List of number-one urban albums of 2023 (Australia)

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SZA's SOS spent a total of 25 non-consecutive weeks at number-one. Ctrl the tour(2).jpg
SZA's SOS spent a total of 25 non-consecutive weeks at number-one.

This is a list of albums that reached number-one on the ARIA Hip Hop/R&B Albums Chart in 2023. The ARIA Hip Hop/R&B Albums Chart is a weekly chart that ranks the best-performing hip hop and R&B albums in Australia. It is published by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA), an organisation that collects music data for the weekly ARIA Charts. To be eligible to appear on the chart, the recording must be an album of a predominantly urban nature. [1]

Contents

Chart history

Issue dateAlbumArtist(s)Reference
2 January SOS SZA [2]
9 January [3]
16 January [4]
23 January [5]
30 January [6]
6 February [7]
13 February [8]
20 February [9]
27 February [10]
6 March [11]
13 March [12]
20 March [13]
27 March [14]
3 April [15]
10 April [16]
17 April Hope NF [17]
24 AprilSOSSZA [18]
1 May [19]
8 May [20]
15 May [21]
22 May [22]
29 May [23]
5 June [24]
12 June Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (soundtrack) Metro Boomin [25]
19 June [26]
26 June [27]
3 July A Gift & a Kers Kerser [28]
10 July Pink Tape Lil Uzi Vert [29]
17 JulySOSSZA [30]
24 July [31]
31 July [32]
7 August Utopia Travis Scott [33]
14 August [34]
21 August [35]
28 August Struggler Genesis Owusu [36]
4 September Starboy The Weeknd [37]
11 SeptemberUtopiaTravis Scott [38]
18 September [39]
25 September [40]
2 October Scarlet Doja Cat [41]
9 OctoberStarboyThe Weeknd [42]
16 October For All the Dogs Drake [43]
23 October [44]
30 October [45]
6 November [46]
13 November The Diamond Collection Post Malone [47]
20 November The First Time The Kid Laroi [48]
27 November420DNA Chillinit [49]
4 DecemberThe Diamond CollectionPost Malone [50]
11 December [51]
18 December Pink Friday 2 Nicki Minaj [52]
25 December [53]

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