Here’s our weekly introduction of Hip-Hop and R&B album sales in the United States, consisting of an upgrade on where the albums land at the Billboard 200 chart.
This week’s introduction consists of the very first week sales of YoungBoy Never Broke Again’s brand-new task Lost Files, which debuts at #35.
| Chart # | Artist(s) | Album title | Sales | Sales + Streams |
| SZA | SOS | 778 | 122,936 | |
| Metro Boomin | HEROES & VILLAINS | 333 | 56,255 | |
| Drake & 21 Savage | Her Loss | 288 | 49,063 | |
| The Weeknd | The Highlights | 1,679 | 35,315 | |
| Lil Baby | It’s Only Me | 131 | 28,905 | |
| YoungBoy Never Broke Again | Lost Files | 369 | 18,095 *LAUNCHING* | |
| Lizzo | Special | 3,868 | 17,971 | |
| Beyoncé | RENAISSANCE | 4,111 | 17,141 | |
| Future | I NEVER LIKED YOU | 723 | 16,560 | |
| SZA | Ctrl | 3,028 | 16,413 | |
| Kendrick Lamar | Good Kid, M.A.A.D City | 6,488 | 16,254 | |
| Eminem | Curtain Call | 848 | 15,979 |