List of UK R&B Albums Chart number ones of 2016

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The logo of the Official Charts Company, responsible for compiling all of the official music charts in the United Kingdom, including the R&B albums chart.

The UK R&B Albums Chart is a weekly chart, first introduced in October 1994, that ranks the 40 biggest-selling albums that are classified in the R&B and Hip hop genres 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]

Contents

The following are the number-one albums of 2016.

Number-one albums

Issue dateAlbumArtist(s)Record labelRef.
1 January Beauty Behind the Madness The Weeknd Republic [3]
8 January [4]
15 January Keep Up KSI Island [5]
22 JanuaryBeauty Behind the MadnessThe WeekndRepublic [6]
29 January [7]
5 February Anti Rihanna Westbury Road / Roc Nation [8]
12 FebruaryThrowback SlowjamsVarious Artists Ministry of Sound [9]
19 February [10]
26 February [11]
4 March This Unruly Mess I've Made Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Macklemore LLC [12]
11 March Made in the Manor Kano Parlophone [13]
18 MarchOld SkoolVarious Artists Ministry of Sound [14]
25 March Back to Black Amy Winehouse Island [15]
1 April [a] Mind of Mine Zayn RCA [16]
8 April [17]
15 April [18]
22 AprilAntiRihannaWestbury Road / Roc Nation [19]
29 April [a] Lemonade Beyoncé Parkwood / Columbia [20]
6 May [a] [b] Views Drake Young Money / Republic [21]
13 MayLemonadeBeyoncéParkwood / Columbia [22]
20 May [23]
27 May [24]
3 June [25]
10 June [26]
17 JuneThrowback Summer JamzVarious ArtistsMinistry of Sound [27]
24 June [28]
1 July [29]
8 JulyLemonadeBeyoncéParkwood / Columbia [30]
15 JulyThrowback Summer JamzVarious ArtistsMinistry of Sound [31]
22 July [a] Love & Hate Michael Kiwanuka Polydor [32]
29 July [33]
5 August Major Key DJ Khaled We the Best/Epic [34]
12 August Landlord Giggs SNI [35]
19 August PartyNextDoor 3 PartyNextDoor OVO/Parlophone [36]
26 August [a] Blonde Frank Ocean Boys Don't Cry [37]
2 September [38]
9 September Growing Over Life Wretch 32 Polydor [39]
16 SeptemberBlondeFrank OceanBoys Don't Cry [40]
23 September Hard II Love Usher RCA [41]
30 SeptemberLemonadeBeyoncéParkwood / Columbia [42]
7 OctoberChilled Hip HopVarious ArtistsMinistry of Sound [43]
14 October Let Them Eat Chaos Kae Tempest Fiction [44]
21 October 1992 The Game SPV [45]
28 October [b] ViewsDrakeYoung Money / Republic [46]
4 November Dreamland Mic Righteous Grimey Limey [47]
11 November Here Alicia Keys RCA [48]
18 November We Got It from Here... Thank You 4 Your Service A Tribe Called Quest Epic [49]
25 NovemberViewsDrakeYoung Money / Republic [50]
2 December Starboy The WeekndRepublic [51]
9 December [52]
16 December [53]
23 December [54]
30 December [55]

