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 Yo Gotti’s White Friday (CM9) and Run The Jewels’ new project Run The Jewels 3.
| Chart # | Artist | Album title | Sales | Sales + Streams |
| 2 | The Weeknd | Starboy | 33,391 | 93,447 |
| 3 | Bruno Mars | 24K Magic | 61,312 | 86,838 |
| 4 | J. Cole | 4 Your Eyez Only | 44,961 | 76,500 |
| 8 | Drake | VIEWS | 18,271 | 48,614 |
| 19 | Rae Sremmurd | SremmLife 2 | TBA | 31,717 |
| 22 | Post Malone | Stoney | 6,417 | 29,671 |
| 24 | Yo Gotti | White Friday (CM9) | 16,895 | 28,078 *DEBUT* |
| 26 | Various Artists | The Hamilton Mixtape | 22,449 | 26,197 |
| 29 | Rihanna | ANTI | TBA | 24,722 |
| 35 | Travi$ Scott | Birds In The Trap Sing McKnight | TBA | 21,154 |
| 36 | Beyoncé | Lemonade | 12,860 | 20,443 |
| 40 | Run The Jewels | Run The Jewels 3 | 16,576 | 18,105 *DEBUT* |
| 42 | Childish Gambino | Awaken, My Love! | 9,815 | 17,291 |
| 47 | A Tribe Called Quest | We Got It From Here… Thank You 4 Your Service | 13,939 | 15,918 |
| 48 | J. Cole | 2014 Forest Hills Drive | TBA | 15,370 |
| 49 | The Weeknd | Beauty Behind The Madness | TBA | 14,002 |
| 50 | John Legend | Darkness And Light | 6,418 | 13,293 |