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 2020. The R&B Albums and Rap Albums charts partly serve as distillations of the overall R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.
† | Indicates best-performing album of 2020 [1] |
Issue date | R&B/Hip-Hop Albums | Artist(s) | R&B Albums | Artist(s) | Rap Albums | Artist(s) | Refs. | ||
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January 4 | Please Excuse Me for Being Antisocial | Roddy Ricch | Merry Christmas | Mariah Carey | Please Excuse Me for Being Antisocial | Roddy Ricch | [2] | ||
January 11 | JackBoys | JackBoys | Over It | Summer Walker | JackBoys | JackBoys | [3] | ||
January 18 | Please Excuse Me for Being Antisocial | Roddy Ricch | Please Excuse Me for Being Antisocial | Roddy Ricch | [4] | ||||
January 25 | [5] | ||||||||
February 1 | Music to Be Murdered By | Eminem | Music to Be Murdered By | Eminem | [6] | ||||
February 8 | Please Excuse Me for Being Antisocial | Roddy Ricch | Please Excuse Me for Being Antisocial | Roddy Ricch | [7] | ||||
February 15 | Funeral | Lil Wayne | Funeral | Lil Wayne | [8] | ||||
February 22 | Please Excuse Me for Being Antisocial | Roddy Ricch | Please Excuse Me for Being Antisocial | Roddy Ricch | [9] | ||||
February 29 | Changes | Justin Bieber | Changes | Justin Bieber | Artist 2.0 | A Boogie wit da Hoodie | [10] | ||
March 7 | Still Flexin, Still Steppin | YoungBoy Never Broke Again | Still Flexin, Still Steppin | YoungBoy Never Broke Again | [11] | ||||
March 14 | My Turn | Lil Baby | My Turn | Lil Baby | [12] | ||||
March 21 | Eternal Atake | Lil Uzi Vert | Chilombo | Jhené Aiko | Eternal Atake | Lil Uzi Vert | [13] | ||
March 28 | [14] | ||||||||
April 4 | After Hours | The Weeknd | After Hours † | The Weeknd | [15] | ||||
April 11 | [16] | ||||||||
April 18 | Pray 4 Love | Rod Wave | [17] | ||||||
April 25 | The New Toronto 3 | Tory Lanez | [18] | ||||||
May 2 | Blame It on Baby | DaBaby | Blame It on Baby | DaBaby | [19] | ||||
May 9 | 38 Baby 2 | YoungBoy Never Broke Again | 38 Baby 2 | YoungBoy Never Broke Again | [20] | ||||
May 16 | Dark Lane Demo Tapes | Drake | Dark Lane Demo Tapes | Drake | [21] | ||||
May 23 | Good Intentions | Nav | It Was Good Until It Wasn't | Kehlani | Good Intentions | Nav | [22] | ||
May 30 | High Off Life | Future | After Hours † | The Weeknd | High Off Life | Future | [23] | ||
June 6 | Wunna | Gunna | Wunna | Gunna | [24] | ||||
June 13 | My Turn | Lil Baby | My Turn | Lil Baby | [25] | ||||
June 20 | [26] | ||||||||
June 27 | [27] | ||||||||
July 4 | The Album | Teyana Taylor | [28] | ||||||
July 11 | After Hours † | The Weeknd | [29] | ||||||
July 18 | Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon | Pop Smoke | Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon | Pop Smoke | [30] | ||||
July 25 | Legends Never Die | Juice Wrld | Life on Earth EP | Summer Walker | Legends Never Die | Juice Wrld | [31] | ||
August 1 | Chilombo | Jhené Aiko | [32] | ||||||
August 8 | No Pressure | Logic | No Pressure | Logic | [33] | ||||
August 15 | Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon | Pop Smoke | The Lion King: The Gift | Beyoncé & Various Artists | Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon | Pop Smoke | [34] | ||
August 22 | Legends Never Die | Juice Wrld | After Hours † | The Weeknd | Legends Never Die | Juice Wrld | [35] | ||
August 29 | Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon | Pop Smoke | Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon | Pop Smoke | [36] | ||||
September 5 | [37] | ||||||||
