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 2006.
Issue date | Album | Artist(s) | Record label | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 January | Curtain Call: The Hits | Eminem | Shady/Aftermath/Interscope | [3] |
8 January | [4] | |||
15 January | Duets: The Final Chapter | The Notorious B.I.G. | Bad Boy | [5] |
22 January | [6] | |||
29 January | [7] | |||
5 February | [8] | |||
12 February | R&B Lovesongs | Various Artists | Sony BMG/Universal Music TV | [9] |
19 February | [10] | |||
26 February | Late Registration | Kanye West | Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam | [11] |
5 March | Corinne Bailey Rae | Corinne Bailey Rae | EMI | [12] |
12 March | [13] | |||
19 March | [14] | |||
26 March | [15] | |||
2 April | [16] | |||
9 April | [17] | |||
16 April | The Hardest Way to Make an Easy Living | The Streets | 679/Locked On | [18] |
23 April | [19] | |||
30 April | St. Elsewhere | Gnarls Barkley | Downtown/Atlantic | [20] |
7 May | [21] | |||
14 May | [22] | |||
21 May | [23] | |||
28 May | [24] | |||
4 June | [25] | |||
11 June | Essential R&B - Summer 2006 | Various Artists | Sony BMG/Universal Music TV | [26] |
18 June | The Big Bang | Busta Rhymes | Flipmode/Aftermath/Interscope | [27] |
25 June | [28] | |||
2 July | PCD | The Pussycat Dolls | A&M/Interscope | [29] |
9 July | [30] | |||
16 July | [31] | |||
23 July | [32] | |||
30 July | In My Mind | Pharrell Williams | Star Trak/Interscope | [33] |
6 August | A Girl Like Me | Rihanna | Def Jam/SRP | [34] |
13 August | [35] | |||
20 August | Back to Basics | Christina Aguilera | RCA | [36] |
27 August | [37] | |||
3 September | [38] | |||
10 September | B'Day | Beyoncé | Columbia/Music World | [39] |
17 September | FutureSex/LoveSounds | Justin Timberlake | Jive/Zomba | [40] |
24 September | [41] | |||
1 October | [42] | |||
8 October | [43] | |||
15 October | Corinne Bailey Rae | Corinne Bailey Rae | EMI | [44] |
22 October | Press Play | Diddy | Bad Boy/Atlantic | [45] |
29 October | Once Again | John Legend | GOOD Music | [46] |
5 November | Back to Black | Amy Winehouse | Island | [47] |
12 November | High Times: Singles 1992–2006 | Jamiroquai | Sony | [48] |
19 November | [49] | |||
26 November | [50] | |||
3 December | [51] | |||
10 December | Eminem Presents: The Re-Up | Various Artists | Shady/Interscope | [52] |
17 December | High Times: Singles 1992–2006 | Jamiroquai | Sony | [53] |
24 December | [54] | |||
31 December | Back to Black | Amy Winehouse | Island | [55] |