List of Billboard number-one R&B albums of 2012

These are the albums that reached number one on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart in 2012, shown in chronological order by issue date.

Chart history[]

Key

Indicates best-charting R&B/Hip-Hop album of 2012

Issue date	Album	Artist	Reference(s)
January 7	Thug Motivation 103: Hustlerz Ambition	Young Jeezy	[1]
January 14	Take Care	Drake	[2]
January 21			[3]
January 28			[4]
February 4			[5]
February 11	Soul 2	Seal	[6]
February 18	Take Care	Drake	[7]
February 25			[8]
March 3			[9]
March 10	Careless World: Rise of the Last King	Tyga	[10]
March 17			[11]
March 24	Take Care	Drake	[12]
March 31			[13]
April 7	The OF Tape Vol. 2	Odd Future	[14]
April 14	The MF Life	Melanie Fiona	[15]
April 21	Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded	Nicki Minaj	[16]
April 28			[17]
May 5			[18]
May 12			[19]
May 19	Strange Clouds	B.o.B	[20]
May 26	This Is How I Feel	Tank	[21]
June 2	Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded	Nicki Minaj	[22]
June 9			[23]
June 16			[24]
June 23	Live from the Underground	Big K.R.I.T.	[25]
June 30	Looking 4 Myself	Usher	[26]
July 7			[27]
July 14	Self Made Vol. 2	Maybach Music Group	[28]
July 21	Fortune	Chris Brown	[29]
July 28	Channel Orange	Frank Ocean	[30]
August 4	Life Is Good	Nas	[31]
August 11			[32]
August 18	God Forgives, I Don't	Rick Ross	[33]
August 25			[34]
September 1	Based on a T.R.U. Story	2 Chainz	[35]
September 8	Chapter V	Trey Songz	[36]
September 15	Welcome To: Our House	Slaughterhouse	[37]
September 22	Based on a T.R.U. Story	2 Chainz	[38]
September 29			[39]
October 6	Cruel Summer	GOOD Music	[40]
October 13	Food & Liquor II: The Great American Rap Album Pt. 1	Lupe Fiasco	[41]
October 20	Kaleidoscope Dream	Miguel	[42]
October 27	The Heist	Macklemore & Ryan Lewis	[43]
November 3	Two Eleven	Brandy	[44]
November 10	good kid, m.A.A.d city	Kendrick Lamar	[45]
November 17	Dreams & Nightmares	Meek Mill	[46]
November 24	R.E.D.	Ne-Yo	[47]
December 1	Trilogy	The Weeknd	[48]
December 8	Unapologetic	Rihanna	[49]
December 15	Girl on Fire	Alicia Keys	[50]
December 22	O.N.I.F.C.	Wiz Khalifa	[51]
December 29	Jesus Piece	The Game	[52]

See also[]

• 2012 in music
• List of number-one R&B/hip-hop songs of 2012 (U.S.)

References[]