September 12 | [38] | ||||||||
September 19 | Detroit 2 | Big Sean | Detroit 2 | Big Sean | [39] | ||||
September 26 | Top | Youngboy Never Broke Again | Top | Youngboy Never Broke Again | [40] | ||||
October 3 | Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon | Pop Smoke | Alicia | Alicia Keys | Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon | Pop Smoke | [41] | ||
October 10 | After Hours † | The Weeknd | [42] | ||||||
October 17 | Savage Mode II | 21 Savage and Metro Boomin | Anniversary | Bryson Tiller | Savage Mode II | 21 Savage and Metro Boomin | [43] | ||
October 24 | Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon | Pop Smoke | Back Home | Trey Songz | Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon | Pop Smoke | [44] | ||
October 31 | After Hours † | The Weeknd | [45] | ||||||
November 7 | Featuring Ty Dolla Sign | Ty Dolla Sign | [46] | ||||||
November 14 | Pegasus | Trippie Redd | MissUnderstood | Queen Naija | Pegasus | Trippie Redd | [47] | ||
November 21 | Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon | Pop Smoke | After Hours † | The Weeknd | Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon | Pop Smoke | [48] | ||
November 28 | Pluto x Baby Pluto | Future and Lil Uzi Vert | Legend | Bob Marley and the Wailers | Pluto x Baby Pluto | Future and Lil Uzi Vert | [49] | ||
December 5 | Good News | Megan Thee Stallion | Merry Christmas | Mariah Carey | Good News | Megan Thee Stallion | [50] | ||
December 12 | Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon | Pop Smoke | The Christmas Song | Nat King Cole | Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon | Pop Smoke | [51] | ||
December 19 | [52] | ||||||||
December 26 | Man on the Moon III: The Chosen | Kid Cudi | Man on the Moon III: The Chosen | Kid Cudi | [53] |
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 2020. The R&B Albums and Rap Albums charts partly serve as distillations of the overall R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.
† | Indicates best-performing album of 2020 [1] |
Issue date | R&B/Hip-Hop Albums | Artist(s) | R&B Albums | Artist(s) | Rap Albums | Artist(s) | Refs. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
January 4 | Please Excuse Me for Being Antisocial | Roddy Ricch | Merry Christmas | Mariah Carey | Please Excuse Me for Being Antisocial | Roddy Ricch | [2] | ||
January 11 | JackBoys | JackBoys | Over It | Summer Walker | JackBoys | JackBoys | [3] | ||
January 18 | Please Excuse Me for Being Antisocial | Roddy Ricch | Please Excuse Me for Being Antisocial | Roddy Ricch | [4] | ||||
January 25 | [5] | ||||||||
February 1 | Music to Be Murdered By | Eminem | Music to Be Murdered By | Eminem | [6] | ||||
February 8 | Please Excuse Me for Being Antisocial | Roddy Ricch | Please Excuse Me for Being Antisocial | Roddy Ricch | [7] | ||||
February 15 | Funeral | Lil Wayne | Funeral | Lil Wayne | [8] | ||||
February 22 | Please Excuse Me for Being Antisocial | Roddy Ricch | Please Excuse Me for Being Antisocial | Roddy Ricch | [9] | ||||
February 29 | Changes | Justin Bieber | Changes | Justin Bieber | Artist 2.0 | A Boogie wit da Hoodie | [10] | ||
March 7 | Still Flexin, Still Steppin | YoungBoy Never Broke Again | Still Flexin, Still Steppin | YoungBoy Never Broke Again | [11] | ||||
March 14 | My Turn | Lil Baby | My Turn | Lil Baby | [12] | ||||
March 21 | Eternal Atake | Lil Uzi Vert | Chilombo | Jhené Aiko | Eternal Atake | Lil Uzi Vert | [13] | ||
March 28 | [14] | ||||||||
April 4 | After Hours | The Weeknd | After Hours † | The Weeknd | [15] | ||||
April 11 | [16] | ||||||||
