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The UK R&B Chart is a weekly chart, first introduced in October 1994, that ranks the 40 biggest-selling singles and albums that are classified in the R&B genre in the United Kingdom. The chart is compiled by the Official Charts Company, [1] and is based on sales of CDs, downloads, vinyl and other formats over the previous seven days. [2]

The following are the number-one albums of 2013.

Number-one albums

Unapologetic reaching number one at the beginning of the year marks the fourth consecutive calendar year that Rihanna has topped the UK R&B albums chart. [3] [4] [5] Its eight weeks at number one also makes it the longest running number-one album of the 2013 chart.
Justin Timberlake became the first male in the history of the chart to have two number-one albums in a calendar year, when The 20/20 Experience and The 20/20 Experience - 2 of 2 reached the top spot in May and October respectively.
The seven weeks Magna Carta... Holy Grail by Jay-Z spent at the top of the chart in 2013 makes it the longest running male number-one album of the year.
Issue date Album Artist(s) Record label Ref.
5 January Unapologetic Rihanna Def Jam/ SRP [6]
12 January [7]
19 January [8]
26 January Long. Live. ASAP ASAP Rocky ASAP Worldwide/ Polo Grounds/ RCA [9]
2 February Unapologetic Rihanna Def Jam/SRP [10]
9 February [11]
16 February [12]
23 February [13]
2 March channel ORANGE Frank Ocean Def Jam [14]
9 March [15]
16 March Sing to the Moon Laura Mvula RCA [16]
23 March [17]
30 March [a] [b] The 20/20 Experience Justin Timberlake [18]
6 April [a] [b] [19]
13 April [a] [b] [20]
20 April [b] [21]
27 April [22]
4 May [b] #willpower will.i.am will.i.am/ Interscope [23]
11 May [24]
18 May The 20/20 Experience Justin Timberlake RCA [25]
25 May [b] The Heist Macklemore and Ryan Lewis Macklemore LLC [26]
1 June [b] [27]
8 June [b] [28]
15 June [b] [29]
22 June Unapologetic Rihanna Def Jam/SRP [30]
29 June [a] Yeezus Kanye West Def Jam [31]
6 July [32]
13 July [33]
20 July [a] Magna Carta... Holy Grail Jay-Z Roc-A-Fella/ Roc Nation/ Universal [34]
27 July [35]
3 August [36]
10 August [37]
17 August [b] [38]
24 August [b] [39]
31 August Doris Earl Sweatshirt Tan Cressida/ Columbia [40]
7 September Magna Carta... Holy Grail Jay-Z Roc-A-Fella/Roc Nation/Universal [41]
14 September [b] Roaring 20s Rizzle Kicks Island [42]
21 September Kiss Land The Weeknd Republic [43]
28 September The Heist Macklemore and Ryan Lewis Macklemore LLC [44]
5 October Nothing Was the Same Drake Young Money/ Cash Money/Republic [45]
12 October The 20/20 Experience - 2 of 2 Justin Timberlake RCA [46]
19 October Nothing Was the Same Drake Young Money/Cash Money/Republic [47]
26 October [48]
2 November [49]
9 November [50]
16 November [a] [b] The Marshall Mathers LP 2 Eminem Aftermath/ Shady/Interscope [51]
23 November [b] [52]
30 November [b] [53]
7 December [b] [54]
14 December [b] [55]
21 December [56]
28 December Beyoncé Beyoncé Parkwood/Columbia [57]

Notes

  • a - The album was simultaneously number-one on the UK albums chart. [58]
  • b - The artist was simultaneously number-one on the R&B singles chart. [59]

See also

References

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