List of Billboard number-one R&B/hip-hop albums of 2016

This page lists the albums that reached number-one on the overall Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, the R&B Albums chart (which was re-created in 2013), and the Rap Albums chart in 2016. The R&B Albums and Rap Albums charts partly serve as distillations of the overall R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.

Note that Billboard publishes charts with an issue date approximately 7–10 days in advance.

List of number ones

Issue date R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Artist(s) R&B Albums Artist(s) Rap Albums Artist(s) Refs.
January 2 The Buffet R. Kelly The Buffet R. Kelly When It's Dark Out G-Eazy [1]
January 9 Royalty Chris Brown Royalty Chris Brown King Push – Darkest Before Dawn: The Prelude Pusha T [2]
January 16 When It's Dark Out G-Eazy [3]
January 23 [4]
January 30 Beauty Behind the Madness The Weeknd Beauty Behind the Madness The Weeknd Straight Outta Compton: Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack [5]
February 6 Straight Outta Compton: Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack Church Clothes 3 Lecrae [6]
February 13 Sex Love & Pain II Tank Sex Love & Pain II Tank Happy Camper Hoodie Allen [7]
February 20 Anti Rihanna Anti Rihanna Islah Kevin Gates [8]
February 27 Evol Future Evol Future [9]
March 5 Anti Rihanna To Pimp a Butterfly Kendrick Lamar [10]
March 12 The Art of Hustle Yo Gotti The Art of Hustle Yo Gotti [11]
March 19 This Unruly Mess I've Made Macklemore & Ryan Lewis This Unruly Mess I've Made Macklemore & Ryan Lewis [12]
March 26 Untitled Unmastered Kendrick Lamar Untitled Unmastered Kendrick Lamar [13]
April 2 [14]
April 9 Anti Rihanna [15]
April 16 More Issues Than Vogue K. Michelle More Issues Than Vogue K. Michelle Slime Season 3 Young Thug [16]
April 23 Twenty88 Twenty88 Twenty88 Twenty88 Twenty88 Twenty88 [17]
April 30 Anti Rihanna Anti Rihanna Hamilton: An American Musical Original Broadway Cast [18]
May 7 Layers Royce da 5'9" [19]
May 14 Lemonade Beyoncé Lemonade Beyoncé Therapy Session NF [20]
May 21 Views Drake Views Drake [21]
May 28 [22]
June 4 Lemonade Beyoncé [23]
June 11 [24]
June 18 [25]
June 25 [26]
July 2 Hamilton: An American Musical Original Broadway Cast [27]
July 9 Views Drake Views Drake [28]
July 16 Lemonade Beyoncé [29]
July 23 blackSUMMERS'night Maxwell blackSUMMERS'night Maxwell [30]
July 30 Blank Face LP Schoolboy Q Lemonade Beyoncé Blank Face LP Schoolboy Q [31]
August 6 Lemonade Beyoncé Hamilton: An American Musical Original Broadway Cast [32]
August 13 Everybody Looking Gucci Mane Everybody Looking Gucci Mane [33]
August 20 Major Key DJ Khaled The Definition Of... Fantasia Major Key DJ Khaled [34]
August 27 Lemonade Beyoncé Lemonade Beyoncé [35]
September 3 PartyNextDoor 3 PartyNextDoor PartyNextDoor 3 PartyNextDoor Fishing Blues Atmosphere [36]
September 10 Blonde Frank Ocean Blonde Frank Ocean I Told You Tory Lanez [37]
September 17 And the Anonymous Nobody... De La Soul [38]
September 24 Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight Travis Scott Lemonade Beyoncé Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight Travis Scott [39]
October 1 Lemonade Beyoncé [40]
October 8 The Divine Feminine Mac Miller Hard II Love Usher The Divine Feminine Mac Miller [41]
October 15 blackSUMMERS'night Maxwell blackSUMMERS'night Maxwell Hamilton: An American Musical Original Broadway Cast [42]
October 22 A Seat at the Table Solange A Seat at the Table Solange [43]
October 29 [44]
November 5 1992 The Game Lemonade Beyoncé 1992 The Game [45]
November 12 Rage & The Machine Joe Budden Hamilton: An American Musical Original Broadway Cast [46]
November 19 Trap or Die 3 Jeezy Trap or Die 3 Jeezy [47]
November 26 Here Alicia Keys Here Alicia Keys Hamilton: An American Musical Original Broadway Cast [48]
December 3 We Got It from Here... Thank You 4 Your Service A Tribe Called Quest #MyNameIsJoeThomas Joe We Got It from Here... Thank You 4 Your Service A Tribe Called Quest [49]
December 10 24K Magic Bruno Mars 24K Magic Bruno Mars [50]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Billboard issue dated January 2, 2016:
  2. ↑ Billboard issue dated January 9, 2016:
  3. ↑ Billboard issue dated January 16, 2016:
  4. ↑ Billboard issue dated January 16, 2016:
  5. ↑ Billboard issue dated January 23, 2016:
  6. ↑ Billboard issue dated February 6, 2016:
  7. ↑ Billboard issue dated February 13, 2016:
  8. ↑ Billboard issue dated February 20, 2016:
  9. ↑ Billboard issue dated February 27, 2016:
  10. ↑ Billboard issue dated March 5, 2016:
  11. ↑ Billboard issue dated March 12, 2016:
  12. ↑ Billboard issue dated March 19, 2016:
  13. ↑ Billboard issue dated March 26, 2016:
  14. ↑ Billboard issue dated April 2, 2016:
  15. ↑ Billboard issue dated April 9, 2016:
  16. ↑ Billboard issue dated April 16, 2016:
  17. ↑ Billboard issue dated April 23, 2016:
  18. ↑ Billboard issue dated April 30, 2016:
  19. ↑ Billboard issue dated May 7, 2016:
  20. ↑ Billboard issue dated May 14, 2016:
  21. ↑ Billboard issue dated May 21, 2016:
  22. ↑ Billboard issue dated May 28, 2016:
  23. ↑ Billboard issue dated June 4, 2016:
  24. ↑ Billboard issue dated June 11, 2016:
  25. ↑ Billboard issue dated June 18, 2016:
  26. ↑ Billboard issue dated June 25, 2016:
  27. ↑ Billboard issue dated July 2, 2016:
  28. ↑ Billboard issue dated July 9, 2016:
  29. ↑ Billboard issue dated July 16, 2016:
  30. ↑ Billboard issue dated July 23, 2016:
  31. ↑ Billboard issue dated July 30, 2016:
  32. ↑ Billboard issue dated August 6, 2016:
  33. ↑ Billboard issue dated August 13, 2016:
  34. ↑ Billboard issue dated August 20, 2016:
  35. ↑ Billboard issue dated August 27, 2016:
  36. ↑ Billboard issue dated September 3, 2016:
  37. ↑ Billboard issue dated September 10, 2016:
  38. ↑ Billboard issue dated September 17, 2016:
  39. ↑ Billboard issue dated September 24, 2016:
  40. ↑ Billboard issue dated October 1, 2016:
  41. ↑ Billboard issue dated October 8, 2016:
  42. ↑ Billboard issue dated October 15, 2016:
  43. ↑ Billboard issue dated October 22, 2016:
  44. ↑ Billboard issue dated October 29, 2016:
  45. ↑ Billboard issue dated November 5, 2016:
  46. ↑ Billboard issue dated November 12, 2016:
  47. ↑ Billboard issue dated November 19, 2016:
  48. ↑ Billboard issue dated November 26, 2016:
  49. ↑ Billboard issue dated December 3, 2016:
  50. ↑ Billboard issue dated December 10, 2016:
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