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 J. Cole’s 4 Your Eyez Only – which debuts at #1 -, Post Malone’s debut album Stoney and Tech N9ne’s The Storm.
Chart # | Artist | Album title | Sales | Sales + Streams |
1 | J. Cole | 4 Your Eyez Only | 377,529 | 511,039 *DEBUT* |
3 | The Weeknd | Starboy | 39,675 | 111,564 |
4 | Bruno Mars | 24K Magic | 50,887 | 74,359 |
6 | Post Malone | Stoney | 20,142 | 59,459 *DEBUT* |
11 | Various Artists | The Hamilton Mixtape | 36,083 | 42,965 |
14 | Tech N9ne | The Storm | 32,326 | 37,474 *DEBUT* |
17 | Drake | VIEWS | TBA | 31,580 |
22 | Childish Gambino | Awaken, My Love! | 14,203 | 26,010 |
26 | Rae Sremmurd | SremmLife 2 | TBA | 22,117 |
28 | Rihanna | ANTI | TBA | 21,048 |
30 | John Legend | Darkness And Light | 12,248 | 20,650 |
32 | J. Cole | 2014 Forest Hills Drive | TBA | 20,032 |
40 | Travi$ Scott | Birds In The Trap Sing McKnight | TBA | 15,896 |