These are the Billboard magazine R&B albums that reached number one in 1988.
Chart history Issue date Album Artist January 2 Bad Michael Jackson January 9 January 16 January 23 Characters Stevie Wonder January 30 February 6 February 13 February 20 February 27 All Our Love Gladys Knight & the Pips March 5 March 12 Characters Stevie Wonder March 19 Make It Last Forever Keith Sweat March 26 April 2 April 9 Bad Michael Jackson April 16 April 23 April 30 Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby Terence Trent D'Arby May 7 May 14 May 21 Faith George Michael May 28 June 4 June 11 June 18 June 25 July 2 In Effect Mode Al B. Sure! July 9 July 16 July 23 July 30 August 6 August 13 August 20 Strictly Business EPMD August 27 September 3 September 10 Don't Be Cruel Bobby Brown September 17 September 24 It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back Public Enemy October 1 Don't Be Cruel Bobby Brown October 8 October 15 Don't Let Love Slip Away Freddie Jackson October 22 Don't Be Cruel Bobby Brown October 29 November 5 November 12 November 19 Giving You the Best That I Got Anita Baker November 26 Any Love Luther Vandross December 3 December 10 Giving You the Best That I Got Anita Baker December 17 December 24 December 31
See also 1988 in music R&B number-one hits of 1988 (USA)
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