Here’s our weekly overview of Hip-Hop and R&B album sales in the U.S., along with an update on where each album ranks on the Billboard 200 chart — this time for week 20 of 2026.
This week’s recap includes the first-week sales of Chris Brown’s new album BROWN, which debuts at No. 5.
Source: HITS Daily Double
| Chart # | Artist(s) | Album title | Sales | Sales + Streams |
| 5 | Chris Brown | BROWN | 5,501 | 67,012 *DEBUT* |
| 11 | Don Toliver | OCTANE | 667 | 36,066 |
| 16 | Justin Bieber | SWAG | 746 | 31,897 |
| 17 | SZA | SOS | 1,05 | 31,435 |
| 18 | Bruno Mars | The Romantic | 5,275 | 30,239 |
| 21 | Post Malone | The Diamond Collection | 180 | 28,239 |
| 22 | Drake | Take Care | 1,456 | 27,257 |
| 35 | Drake | Views | 506 | 21,321 |
| 41 | Kehlani | Kehlani | 1,381 | 19,311 |
| 47 | Drake | Scorpion | 140 | 18,009 |
| 48 | Kanye West | Graduation | 688 | 17,826 |
| 49 | Drake | Certified Lover Boy | 12 | 17,797 |