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 and Hip hop genres 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 2016.

Number-one albums

Issue dateAlbumArtist(s)Record labelRef.1 January Beauty Behind the Madness The Weeknd Republic8 January 15 January Keep Up KSI Island22 January Beauty Behind the Madness The Weeknd Republic29 January 5 February Anti Rihanna Westbury Road / Roc Nation12 February Throwback Slowjams Various Artists Ministry of Sound19 February26 February4 March This Unruly Mess I've Made Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Macklemore LLC11 March Made in the Manor Kano Parlophone18 March Old Skool Various Artists Ministry of Sound25 March Back to Black Amy Winehouse Island1 April Mind of Mine Zayn RCA8 April15 April22 April Anti Rihanna Westbury Road / Roc Nation29 April Lemonade Beyoncé Parkwood / Columbia6 May Views Drake Young Money / Republic13 May Lemonade Beyoncé Parkwood / Columbia20 May 27 May 3 June 10 June 17 June Throwback Summer Jamz Various Artists Ministry of Sound24 June 1 July8 JulyLemonade Beyoncé Parkwood / Columbia15 July Throwback Summer Jamz Various Artists Ministry of Sound22 July Love & Hate Michael Kiwanuka Polydor29 July 5 August Major Key DJ Khaled We the Best/Epic12 August Landlord Giggs SNI19 August PartyNextDoor 3 PartyNextDoor OVO/Parlophone26 August Blonde Frank Ocean Boys Don't Cry2 September9 September Growing Over Life Wretch 32 Polydor16 September Blonde Frank Ocean Boys Don't Cry23 September Hard II Love Usher RCA30 SeptemberLemonade Beyoncé Parkwood / Columbia7 October Chilled Hip Hop Various Artists Ministry of Sound14 October Let Them Eat Chaos Kae Tempest Fiction21 October 1992 The Game SPV28 October Views Drake Young Money / Republic4 November Dreamland Mic Righteous Grimey Limey11 November Here Alicia Keys RCA18 November We Got It from Here... Thank You 4 Your Service A Tribe Called Quest Epic25 November Views Drake Young Money / Republic2 December Starboy The Weeknd Republic9 December16 December23 December30 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 the 2010s List of UK R&B Singles Chart number ones of 2016

References

External links R&B Albums Top 40 at the Official Charts Company UK Top 40 RnB Albums at BBC Radio 1