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 2017.
Issue date | Album | Artist(s) | Record label | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
6 January | Starboy | The Weeknd | Republic | [3] |
13 January | [4] | |||
20 January | Godfather | Wiley | CTA | [5] |
27 January | Yesterday's Gone | Loyle Carner | AMF | [6] |
3 February | R&B Mixtape | Various Artists | Ministry of Sound | [7] |
10 February | [8] | |||
17 February | One Foot Out | Nines | XL | [9] |
24 February | Now That's What I Call R&B | Various Artists | Sony Music CG/Virgin Emi | [10] |
3 March [a] [b] | Gang Signs & Prayer | Stormzy | Merky | [11] |
10 March [b] | [12] | |||
17 March [b] | [13] | |||
24 March [b] | More Life | Drake | Cash Money/Republic | [14] |
31 March [b] | [15] | |||
7 April [b] | [16] | |||
14 April [b] | [17] | |||
21 April | Damn | Kendrick Lamar | Interscope | [18] |
28 April | [19] | |||
5 May | [20] | |||
12 May | [21] | |||
19 May | Common Sense | J Hus | Black Butter/Epic | [22] |
26 May | [23] | |||
2 June | True to Self | Bryson Tiller | RCA | [24] |
9 June | Throwback Hip Hop | Various Artists | Ministry of Sound | [25] |
16 June | [26] | |||
23 June | [27] | |||
30 June [b] | Grateful | DJ Khaled | Black Butter/We The Best | [28] |
7 July | TLC | TLC | Cooking Vinyl | [29] |
14 July | 4:44 | Jay-Z | Roc Nation | [30] |
21 July | King of the North | Bugzy Malone | Ill Gotten | [31] |
28 July | I Love R&B | Various Artists | Ministry of Sound | [32] |
4 August | [33] | |||
11 August | [34] | |||
18 August | League of My Own II | Chip | Cash Motto | [35] |
25 August | 4:44 | Jay-Z | Roc Nation | [36] |
1 September | [37] | |||
8 September | Damn | Kendrick Lamar | Interscope | [38] |
15 September | The Ultimate Collection | Whitney Houston | Arista | [39] |
22 September | Lemonade | Beyoncé | Columbia/Parkwood Ent | [40] |
29 September | Double Dutchess | Fergie | BMG | [41] |
6 October | Disstracktions | KSI | Island | [42] |
13 October | Wamp 2 Dem | Giggs | No BS | [43] |
20 October | FR32 | Wretch 32 | Polydor | [44] |
27 October | 7 Days | Krept and Konan | Virgin | [45] |
3 November | Heartbreak on a Full Moon | Chris Brown | RCA | [46] |
10 November | [47] | |||
17 November | Stripped – Acoustic R&B | Various Artists | Ministry of Sound | [48] |
24 November | [49] | |||
1 December | Gang Signs & Prayer | Stormzy | Merky | [50] |
8 December | [51] | |||
15 December | [52] | |||
22 December [a] [b] | Revival | Eminem | Interscope | [53] |
29 December [b] | [54] |