List of UK R&B Singles Chart number ones of 2016

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The UK R&B Singles Chart is a weekly chart that ranks the 40 biggest-selling singles and albums that are classified in the R&B genre in the United Kingdom. The chart is compiled by the Official Charts Company,^[1] and is based on both physical, Streaming and digital sales.^[2]

The following are the songs which have topped the UK R&B Singles Chart in 2016.^[3]

Number-one singles[]

Key

Best-selling R&B single of the year

Chart date (week ending)	Song	Artist(s)	Record label	References
7 January	"In2"	WSTRN	Atlantic	[4]
14 January				[5]
21 January				[6]
28 January	"Shut Up"	Stormzy	Stormzy	[7]
4 February	"Work"	Rihanna featuring Drake	Westbury Road / Roc Nation	[8]
11 February[a]	"Pillowtalk"	Zayn Malik	RCA	[9]
18 February				[10]
25 February				[11]
3 March	"Work"	Rihanna featuring Drake	Westbury Road / Roc Nation	[12]
10 March				[13]
17 March				[14]
24 March	"Work from Home"	Fifth Harmony featuring Ty Dolla $ign	Epic / Syco	[15]
31 March				[16]
7 April				[17]
14 April				[18]
21 April[a]	"One Dance"	Drake featuring Wizkid & Kyla	Republic / Young Money	[19]
28 April[a]				[20]
5 May[a]				[21]
12 May[a] [b]				[22]
19 May[a]				[23]
26 May[a]				[24]
2 June[a]				[25]
9 June[a]				[26]
16 June[a]				[27]
23 June[a]				[28]
30 June[a]				[29]
7 July[a]				[30]
14 July[a]				[31]
21 July[a]				[32]
28 July[a]				[33]
4 August				[34]
11 August				[35]
18 August				[36]
25 August				[37]
1 September				[38]
8 September				[39]
15 September				[40]
22 September				[41]
29 September				[42]
6 October	"Sucker for Pain"	Lil Wayne, Wiz Khalifa, Imagine Dragons, Logic, Ty Dolla Sign & X Ambassadors	Atlantic / Warner Bros.	[43]
13 October				[44]
20 October	"One Dance"	Drake featuring Wizkid & Kyla	Republic / Young Money	[45]
27 October				[46]
3 November [b]				[47]
10 November	"Fake Love"	Drake		[48]
17 November				[49]
24 November	"Black Beatles"	Rae Sremmurd featuring Gucci Mane	EarDrummers/Interscope	[50]
1 December				[51]
8 December				[52]
15 December				[53]
22 December				[54]
29 December				[55]

Notes[]

• ^a - The single was simultaneously number-one on the UK Singles Chart.^[56]
• ^b - The artist was simultaneously number-one on the R&B Albums Chart.^[57]

See also[]

• List of UK Singles Chart number ones of 2016
• List of UK R&B Albums Chart number ones of 2016
• List of UK Dance Singles Chart number ones of 2016

References[]

External links[]

• R&B Singles Top 40 at the Official Charts Company
• UK Top 40 RnB Singles at BBC Radio 1