This page lists the albums that reached number-one on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and Top Rap Albums charts in 2007. The Rap Albums chart partially serves as a distillation of rap-specific titles from the overall R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.
The best performing R&B/hip-hop album of the year was Kingdom Come by Jay-Z, which had topped both charts in December 2006. [1] [2]
Issue date | R&B/Hip-Hop Albums | Artist(s) | Rap Albums | Artist(s) | Refs. |
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January 6 | Hip Hop Is Dead | Nas | Hip Hop Is Dead | Nas | [3] |
January 13 | 21 | Omarion | Thug Motivation 102: The Inspiration | Young Jeezy | [4] |
January 20 | Dreamgirls: Music from the Motion Picture | Soundtrack / Various artists | [5] | ||
January 27 | [6] | ||||
February 3 | [7] | ||||
February 10 | Late Night Special | Pretty Ricky | Late Night Special | Pretty Ricky | [8] |
February 17 | The Evolution of Robin Thicke | Robin Thicke | [9] | ||
February 24 | [10] | ||||
March 3 | In My Songs | Gerald Levert | [11] | ||
March 10 | [12] | ||||
March 17 | The Evolution of Robin Thicke | Robin Thicke | We Got This | B.G. and the Chopper City Boyz | [13] |
March 24 | Greatest Hits | The Notorious B.I.G. | Greatest Hits | The Notorious B.I.G. | [14] |
March 31 | Luvanmusiq | Musiq Soulchild | Rich Boy | Rich Boy | [15] |
April 7 | Veteran | Marques Houston | [16] | ||
April 14 | Buck the World | Young Buck | Buck the World | Young Buck | [17] |
April 21 | B'Day | Beyoncé | Get Money, Stay True | Paul Wall | [18] |
April 28 | Buck the World | Young Buck | Buck the World | Young Buck | [19] |
May 5 | Luvanmusiq | Musiq Soulchild | [20] | ||
May 12 | Ain't Nothin' Like Me | Joe | [21] | ||
May 19 | Because of You | Ne-Yo | [22] | ||
May 26 | Special Occasion | Bobby Valentino | Strength & Loyalty | Bone Thugs-n-Harmony | [23] |
June 2 | Sex, Love & Pain | Tank | [24] | ||
June 9 | Cold Summer: The Authorized Mixtape | U.S.D.A. | Cold Summer: The Authorized Mixtape | U.S.D.A. | [25] |
June 16 | Double Up | R. Kelly | [26] | ||
June 23 | Epiphany | T-Pain | El Cartel: The Big Boss | Daddy Yankee | [27] |
June 30 | From Nothin' to Somethin' | Fabolous | From Nothin' to Somethin' | Fabolous | [28] |
July 7 | [29] | ||||
July 14 | Epiphany | T-Pain | [30] | ||
July 21 | T.I. vs. T.I.P. | T.I. | T.I. vs. T.I.P. | T.I. | [31] |
July 28 | [32] | ||||
August 4 | [33] | ||||
August 11 | Planet Earth | Prince | [34] | ||
August 18 | Finding Forever | Common | Finding Forever | Common | [35] |
August 25 | Underground Kingz | UGK | Underground Kingz | UGK | [36] |
September 1 | [37] | ||||
September 8 | One Man Band Man | Swizz Beatz | One Man Band Man | Swizz Beatz | [38] |
September 15 | Hustlenomics | Yung Joc | Hustlenomics | Yung Joc | [39] |
September 22 | [40] | ||||
September 29 | Graduation | Kanye West | Graduation | Kanye West | [41] |
October 6 | [42] | ||||
October 13 | Just Like You | Keyshia Cole | [43] | ||
October 20 | Back of My Lac' | J. Holiday | Souljaboytellem.com | Soulja Boy | [44] |
October 27 | Just Like You | Keyshia Cole | Graduation | Kanye West | [45] |
November 3 | The Art of Love & War | Angie Stone | [46] | ||
November 10 | Graduation | Kanye West | [47] | ||
November 17 | After Tonight | Will Downing | Supply & Demand | Playaz Circle | [48] |
November 24 | American Gangster | Jay-Z | American Gangster | Jay-Z | [49] |
December 1 | As I Am | Alicia Keys | [50] | ||
December 8 | [51] | ||||
December 15 | [52] | ||||
December 22 | Made | Scarface | [53] | ||
December 29 | Face Off | Bow Wow and Omarion | [54] |