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 Kid Cudi’s Passion, Pain & Demon Slayin’, Gucci Mane’s Holiday project The Return Of East Atlanta Santa and The LOX’s Filthy America… It’s Beautiful.
| Chart # | Artist | Album title | Sales | Sales + Streams |
| 2 | Bruno Mars | 24K Magic | 90,183 | 114,554 |
| 3 | The Weeknd | Starboy | 36,162 | 100,320 |
| 4 | J. Cole | 4 Your Eyez Only | 44,521 | 91,055 |
| 11 | Kid Cudi | Passion, Pain & Demon Slayin’ | 25,193 | 47,736 *DEBUT* |
| 16 | Various Artists | The Hamilton Mixtape | 29,447 | 33,705 |
| 18 | Gucci Mane | The Return Of East Atlanta Santa | 15,197 | 33,198 *DEBUT* |
| 19 | Drake | VIEWS | TBA | 32,730 |
| 20 | Post Malone | Stoney | TBA | 32,091 |
| 27 | Childish Gambino | Awaken, My Love! | 12,294 | 22,404 |
| 29 | Rae Sremmurd | SremmLife 2 | TBA | 21,563 |
| 33 | Rihanna | ANTI | TBA | 21,095 |
| 38 | John Legend | Darkness And Light | 11,548 | 18,287 |
| 43 | The LOX | Filthy America… It’s Beautiful | 15,556 | 16,635 *DEBUT* |
| 44 | Travi$ Scott | Birds In The Trap Sing McKnight | TBA | 16,238 |
| 45 | The Weeknd | Beauty Behind The Madness | TBA | 16,048 |
| 47 | J. Cole | 2014 Forest Hills Drive | TBA | 14,790 |