List of Billboard number-one R&B/hip-hop albums of 2016

This page lists the albums that reached number-one on the overall Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, the R&B Albums chart (which was re-created in 2013), and the Rap Albums chart in 2016. The R&B Albums and Rap Albums charts partly serve as distillations of the overall R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.

Note that Billboard publishes charts with an issue date approximately 7–10 days in advance.

List of number ones

Key

†	Indicates best-charting R&B/Hip-Hop, R&B and Rap albums of 2016[1][2][3]

Issue date	R&B/Hip-Hop Albums	Artist(s)		R&B Albums	Artist(s)		Rap Albums	Artist(s)	Refs.
January 2	The Buffet	R. Kelly		The Buffet	R. Kelly		When It's Dark Out	G-Eazy	[4]
January 9	Royalty	Chris Brown		Royalty	Chris Brown		King Push – Darkest Before Dawn: The Prelude	Pusha T	[5]
January 16							When It's Dark Out	G-Eazy	[6]
January 23									[7]
January 30	Beauty Behind the Madness	The Weeknd		Beauty Behind the Madness	The Weeknd		Straight Outta Compton: Music from the Motion Picture	Soundtrack	[8]
February 6	Straight Outta Compton: Music from the Motion Picture	Soundtrack					Church Clothes 3	Lecrae	[9]
February 13	Sex Love & Pain II	Tank		Sex Love & Pain II	Tank		Happy Camper	Hoodie Allen	[10]
February 20	Anti	Rihanna		Anti	Rihanna		Islah	Kevin Gates	[11]
February 27	Evol	Future					Evol	Future	[12]
March 5	Anti	Rihanna					To Pimp a Butterfly	Kendrick Lamar	[13]
March 12	The Art of Hustle	Yo Gotti					The Art of Hustle	Yo Gotti	[14]
March 19	This Unruly Mess I've Made	Macklemore & Ryan Lewis					This Unruly Mess I've Made	Macklemore & Ryan Lewis	[15]
March 26	Untitled Unmastered	Kendrick Lamar					Untitled Unmastered	Kendrick Lamar	[16]
April 2									[17]
April 9	Anti	Rihanna							[18]
April 16	More Issues Than Vogue	K. Michelle		More Issues Than Vogue	K. Michelle		Slime Season 3	Young Thug	[19]
April 23	Twenty88	Twenty88		Twenty88	Twenty88		Twenty88	Twenty88	[20]
April 30	Anti	Rihanna		Anti	Rihanna		Hamilton: An American Musical	Original Broadway Cast	[21]
May 7	Layers	Royce da 5'9"							[22]
May 14	Lemonade	Beyoncé		Lemonade †	Beyoncé		Therapy Session	NF	[23]
May 21	Views †	Drake					Views †	Drake	[24]
May 28									[25]
June 4	Lemonade	Beyoncé							[26]
June 11									[27]
June 18									[28]
June 25									[29]
July 2							Hamilton: An American Musical	Original Broadway Cast	[30]
July 9	Views †	Drake					Views †	Drake	[31]
July 16	Lemonade	Beyoncé							[32]
July 23	blackSUMMERS'night	Maxwell		blackSUMMERS'night	Maxwell				[33]
July 30	Blank Face LP	Schoolboy Q		Lemonade †	Beyoncé		Blank Face LP	Schoolboy Q	[34]
August 6	Lemonade	Beyoncé					Hamilton: An American Musical	Original Broadway Cast	[35]
August 13	Everybody Looking	Gucci Mane					Everybody Looking	Gucci Mane	[36]
August 20	Major Key	DJ Khaled		The Definition Of...	Fantasia		Major Key	DJ Khaled	[37]
August 27	Lemonade	Beyoncé		Lemonade †	Beyoncé				[38]
September 3	PartyNextDoor 3	PartyNextDoor		PartyNextDoor 3	PartyNextDoor		Fishing Blues	Atmosphere	[39]
September 10	Blonde	Frank Ocean		Blonde	Frank Ocean		I Told You	Tory Lanez	[40]
September 17							And the Anonymous Nobody...	De La Soul	[41]
September 24	Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight	Travis Scott		Lemonade †	Beyoncé		Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight	Travis Scott	[42]
October 1	Lemonade	Beyoncé							[43]
October 8	The Divine Feminine	Mac Miller		Hard II Love	Usher		The Divine Feminine	Mac Miller	[44]
October 15	blackSUMMERS'night	Maxwell		blackSUMMERS'night	Maxwell		Hamilton: An American Musical	Original Broadway Cast	[45]
October 22	A Seat at the Table	Solange		A Seat at the Table	Solange				[46]
October 29									[47]
November 5	1992	The Game		Lemonade †	Beyoncé		1992	The Game	[48]
November 12	Rage & The Machine	Joe Budden					Hamilton: An American Musical	Original Broadway Cast	[49]
November 19	Trap or Die 3	Jeezy					Trap or Die 3	Jeezy	[50]
November 26	Here	Alicia Keys		Here	Alicia Keys		Hamilton: An American Musical	Original Broadway Cast	[51]
December 3	We Got It from Here... Thank You 4 Your Service	A Tribe Called Quest		#MyNameIsJoeThomas	Joe		We Got It from Here... Thank You 4 Your Service	A Tribe Called Quest	[52]
December 10	24K Magic	Bruno Mars		24K Magic	Bruno Mars				[53]
December 17	Starboy	The Weeknd		Starboy	The Weeknd		[54]
December 24	The Hamilton Mixtape	Various Artists		"Awaken, My Love!"	Childish Gambino		The Hamilton Mixtape	Various Artists	[55]
December 31	4 Your Eyez Only	J. Cole		24K Magic	Bruno Mars		4 Your Eyez Only	J. Cole	[56]

See also

• 2016 in music
• List of Billboard 200 number-one albums of 2016
• List of number-one R&B/hip-hop songs of 2016 (U.S.)