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 2009.
Issue date | Album | Artist | Record label | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
4 January | Spirit | Leona Lewis | Syco/Sony BMG/J | [5] |
11 January | I Am... Sasha Fierce | Beyoncé | Music World/Columbia | [6] |
18 January | [7] | |||
25 January | Good Girl Gone Bad | Rihanna | Def Jam/SRP | [8] |
1 February | I Am... Sasha Fierce | Beyoncé | Music World/Columbia | [9] |
8 February | [10] | |||
15 February | Lovesongs | Luther Vandross | Sony Music | [11] |
22 February | I Am... Sasha Fierce | Beyoncé | Music World/Columbia | [12] |
1 March | [13] | |||
8 March | [14] | |||
15 March | Freedom | Akon | Universal | [15] |
22 March | Just Go | Lionel Richie | Mercury | [16] |
29 March | Freedom | Akon | Universal | [17] |
5 April [b] | R.O.O.T.S. | Flo Rida | Atlantic | [18] |
12 April | I Am... Sasha Fierce | Beyoncé | Music World/Columbia | [19] |
19 April | [20] | |||
26 April | [21] | |||
3 May | [22] | |||
10 May | [23] | |||
17 May | R&B Collection - Summer 2009 | Various Artists | UMTV | [24] |
24 May [a] | Relapse | Eminem | Interscope | [25] |
31 May [a] | [26] | |||
7 June | [27] | |||
14 June [b] | The E.N.D | The Black Eyed Peas | Interscope | [28] |
21 June [b] | [29] | |||
28 June | The Essential Michael Jackson | Michael Jackson | Epic | [30] |
5 July [a] [b] | [31] | |||
12 July [a] [b] | [32] | |||
19 July [a] | [33] | |||
26 July [a] | [34] | |||
2 August [a] | [35] | |||
9 August [a] | [36] | |||
16 August [b] | The E.N.D | The Black Eyed Peas | Interscope | [37] |
23 August | I Am... Sasha Fierce | Beyoncé | Music World/Columbia | [38] |
30 August [b] | The E.N.D | The Black Eyed Peas | Interscope | [39] |
6 September | [40] | |||
13 September | [41] | |||
20 September | The Blueprint 3 | Jay-Z | Roc Nation/Atlantic | [42] |
27 September | Tongue N' Cheek | Dizzee Rascal | Dirtee Stank/Liberation | [43] |
3 October | [44] | |||
10 October | [45] | |||
17 October | The Blueprint 3 | Jay-Z | Roc Nation/Atlantic | [46] |
24 October [b] | I Am Chipmunk | Chipmunk | Columbia | [47] |
31 October | I Look to You | Whitney Houston | Arista | [48] |
7 November | This Is It | Michael Jackson | Epic | [49] |
14 November | [50] | |||
21 November [a] | JLS | JLS | [51] | |
28 November [a] | Echo | Leona Lewis | Syco/J | [52] |
5 December | JLS | JLS | Epic | [53] |
12 December | [54] | |||
19 December | The E.N.D | The Black Eyed Peas | Interscope | [55] |
26 December [b] | [56] |
American singer Beyoncé has released six studio albums, five live albums, three compilation albums, five EPs, one soundtrack album, two karaoke albums, and 80 singles. She has sold over 118 million records as a solo artist, and a further 60 million with Destiny's Child, making her one of the best-selling music artists of all time. The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) recognized her as the Top Certified Artist of the 2000s decade. As of June 2016, in the United States, Beyoncé has sold 17.2 million albums as a solo artist, and a further 17 million albums as part of Destiny's Child.
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