List of Billboard number-one R&B/hip-hop albums of 2008

This page lists the albums that reached number one on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and Top Rap Albums charts in 2008. The Rap Albums chart partially serves as a distillation of rap-specific titles from the overall R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.

Chart history[]

Key

Indicates best-performing album of 2008[1][2]

Issue date	R&B/Hip-Hop Albums	Artist(s)	Rap Albums	Artist(s)	Refs.
January 5	Growing Pains	Mary J. Blige	Lupe Fiasco's The Cool	Lupe Fiasco	[3]
January 12					[4]
January 19					[5]
January 26			American Gangster	Jay-Z	[6]
February 2	Love Behind the Melody	Raheem deVaughn	Lupe Fiasco's The Cool	Lupe Fiasco	[7]
February 9	Growing Pains	Mary J. Blige			[8]
February 16					[9]
February 23	As I Am	Alicia Keys	American Gangster	Jay-Z	[10]
March 1			Lupe Fiasco's The Cool	Lupe Fiasco	[11]
March 8	Growing Pains	Mary J. Blige	Harlem's American Gangster	Jim Jones	[12]
March 15	Discipline	Janet Jackson	Savage Life 2	Webbie	[13]
March 22					[14]
March 29	Trilla	Rick Ross	Trilla	Rick Ross	[15]
April 5	Welcome to the Dollhouse	Danity Kane			[16]
April 12	Day26	Day26			[17]
April 19	Still da Baddest	Trina	Still da Baddest	Trina	[18]
April 26	All I Feel	Ray J	Trilla	Rick Ross	[19]
May 3	E=MC²	Mariah Carey			[20]
May 10					[21]
May 17	Lyfe Change	Lyfe Jennings	Rising Down	The Roots	[22]
May 24	E=MC²	Mariah Carey	Trilla	Rick Ross	[23]
May 31	Just Me	Keith Sweat			[24]
June 7	II Trill	Bun B	II Trill	Bun B	[25]
June 14	Here I Stand	Usher			[26]
June 21					[27]
June 28	Tha Carter III	Lil Wayne	Tha Carter III	Lil Wayne	[28]
July 5					[29]
July 12					[30]
July 19					[31]
July 26					[32]
August 2	Untitled	Nas	Untitled	Nas	[33]
August 9					[34]
August 16	Tha Carter III	Lil Wayne	Tha Carter III	Lil Wayne	[35]
August 23	Lessons in Love	Lloyd			[36]
August 30	Tha Carter III	Lil Wayne			[37]
September 6	Raw Footage	Ice Cube	Raw Footage	Ice Cube	[38]
September 13	L.A.X.	The Game	L.A.X.	The Game	[39]
September 20	The Recession	Young Jeezy	The Recession	Young Jeezy	[40]
September 27					[41]
October 4	Year of the Gentleman	Ne-Yo	Brass Knuckles	Nelly	[42]
October 11	Fearless	Jazmine Sullivan	The Recession	Young Jeezy	[43]
October 18	Paper Trail	T.I.	Paper Trail	T.I.	[44]
October 25					[45]
November 1					[46]
November 8					[47]
November 15	Evolver	John Legend			[48]
November 22	Paper Trail	T.I.			[49]
November 29	Three Ringz	T-Pain			[50]
December 6	I Am... Sasha Fierce	Beyoncé			[51]
December 13	808s & Heartbreak	Kanye West	Theater of the Mind	Ludacris	[52]
December 20	I Am... Sasha Fierce	Beyoncé	Emeritus	Scarface	[53]
December 27	Onmyradio	Musiq Soulchild	Universal Mind Control	Common	[54]

See also[]

• 2008 in music
• 2008 in hip hop music
• List of number-one R&B singles of 2008 (U.S.)
• List of Billboard 200 number-one albums of 2008

References[]