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 2017. 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 2017 [1] [2] [3] |
Issue date | R&B/Hip-Hop Albums | Artist(s) | R&B Albums | Artist(s) | Rap Albums | Artist(s) | Refs. | ||
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January 7 | 24K Magic | Bruno Mars | 24K Magic | Bruno Mars | 4 Your Eyez Only | J. Cole | [4] | ||
January 14 | [5] | ||||||||
January 21 | Hamilton: An American Musical | Original Broadway Cast | [6] | ||||||
January 28 | [7] | ||||||||
February 4 | Run the Jewels 3 | Run the Jewels | Run the Jewels 3 | Run the Jewels | [8] | ||||
February 11 | Starboy | The Weeknd | Starboy | The Weeknd | Stoney | Post Malone | [9] | ||
February 18 | Culture | Migos | SweetSexySavage | Kehlani | Culture | Migos | [10] | ||
February 25 | I Decided. | Big Sean | Starboy | The Weeknd | I Decided. | Big Sean | [11] | ||
March 4 | 24K Magic | Bruno Mars | 24K Magic | Bruno Mars | [12] | ||||
March 11 | Future | Future | Future | Future | [13] | ||||
March 18 | Hndrxx | Hndrxx | [14] | ||||||
March 25 | 24K Magic | Bruno Mars | Future | [15] | |||||
April 1 | [16] | ||||||||
April 8 | More Life | Drake | More Life | Drake | [17] | ||||
April 15 | Tremaine the Album | Trey Songz | [18] | ||||||
April 22 | 24K Magic | Bruno Mars | [19] | ||||||
April 29 | [20] | ||||||||
May 6 | Damn | Kendrick Lamar | Damn | Kendrick Lamar | [21] | ||||
May 13 | [22] | ||||||||
May 20 | Strength of a Woman | Mary J. Blige | [23] | ||||||
May 27 | Everybody | Logic | 24K Magic | Bruno Mars | Everybody | Logic | [24] | ||
June 3 | Damn | Kendrick Lamar | Damn | Kendrick Lamar | [25] | ||||
June 10 | [26] | ||||||||
June 17 | True to Self | Bryson Tiller | True to Self | Bryson Tiller | [27] | ||||
June 24 | Damn | Kendrick Lamar | 24K Magic | Bruno Mars | [28] | ||||
July 1 | Ctrl | SZA | [29] | ||||||
July 8 | Pretty Girls Like Trap Music | 2 Chainz | 24K Magic | Bruno Mars | Pretty Girls Like Trap Music | 2 Chainz | [30] | ||
July 15 | Grateful | DJ Khaled | Purple Rain | Prince | Grateful | DJ Khaled | [31] | ||
July 22 | 24K Magic | Bruno Mars | [32] | ||||||
July 29 | 4:44 | Jay-Z | 4:44 | Jay-Z | [33] | ||||
August 5 | American Teen | Khalid | [34] | ||||||
August 12 | Flower Boy | Tyler, The Creator | Flower Boy | Tyler, The Creator | [35] | ||||
August 19 | Damn | Kendrick Lamar | Damn | Kendrick Lamar | [36] | ||||
August 26 | Ctrl | SZA | [37] | ||||||
September 2 | American Teen | Khalid | [38] | ||||||
September 9 | Project Baby 2 | Kodak Black | Project Baby 2 | Kodak Black | [39] | ||||
September 16 | Luv Is Rage 2 | Lil Uzi Vert | 17 | XXXTentacion | Luv Is Rage 2 | Lil Uzi Vert | [40] | ||
September 23 | [41] | ||||||||
September 30 | [42] | ||||||||
October 7 | [43] | ||||||||
October 14 | Gemini | Macklemore | Trip | Jhené Aiko | Gemini | Macklemore | [44] | ||
October 21 | The Bigger Artist | A Boogie wit da Hoodie | American Teen | Khalid | The Bigger Artist | A Boogie wit da Hoodie | [45] | ||
October 28 | Perception | NF | Perception | NF | [46] | ||||
November 4 | Mr. Davis | Gucci Mane | Mr. Davis | Gucci Mane | [47] | ||||
November 11 | Super Slimey | Future and Young Thug | Super Slimey | Future and Young Thug | [48] | ||||
November 18 | Heartbreak on a Full Moon | Chris Brown | Heartbreak on a Full Moon | Chris Brown | Without Warning | 21 Savage, Offset and Metro Boomin | [49] | ||
November 25 | [50] | ||||||||
December 2 | Stoney | Post Malone | [51] | ||||||
December 9 | Luv Is Rage 2 | Lil Uzi Vert | Luv Is Rage 2 | Lil Uzi Vert | [52] | ||||
December 16 | Stoney | Post Malone | Stoney | Post Malone | [53] | ||||
December 23 | War & Leisure | Miguel | War & Leisure | Miguel | [54] | ||||
December 30 | Quality Control: Control the Streets Volume 1 | Quality Control | Heartbreak on a Full Moon | Chris Brown | Quality Control: Control the Streets Volume 1 | Quality Control | [55] |
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