April 18 | Pray 4 Love | Rod Wave | [17] | ||||||
April 25 | The New Toronto 3 | Tory Lanez | [18] | ||||||
May 2 | Blame It on Baby | DaBaby | Blame It on Baby | DaBaby | [19] | ||||
May 9 | 38 Baby 2 | YoungBoy Never Broke Again | 38 Baby 2 | YoungBoy Never Broke Again | [20] | ||||
May 16 | Dark Lane Demo Tapes | Drake | Dark Lane Demo Tapes | Drake | [21] | ||||
May 23 | Good Intentions | Nav | It Was Good Until It Wasn't | Kehlani | Good Intentions | Nav | [22] | ||
May 30 | High Off Life | Future | After Hours † | The Weeknd | High Off Life | Future | [23] | ||
June 6 | Wunna | Gunna | Wunna | Gunna | [24] | ||||
June 13 | My Turn | Lil Baby | My Turn | Lil Baby | [25] | ||||
June 20 | [26] | ||||||||
June 27 | [27] | ||||||||
July 4 | The Album | Teyana Taylor | [28] | ||||||
July 11 | After Hours † | The Weeknd | [29] | ||||||
July 18 | Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon | Pop Smoke | Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon | Pop Smoke | [30] | ||||
July 25 | Legends Never Die | Juice Wrld | Life on Earth EP | Summer Walker | Legends Never Die | Juice Wrld | [31] | ||
August 1 | Chilombo | Jhené Aiko | [32] | ||||||
August 8 | No Pressure | Logic | No Pressure | Logic | [33] | ||||
August 15 | Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon | Pop Smoke | The Lion King: The Gift | Beyoncé & Various Artists | Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon | Pop Smoke | [34] | ||
August 22 | Legends Never Die | Juice Wrld | After Hours † | The Weeknd | Legends Never Die | Juice Wrld | [35] | ||
August 29 | Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon | Pop Smoke | Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon | Pop Smoke | [36] | ||||
September 5 | [37] | ||||||||
September 12 | [38] | ||||||||
September 19 | Detroit 2 | Big Sean | Detroit 2 | Big Sean | [39] | ||||
September 26 | Top | Youngboy Never Broke Again | Top | Youngboy Never Broke Again | [40] | ||||
October 3 | Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon | Pop Smoke | Alicia | Alicia Keys | Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon | Pop Smoke | [41] | ||
October 10 | After Hours † | The Weeknd | [42] | ||||||
October 17 | Savage Mode II | 21 Savage and Metro Boomin | Anniversary | Bryson Tiller | Savage Mode II | 21 Savage and Metro Boomin | [43] | ||
October 24 | Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon | Pop Smoke | Back Home | Trey Songz | Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon | Pop Smoke | [44] | ||
October 31 | After Hours † | The Weeknd | [45] | ||||||
November 7 | Featuring Ty Dolla Sign | Ty Dolla Sign | [46] | ||||||
November 14 | Pegasus | Trippie Redd | MissUnderstood | Queen Naija | Pegasus | Trippie Redd | [47] | ||
November 21 | Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon | Pop Smoke | After Hours † | The Weeknd | Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon | Pop Smoke | [48] | ||
November 28 | Pluto x Baby Pluto | Future and Lil Uzi Vert | Legend | Bob Marley and the Wailers | Pluto x Baby Pluto | Future and Lil Uzi Vert | [49] | ||
December 5 | Good News | Megan Thee Stallion | Merry Christmas | Mariah Carey | Good News | Megan Thee Stallion | [50] | ||
December 12 | Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon | Pop Smoke | The Christmas Song | Nat King Cole | Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon | Pop Smoke | [51] | ||
December 19 | [52] | ||||||||
December 26 | Man on the Moon III: The Chosen | Kid Cudi | Man on the Moon III: The Chosen | Kid Cudi | [53] |