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R&B">R&B</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hip_hop_music" title="Hip hop music">hip hop</a> albums based on sales in the United States and is compiled by <a href="/wiki/Luminate_(company)" title="Luminate (company)">Luminate</a>. The chart debuted as Hot R&B LPs in the issue dated January 30, 1965, in an effort by the magazine to further expand into the field of rhythm and blues music.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It then went through several name changes, being known as <a href="/wiki/Soul_music" title="Soul music">Soul</a> LPs in the 1970s and Top Black <a href="/wiki/Albums" class="mw-redirect" title="Albums">Albums</a> in the 1980s, before returning to the R&B identification in 1990 and affixing a hip hop designation in 1999 to reflect the latter's growing sales and relationship to R&B during the decade. </p><p>From 1965 through 2009, the chart was compiled based on reported sales at a core panel of stores with a "higher-than-average volume" of R&B and/or hip-hop album sales to monitor buying trends of the African-American community. This panel included more independent and smaller chain stores compared to the high percentage of mass merchants that account for overall album sales.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The core panel of stores continued to be monitored with the advent of SoundScan technology in the early 1990s but was dissolved at the end of 2009 when the methodology of the chart changed to "recap overall album sales of current R&B/hip-hop titles."<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i>Billboard'</i>s respective top R&B and rap albums charts, which respectively rank contemporary R&B and rap albums within their own charting positions, are consolidated into the overall Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div id="toc" class="toc" role="navigation" aria-labelledby="mw-toc-heading"><input type="checkbox" role="button" id="toctogglecheckbox" class="toctogglecheckbox" style="display:none"><div class="toctitle" lang="en" dir="ltr"><h2 id="mw-toc-heading">Contents</h2><span class="toctogglespan"><label class="toctogglelabel" for="toctogglecheckbox"></label></span></div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="#Chart_name_history"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Chart name history</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2"><a href="#Achievements"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Achievements</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-3"><a href="#Artists_with_the_most_number-one_albums"><span class="tocnumber">2.1</span> <span class="toctext">Artists with the most number-one albums</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-4"><a href="#Top_Rap_Albums"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Top Rap Albums</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-5"><a href="#Albums_with_the_most_weeks_at_number_one"><span class="tocnumber">3.1</span> <span class="toctext">Albums with the most weeks at number one</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-6"><a href="#Artists_with_the_most_number-one_albums_2"><span class="tocnumber">3.2</span> <span class="toctext">Artists with the most number-one albums</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-7"><a href="#Notes"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">Notes</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-8"><a href="#References"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">References</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-9"><a href="#Works_cited"><span class="tocnumber">6</span> <span class="toctext">Works cited</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-10"><a href="#External_links"><span class="tocnumber">7</span> <span class="toctext">External links</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(1)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Chart_name_history">Chart name history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Top_R%26B/Hip-Hop_Albums&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Chart name history" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-1 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-1"> <p>The chart debuted on January 30, 1965, as the <b>Hot R&B LP's</b>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On August 23, 1969, <i>Billboard</i> renamed both singles and albums contingents of the R&B charts as <a href="/wiki/Soul_music" title="Soul music">Soul</a> charts;<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the albums chart was first called <b>Best Selling Soul LP's</b> and then from July 14, 1973, simply <b>Soul LP's</b>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On June 26, 1982, the singles and album charts were renamed again as Black Singles and <b>Black LPs</b> respectively.