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 2020.
Issue date | Album | Artist(s) | Record label | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
3 January | Grime MC | Jme | Boy Better Know | [3] |
10 January [a] [b] | Heavy Is the Head | Stormzy | Atlantic/Merky | [4] |
17 January [b] | [5] | |||
24 January [a] [b] | Music to Be Murdered By | Eminem | Interscope | [6] |
31 January | [7] | |||
7 February | [8] | |||
14 February | [9] | |||
21 February | [10] | |||
28 February | Heavy Is the Head | Stormzy | Atlantic/Merky | [11] |
6 March | Music to Be Murdered By | Eminem | Interscope | [12] |
13 March | [13] | |||
20 March | [14] | |||
27 March [a] | After Hours | The Weeknd | Republic/XO | [15] |
3 April | Insomnia | Skepta/Chip/Young Adz | SKC M29 | [16] |
10 April [b] | After Hours | The Weeknd | Republic/XO | [17] |
17 April [b] | [18] | |||
24 April [b] | [19] | |||
1 May | What Kinda Music | Tom Misch & Yussef Dayes | Beyond the Groovee/Blue Note | [20] |
8 May [a] | Dark Lane Demo Tapes | Drake | OVO/Republic | [21] |
15 May [b] | After Hours | The Weeknd | Republic/XO | [22] |
22 May | [23] | |||
29 May | Dissimulation | KSI | RBC | [24] |
5 June | Polaris | Aitch | NQ | [25] |
12 June | RTJ4 | Run the Jewels | BMG | [26] |
19 June | Back to Black | Amy Winehouse | Island | [27] |
26 June | After Hours | The Weeknd | Republic/XO | [28] |
3 July | [29] | |||
10 July | [30] | |||
17 July | None of Us Are Getting Out of This Life Alive | The Streets | Island | [31] |
24 July | Lianne La Havas | Lianne La Havas | Warner | [32] |
31 July | [33] | |||
7 August | Bigger Love | John Legend | Columbia | [34] |
14 August | None of Us Are Getting Out of This Life Alive | The Streets | Island | [35] |
21 August | Back to Black | Amy Winehouse | Island | [36] |
28 August | King's Disease | Nas | Mass Appeal | [37] |
4 September | Crabs in a Bucket | Nines | Warner | [38] |
11 September | [39] | |||
18 September | Back to Black | Amy Winehouse | Island | [40] |
25 September | RTJ4 | Run the Jewels | BMG | [41] |
2 October | After Hours | The Weeknd | Republic | [42] |
9 October | [43] | |||
16 October | The Blue Print: Us vs. Them | D-Block Europe | D-Block Europe | [44] |
23 October | Love & Hate | Michael Kiwanuka | Polydor | [45] |
30 October | Beastie Boys Music | Beastie Boys | UMC | [46] |
6 November | E3 AF | Dizzee Rascal | Dirtee Stank | [47] |
13 November | Dutch From the 5th | Dutchavelli | Parlophone | [48] |
20 November | Street Side Effects | K-Trap | Black Butter | [49] |
27 November | Back to Black | Amy Winehouse | Island | [50] |
4 December | After Hours | The Weeknd | Republic | [51] |
11 December | Gospel | Mica Paris | East West | [52] |
18 December | Back to Black | Amy Winehouse | Island | [53] |
25 December | Music to Be Murdered By | Eminem | Interscope | [54] |