Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums
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Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (formerly Top R&B/Black Albums) is a chart published by Billboard magazine that ranks R&B and hip hop albums based on sales compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. The name of the chart was changed from Top R&B Albums in 1999. The chart debuted in the magazine as Hot R&B LPs in 1965, and were also called Top Black Albums; from 1969-1978 they were identified as Soul charts. The Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums tracks the albums of quiet storm, urban contemporary, soul music, R&B, new jack swing, hip hop, and sometimes house music artists.
The current number-one R&B/hip-hop albums (as of the issue dated January 3, 2015) on the respective Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, Top R&B Albums and Top Rap Albums charts altogether are The Pinkprint by Nicki Minaj[1][2] and Black Messiah by D'Angelo and the Vanguard.[3]
Statistics
Albums with the most weeks at #1
- 37 weeks - Thriller by Michael Jackson
- 26 weeks - Just Like the First Time by Freddie Jackson
- 23 weeks - Can't Slow Down by Lionel Richie
- 20 weeks - Songs in the Key of Life by Stevie Wonder
- 20 weeks - Street Songs by Rick James
- 19 weeks - Purple Rain by Prince & The Revolution
- 18 weeks - Bad by Michael Jackson
- 18 weeks - The Temptations Sing Smokey by The Temptations
- 17 weeks - Aretha Now by Aretha Franklin
- 16 weeks - Off The Wall by Michael Jackson
- 16 weeks - Recovery by Eminem
- 15 weeks - The Temptin' Temptations by The Temptations
- 15 weeks - Puzzle People by The Temptations
- 14 weeks - Rock Me Tonight by Freddie Jackson
- 14 weeks - Shaft by Isaac Hayes
- 14 weeks - I Never Loved A Man The Way I Love You by Aretha Franklin
- 14 weeks - Lady Soul by Aretha Franklin
- 13 weeks - Cloud Nine by The Temptations
- 13 weeks - Hotter Than July by Stevie Wonder
- 12 weeks - Back on the Block by Quincy Jones
- 12 weeks - Above The Rim by Various artists
- 12 weeks - Greatest Hits by Diana Ross & The Supremes
- 12 weeks - In Square Circle by Stevie Wonder
- 12 weeks - Lou Rawls Live! by Lou Rawls
- 12 weeks - ABC by The Jackson 5
- 12 weeks - The In Crowd by Ramsey Lewis Trio
- 12 weeks - Dangerous by Michael Jackson
- 12 weeks - Take Care by Drake
- 11 weeks - ...To Be Continued by Isaac Hayes
- 11 weeks - Don't Be Cruel by Bobby Brown
- 11 weeks - Bigger and Deffer by LL Cool J
- 11 weeks - C'est Chic by Chic
- 11 weeks - Let's Get It On by Marvin Gaye
- 11 weeks - Confessions by Usher
- 11 weeks - Promise by Sade
- 10 weeks - Beyoncé by Beyoncé
- 10 weeks - Third Album by The Jackson 5
- 10 weeks - Cold Blooded by Rick James
- 10 weeks - Waiting To Exhale by Various artists
- 10 weeks - Raise! by Earth, Wind, & Fire
- 10 weeks - Let's Stay Together by Al Green
- 10 weeks - Hot Buttered Soul by Isaac Hayes
- 10 weeks - The 20/20 Experience by Justin Timberlake
References
- ^ Current Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. Billboard.com.
- ^ Current Top Rap Albums chart. Billboard.com.
- ^ Current Top R&B Albums chart. Billboard.com.
- Whitburn, Joel (2000). Top R&B Albums: 1965-1998. Record Research. ISBN 978-0-89820-134-5
- "Billboard R&B Charts Get Updated Names". Billboard. December 11, 1999.
External links
- Yearly Billboard (magazine) Top 5 R&B Hip-Hop Albums 1966-2006
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