List of Billboard number-one R&B albums of 2003

These are the albums that reached number one on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart in 2003.

Chart history Issue date Album Artist Ref January 4 God's Son Nas January 11 I Care 4 U Aaliyah January 18 January 25 February 1 February 8 February 15 February 22 Get Rich or Die Tryin' 50 Cent March 1 March 8 Chocolate Factory R. Kelly March 15 Get Rich or Die Tryin|rowspan=4|50 Cent

| March 22

| March 29

| April 5

| April 12 || Diplomatic Immunity || The Diplomats || |- | April 19 | Get Rich or Die Tryin''' |50 Cent

| April 26 || The Senior || Ginuwine || |- | May 3 || 50 Cent: The New Breed || 50 Cent || |- | May 10 | Get Rich or Die Tryin |50 Cent

| May 17 || AttenCHUN! || Bone Crusher || |- | May 24 || rowspan="2" | Body Kiss || rowspan="2" | The Isley Brothers featuring Ronald Isley || |- | May 31 || |- | June 7 || Mississippi: The Album || David Banner || |- | June 14 || Body Kiss || The Isley Brothers featuring Ronald Isley || |- | June 21 || 2 Fast 2 Furious || Soundtrack / Various artists || |- | June 28 || rowspan="2" | Dance With My Father || rowspan="2" | Luther Vandross || |- | July 5 || |- | July 12 || Dangerously in Love || Beyoncé || |- | July 19 || rowspan="2" | Chapter II || rowspan="2" | Ashanti || |- | July 26

| August 2 || rowspan="4" | Bad Boys II || rowspan="4" | Soundtrack / Various artists || |- | August 9

| August 16

| August 23

| August 30 || The Chain Gang Vol. 2 || State Property || |- | September 6 || The Neptunes Present... Clones || The Neptunes and Various artists || |- | September 13 || rowspan="2" | Love & Life || rowspan="2" | Mary J. Blige || |- | September 20

| September 27 || Drankin' Patnaz || YoungBloodZ || |- | October 4 || Grand Champ || DMX || |- | October 11 || Speakerboxxx/The Love Below || Outkast || |- | October 18 || Too Hot for TV || Da Band || |- | October 25 || Chicken-n-Beer || Ludacris || |- | November 1 || Hard || Jagged Edge || |- | November 8 || Chicken-n-Beer || Ludacris || |- | November 15 || Stroke of Genius || Gerald Levert || |- | November 22 || Blood In My Eye || Ja Rule || |- | November 29 || rowspan="3" | The Black Album || rowspan="3" | Jay-Z || |- | December 6

| December 13

| December 20 || rowspan="2" | The Diary of Alicia Keys'' Alicia Keys December 27

See also 2003 in music List of Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks number ones of 2003

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