The UK R&B Chart is a weekly chart, first introduced in October 1994, that ranks the 40 biggest-selling singles and albums that are classified in the R&B genre in the United Kingdom. The chart is compiled by the Official Charts Company, [1] and is based on sales of CDs, downloads, vinyl and other formats over the previous seven days. [2]
The following are the number-one albums of 2009.
Issue date | Album | Artist | Record label | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
4 January | Spirit | Leona Lewis | Syco/ Sony BMG/ J | [5] |
11 January | I Am... Sasha Fierce | Beyoncé | Music World/ Columbia | [6] |
18 January | [7] | |||
25 January | Good Girl Gone Bad | Rihanna | Def Jam/SRP | [8] |
1 February | I Am... Sasha Fierce | Beyoncé | Music World/Columbia | [9] |
8 February | [10] | |||
15 February | Lovesongs | Luther Vandross | Sony Music | [11] |
22 February | I Am... Sasha Fierce | Beyoncé | Music World/Columbia | [12] |
1 March | [13] | |||
8 March | [14] | |||
15 March | Freedom | Akon | Universal | [15] |
22 March | Just Go | Lionel Richie | Mercury | [16] |
29 March | Freedom | Akon | Universal | [17] |
5 April [b] | R.O.O.T.S. | Flo Rida | Atlantic | [18] |
12 April | I Am... Sasha Fierce | Beyoncé | Music World/Columbia | [19] |
19 April | [20] | |||
26 April | [21] | |||
3 May | [22] | |||
10 May | [23] | |||
17 May | R&B Collection - Summer 2009 | Various Artists | UMTV | [24] |
24 May [a] | Relapse | Eminem | Interscope | [25] |
31 May [a] | [26] | |||
7 June | [27] | |||
14 June [b] | The E.N.D | The Black Eyed Peas | Interscope | [28] |
21 June [b] | [29] | |||
28 June | The Essential Michael Jackson | Michael Jackson | Epic | [30] |
5 July [a] [b] | [31] | |||
12 July [a] [b] | [32] | |||
19 July [a] | [33] | |||
26 July [a] | [34] | |||
2 August [a] | [35] | |||
9 August [a] | [36] | |||
16 August [b] | The E.N.D | The Black Eyed Peas | Interscope | [37] |
23 August | I Am... Sasha Fierce | Beyoncé | Music World/Columbia | [38] |
30 August [b] | The E.N.D | The Black Eyed Peas | Interscope | [39] |
6 September | [40] | |||
13 September | [41] | |||
20 September | The Blueprint 3 | Jay-Z | Roc Nation/Atlantic | [42] |
27 September | Tongue N' Cheek | Dizzee Rascal | Dirtee Stank/ Liberation | [43] |
3 October | [44] | |||
10 October | [45] | |||
17 October | The Blueprint 3 | Jay-Z | Roc Nation/Atlantic | [46] |
24 October [b] | I Am Chipmunk | Chipmunk | Columbia | [47] |
31 October | I Look to You | Whitney Houston | Arista | [48] |
7 November | This Is It | Michael Jackson | Epic | [49] |
14 November | [50] | |||
21 November [a] | JLS | JLS | [51] | |
28 November [a] | Echo | Leona Lewis | Syco/J | [52] |
5 December | JLS | JLS | Epic | [53] |
12 December | [54] | |||
19 December | The E.N.D | The Black Eyed Peas | Interscope | [55] |
26 December [b] | [56] |
The UK R&B Chart is a weekly chart, first introduced in October 1994, that ranks the 40 biggest-selling singles and albums that are classified in the R&B genre in the United Kingdom. The chart is compiled by the Official Charts Company, [1] and is based on sales of CDs, downloads, vinyl and other formats over the previous seven days. [2]
The following are the number-one albums of 2009.
Issue date | Album | Artist | Record label | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
4 January | Spirit | Leona Lewis | Syco/ Sony BMG/ J | [5] |
11 January | I Am... Sasha Fierce | Beyoncé | Music World/ Columbia | [6] |
18 January | [7] | |||
25 January | Good Girl Gone Bad | Rihanna | Def Jam/SRP | [8] |
1 February | I Am... Sasha Fierce | Beyoncé | Music World/Columbia | [9] |
8 February | [10] | |||
15 February | Lovesongs | Luther Vandross | Sony Music | [11] |
22 February | I Am... Sasha Fierce | Beyoncé | Music World/Columbia | [12] |
1 March | [13] | |||
8 March | [14] | |||
15 March | Freedom | Akon | Universal | [15] |
22 March | Just Go | Lionel Richie | Mercury | [16] |
29 March | Freedom | Akon | Universal | [17] |
5 April [b] | R.O.O.T.S. | Flo Rida | Atlantic | [18] |
12 April | I Am... Sasha Fierce | Beyoncé | Music World/Columbia | [19] |
19 April | [20] | |||
26 April | [21] | |||
3 May | [22] | |||
10 May | [23] | |||
17 May | R&B Collection - Summer 2009 | Various Artists | UMTV | [24] |
24 May [a] | Relapse | Eminem | Interscope | [25] |
31 May [a] | [26] | |||
7 June | [27] | |||
14 June [b] | The E.N.D | The Black Eyed Peas | Interscope | [28] |
21 June [b] | [29] | |||
28 June | The Essential Michael Jackson | Michael Jackson | Epic | [30] |
5 July [a] [b] | [31] | |||
12 July [a] [b] | [32] | |||
19 July [a] | [33] | |||
26 July [a] | [34] | |||
2 August [a] | [35] | |||
9 August [a] | [36] | |||
16 August [b] | The E.N.D | The Black Eyed Peas | Interscope | [37] |
23 August | I Am... Sasha Fierce | Beyoncé | Music World/Columbia | [38] |
30 August [b] | The E.N.D | The Black Eyed Peas | Interscope | [39] |
6 September | [40] | |||
13 September | [41] | |||
20 September | The Blueprint 3 | Jay-Z | Roc Nation/Atlantic | [42] |
27 September | Tongue N' Cheek | Dizzee Rascal | Dirtee Stank/ Liberation | [43] |
3 October | [44] | |||
10 October | [45] | |||
17 October | The Blueprint 3 | Jay-Z | Roc Nation/Atlantic | [46] |
24 October [b] | I Am Chipmunk | Chipmunk | Columbia | [47] |
31 October | I Look to You | Whitney Houston | Arista | [48] |
7 November | This Is It | Michael Jackson | Epic | [49] |
14 November | [50] | |||
21 November [a] | JLS | JLS | [51] | |
28 November [a] | Echo | Leona Lewis | Syco/J | [52] |
5 December | JLS | JLS | Epic | [53] |
12 December | [54] | |||
19 December | The E.N.D | The Black Eyed Peas | Interscope | [55] |
26 December [b] | [56] |