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 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 2018.
Issue date | Album | Artist(s) | Record label | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
5 January [b] | Revival | Eminem | Interscope | [3] |
12 January [b] | [4] | |||
19 January | Trevor Nelson : Slow Jamz | Various Artists | UMOD | [5] |
26 January | [6] | |||
2 February | The Time Is Now | Craig David | Speakerbox | [7] |
9 February | Revival | Eminem | Interscope | [8] |
16 February | Diamond in the Dirt | Mist | Sickmade | [9] |
23 February | Gang Signs & Prayer | Stormzy | Merky | [10] |
2 March | [11] | |||
9 March | 90's Baby | Various Artists | Ministry of Sound | [12] |
16 March | Cocoa Sugar | Young Fathers | Ninja Tune | [13] |
23 March | ? | XXXTentacion | Bad Vibes Forever | [14] |
30 March | Sex & Cigarettes | Toni Braxton | Def Jam | [15] |
6 April | My Dear Melancholy, | The Weeknd | Republic | [16] |
13 April | Geography | Tom Misch | Beyond the Groove | [17] |
20 April | My Dear Melancholy, | The Weeknd | Republic | [18] |
27 April | KOD | J. Cole | Interscope | [19] |
4 May | Beerbongs & Bentleys | Post Malone | Republic | [20] |
11 May | Heaven Before All Hell Breaks Loose | Plan B | 679 | [21] |
18 May | Beerbongs & Bentleys | Post Malone | Republic | [22] |
25 May | Good Thing | Leon Bridges | Columbia | [23] |
1 June | Beerbongs & Bentleys | Post Malone | Republic | [24] |
8 June | Ye | Kanye West | Def Jam | [25] |
15 June | Lost & Found | Jorja Smith | Famm | [26] |
22 June | Everything Is Love | The Carters | RCA/Roc Nation | [27] |
29 June | [28] | |||
6 July [a] [b] | Scorpion | Drake | Cash Money/Republic | [29] |
13 July [a] [b] | [30] | |||
20 July [a] [b] | [31] | |||
27 July [b] | [32] | |||
3 August [b] | [33] | |||
10 August [b] | [34] | |||
17 August | Queen | Nicki Minaj | [35] | |
24 August | B. Inspired | Bugzy Malone | BSomebody | [36] |
31 August | Rap Allstars | Various Artists | UMOD | [37] |
7 September [a] [b] | Kamikaze | Eminem | Interscope | [38] |
14 September [a] | [39] | |||
21 September [a] | [40] | |||
28 September | Piano and a Microphone 1983 | Prince | Rhino | [41] |
5 October | Kamikaze | Eminem | Interscope | [42] |
12 October | [43] | |||
19 October | [44] | |||
26 October | [45] | |||
2 November | [46] | |||
9 November | [47] | |||
16 November | [48] | |||
23 November | Caution | Mariah Carey | Epic | [49] |
30 November | Kamikaze | Eminem | Interscope | [50] |
7 December | [51] | |||
14 December | [52] | |||
21 December | [53] | |||
28 December | [54] |
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