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> With <i>Billboard's</i> overhaul of its charts on October 20, 1984,<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the chart became <b>Top Black Albums</b>. On October 27, 1990, the charts returned to the R&B designation (<b>Top R&B Albums</b>, Hot R&B Singles). On December 11, 1999, <i>Billboard</i> renamed them again as <b>Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums</b> and Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks, in an effort to recognize the growing sales of <a href="/wiki/Hip_hop_music" title="Hip hop music">hip hop music</a> and the genre's influential relationship to <a href="/wiki/Contemporary_R%26B" title="Contemporary R&B">contemporary R&B</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(2)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Achievements">Achievements</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Top_R%26B/Hip-Hop_Albums&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Achievements" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-2 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-2"> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <caption>Album with the Most weeks in the top ten<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Weeks </th> <th scope="col">Album </th> <th scope="col">Artist </th></tr> <tr> <td>100 </td> <td scope="row"><i><a href="/wiki/My_Turn_(Lil_Baby_album)" title="My Turn (Lil Baby album)">My Turn</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lil_Baby" title="Lil Baby">Lil Baby</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>89 </td> <td scope="row"><i><a href="/wiki/Hollywood%27s_Bleeding" title="Hollywood's Bleeding">Hollywood's Bleeding</a></i> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Post_Malone" title="Post Malone">Post Malone</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">77 </td> <td scope="row"><i><a href="/wiki/Stoney_(album)" title="Stoney (album)">Stoney</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td scope="row"><i><a href="/wiki/Beerbongs_%26_bentleys" class="mw-redirect" title="Beerbongs & bentleys">beerbongs & bentleys</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td>76 </td> <td scope="row"><i><a href="/wiki/Thriller_(album)" title="Thriller (album)">Thriller</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Michael_Jackson" title="Michael Jackson">Michael Jackson</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>70 </td> <td scope="row"><i><a href="/wiki/Shoot_for_the_Stars,_Aim_for_the_Moon" title="Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon">Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pop_Smoke" title="Pop Smoke">Pop Smoke</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>64 </td> <td scope="row"><i><a href="/wiki/Whitney_Houston_(album)" title="Whitney Houston (album)">Whitney Houston</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Whitney_Houston" title="Whitney Houston">Whitney Houston</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>63 </td> <td scope="row"><i><a href="/wiki/The_E.N.D." title="The E.N.D.">The E.N.D.</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Black_Eyed_Peas" title="Black Eyed Peas">Black Eyed Peas</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>61 </td> <td scope="row"><i><a href="/wiki/After_Hours_(The_Weeknd_album)" title="After Hours (The Weeknd album)">After Hours</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Weeknd" title="The Weeknd">The Weeknd</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>59 </td> <td scope="row"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Heist_(album)" title="The Heist (album)">The Heist</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Macklemore_%26_Ryan_Lewis" title="Macklemore & Ryan Lewis">Macklemore & Ryan Lewis</a> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable"> <caption>Albums with the Most weeks on the chart<sup id="cite_ref-MostWeeksChart_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MostWeeksChart-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Weeks </th> <th scope="col">Album </th> <th scope="col">Artist </th></tr> <tr> <td>362 </td> <td scope="row"><i><a href="/wiki/Take_Care_(album)" class="mw-redirect" title="Take Care (album)">Take Care</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Drake_(musician)" title="Drake (musician)">Drake</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>342 </td> <td scope="row"><i><a href="/wiki/Curtain_Call:_The_Hits" title="Curtain Call: The Hits">Curtain Call: The Hits</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Eminem" title="Eminem">Eminem</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>327 </td> <td scope="row"><i><a href="/wiki/Greatest_Hits_(Tupac_Shakur_album)" title="Greatest Hits (Tupac Shakur album)">Greatest Hits</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tupac_Shakur" title="Tupac Shakur">Tupac Shakur</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>319 </td> <td scope="row"><i><a href="/wiki/2014_Forest_Hills_Drive" title="2014 Forest Hills Drive">2014 Forest Hills Drive</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/J._Cole" title="J. Cole">J. Cole</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>299 </td> <td scope="row"><i><a href="/wiki/Good_Kid,_M.A.A.D_City" title="Good Kid, M.A.A.D City">Good Kid, M.A.A.D City</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kendrick_Lamar" title="Kendrick Lamar">Kendrick Lamar</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>266 </td> <td scope="row"><i><a href="/wiki/Goodbye_%26_Good_Riddance" title="Goodbye & Good Riddance">Goodbye & Good Riddance</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Juice_Wrld" title="Juice Wrld">Juice Wrld</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>263 </td> <td scope="row"><i><a href="/wiki/DAMN." class="mw-redirect" title="DAMN.">DAMN.