List of Billboard number-one R&B/hip-hop albums of 2025

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This page lists the albums that reached number-one on the overall Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, the R&B Albums chart, and the Rap Albums chart in 2025. The R&B Albums and Rap Albums charts partly serve as respective distillations for R&B and rap-specific titles of the overall R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.

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Chart history

Issue dateTop R&B/Hip-Hop AlbumsArtist(s)Top R&B AlbumsArtist(s)Top Rap AlbumsArtist(s)Ref.
January 4 SOS SZA SOSSZA GNX Kendrick Lamar [1]
January 11 [2]
January 18 WHAM Lil Baby WHAMLil Baby [3]
January 25SOSSZAGNXKendrick Lamar [4]
February 1 Balloonerism Mac Miller [5]
February 8GNXKendrick Lamar [6]
February 15 Hurry Up Tomorrow The Weeknd Hurry Up TomorrowThe Weeknd [7]
February 22GNXKendrick LamarSOSSZA [8]
March 1 Some Sexy Songs 4 U PartyNextDoor and Drake Some Sexy Songs 4 UPartyNextDoor and Drake [9]
March 8 [10]
March 15GNXKendrick Lamar [11]
March 22 [12]
March 29 Music Playboi Carti MusicPlayboi Carti [13]
April 5 [14]
April 12 [15]
April 19 [16]
April 26 More Chaos Ken Carson SOSSZAMore ChaosKen Carson [17]
May 3SOSSZAGNXKendrick Lamar [18]

See also

References

  1. Billboard issue dated January 4, 2025:
    • "Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Albums: Week of January 4, 2025" . Billboard. 2025-01-04. Retrieved 2025-01-01.
    • "Billboard R&B Albums: Week of January 4, 2025" . Billboard. 2025-01-04. Retrieved 2025-01-01.
    • "Billboard Rap Albums: Week of January 4, 2025" . Billboard. 2025-01-04. Retrieved 2025-01-01.
  2. Billboard issue dated January 11, 2025:
  3. Billboard issue dated January 18, 2025:
  4. Billboard issue dated January 25, 2025:
  5. Billboard issue dated February 1, 2025:
  6. Billboard issue dated February 8, 2025:
  7. Billboard issue dated February 15, 2025:
  8. Billboard issue dated February 22, 2025:
  9. Billboard issue dated March 1, 2025:
  10. Billboard issue dated March 8, 2025:
  11. Billboard issue dated March 15, 2025:
  12. Billboard issue dated March 22, 2025:
  13. Billboard issue dated March 29, 2025:
  14. Billboard issue dated April 5, 2025:
  15. Billboard issue dated April 12, 2025:
  16. Billboard issue dated April 19, 2025:
  17. Billboard issue dated April 26, 2025:
  18. Billboard issue dated May 3, 2025: