Hip Hop Album Sales: The Weeknd, Lecrae & Fetty Wap

Lecrae and Anderson .Paak debut on Billboard's Top 200 albums chart.

Lecrae and Anderson .Paak debut projects on this week's Billboard Top 200 albums chart. Lecrae's Church Clothes 3 mixtape lands at #12 and Anderson .Paak's Malibu album ranks #79. Panic! At The Disco's Death of a Bachelor takes this week's crown in its opening week of sales with 189,977 album equivalent units sold. This is the group's first #1 album.

The Weeknd Remains In Top 10

The Weeknd reaches #9 with Beauty Behind The Madness' 21st week on the chart. The project sold 33,905 album equivalent units and was streamed more than 19 million times. The singer also has three songs in the Top 15 of the genre's single sales this week.

Lecrae Debuts Church Clothes 3

Lecrae's surprise release, Church Clothes 3 mixtape lands at #12 in its first week. The project sold 29,207 album equivalent units and was streamed nearly three million times. It was the #1 Rap and Hip Hop album and the #1 Independent release. This is the follow-up to his 2014 album, Anomaly, which debuted at #1.

Fetty Wap Drops Out Of Top 10

Fetty Wap's eponymous album charts at #14 in its 17th week on the chart. Fetty Wap sold 25,592 album equivalent units and was streamed more than 16 million times. The Paterson, New Jersey artist has three songs in the Top 20 of the genre's single sales.

Top 10 Billboard Top 200 Rap & R&B Albums For The Week Ending 01/21/2016

Note: The first number below is this week’s “total album equivalent units” count, an intersection of album sales, single sales, and streams implemented by Billboard's new rating system. A pure album sales figure is available in bold in parenthesis and information about each album's streaming count is available in brackets.
#9 The Weeknd - Beauty Behind the Madness - 33,905 (11,347) [19,352,809]
#10 Bryson Tiller - Trapsoul - 30,924 (10,438) [23,367,845]
#12 Lecrae - Church Clothes 3 - 29,207 (25,665) [2,769,582]
#13 G-Eazy - When It's Dark Out - 27,494 (8,078) [16,199,611]
#14 Fetty Wap - Fetty Wap - 25,592 (5,120) [16,055,285]
#22 Chris Brown - Royalty - 20,640 (10,899) [8,824,416]
#23 Drake and Future - What a Time to Be Alive - 19,746 (3,197) [16,541,858]
#27 J. Cole - 2014 Forest Hills Drive - 18,396 (6,702) [12,772,628]
#29 Flo Rida - My House - 17,145 (1,969) [4,919,118]
#34 Future - Dirty Sprite 2 - 15,330 (3,084) [13,352,607]