List of Billboard number-one R&B/hip-hop albums of 2004

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.

Chart history

Key

†	Indicates best-performing album of 2004[2]

Issue date	R&B/Hip-Hop Albums	Artist(s)	Rap Albums	Artist(s)	Refs.
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]

See also

• 2004 in music
• 2004 in hip hop music
• List of Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks number ones of 2004
• List of Billboard 200 number-one albums of 2004