Notes

See also

References

  1. "Who we are - Our charts & data". London: Official Charts Company . Retrieved 24 February 2015.
  2. "Getting into the charts - Meeting the chart rules". London: Official Charts Company . Retrieved 24 February 2015.
  3. "31 December 2015 - 6 January 2016". London: Official Charts Company . Retrieved 2 January 2016.
  4. "7 January 2016 - 14 January 2016". London: Official Charts Company . Retrieved 9 January 2016.
  5. "14 January 2016 - 21 January 2016". London: Official Charts Company . Retrieved 15 January 2016.
  6. "21 January 2016 - 28 January 2016". London: Official Charts Company . Retrieved 22 January 2016.
  7. "28 January 2016 - 4 February 2016". London: Official Charts Company . Retrieved 29 January 2016.
  8. "5 February 2016 - 11 February 2016". London: Official Charts Company . Retrieved 5 February 2016.
  9. "12 February 2016 - 18 February 2016". London: Official Charts Company . Retrieved 12 February 2016.
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  11. "26 February 2016 - 3 March 2016". London: Official Charts Company . Retrieved 26 February 2016.
  12. "4 March 2016 - 10 March 2016". London: Official Charts Company . Retrieved 5 March 2016.
  13. "11 March 2016 - 17 March 2016". London: Official Charts Company . Retrieved 12 March 2016.
  14. "18 March 2016 - 24 March 2016". London: Official Charts Company . Retrieved 19 March 2016.
  15. "25 March 2016 - 31 March 2016". London: Official Charts Company . Retrieved 26 March 2016.
  16. "2 April 2016 - 7 April 2016". London: Official Charts Company . Retrieved 2 April 2016.
  17. "9 April 2016 - 14 April 2016". London: Official Charts Company . Retrieved 9 April 2016.
  18. "16 April 2016 - 21 April 2016". London: Official Charts Company . Retrieved 16 April 2016.
  19. "23 April 2016 - 28 April 2016". London: Official Charts Company . Retrieved 23 April 2016.
  20. "30 April 2016 - 5 May 2016". London: Official Charts Company . Retrieved 30 April 2016.
  21. "7 May 2016 - 12 May 2016". London: Official Charts Company . Retrieved 7 May 2016.
  22. "13 May 2016 - 19 May 2016". London: Official Charts Company . Retrieved 14 May 2016.
  23. "20 May 2016 - 26 May 2016". London: Official Charts Company . Retrieved 21 May 2016.
  24. "27 May 2016 - 3 June 2016". London: Official Charts Company . Retrieved 28 May 2016.
  25. "3 June 2016 - 10 June 2016". London: Official Charts Company . Retrieved 3 June 2016.
  26. "10 June 2016 - 17 June 2016". London: Official Charts Company . Retrieved 10 June 2016.
  27. "17 June 2016 - 24 June 2016". London: Official Charts Company . Retrieved 17 June 2016.
  28. "24 June 2016 - 1 July 2016". London: Official Charts Company . Retrieved 24 June 2016.
  29. "1 July 2016 - 7 July 2016". London: Official Charts Company . Retrieved 1 July 2016.
  30. "8 July 2016 - 14 July 2016". London: Official Charts Company . Retrieved 8 July 2016.
  31. "15 July 2016 - 21 July 2016". London: Official Charts Company . Retrieved 15 July 2016.
  32. "22 July 2016 - 28 July 2016". London: Official Charts Company . Retrieved 22 July 2016.
  33. "29 July 2016 - 4 August 2016". London: Official Charts Company . Retrieved 29 July 2016.
  34. "5 August 2016 - 11 August 2016". London: Official Charts Company . Retrieved 5 August 2016.
  35. "12 August 2016 - 18 August 2016". London: Official Charts Company . Retrieved 12 August 2016.
  36. "19 August 2016 - 25 August 2016". London: Official Charts Company . Retrieved 19 August 2016.
  37. "26 August 2016 - 1 September 2016". London: Official Charts Company . Retrieved 26 August 2016.
  38. "3 September 2016 - 8 September 2016". London: Official Charts Company . Retrieved 3 September 2016.
  39. "9 September 2016 - 15 September 2016". London: Official Charts Company . Retrieved 10 September 2016.
  40. "16 September 2016 - 22 September 2016". London: Official Charts Company . Retrieved 17 September 2016.
  41. "23 September 2016 - 29 September 2016". London: Official Charts Company . Retrieved 24 September 2016.
  42. "30 September 2016 - 6 October 2016". London: Official Charts Company . Retrieved 1 October 2016.
  43. "7 October 2016 - 13 October 2016". London: Official Charts Company . Retrieved 8 October 2016.
  44. "14 October 2016 - 20 October 2016". London: Official Charts Company . Retrieved 15 October 2016.
  45. "21 October 2016 - 27 October 2016". London: Official Charts Company . Retrieved 22 October 2016.
  46. "28 October 2016 - 3 November 2016". London: Official Charts Company . Retrieved 29 October 2016.
  47. "4 November 2016 - 10 November 2016". London: Official Charts Company . Retrieved 5 November 2016.
  48. "11 November 2016 - 17 November 2016". London: Official Charts Company . Retrieved 12 November 2016.
  49. "18 November 2016 - 24 November 2016". London: Official Charts Company . Retrieved 19 November 2016.
  50. "25 November 2016 - 1 December 2016". London: Official Charts Company . Retrieved 26 November 2016.
  51. "2 December 2016 - 8 December 2016". London: Official Charts Company . Retrieved 2 December 2016.
  52. "9 December 2016 - 15 December 2016". London: Official Charts Company . Retrieved 9 December 2016.
  53. "16 December 2016 - 22 December 2016". London: Official Charts Company . Retrieved 16 December 2016.
  54. "23 December 2016 - 29 December 2016". London: Official Charts Company . Retrieved 23 December 2016.
  55. "30 December 2016 - 5 January 2017". London: Official Charts Company . Retrieved 30 December 2016.
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