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 2015. 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.
† | Indicates best-charting R&B/Hip-Hop, R&B and Rap albums of 2015 [1] [2] [3] |
Issue date | R&B/Hip-Hop Albums | Artist(s) | R&B Albums | Artist(s) | Rap Albums | Artist(s) | Refs. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
January 3 | The Pinkprint | Nicki Minaj | Black Messiah | D'Angelo & The Vanguard | The Pinkprint | Nicki Minaj | [4] | ||
January 10 | [5] | ||||||||
January 17 | [6] | ||||||||
January 24 | SremmLife | Rae Sremmurd | SremmLife | Rae Sremmurd | [7] | ||||
January 31 | The Pinkprint | Nicki Minaj | Reality Show | Jazmine Sullivan | The Pinkprint | Nicki Minaj | [8] | ||
February 7 | B4.Da.$$ | Joey Badass | B4.Da.$$ | Joey Badass | [9] | ||||
February 14 | Non-Fiction | Ne-Yo | Non-Fiction | Ne-Yo | The Pinkprint | Nicki Minaj | [10] | ||
February 21 | Full Speed | Kid Ink | Full Speed | Kid Ink | [11] | ||||
February 28 | If You're Reading This It's Too Late † | Drake | If You're Reading This It's Too Late † | Drake | [12] | ||||
March 7 | Love Sex Passion | Raheem Devaughn | [13] | ||||||
March 14 | Dark Sky Paradise | Big Sean | Non-Fiction | Ne-Yo | Dark Sky Paradise | Big Sean | [14] | ||
March 21 | If You're Reading This It's Too Late † | Drake | If You're Reading This It's Too Late † | Drake | [15] | ||||
March 28 | Empire: Original Soundtrack from Season 1 | Soundtrack | Empire: Original Soundtrack from Season 1 | Soundtrack | [16] | ||||
April 4 | To Pimp a Butterfly | Kendrick Lamar | To Pimp a Butterfly | Kendrick Lamar | [17] | ||||
April 11 | [18] | ||||||||
April 18 | The Album About Nothing | Wale | The Album About Nothing | Wale | [19] | ||||
April 25 | Furious 7 | Soundtrack | Furious 7 | Soundtrack | [20] | ||||
May 2 | Cherry Bomb | Tyler, The Creator | Cherry Bomb | Tyler, The Creator | [21] | ||||
May 9 | Love Story | Yelawolf | Love Story | Yelawolf | [22] | ||||
May 16 | If You're Reading This It's Too Late † | Drake | If You're Reading This It's Too Late † | Drake | [23] | ||||
May 23 | Special Effects | Tech N9ne | Jackie | Ciara | Special Effects | Tech N9ne | [24] | ||
May 30 | Bush | Snoop Dogg | Bush | Snoop Dogg | [25] | ||||
June 6 | Hollywood: A Story of a Dozen Roses | Jamie Foxx | Hollywood: A Story of a Dozen Roses | Jamie Foxx | If You're Reading This It's Too Late † | Drake | [26] | ||
June 13 | At. Long. Last. ASAP | ASAP Rocky | At. Long. Last. ASAP | ASAP Rocky | [27] | ||||
June 20 | [28] | ||||||||
June 27 | Love Life | Tamia | [29] | ||||||
July 4 | [30] | ||||||||
July 11 | Coming Home | Leon Bridges | Coming Home | Leon Bridges | [31] | ||||
July 18 | Dreams Worth More Than Money | Meek Mill | Wildheart | Miguel | Dreams Worth More Than Money | Meek Mill | [32] | ||
July 25 | [33] | ||||||||
August 1 | Black Rose | Tyrese | Black Rose | Tyrese | [34] | ||||
August 8 | DS2 | Future | DS2 | Future | [35] | ||||
August 15 | Woman | Jill Scott | Woman | Jill Scott | Southpaw | Soundtrack | [36] | ||
August 22 | Professional Rapper | Lil Dicky | [37] | ||||||
