This page lists the albums that reached number-one on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and Top Rap Albums charts in 2004, which had been recently created in 2004. The Rap Albums chart, first published by Billboard in November 2004, [1] partially serves as a distillation of rap-specific titles from the overall R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.
† | Indicates best-performing album of 2004 [2] |
Issue date | R&B/Hip-Hop Albums | Artist(s) | Rap Albums | Artist(s) | Refs. |
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January 3 | The Diary of Alicia Keys | Alicia Keys | Did not materialize until the week of June 26, 2004 | [3] | |
January 10 | [4] | ||||
January 17 | [5] | ||||
January 24 | [6] | ||||
January 31 | Soulful | Ruben Studdard | [7] | ||
February 7 | [8] | ||||
February 14 | Kamikaze | Twista | [9] | ||
February 21 | [10] | ||||
February 28 | The College Dropout | Kanye West | [11] | ||
March 6 | [12] | ||||
March 13 | Tough Luv | Young Gunz | [13] | ||
March 20 | The College Dropout | Kanye West | [14] | ||
March 27 | Bad Boy's 10th Anniversary... The Hits | Bad Boy Records / Various Artists | [15] | ||
April 3 | Split Personality | Cassidy | [16] | ||
April 10 | Confessions † | Usher | [17] | ||
April 17 | [18] | ||||
April 24 | [19] | ||||
May 1 | [20] | ||||
May 8 | Hurt No More | Mario Winans | [21] | ||
May 15 | D12 World | D12 | [22] | ||
May 22 | Confessions † | Usher | [23] | ||
May 29 | Living Legends | 8Ball & MJG | [24] | ||
June 5 | Tical 0: The Prequel | Method Man | [25] | ||
June 12 | Confessions † | Usher | [26] | ||
June 19 | [27] | ||||
June 26 | Living Legends | 8Ball & MJG | [28] | ||
July 3 | To the 5 Boroughs | Beastie Boys | To the 5 Boroughs | Beastie Boys | [29] |
July 10 | Kiss of Death | Jadakiss | Kiss of Death | Jadakiss | [30] |
July 17 | The Hunger for More | Lloyd Banks | The Hunger for More | Lloyd Banks | [31] |
July 24 | [32] | ||||
July 31 | [33] | ||||
August 7 | True Story | Terror Squad | [34] | ||
August 14 | True Story | Terror Squad | [35] | ||
August 21 | The Hunger for More | Lloyd Banks | The Hunger for More | Lloyd Banks | [36] |
August 28 | Godfather Buried Alive | Shyne | Godfather Buried Alive | Shyne | [37] |
September 4 | The Hard Way | 213 | The Hard Way | 213 | [38] |
September 11 | Happy People/U Saved Me | R. Kelly | Straight Outta Cashville | Young Buck | [39] |
September 18 | Beautifully Human: Words and Sounds Vol. 2 | Jill Scott | The DEFinition | LL Cool J | [40] |
September 25 | My Everything | Anita Baker | Straight Outta Cashville | Young Buck | [41] |
October 2 | Suit | Nelly | Suit | Nelly | [42] |
October 9 | [43] | ||||
October 16 | Goodies | Ciara | [44] | ||
October 23 | Confessions † | Usher | [45] | ||
October 30 | The New Danger | Mos Def | [46] | ||
November 6 | Suit | Nelly | [47] | ||
November 13 | Unfinished Business | R. Kelly and Jay-Z | Unfinished Business | R. Kelly and Jay-Z | [48] |
November 20 | Thug Matrimony: Married to the Streets | Trick Daddy | Thug Matrimony: Married to the Streets | Trick Daddy | [49] |
November 27 | Encore | Eminem | Encore | Eminem | [50] |
December 4 | [51] | ||||
December 11 | Destiny Fulfilled | Destiny's Child | [52] | ||
December 18 | Urban Legend | T.I. | Urban Legend | T.I. | [53] |
December 25 | The Red Light District | Ludacris | The Red Light District | Ludacris | [54] |