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 time for week 18 of 2025.
No chart debuts in this week’s overview, but the Hip-Hop and R&B albums still dominate the top 50.
Source: HITS Daily Double
| Chart # | Artist(s) | Album title | Sales | Sales + Streams |
| 2 | SZA | SOS Deluxe: LANA | 2,105 | 51,687 |
| 3 | Kendrick Lamar | GNX | 5,038 | 46,846 |
| 6 | PARTYNEXTDOOR & Drake | $ome $exy $ongs 4 U | 78 | 42,575 |
| 8 | Playboi Carti | MUSIC | 33 | 34,564 |
| 18 | Post Malone | The Diamond Collection | 203 | 27,589 |
| 27 | The Weeknd | Hurry Up Tomorrow | 1,892 | 21,502 |
| 40 | Kendrick Lamar | good kid, m.A.A.d city | 1,810 | 17,986 |
| 42 | Kendrick Lamar | DAMN. | 1,479 | 17,695 |
| 43 | Drake | Take Care | 826 | 17,553 |
| 44 | SZA | Ctrl | 2,038 | 17,211 |
| 47 | Frank Ocean | Blonde | 102 | 16,856 |
| 49 | Tyler, The Creator | CHROMAKOPIA | 260 | 16,465 |
