Lin Manuel-Miranda carries the success of his Hamilton to the album charts as The Hamilton Mixtape lands at #1 on Billboard’s Top 200. The project sold nearly 187,000 units its first week with more than 168,000 album sales and 21 million streams. 

Top 10 Billboard Top 200 Rap & R&B Albums For The Week Ending 12/08/2016

#1 Various Artists — The Hamilton Mixtape — 186,995 (168,967) [21,079,880]

#2 The Weeknd — Starboy — 150,756 (54,356) [124,148,499]

#5 Childish Gambino — Awaken, My Love! — 101,338 (71,860) [41,539,763]

#6 Bruno Mars — 24K Magic — 58,144 (37,705) [19,987,899]

#14 John Legend — Darkness & Light — 38,928 (26,309) [12,556,783]

#17 Drake – VIEWS – 29,840 (5,416) [33,034,820]

#22 Rae Sremmurd — SremmLife 2 — 24,929 (2,069) [22,606,582]

#25 Various Artists – Suicide Squad: The Album – 21,390 (9,578) [11,001,051]

#28 Mariah Carey — Merry Christmas — 19,533 (9,340) [9,861,745]

#29 Rihanna – ANTI – 19,529 (3,585) [17,354,287]