List of Billboard number-one R&B/hip-hop albums of 2011

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.

Chart history

Key

†	Indicates best-performing albums of 2011[1][2]

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

See also

• 2011 in music
• 2011 in hip hop music
• List of number-one R&B/hip-hop songs of 2011 (U.S.)
• List of Billboard 200 number-one albums of 2011