List of Billboard number-one R&B/hip-hop albums of 2005

This page lists the albums that reached number one on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and Top Rap Albums charts in 2005. The Rap Albums chart 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 2005[1]

Issue date	R&B/Hip-Hop Albums	Artist(s)	Rap Albums	Artist(s)	Refs.
January 1	Loyal to the Game	2Pac	Loyal to the Game	2Pac	[2]
January 8	Destiny Fulfilled	Destiny's Child	Encore	Eminem	[3]
January 15	Get Lifted	John Legend	Crunk Juice	Lil Jon and the Eastside Boyz	[4]
January 22					[5]
January 29					[6]
February 5	The Documentary	The Game	The Documentary	The Game	[7]
February 12					[8]
February 19					[9]
February 26					[10]
March 5					[11]
March 12	O	Omarion			[12]
March 19	The Massacre †	50 Cent	The Massacre †	50 Cent	[13]
March 26					[14]
April 2					[15]
April 9					[16]
April 16	The B. Coming	Beanie Sigel	The B. Coming	Beanie Sigel	[17]
April 23	The First Lady	Faith Evans	The Massacre †	50 Cent	[18]
April 30	The Emancipation of Mimi	Mariah Carey			[19]
May 7	Who Is Mike Jones?	Mike Jones	Who Is Mike Jones?	Mike Jones	[20]
May 14	Disturbing tha Peace Presents Bobby Valentino	Bobby Valentino			[21]
May 21	The Emancipation of Mimi	Mariah Carey			[22]
May 28					[23]
June 4	Album II	Kem	534	Memphis Bleek	[24]
June 11	Be	Common	Be	Common	[25]
June 18	The Emancipation of Mimi	Mariah Carey			[26]
June 25	Monkey Business	The Black Eyed Peas	Monkey Business	The Black Eyed Peas	[27]
July 2	The Emancipation of Mimi	Mariah Carey	All or Nothing	Fat Joe	[28]
July 9	Boyz n da Hood	Boyz n da Hood	Boyz n da Hood	Boyz n da Hood	[29]
July 16	U.S.A. (United State of Atlanta)	Ying Yang Twins	U.S.A. (United State of Atlanta)	Ying Yang Twins	[30]
July 23	TP.3 Reloaded	R. Kelly	The Cookbook	Missy Elliott	[31]
July 30			Already Platinum	Slim Thug	[32]
August 6	Now! 19	Now! series / Various artists	Wanted	Bow Wow	[33]
August 13	Let's Get It: Thug Motivation 101	Young Jeezy	Let's Get It: Thug Motivation 101	Young Jeezy	[34]
August 20					[35]
August 27					[36]
September 3					[37]
September 10	Harlem: Diary of a Summer	Jim Jones	Harlem: Diary of a Summer	Jim Jones	[38]
September 17	Late Registration	Kanye West	Late Registration	Kanye West	[39]
September 24					[40]
October 1	The Peoples Champ	Paul Wall	The Peoples Champ	Paul Wall	[41]
October 8	So Amazing: An All-Star Tribute to Luther Vandross	Various artists	Late Registration	Kanye West	[42]
October 15	Most Known Unknown	Three 6 Mafia	Most Known Unknown	Three 6 Mafia	[43]
October 22	The Day After	Twista	The Day After	Twista	[44]
October 29	Unplugged	Alicia Keys			[45]
November 5	Trill	Bun B	Trill	Bun B	[46]
November 12	#1's	Destiny's Child			[47]
November 19	Trill	Bun B			[48]
November 26	Get Rich or Die Tryin'	Soundtrack / G-Unit	Get Rich or Die Tryin'	Soundtrack	[49]
December 3					[50]
December 10	What the Game's Been Missing!	Juelz Santana	What the Game's Been Missing!	Juelz Santana	[51]
December 17	Chris Brown	Chris Brown			[52]
December 24	Tha Carter II	Lil Wayne	Tha Carter II	Lil Wayne	[53]
December 31	Ludacris Presents Disturbing tha Peace	Disturbing tha Peace / Various artists	Ludacris Presents Disturbing tha Peace	Various artists	[54]

See also

• 2005 in music
• 2005 in hip hop music
• List of number-one R&B singles of 2005 (U.S.)
• List of Billboard 200 number-one albums of 2005