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, and is based on sales of CDs, downloads, vinyl and other formats over the previous seven days.
The following are the number-one albums of 2009.
Number-one albums
Issue dateAlbumArtistRecord labelRef.4 JanuarySpiritLeona LewisSyco/Sony BMG/J11 JanuaryI Am... Sasha FierceBeyoncéMusic World/Columbia18 January25 JanuaryGood Girl Gone BadRihannaDef Jam/SRP1 FebruaryI Am... Sasha FierceBeyoncéMusic World/Columbia8 February15 FebruaryLovesongsLuther VandrossSony Music22 FebruaryI Am... Sasha FierceBeyoncéMusic World/Columbia1 March8 March15 MarchFreedomAkonUniversal22 MarchJust GoLionel RichieMercury29 MarchFreedomAkonUniversal5 April R.O.O.T.S.Flo RidaAtlantic12 AprilI Am... Sasha FierceBeyoncéMusic World/Columbia19 April26 April3 May10 May17 MayR&B Collection - Summer 2009Various ArtistsUMTV24 May RelapseEminemInterscope31 May 7 June14 June The E.N.DThe Black Eyed PeasInterscope21 June 28 JuneThe Essential Michael JacksonMichael JacksonEpic5 July 12 July 19 July 26 July 2 August 9 August 16 August The E.N.DThe Black Eyed PeasInterscope23 AugustI Am... Sasha FierceBeyoncéMusic World/Columbia30 August The E.N.DThe Black Eyed PeasInterscope6 September13 September20 SeptemberThe Blueprint 3Jay-ZRoc Nation/Atlantic27 SeptemberTongue N' CheekDizzee RascalDirtee Stank/Liberation3 October10 October17 OctoberThe Blueprint 3 Jay-Z Roc Nation/Atlantic24 October I Am ChipmunkChipmunkColumbia31 OctoberI Look to YouWhitney HoustonArista7 NovemberThis Is ItMichael JacksonEpic14 November21 November JLSJLS28 November EchoLeona LewisSyco/J5 DecemberJLSJLSEpic12 December19 DecemberThe E.N.DThe Black Eyed PeasInterscope26 December
Notes - The album was simultaneously number-one on the UK albums chart. - The artist was simultaneously number-one on the R&B singles chart.
See also
List of UK Albums Chart number ones of 2009 List of UK R&B Chart number-one singles of 2009
References
External links R&B Albums Top 40 at the Official Charts Company UK Top 40 RnB Albums at BBC Radio 1