List of Billboard number-one R&B albums of 1982

These are the Billboard magazine R&B singles chart number one hits of 1982:

Issue date	Album	Artist
January 2	Raise!	Earth, Wind and Fire
January 9
January 16
January 23
January 30
February 6	Skyy Line	Skyy
February 13	Skyy Line	Skyy
February 20	The Poet	Bobby Womack
February 27
March 6
March 13
March 20
March 27	Skyy Line	Skyy
April 3
April 10
April 17	Love Is Where You Find It	The Whispers
April 24	Friends	Shalamar
May 1	Friends	Shalamar
May 8	Brilliance	Atlantic Starr
May 15
May 22
May 29	The Other Woman	Ray Parker Jr.
June 5	Stevie Wonder's Original Musiquarium I	Stevie Wonder
June 12	Stevie Wonder's Original Musiquarium I	Stevie Wonder
June 19	Keep It Live	Dazz Band
June 26	Stevie Wonder's Original Musiquarium I	Stevie Wonder
July 3	Gap Band IV	The Gap Band
July 10
July 17
July 24
July 31
August 7
August 14
August 21
August 28
September 4	Jump to It	Aretha Franklin
September 11
September 18
September 25
October 2
October 9
October 16
October 23	Get Loose	Evelyn "Champagne" King
October 30	Get Loose	Evelyn "Champagne" King
November 6	Forever, For Always, For Love	Luther Vandross
November 13
November 20
November 27	Lionel Richie	Lionel Richie
December 4	Midnight Love	Marvin Gaye
December 11
December 18
December 25

Chart history