This page lists the albums that reached number one on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and Top Rap Albums charts in 2011. 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 albums of 2011 [1] [2] |
Issue date | R&B/Hip-Hop Albums | Artist(s) | Rap Albums | Artist(s) | Refs. |
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January 1 | Michael | Michael Jackson | Pink Friday | Nicki Minaj | [3] |
January 8 | Recovery | Eminem | [4] | ||
January 15 | Recovery | Eminem | [5] | ||
January 22 | Pink Friday | Nicki Minaj | Pink Friday | Nicki Minaj | [6] |
January 29 | [7] | ||||
February 5 | [8] | ||||
February 12 | [9] | ||||
February 19 | [10] | ||||
February 26 | [11] | ||||
March 5 | Recovery | Eminem | Recovery | Eminem | [12] |
March 12 | [13] | ||||
March 19 | Late Nights & Early Mornings | Marsha Ambrosius | Pink Friday | Nicki Minaj | [14] |
March 26 | Lasers | Lupe Fiasco | Lasers | Lupe Fiasco | [15] |
April 2 | [16] | ||||
April 9 | F.A.M.E. | Chris Brown | [17] | ||
April 16 | Rolling Papers | Wiz Khalifa | Rolling Papers | Wiz Khalifa | [18] |
April 23 | [19] | ||||
April 30 | [20] | ||||
May 7 | F.A.M.E. | Chris Brown | [21] | ||
May 14 | [22] | ||||
May 21 | Hot Sauce Committee Part Two | Beastie Boys | Hot Sauce Committee Part Two | Beastie Boys | [23] |
May 28 | Goblin | Tyler, the Creator | Turtleneck & Chain | The Lonely Island | [24] |
June 4 | Hot Sauce Committee Part Two | Beastie Boys | Hot Sauce Committee Part Two | Beastie Boys | [25] |
June 11 | Self Made Vol. 1 | Maybach Music Group | Self Made Vol. 1 | Maybach Music Group | [26] |
June 18 | [27] | ||||
June 25 | All 6's and 7's | Tech N9ne | All 6's and 7's | Tech N9ne | [28] |
July 2 | Hell: The Sequel | Bad Meets Evil | Hell: The Sequel | Bad Meets Evil | [29] |
July 9 | The Light of the Sun | Jill Scott | [30] | ||
July 16 | 4 | Beyoncé | Finally Famous | Big Sean | [31] |
July 23 | Hell: The Sequel | Bad Meets Evil | [32] | ||
July 30 | [33] | ||||
August 6 | We the Best Forever | DJ Khaled | [34] | ||
August 13 | Here I Am | Kelly Rowland | Hell: The Sequel | Bad Meets Evil | [35] |
August 20 | 4 | Beyoncé | [36] | ||
August 27 | Watch the Throne | Jay-Z and Kanye West | Watch the Throne | Jay-Z and Kanye West | [37] |
September 3 | [38] | ||||
September 10 | The R.E.D. Album | Game | The R.E.D. Album | Game | [39] |
September 17 | Tha Carter IV † | Lil Wayne | Tha Carter IV † | Lil Wayne | [40] |
September 24 | [41] | ||||
October 1 | [42] | ||||
October 8 | [43] | ||||
October 15 | Cole World: The Sideline Story | J. Cole | Cole World: The Sideline Story | J. Cole | [44] |
October 22 | [45] | ||||
October 29 | Tha Carter IV † | Lil Wayne | Tha Carter IV † | Lil Wayne | [46] |
November 5 | [47] | ||||
November 12 | [48] | ||||
November 19 | Ambition | Wale | Ambition | Wale | [49] |
November 26 | Blue Slide Park | Mac Miller | Blue Slide Park | Mac Miller | [50] |
December 3 | Take Care | Drake | Take Care | Drake | [51] |
December 10 | Talk That Talk | Rihanna | [52] | ||
December 17 | Take Care | Drake | [53] | ||
December 24 | Lioness: Hidden Treasures | Amy Winehouse | [54] | ||
December 31 | Take Care | Drake | [55] |