List of Billboard number-one R&B/hip-hop albums of 2010

This page lists the albums that reached number one on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and Top Rap Albums charts in 2010. 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 2010[1][2]

Issue date	R&B/Hip-Hop Albums	Artist(s)	Rap Albums	Artist(s)	Refs.
January 2	The Element of Freedom	Alicia Keys	The State vs. Radric Davis	Gucci Mane	[3]
January 9	Stronger with Each Tear	Mary J. Blige	We Are Young Money	Young Money	[4]
January 16	The Element of Freedom	Alicia Keys			[5]
January 23					[6]
January 30					[7]
February 6					[8]
February 13	Michael Jackson's This Is It	Michael Jackson			[9]
February 20	Rebirth	Lil Wayne	Rebirth	Lil Wayne	[10]
February 27	Soldier of Love	Sade			[11]
March 6					[12]
March 13					[13]
March 20					[14]
March 27	Battle of the Sexes	Ludacris	Battle of the Sexes	Ludacris	[15]
April 3	Here I Am	Marvin Sapp			[16]
April 10	Still Standing	Monica			[17]
April 17	Raymond vs. Raymond	Usher			[18]
April 24					[19]
May 1					[20]
May 8					[21]
May 15	B.o.B Presents: The Adventures of Bobby Ray	B.o.B	B.o.B Presents: The Adventures of Bobby Ray	B.o.B	[22]
May 22	Pulse	Toni Braxton			[23]
May 29	Raymond vs. Raymond	Usher			[24]
June 5	Distant Relatives	Nas and Damian Marley	Distant Relatives	Nas and Damian Marley	[25]
June 12	Raymond vs. Raymond	Usher			[26]
June 19			B.o.B Presents: The Adventures of Bobby Ray	B.o.B	[27]
June 26			Goon Affiliated	Plies	[28]
July 3	Thank Me Later	Drake	Thank Me Later	Drake	[29]
July 10	Recovery	Eminem	Recovery	Eminem	[30]
July 17					[31]
July 24					[32]
July 31					[33]
August 7					[34]
August 14					[35]
August 21					[36]
August 28					[37]
September 4					[38]
September 11	Back to Me	Fantasia			[39]
September 18	Recovery	Eminem			[40]
September 25					[41]
October 2	Passion, Pain & Pleasure	Trey Songz			[42]
October 9	Recovery	Eminem			[43]
October 16	I Am Not a Human Being	Lil Wayne	I Am Not a Human Being	Lil Wayne	[44]
October 23	Recovery	Eminem	Recovery	Eminem	[45]
October 30	I Am Not a Human Being	Lil Wayne	I Am Not a Human Being	Lil Wayne	[46]
November 6					[47]
November 13					[48]
November 20	Merry Christmas II You	Mariah Carey			[49]
November 27	Man on the Moon II: The Legend of Mr. Rager	Kid Cudi	Man on the Moon II: The Legend of Mr. Rager	Kid Cudi	[50]
December 4	Loud	Rihanna	5.0	Nelly	[51]
December 11	My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy	Kanye West	My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy	Kanye West	[52]
December 18					[53]
December 25	No Mercy	T.I.	No Mercy	T.I.	[54]

See also[]

• 2010 in music
• 2010 in hip hop music
• List of number-one R&B/hip-hop songs of 2010 (U.S.)
• List of Billboard 200 number-one albums of 2010

References[]