Cardi B will score the second largest debut of 2018 and the first by a female artist. Her album, Invasion of Privacy, could also log the second-highest streams (after Migos) of any album thus far in 2018 with 160 million-plus. It also seems we'll see two Elton John tribute sets in the Top 20: one pop and one country.

- *Cardi B (Atlantic) 215-225k SPS, 90-100k Sales
- The Weeknd (XO/Republic) 74-79k, 9-11k
- *Thirty Seconds To Mars (Interscope) 64-69k, 61-66k
- XXXtentacion (Bad Vibes Forever) 49-53k, 3-4k
- The Greatest Showman (Atlantic) 41-45k, 25-28k
- Black Panther (TDE/Aftermath/Interscope) 38-41k, 4-5k
- Migos (QC/Motown/Capitol) 37-40k, 2-3k
- Rich The Kid (Rich Forever/Interscope) 28-31k, 1-2k
- Post Malone (Republic) 27-30k, 2-3k
- Ed Sheeran (Atlantic) 25-28k, 7-8k
- Logic (Def Jam) 23-26k, 2-3k
- *Various Artists, Revamp: The Songs of Elton John... (Island) 23-26k, 21-24k
- *Lil Xan (Columbia) 23-26k, 11-13k
- *Famous Dex (Rich Forever/300 Entertainment) 23-26k, 2-3k
- Imagine Dragons (Kidinakorner/Interscope) 23-26k, 7-8k
- *The Wonder Years (Hopeless) 20-23k, 18-21k
- Camila Cabello (SYCO/Epic) 19-22k, 2-3k
- *Various Artists, Restoration: The Songs of Elton John (MCA Nashville) 18-21k, 16-18k
- Kendrick Lamar (TDE/Aftermath/Interscope) 18-21k, 3-4k
- Taylor Swift (Big Machine/BMLG) 18-21k, 5-6k
*DEBUTS
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