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.
† | Indicates best-performing album of 2008 [1] [2] |
Issue date | R&B/Hip-Hop Albums | Artist(s) | Rap Albums | Artist(s) | Refs. |
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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] |