August 29 | Compton | Dr. Dre | Compton | Dr. Dre | [38] | ||||
September 5 | [39] | ||||||||
September 12 | Black Rose | Tyrese | [40] | ||||||
September 19 | Beauty Behind the Madness | The Weeknd | Beauty Behind the Madness † | The Weeknd | [41] | ||||
September 26 | Rodeo | Travis Scott | [42] | ||||||
October 3 | 90059 | Jay Rock | [43] | ||||||
October 10 | What a Time to Be Alive | Drake and Future | What a Time to Be Alive | Drake and Future | [44] | ||||
October 17 | Fetty Wap | Fetty Wap | Fetty Wap | Fetty Wap | [45] | ||||
October 24 | Unbreakable | Janet Jackson | Unbreakable | Janet Jackson | What a Time to Be Alive | Drake and Future | [46] | ||
October 31 | The Documentary 2 | The Game | The Documentary 2 | The Game | [47] | ||||
November 7 | General Admission | MGK | Beauty Behind the Madness † | The Weeknd | General Admission | MGK | [48] | ||
November 14 | Beauty Behind the Madness | The Weeknd | I Changed a Lot | DJ Khaled | [49] | ||||
November 21 | Fetty Wap | Fetty Wap | [50] | ||||||
November 28 | Hamilton: An American Musical | Original Broadway Cast | [51] | ||||||
December 5 | The Incredible True Story | Logic | Losing My Religion | Kirk Franklin | The Incredible True Story | Logic | [52] | ||
December 12 | Top 5 Dead or Alive | Jadakiss | Beauty Behind the Madness † | The Weeknd | Top 5 Dead or Alive | Jadakiss | [53] | ||
December 19 | Beauty Behind the Madness | The Weeknd | Fetty Wap | Fetty Wap | [54] | ||||
December 26 | When It's Dark Out | G-Eazy | When It's Dark Out | G-Eazy | [55] |
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 2015. 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.
† | Indicates best-charting R&B/Hip-Hop, R&B and Rap albums of 2015 [1] [2] [3] |
Issue date | R&B/Hip-Hop Albums | Artist(s) | R&B Albums | Artist(s) | Rap Albums | Artist(s) | Refs. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
January 3 | The Pinkprint | Nicki Minaj | Black Messiah | D'Angelo & The Vanguard | The Pinkprint | Nicki Minaj | [4] | ||
January 10 | [5] | ||||||||
January 17 | [6] | ||||||||
January 24 | SremmLife | Rae Sremmurd | SremmLife | Rae Sremmurd | [7] | ||||
January 31 | The Pinkprint | Nicki Minaj | Reality Show | Jazmine Sullivan | The Pinkprint | Nicki Minaj | [8] | ||
February 7 | B4.Da.$$ | Joey Badass | B4.Da.$$ | Joey Badass | [9] | ||||
February 14 | Non-Fiction | Ne-Yo | Non-Fiction | Ne-Yo | The Pinkprint | Nicki Minaj | [10] | ||
February 21 | Full Speed | Kid Ink | Full Speed | Kid Ink | [11] | ||||
February 28 | If You're Reading This It's Too Late † | Drake | If You're Reading This It's Too Late † | Drake | [12] | ||||
March 7 | Love Sex Passion | Raheem Devaughn | [13] | ||||||
March 14 | Dark Sky Paradise | Big Sean | Non-Fiction | Ne-Yo | Dark Sky Paradise | Big Sean | [14] | ||
March 21 | If You're Reading This It's Too Late † | Drake | If You're Reading This It's Too Late † | Drake | [15] | ||||
March 28 | Empire: Original Soundtrack from Season 1 | Soundtrack | Empire: Original Soundtrack from Season 1 | Soundtrack | [16] | ||||
