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 Kendrick Lamar’s executive produced Black Panther: The Album, which debuts at #1 with impressive numbers. MoneyBagg Yo’s new project 2 Heartless and 2 Chainz’ The Play Don’t Care Who Makes It EP.
| Chart # | Artist(s) | Album title | Sales | Sales + Streams |
| 1 | Kendrick Lamar & others | Black Panther The Album | 51,954 | 155,797 *DEBUT* |
| 3 | Justin Timberlake | Man Of The Woods | 51,027 | 72,404 |
| 4 | Migos | Culture II | 3,554 | 69,260 |
| 7 | Bruno Mars | 24K Magic | 12,083 | 32,147 |
| 8 | Post Malone | Stoney | TBA | 31,359 |
| 9 | Kendrick Lamar | DAMN. | 6,353 | 29,887 |
| 11 | Lil Uzi Vert | Luv Is Rage 2 | TBA | 24,744 |
| 12 | Khalid | American Teen | 2,715 | 22,781 |
| 14 | G-Eazy | The Beautiful & Damned | TBA | 20,903 |
| 18 | SZA | CTRL | 3,247 | 17,988 |
| 20 | Eminem | Revival | 6,256 | 17,370 |
| 22 | Chris Brown | Heartbreak On A Full Moon | TBA | 16,279 |
| 23 | Kodak Black | Project Baby 2 | TBA | 16,263 |
| 24 | Drake | More Life | TBA | 16,196 |
| 29 | MoneyBagg Yo | 2 Heartless | 5,145 | 14,512 *DEBUT* |
| 35 | 21 Savage, Offset & Metro Boomin | Without Warning | TBA | 13,695 |
| 38 | Drake | Views | TBA | 12,675 |
| 39 | Travis Scott & Quavo | Huncho Jack, Jack Huncho | TBA | 12,513 |
| 41 | The Weeknd | Starboy | TBA | 12,375 |
| 44 | Migos | Culture | TBA | 11,058 |
| 45 | Quality Control | Control The Streets Vol. 1 | TBA | 10,965 |
| 47 | 2 Chainz | The Play Don’t Care Who Makes It | TBA | 10,867 *DEBUT* |
| 50 | A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie | The Bigger Artist | TBA | 10,316 |