List of UK R&B Albums Chart number ones of 2009

British singer Leona Lewis had the first number-one R&B album of 2009 with the deluxe edition of her debut album, Spirit, first released in 2007.

Beyoncé's I Am... Sasha Fierce has spent a cumulative total of twelve weeks at number one, despite just reaching number 3 on the UK Albums Chart.

This is a list of The Official UK Charts Company R&B albums of 2009.

Number ones

Issue Date	Album	Artist
January 4	SpiritTemplate:Fn	Leona Lewis
January 11	I Am… Sasha Fierce	Beyoncé
January 18
January 25	Good Girl Gone BadTemplate:Fn	Rihanna
February 1	I Am… Sasha Fierce	Beyoncé
February 8
February 15	Lovesongs	Luther Vandross
February 22	I Am… Sasha Fierce	Beyoncé
March 1
March 8
March 15	Freedom	Akon
March 22	Just Go	Lionel Richie
March 29	Freedom	Akon
April 5	R.O.O.T.S.	Flo Rida
April 12	I Am… Sasha Fierce	Beyoncé
April 19
April 26
May 3
May 10
May 17Template:Fn	R&B Collection - Summer 2009Template:Fn	Various artists
May 24Template:Fn	RelapseTemplate:Fn	Eminem
May 31Template:Fn
June 7
June 14	The E.N.D.	Black Eyed Peas
June 21
June 28	The EssentialTemplate:Fn	Michael Jackson
July 5Template:Fn
July 12Template:Fn
July 19Template:Fn
July 26Template:Fn

• Template:Fnb The album also attained a peak of number one on the UK Albums Chart
• Template:Fnb The album was simultaniously number-one on the UK Albums Chart
• Template:Fnb The album also attained a peak of number one on the UK Compilation Albums Chart
• Template:Fnb The album was simultaniously number-one on the UK Compilation Albums Chart

See also

• 2009 in British music
• UK R&B Chart
• 2009 in music
• List of number-one R&B hits of 2009 (UK)