# List of Billboard number-one R&B/hip-hop albums of 2017

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 2017. The R&B Albums and Rap Albums charts partly serve as distillations of the overall R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.
Note that Billboard publishes charts with an issue date approximately 7–10 days in advance.

## List of number ones

Key :
| † | Indicates best-charting R&B/Hip-Hop, R&B and Rap albums of 2017 |
| Issue date | R&B/Hip-Hop Albums | Artist(s) | R&B Albums | Artist(s) | Rap Albums | Artist(s) |
| January 7 | 24K Magic | Bruno Mars | 24K Magic † | Bruno Mars | 4 Your Eyez Only | J. Cole |
| January 14 | 24K Magic | Bruno Mars | 24K Magic † | Bruno Mars | 4 Your Eyez Only | J. Cole |
| January 21 | 24K Magic | Bruno Mars | 24K Magic † | Bruno Mars | Hamilton: An American Musical | Original Broadway Cast |
| January 28 | 24K Magic | Bruno Mars | 24K Magic † | Bruno Mars | Hamilton: An American Musical | Original Broadway Cast |
| February 4 | Run the Jewels 3 | Run the Jewels | 24K Magic † | Bruno Mars | Run the Jewels 3 | Run the Jewels |
| February 11 | Starboy | The Weeknd | Starboy | The Weeknd | Stoney | Post Malone |
| February 18 | Culture | Migos | SweetSexySavage | Kehlani | Culture | Migos |
| February 25 | I Decided. | Big Sean | Starboy | The Weeknd | I Decided. | Big Sean |
| March 4 | 24K Magic | Bruno Mars | 24K Magic † | Bruno Mars | I Decided. | Big Sean |
| March 11 | Future | Future | 24K Magic † | Bruno Mars | Future | Future |
| March 18 | Hndrxx | Future | 24K Magic † | Bruno Mars | Hndrxx | Future |
| March 25 | 24K Magic | Bruno Mars | 24K Magic † | Bruno Mars | Future | Future |
| April 1 | 24K Magic | Bruno Mars | 24K Magic † | Bruno Mars | Future | Future |
| April 8 | More Life | Drake | 24K Magic † | Bruno Mars | More Life | Drake |
| April 15 | More Life | Drake | Tremaine the Album | Trey Songz | More Life | Drake |
| April 22 | More Life | Drake | 24K Magic † | Bruno Mars | More Life | Drake |
| April 29 | More Life | Drake | 24K Magic † | Bruno Mars | More Life | Drake |
| May 6 | Damn † | Kendrick Lamar | 24K Magic † | Bruno Mars | Damn † | Kendrick Lamar |
| May 13 | Damn † | Kendrick Lamar | 24K Magic † | Bruno Mars | Damn † | Kendrick Lamar |
| May 20 | Damn † | Kendrick Lamar | Strength of a Woman | Mary J. Blige | Damn † | Kendrick Lamar |
| May 27 | Everybody | Logic | 24K Magic † | Bruno Mars | Everybody | Logic |
| June 3 | Damn † | Kendrick Lamar | 24K Magic † | Bruno Mars | Damn † | Kendrick Lamar |
| June 10 | Damn † | Kendrick Lamar | 24K Magic † | Bruno Mars | Damn † | Kendrick Lamar |
| June 17 | True to Self | Bryson Tiller | True to Self | Bryson Tiller | Damn † | Kendrick Lamar |
| June 24 | Damn † | Kendrick Lamar | 24K Magic † | Bruno Mars | Damn † | Kendrick Lamar |
| July 1 | Damn † | Kendrick Lamar | Ctrl | SZA | Damn † | Kendrick Lamar |
| July 8 | Pretty Girls Like Trap Music | 2 Chainz | 24K Magic † | Bruno Mars | Pretty Girls Like Trap Music | 2 Chainz |
| July 15 | Grateful | DJ Khaled | Purple Rain | Prince | Grateful | DJ Khaled |
| July 22 | Grateful | DJ Khaled | 24K Magic † | Bruno Mars | Grateful | DJ Khaled |
| July 29 | 4:44 | Jay-Z | 24K Magic † | Bruno Mars | 4:44 | Jay-Z |
| August 5 | 4:44 | Jay-Z | American Teen | Khalid | 4:44 | Jay-Z |
| August 12 | Flower Boy | Tyler, The Creator | American Teen | Khalid | Flower Boy | Tyler, The Creator |
| August 19 | Damn † | Kendrick Lamar | American Teen | Khalid | Damn † | Kendrick Lamar |
| August 26 | Damn † | Kendrick Lamar | Ctrl | SZA | Damn † | Kendrick Lamar |
| September 2 | Damn † | Kendrick Lamar | American Teen | Khalid | Damn † | Kendrick Lamar |
| September 9 | Project Baby 2 | Kodak Black | American Teen | Khalid | Project Baby 2 | Kodak Black |
| September 16 | Luv Is Rage 2 | Lil Uzi Vert | 17 | XXXTentacion | Luv Is Rage 2 | Lil Uzi Vert |
| September 23 | Luv Is Rage 2 | Lil Uzi Vert | 17 | XXXTentacion | Luv Is Rage 2 | Lil Uzi Vert |
| September 30 | Luv Is Rage 2 | Lil Uzi Vert | 17 | XXXTentacion | Luv Is Rage 2 | Lil Uzi Vert |
| October 7 | Luv Is Rage 2 | Lil Uzi Vert | 17 | XXXTentacion | Luv Is Rage 2 | Lil Uzi Vert |
| October 14 | Gemini | Macklemore | Trip | Jhené Aiko | Gemini | Macklemore |
| October 21 | The Bigger Artist | A Boogie wit da Hoodie | American Teen | Khalid | The Bigger Artist | A Boogie wit da Hoodie |
| October 28 | Perception | NF | American Teen | Khalid | Perception | NF |
| November 4 | Mr. Davis | Gucci Mane | American Teen | Khalid | Mr. Davis | Gucci Mane |
| November 11 | Super Slimey | Future and Young Thug | American Teen | Khalid | Super Slimey | Future and Young Thug |
| November 18 | Heartbreak on a Full Moon | Chris Brown | Heartbreak on a Full Moon | Chris Brown | Without Warning | 21 Savage, Offset and Metro Boomin |
| November 25 | Heartbreak on a Full Moon | Chris Brown | Heartbreak on a Full Moon | Chris Brown | Without Warning | 21 Savage, Offset and Metro Boomin |
| December 2 | Heartbreak on a Full Moon | Chris Brown | Heartbreak on a Full Moon | Chris Brown | Stoney | Post Malone |
| December 9 | Luv Is Rage 2 | Lil Uzi Vert | Heartbreak on a Full Moon | Chris Brown | Luv Is Rage 2 | Lil Uzi Vert |
| December 16 | Stoney | Post Malone | Heartbreak on a Full Moon | Chris Brown | Stoney | Post Malone |
| December 23 | War & Leisure | Miguel | War & Leisure | Miguel | Stoney | Post Malone |
| December 30 | Quality Control: Control the Streets Volume 1 | Quality Control | Heartbreak on a Full Moon | Chris Brown | Quality Control: Control the Streets Volume 1 | Quality Control |