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 1995.
Issue date | Album | Artist(s) | Record label | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 January | Always & Forever | Eternal | EMI | [3] |
8 January | Dummy | Portishead | Go! Beat | [4] |
15 January | [5] | |||
22 January | Always & Forever | Eternal | EMI | [6] |
29 January | [7] | |||
5 February | 12 Play | R. Kelly | Jive | [8] |
12 February | [9] | |||
19 February | Always & Forever | Eternal | EMI | [10] |
26 February | Protection / No Protection | Massive Attack | Circa/Virgin | [11] |
5 March | Pure Swing | Various Artists | Dino | [12] |
12 March | [13] | |||
19 March | [14] | |||
26 March | [15] | |||
2 April | Exodus | The New Power Generation | NPG | [16] |
9 April | Drive Thru Booty | Freak Power | Island | [17] |
16 April | 100% Acid Jazz | Various Artists | Telstar | [18] |
23 April | [19] | |||
30 April | Street Soul | Virgin | [20] | |
7 May | [21] | |||
14 May | [22] | |||
21 May | [23] | |||
28 May | [24] | |||
4 June | Pure Swing II | Dino | [25] | |
11 June | [26] | |||
18 June | HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I | Michael Jackson | Epic/MJJ Productions | [27] |
25 June | [28] | |||
2 July | [29] | |||
9 July | [30] | |||
16 July | [31] | |||
23 July | The Show, the After Party, the Hotel | Jodeci | Uptown/MCA | [32] |
30 July | HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I | Michael Jackson | Epic/MJJ Productions | [33] |
6 August | Volume V Believe | Soul II Soul | Virgin/EMI | [34] |
13 August | Timeless | Goldie | FFRR Records | [35] |
20 August | CrazySexyCool | TLC | LaFace/Arista | [36] |
27 August | Pure Swing III | Various Artists | Dino | [37] |
3 September | [38] | |||
10 September | [39] | |||
17 September | CrazySexyCool | TLC | LaFace/Arista | [40] |
24 September | [41] | |||
1 October | Daydream | Mariah Carey | Columbia | [42] |
8 October | Design of a Decade: 1986–1996 | Janet Jackson | A&M | [43] |
15 October | [44] | |||
22 October | [45] | |||
29 October | [46] | |||
5 November | Power of a Woman | Eternal | EMI | [47] |
12 November | Pure Swing IV | Various Artists | Dino | [48] |
19 November | [49] | |||
26 November | [50] | |||
3 December | [51] | |||
10 December | HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I | Michael Jackson | Epic/MJJ Productions | [52] |
17 December | [53] | |||
24 December | [54] | |||
31 December | [55] |
The Official Progressive Albums Chart is a monthly album chart for progressive music sales compiled by the Official Charts Company and launched in September 2015. The first album to top the chart was Currents by Tame Impala.