Since it&#8217;s still pretty early in the year, we haven&#8217;t had any big releases just yet, but that doesn&#8217;t mean rap and R&amp;B aren&#8217;t selling a whole lot. This week, <a href="/profile/TheWeeknd" class="text-word" target="_blank" >The Weeknd</a> has moved back into the top 5 releases, while Bryson Tiller has hit his highest peak yet, proving his audience is growing each week. In other sales news, the RIAA has<a href="https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&amp;ar=J.+COLE" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"> finally certified J. Cole&#8217;s 2014 Forest Hills Drive album platinum</a>.  Take a look at the full breakdown below. 1)        The Weeknd—Beauty Behind The Madness: Abel is up from 6 to 4 this week, proving he&#8217;s not going anywhere anytime soon. He&#8217;s getting closer and closer to a million sales, with 45,322 equivalent units moved (15,905 excluding streams), making for 878,332 in total.
2)        Fetty Wap—Fetty Wap: Fetty takes a minor slip from 5 to 8, as he moves 35,689 copies (9,050 excluding streams). Seeing as he&#8217;s still charting primarily through streams, his pure sales total is only at 263,000 thus far.
3)        Bryson Tiller—TRAPSOUL: Tiller has continued to surprise us, hitting his highest peak on the charts this week, up from 10 to 9. TRAPSOUL has moved 35,361 units (14,453 excluding streams) with a total of 148,000 in sales.
4)        <a href="http://www.hotnewhiphop.com/ChrisBrown/profile/" target="_blank" class="text-word" rel="noopener">Chris Brown</a>—Royalty: Brown falls from 8 to 12 in his third week, becoming the third best-selling R&amp;B album of the week, despite being the one most recently released. He moves 29,503 units (17,737 excluding streams) for a total of 216,000.
5)        G-Eazy—When It&#8217;s Dark Out: G-Eazy sticks at 13 for a second week, moving 29,188 units (11,322 excluding streams) for a total of 172,000.
6)        <a href="http://www.hotnewhiphop.com/Drake/profile/" target="_blank" class="text-word" rel="noopener">Drake</a> &amp; <a href="/profile/Future" class="text-word" target="_blank" >Future</a>—What A Time To Be Alive: Drake and Future have surpassed 500k in sales, but are still awaiting gold certification. This week they move 23,640 copies (4,918 excluding streams) for a total of 513,000. They fall from 14 to 17.
7)        Future—DS2: Future is down from 18 to 22, as DS2 moves 22,505 units (7,999 excluding streams). Like Fetty, he&#8217;s still getting by through streams mainly, so the LP is still a ways away from gold, at 344,000 total sales. 
8)        Drake—IYRTITL: Drake actually moved up this week, jumping from 29 to 24. He&#8217;s still doing numbers since surpassing a million sold last year, with 20,801 units moved this week (9,389 excluding streams) and a total of 1,150,000 sold. 9)        <a href="http://www.hotnewhiphop.com/JCole/profile/" target="_blank" class="text-word" rel="noopener">J. Cole</a>—2014 Forest Hills Drive: Cole&#8217;s 2014 FHD was <a href="https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&amp;ar=J.+COLE" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">finally certified platinum by the RIAA</a> this week, though it was reported to have moved over a million copies a little while back. This cycle it sells 17,715 units (6,406 excluding streams) for a total of 1,099,000. He falls one spot from 30 to 31.
10)       Kendrick Lamar—To Pimp A Butterfly: Kendrick sneaks bavck into the top ten hip-hop and R&amp;B releases this week, moving from 46 to 39 on the Hot 100. He moves 13,590 units (8,977 excluding streams) for a total of 788,000 copies sold. It&#8217;s an historic week on the Hot 100, as Adele&#8217;s &#8220;Hello&#8221; has finally been unseated after 10 consecutive weeks at the top. Unfortunately, it&#8217;s not Drake but <a href="/profile/JustinBieber" class="text-word" target="_blank" >Justin Bieber</a> who has taken over, as &#8220;Sorry&#8221; graduates to the #1 spot, debuting the same week as Adele 11 weeks back and not budging from #2 since.  Looking toward the bottom the chart, Kevin Gates&#8217; &#8220;2 Phones has made its debut at 93, amking it one of two songs of his on the chart, following &#8220;Really Really&#8221; at 83 (down from 79). <a href="/profile/Jeremih" class="text-word" target="_blank" >Jeremih</a>&#8217;s &#8220;Oui&#8221; has also entered at 81. Meanwhile, <a href="/profile/youngthug" class="text-word" target="_blank" >Young Thug</a> is up from 67 to 60 on &#8220;Best Friend,&#8221; While Bryson Tiller&#8217;s &#8220;Don&#8217;t&#8221; and Post Malone&#8217;s &#8220;White Iverson&#8221; continue their assent, moving to 17 and 14 respectively.

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