</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kendrick_Lamar" title="Kendrick Lamar">Kendrick Lamar</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>259 </td> <td scope="row"><i><a href="/wiki/Beerbongs_%26_Bentleys" title="Beerbongs & Bentleys">beerbongs & bentleys</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Post_Malone" title="Post Malone">Post Malone</a> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Artists_with_the_most_number-one_albums">Artists with the most number-one albums</h3><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Top_R%26B/Hip-Hop_Albums&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Artists with the most number-one albums" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Artist </th> <th class="unsortable"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> of #1 albums </th> <th>Source </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Temptations" title="The Temptations">The Temptations</a> </td> <td>19 </td> <td style="text-align:center;" rowspan="6"><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Drake_(musician)" title="Drake (musician)">Drake</a> </td> <td rowspan="2">15 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Future_(rapper)" title="Future (rapper)">Future</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Jay-Z" title="Jay-Z">Jay-Z</a> </td> <td>14 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kanye_West" title="Kanye West">Kanye West</a> </td> <td rowspan="2">12 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/R._Kelly" title="R. Kelly">R. Kelly</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(3)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Top_Rap_Albums">Top Rap Albums</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Top_R%26B/Hip-Hop_Albums&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Top Rap Albums" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-3 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-3"> <p><i>Billboard</i> began the Top Rap Albums chart on the weekend of June 26, 2004,<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> although its first publication on print commenced on the week of November 20, 2004.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Pop_Smoke" title="Pop Smoke">Pop Smoke</a>'s posthumous debut, <i><a href="/wiki/Shoot_for_the_Stars,_Aim_for_the_Moon" title="Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon">Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon</a></i> holds the record of most weeks at number one on the chart with twenty non-consecutive weeks.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Albums_with_the_most_weeks_at_number_one">Albums with the most weeks at number one</h3><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Top_R%26B/Hip-Hop_Albums&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Albums with the most weeks at number one" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Weeks </th> <th>Album </th> <th>Artist </th> <th>Source </th></tr> <tr> <td>20 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Shoot_for_the_Stars,_Aim_for_the_Moon" title="Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon">Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pop_Smoke" title="Pop Smoke">Pop Smoke</a> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-:1_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:0_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>19 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Recovery_(Eminem_album)" title="Recovery (Eminem album)">Recovery</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Eminem" title="Eminem">Eminem</a> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-:1_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>18 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Heroes_%26_Villains" title="Heroes & Villains">Heroes & Villains</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Metro_Boomin" title="Metro Boomin">Metro Boomin</a> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>16 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Take_Care_(album)" class="mw-redirect" title="Take Care (album)">Take Care</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Drake_(rapper)" class="mw-redirect" title="Drake (rapper)">Drake</a> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>14 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Marshall_Mathers_LP_2" title="The Marshall Mathers LP 2">The Marshall Mathers LP 2</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Eminem" title="Eminem">Eminem</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3">13 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Paper_Trail" title="Paper Trail">Paper Trail</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/T.I." title="T.I.">T.I.</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Heist_(album)" title="The Heist (album)">The Heist</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Macklemore" title="Macklemore">Macklemore</a> & <a href="/wiki/Ryan_Lewis" title="Ryan Lewis">Ryan Lewis</a> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Certified_Lover_Boy" title="Certified Lover Boy">Certified Lover Boy</a></i> </td> <td>Drake </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">11 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Damn_(Kendrick_Lamar_album)" title="Damn (Kendrick Lamar album)">DAMN.</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kendrick_Lamar" title="Kendrick Lamar">Kendrick Lamar</a> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/For_All_the_Dogs" title="For All the Dogs">For All The Dogs</a></i> </td> <td>Drake </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Artists_with_the_most_number-one_albums_2">Artists with the most number-one albums</h3><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Top_R%26B/Hip-Hop_Albums&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Artists with the most number-one albums" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled 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Game</a> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">7 </td> <td>Eminem </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Jay-Z" title="Jay-Z">Jay-Z</a> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(4)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a 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