April 4 | To Pimp a Butterfly | Kendrick Lamar | To Pimp a Butterfly | Kendrick Lamar | [17] | ||||
April 11 | [18] | ||||||||
April 18 | The Album About Nothing | Wale | The Album About Nothing | Wale | [19] | ||||
April 25 | Furious 7 | Soundtrack | Furious 7 | Soundtrack | [20] | ||||
May 2 | Cherry Bomb | Tyler, The Creator | Cherry Bomb | Tyler, The Creator | [21] | ||||
May 9 | Love Story | Yelawolf | Love Story | Yelawolf | [22] | ||||
May 16 | If You're Reading This It's Too Late † | Drake | If You're Reading This It's Too Late † | Drake | [23] | ||||
May 23 | Special Effects | Tech N9ne | Jackie | Ciara | Special Effects | Tech N9ne | [24] | ||
May 30 | Bush | Snoop Dogg | Bush | Snoop Dogg | [25] | ||||
June 6 | Hollywood: A Story of a Dozen Roses | Jamie Foxx | Hollywood: A Story of a Dozen Roses | Jamie Foxx | If You're Reading This It's Too Late † | Drake | [26] | ||
June 13 | At. Long. Last. ASAP | ASAP Rocky | At. Long. Last. ASAP | ASAP Rocky | [27] | ||||
June 20 | [28] | ||||||||
June 27 | Love Life | Tamia | [29] | ||||||
July 4 | [30] | ||||||||
July 11 | Coming Home | Leon Bridges | Coming Home | Leon Bridges | [31] | ||||
July 18 | Dreams Worth More Than Money | Meek Mill | Wildheart | Miguel | Dreams Worth More Than Money | Meek Mill | [32] | ||
July 25 | [33] | ||||||||
August 1 | Black Rose | Tyrese | Black Rose | Tyrese | [34] | ||||
August 8 | DS2 | Future | DS2 | Future | [35] | ||||
August 15 | Woman | Jill Scott | Woman | Jill Scott | Southpaw | Soundtrack | [36] | ||
August 22 | Professional Rapper | Lil Dicky | [37] | ||||||
August 29 | Compton | Dr. Dre | Compton | Dr. Dre | [38] | ||||
September 5 | [39] | ||||||||
September 12 | Black Rose | Tyrese | [40] | ||||||
September 19 | Beauty Behind the Madness | The Weeknd | Beauty Behind the Madness † | The Weeknd | [41] | ||||
September 26 | Rodeo | Travis Scott | [42] | ||||||
October 3 | 90059 | Jay Rock | [43] | ||||||
October 10 | What a Time to Be Alive | Drake and Future | What a Time to Be Alive | Drake and Future | [44] | ||||
October 17 | Fetty Wap | Fetty Wap | Fetty Wap | Fetty Wap | [45] | ||||
October 24 | Unbreakable | Janet Jackson | Unbreakable | Janet Jackson | What a Time to Be Alive | Drake and Future | [46] | ||
October 31 | The Documentary 2 | The Game | The Documentary 2 | The Game | [47] | ||||
November 7 | General Admission | MGK | Beauty Behind the Madness † | The Weeknd | General Admission | MGK | [48] | ||
November 14 | Beauty Behind the Madness | The Weeknd | I Changed a Lot | DJ Khaled | [49] | ||||
November 21 | Fetty Wap | Fetty Wap | [50] | ||||||
November 28 | Hamilton: An American Musical | Original Broadway Cast | [51] | ||||||
December 5 | The Incredible True Story | Logic | Losing My Religion | Kirk Franklin | The Incredible True Story | Logic | [52] | ||
December 12 | Top 5 Dead or Alive | Jadakiss | Beauty Behind the Madness † | The Weeknd | Top 5 Dead or Alive | Jadakiss | [53] | ||
December 19 | Beauty Behind the Madness | The Weeknd | Fetty Wap | Fetty Wap | [54] | ||||
December 26 | When It's Dark Out | G-Eazy | When It's Dark Out | G-Eazy | [55] |