List of UK R&B Albums Chart number ones of 2010

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]

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The following are the number-one albums of 2010.

Number-one albums

The Element of Freedom by Alicia Keys spent 15 weeks at number one in 2010, including 13 consecutive weeks at the top spot from January through to April. It has since been certified 3× Platinum by the BPI, denoting sales of more than 900,000 copies.^[3][4]

Tinie Tempah's debut album, Disc-Overy, saw four weeks at the top spot and garnered three number-one R&B singles - "Pass Out", "Frisky" and "Written in the Stars".^[5][6][7]

The eight weeks that The Defamation of Strickland Banks spent at number one helped Plan B to sell over 1.2 million copies of the set, earning him a 4× Platinum BPI certification.^[8][4]

Issue date	Album	Artist	Record label	Ref.
2 January [b]	The E.N.D	The Black Eyed Peas	Interscope	[9]
9 January [b]				[10]
16 January				[11]
23 January	The Element of Freedom	Alicia Keys	J	[12]
30 January				[13]
6 February				[14]
13 February [a]				[15]
20 February [a]				[16]
27 February				[17]
6 March				[18]
13 March				[19]
20 March				[20]
27 March				[21]
3 April				[22]
10 April				[23]
17 April				[24]
24 April [a]	The Defamation of Strickland Banks	Plan B	679/Atlantic	[25]
1 May				[26]
8 May [a]				[27]
15 May				[28]
22 May				[29]
29 May				[30]
5 June				[31]
12 June	The Element of Freedom	Alicia Keys	J	[32]
19 June				[33]
26 June	Thank Me Later	Drake	Young Money/Cash Money/Universal	[34]
3 July [a]	Recovery	Eminem	Aftermath/Interscope/Shady	[35]
10 July [a]				[36]
17 July				[37]
24 July [a]				[38]
31 July [a][b]				[39]
7 August [a]				[40]
14 August				[41]
21 August [a][b]				[42]
28 August				[43]
4 September [a]				[44]
11 September				[45]
18 September				[46]
25 September				[47]
2 October				[48]
9 October	The Defamation of Strickland Banks	Plan B	679/Atlantic	[49]
16 October [a]	Disc-Overy	Tinie Tempah	Parlophone/Disturbing London	[50]
23 October				[51]
30 October				[52]
6 November				[53]
13 November	Libra Scale	Ne-Yo	Def Jam	[54]
20 November [b]	The Lady Killer	Cee Lo Green	Elektra/Roadrunner	[55]
27 November	Loud	Rihanna	Def Jam/SRP	[56]
4 December	Outta This World	JLS	Epic/Sony	[57]
11 December				[58]
18 December	Loud	Rihanna	Def Jam/SRP	[59]
25 December [b]				[60]

Notes

• ^a - The album was simultaneously number-one on the UK albums chart.^[61]
• ^b - The artist was simultaneously number-one on the R&B singles chart.^[62]

See also

• R&B and Soul Music portal

• List of UK Albums Chart number ones of 2010
• List of UK R&B Chart number-one singles of 2010