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 36 of 2026.
This week’s recap includes the first-week sales of the 20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition of Beyoncé’s B’DAY album, which debuts at No. 8.
Source: HITS Daily Double
| Chart # | Artist(s) | Album title | Sales | Sales + Streams |
| 7 | Rod Wave | Don’t Look Down | 288 | 39,848 |
| 8 | Beyoncé | B’DAY (20th ANNIVERSARY DELUXE EDITION) | 15,911 | 36,998 *DEBUT* |
| 9 | Drake | ICEMAN | 53 | 36,370 |
| 17 | Post Malone | The Diamond Collection | 480 | 29,073 |
| 18 | SZA | SOS | 990 | 28,234 |
| 23 | Don Toliver | OCTANE | 779 | 25,101 |
| 28 | Drake | Take Care | 1,089 | 21,683 |
| 32 | Kanye West | Graduation | 727 | 19,861 |
| 38 | Justin Bieber | SWAG | 5,372 | 18,328 |
| 50 | Drake | Views | 532 | 16,294 |