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 Nipsey Hussle’s long-awaited debut album Victory Lap, which debuts at #4.
| Chart # | Artist(s) | Album title | Sales | Sales + Streams |
| 1 | Kendrick Lamar & others | Black Panther The Album | 38,317 | 124,882 |
| 3 | Migos | Culture II | 4,003 | 59,331 |
| 4 | Nipsey Hussle | Victory Lap | 24,560 | 47,558 *DEBUT* |
| 6 | Justin Timberlake | Man Of The Woods | 22,102 | 36,478 |
| 8 | Kendrick Lamar | DAMN. | 8,782 | 29,834 |
| 9 | Post Malone | Stoney | 2,348 | 28,740 |
| 11 | Bruno Mars | 24K Magic | 8,374 | 26,253 |
| 13 | MoneyBagg Yo | 2 Heartless | 2,323 | 21,658 |
| 14 | Lil Uzi Vert | Luv Is Rage 2 | TBA | 21,537 |
| 16 | Khalid | American Teen | 2,731 | 21,405 |
| 18 | Eminem | Revival | 7,871 | 18,474 |
| 19 | G-Eazy | The Beautiful & Damned | TBA | 18,374 |
| 21 | SZA | CTRL | 3,082 | 16,400 |
| 23 | Drake | More Life | TBA | 15,756 |
| 26 | Chris Brown | Heartbreak On A Full Moon | TBA | 14,801 |
| 29 | Drake | Views | TBA | 12,541 |
| 33 | 21 Savage, Offset & Metro Boomin | Without Warning | TBA | 12,143 |
| 35 | The Weeknd | Starboy | TBA | 11,763 |
| 38 | Kodak Black | Project Baby 2 | TBA | 11,396 |
| 42 | Travis Scott & Quavo | Huncho Jack, Jack Huncho | TBA | 10,564 |
| 47 | Migos | Culture | TBA | 10,132 |
| 49 | Drake | Take Care | TBA | 10,036 |
| 50 | Quality Control | Control The Streets Vol. 1 | TBA | 9,661 |