These are the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums that peaked at number-one in 2001.
Issue date | Album | Artist | Ref |
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January 6 | Tha Last Meal | Snoop Dogg | [1] |
January 13 | [2] | ||
January 20 | [3] | ||
January 27 | [4] | ||
February 3 | Hot Shot | Shaggy | [5] |
February 10 | J.Lo | Jennifer Lopez | [6] |
February 17 | Hot Shot | Shaggy | [7] |
February 24 | [8] | ||
March 3 | [9] | ||
March 10 | [10] | ||
March 17 | The Professional 2 | DJ Clue? | [11] |
March 24 | Scorpion | Eve | [12] |
March 31 | Force of Nature | Tank | [13] |
April 7 | Part III | 112 | [14] |
April 14 | Until the End of Time | 2Pac | [15] |
April 21 | [16] | ||
April 28 | [17] | ||
May 5 | [18] | ||
May 12 | All for You | Janet Jackson | [19] |
May 19 | Survivor | Destiny's Child | [20] |
May 26 | [21] | ||
June 2 | Miss E... So Addictive | Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott | [22] |
June 9 | Malpractice | Redman | [23] |
June 16 | Miss E... So Addictive | Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott | [24] |
June 23 | Free City | St. Lunatics | [25] |
June 30 | [26] | ||
July 7 | Devil's Night | D12 | [27] |
July 14 | Songs In A Minor | Alicia Keys | [28] |
July 21 | [29] | ||
July 28 | [30] | ||
August 4 | [31] | ||
August 11 | [32] | ||
August 18 | [33] | ||
August 25 | Eternal | The Isley Brothers featuring Ronald Isley a.k.a. Mr. Biggs | [34] |
September 1 | [35] | ||
September 8 | Now | Maxwell | [36] |
September 15 | No More Drama | Mary J. Blige | [37] |
September 22 | [38] | ||
September 29 | The Blueprint | Jay-Z | [39] |
October 6 | [40] | ||
October 13 | [41] | ||
October 20 | Pain Is Love | Ja Rule | [42] |
October 27 | [43] | ||
November 3 | [44] | ||
November 10 | The Great Depression | DMX | [45] |
November 17 | Invincible | Michael Jackson | [46] |
November 24 | [47] | ||
December 1 | [48] | ||
December 8 | [49] | ||
December 15 | Word of Mouf | Ludacris | [50] |
December 22 | [51] | ||
December 29 | Infamy | Mobb Deep | [52] |
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