# List of Billboard number-one R&B/hip-hop albums of 2020

This page lists the albums that reached number-one on the overall Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, the R&B Albums chart (which was re-created in 2013), and the Rap Albums chart in 2020. The R&B Albums and Rap Albums charts partly serve as distillations of the overall R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.

## List of number ones

Key :
| † | Indicates best-performing album of 2020 |
| Issue date | R&B/Hip-Hop Albums | Artist(s) | R&B Albums | Artist(s) | Rap Albums | Artist(s) |
| January 4 | Please Excuse Me for Being Antisocial | Roddy Ricch | Merry Christmas | Mariah Carey | Please Excuse Me for Being Antisocial | Roddy Ricch |
| January 11 | JackBoys | JackBoys | Over It | Summer Walker | JackBoys | JackBoys |
| January 18 | Please Excuse Me for Being Antisocial | Roddy Ricch | Over It | Summer Walker | Please Excuse Me for Being Antisocial | Roddy Ricch |
| January 25 | Please Excuse Me for Being Antisocial | Roddy Ricch | Over It | Summer Walker | Please Excuse Me for Being Antisocial | Roddy Ricch |
| February 1 | Music to Be Murdered By | Eminem | Over It | Summer Walker | Music to Be Murdered By | Eminem |
| February 8 | Please Excuse Me for Being Antisocial | Roddy Ricch | Over It | Summer Walker | Please Excuse Me for Being Antisocial | Roddy Ricch |
| February 15 | Funeral | Lil Wayne | Over It | Summer Walker | Funeral | Lil Wayne |
| February 22 | Please Excuse Me for Being Antisocial | Roddy Ricch | Over It | Summer Walker | Please Excuse Me for Being Antisocial | Roddy Ricch |
| February 29 | Changes | Justin Bieber | Changes | Justin Bieber | Artist 2.0 | A Boogie wit da Hoodie |
| March 7 | Still Flexin, Still Steppin | YoungBoy Never Broke Again | Changes | Justin Bieber | Still Flexin, Still Steppin | YoungBoy Never Broke Again |
| March 14 | My Turn | Lil Baby | Changes | Justin Bieber | My Turn | Lil Baby |
| March 21 | Eternal Atake | Lil Uzi Vert | Chilombo | Jhené Aiko | Eternal Atake | Lil Uzi Vert |
| March 28 | Eternal Atake | Lil Uzi Vert | Chilombo | Jhené Aiko | Eternal Atake | Lil Uzi Vert |
| April 4 | After Hours | The Weeknd | After Hours † | The Weeknd | Eternal Atake | Lil Uzi Vert |
| April 11 | After Hours | The Weeknd | After Hours † | The Weeknd | Eternal Atake | Lil Uzi Vert |
| April 18 | After Hours | The Weeknd | After Hours † | The Weeknd | Pray 4 Love | Rod Wave |
| April 25 | After Hours | The Weeknd | After Hours † | The Weeknd | The New Toronto 3 | Tory Lanez |
| May 2 | Blame It on Baby | DaBaby | After Hours † | The Weeknd | Blame It on Baby | DaBaby |
| May 9 | 38 Baby 2 | YoungBoy Never Broke Again | After Hours † | The Weeknd | 38 Baby 2 | YoungBoy Never Broke Again |
| May 16 | Dark Lane Demo Tapes | Drake | After Hours † | The Weeknd | Dark Lane Demo Tapes | Drake |
| May 23 | Good Intentions | Nav | It Was Good Until It Wasn't | Kehlani | Good Intentions | Nav |
| May 30 | High Off Life | Future | After Hours † | The Weeknd | High Off Life | Future |
| June 6 | Wunna | Gunna | After Hours † | The Weeknd | Wunna | Gunna |
| June 13 | My Turn | Lil Baby | After Hours † | The Weeknd | My Turn | Lil Baby |
| June 20 | My Turn | Lil Baby | After Hours † | The Weeknd | My Turn | Lil Baby |
| June 27 | My Turn | Lil Baby | After Hours † | The Weeknd | My Turn | Lil Baby |
| July 4 | My Turn | Lil Baby | The Album | Teyana Taylor | My Turn | Lil Baby |
| July 11 | My Turn | Lil Baby | After Hours † | The Weeknd | My Turn | Lil Baby |
| July 18 | Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon | Pop Smoke | After Hours † | The Weeknd | Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon | Pop Smoke |
| July 25 | Legends Never Die | Juice Wrld | Life on Earth EP | Summer Walker | Legends Never Die | Juice Wrld |
| August 1 | Legends Never Die | Juice Wrld | Chilombo | Jhené Aiko | Legends Never Die | Juice Wrld |
| August 8 | No Pressure | Logic | Chilombo | Jhené Aiko | No Pressure | Logic |
| August 15 | Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon | Pop Smoke | The Lion King: The Gift | Beyoncé & Various Artists | Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon | Pop Smoke |
| August 22 | Legends Never Die | Juice Wrld | After Hours † | The Weeknd | Legends Never Die | Juice Wrld |
| August 29 | Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon | Pop Smoke | After Hours † | The Weeknd | Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon | Pop Smoke |
| September 5 | Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon | Pop Smoke | After Hours † | The Weeknd | Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon | Pop Smoke |
| September 12 | Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon | Pop Smoke | After Hours † | The Weeknd | Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon | Pop Smoke |
| September 19 | Detroit 2 | Big Sean | After Hours † | The Weeknd | Detroit 2 | Big Sean |
| September 26 | Top | Youngboy Never Broke Again | After Hours † | The Weeknd | Top | Youngboy Never Broke Again |
| October 3 | Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon | Pop Smoke | Alicia | Alicia Keys | Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon | Pop Smoke |
| October 10 | Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon | Pop Smoke | After Hours † | The Weeknd | Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon | Pop Smoke |
| October 17 | Savage Mode II | 21 Savage and Metro Boomin | Anniversary | Bryson Tiller | Savage Mode II | 21 Savage and Metro Boomin |
| October 24 | Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon | Pop Smoke | Back Home | Trey Songz | Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon | Pop Smoke |
| October 31 | Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon | Pop Smoke | After Hours † | The Weeknd | Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon | Pop Smoke |
| November 7 | Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon | Pop Smoke | Featuring Ty Dolla Sign | Ty Dolla Sign | Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon | Pop Smoke |
| November 14 | Pegasus | Trippie Redd | MissUnderstood | Queen Naija | Pegasus | Trippie Redd |
| November 21 | Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon | Pop Smoke | After Hours † | The Weeknd | Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon | Pop Smoke |
| November 28 | Pluto x Baby Pluto | Future and Lil Uzi Vert | Legend | Bob Marley and the Wailers | Pluto x Baby Pluto | Future and Lil Uzi Vert |
| December 5 | Good News | Megan Thee Stallion | Merry Christmas | Mariah Carey | Good News | Megan Thee Stallion |
| December 12 | Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon | Pop Smoke | The Christmas Song | Nat King Cole | Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon | Pop Smoke |
| December 19 | Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon | Pop Smoke | The Christmas Song | Nat King Cole | Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon | Pop Smoke |
| December 26 | Man on the Moon III: The Chosen | Kid Cudi | The Christmas Song | Nat King Cole | Man on the Moon III: The Chosen | Kid Cudi |