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 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 2023
Number-one albums Issue dateAlbumArtist(s)Record labelRef.5 January This Is What I MeanStormzy0207/Merky12 JanuaryBack to BlackAmy Winehouse Island19 January26 January Rap Game AwfulClavishPolydor2 FebruaryBack to BlackAmy Winehouse Island9 FebruaryHugoLoyle Carner EMI16 FebruaryBack to BlackAmy Winehouse Island23 FebruaryWhitneyWhitney Houston Arista2 MarchBack to BlackAmy Winehouse Island9 March16 MarchUglySlowthai Method23 March30 March3 Feet High and RisingDe La Soul Chrysalis6 April13 April20 AprilHopeNF EMI27 AprilGod Save the Streets AvelinoMore Music Oddchild4 MaySkala SongerHard Reality11 MayCrop Circle 2 NinesWarner18 MayFirst Lap Tunde Tunde25 MayReal Back in Style Potter Payper 02071 JuneThe Playlist Steel Banglez Gifted Music/Warner8 JuneThe Village is On Fire Guvna B Allo Mate15 JuneStakes Is High De La Soul Chrysalis22 JunePurple Hearts Youngs Teflon and Tiny Boost Trillin29 JuneNo Thank You Little Simz Forever Living Originals6 July13 JulyBack to BlackAmy Winehouse Island20 JulyAngels and Queens P1GabrielsParlophone27 JulyBeautiful and Brutal YardJ HusBlack Butter3 AugustAngels and Queens P1GabrielsParlophone10 August17 AugustTimelessN-DubzEMI24 AugustUnfinished BusinessFredoPG Records31 AugustScaring the HoesJPEGMafia and Danny BrownPeggy7 SeptemberI Told Them...Burna BoyAtlantic14 September21 SeptemberMy Neighbours Don't KnowM HunchoMyb28 SeptemberMy Dear MelancholyThe WeekndXO/Republic5 OctoberStrength to StrengthHeadie One and K-TrapOne Thousand812 OctoberFalling or FlyingJorja SmithFAMM19 OctoberCrop Circle 3NinesZino26 October Sick BoiRenThe Other Songs2 November LahaiSamphaYoung9 November Famous Last WordsCasisdeadXL16 November Sweet JusticeTkay Maidza4AD23 NovemberBack to BlackAmy Winehouse Island30 NovemberYours TrulyAriana Grande Republic7 DecemberBack to BlackAmy Winehouse Island14 December21 DecemberPink Friday 2Nicki Minaj Island28 DecemberBack to BlackAmy Winehouse Island
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 2020s List of UK R&B Singles Chart number ones of 2023
References
External links R&B Albums Top 40 at the Official Charts Company at BBC Radio 1