambino’s Awaken, My Love! and John Legend’s Darkness And Light.
| Chart # | Artist | Album title | Sales | Sales + Streams |
| 1 | Various Artists | The Hamilton Mixtape | 171,320 | 190,040 *DEBUT* |
| 2 | The Weeknd | Starboy | 60,833 | 155,379 |
| 5 | Childish Gambino | Awaken, My Love! | 76,223 | 106,956 *DEBUT* |
| 6 | Bruno Mars | 24K Magic | 37,283 | 56,968 |
| 15 | John Legend | Darkness And Light | 27,424 | 35,056 *DEBUT* |
| 18 | Drake | VIEWS | TBA | 27,325 |
| 23 | Rae Sremmurd | SremmLife 2 | TBA | 24,106 |
| 30 | Rihanna | ANTI | TBA | 18,195 |
| 31 | J. Cole | 2014 Forest Hills Drive | TBA | 17,503 |
| 35 | A Tribe Called Quest | We got it from Here… Thank You 4 Your service | 11,999 | 16,203 |
| 39 | Travi$ Scott | Birds In The Trap Sing McKnight | TBA | 14,735 |
| 45 | Rihanna | ANTI | TBA | 13,387 |
| 47 | The Weeknd | Beauty Behind The Madness | TBA | 12,653 |