# List of Billboard number-one R&B/hip-hop albums of 2018

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 2018. 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-charting R&B/Hip-Hop, R&B and Rap albums of 2018 |
| Issue date | R&B/Hip-Hop Albums | Artist(s) | R&B Albums | Artist(s) | Rap Albums | Artist(s) |
| January 3 | Revival | Eminem | Heartbreak on a Full Moon | Chris Brown | Revival | Eminem |
| January 6 | Huncho Jack, Jack Huncho | Travis Scott and Quavo | American Teen † | Khalid | Huncho Jack, Jack Huncho | Travis Scott and Quavo |
| January 13 | The Beautiful & Damned | G-Eazy | American Teen † | Khalid | The Beautiful & Damned | G-Eazy |
| January 20 | The Beautiful & Damned | G-Eazy | 24K Magic | Bruno Mars | The Beautiful & Damned | G-Eazy |
| January 27 | Stoney | Post Malone | 24K Magic | Bruno Mars | Stoney | Post Malone |
| February 3 | Stoney | Post Malone | 24K Magic | Bruno Mars | Stoney | Post Malone |
| February 10 | Culture II | Migos | 24K Magic | Bruno Mars | Culture II | Migos |
| February 17 | Culture II | Migos | 24K Magic | Bruno Mars | Culture II | Migos |
| February 24 | Black Panther: The Album | Soundtrack | 24K Magic | Bruno Mars | Black Panther: The Album | Soundtrack |
| March 3 | Black Panther: The Album | Soundtrack | 24K Magic | Bruno Mars | Black Panther: The Album | Soundtrack |
| March 10 | Black Panther: The Album | Soundtrack | 24K Magic | Bruno Mars | Black Panther: The Album | Soundtrack |
| March 17 | Black Panther: The Album | Soundtrack | Memories Don't Die | Tory Lanez | Black Panther: The Album | Soundtrack |
| March 24 | Bobby Tarantino II | Logic | Memories Don't Die | Tory Lanez | Bobby Tarantino II | Logic |
| March 31 | ? | XXXTentacion | American Teen † | Khalid | ? | XXXTentacion |
| April 7 | ? | XXXTentacion | 24K Magic | Bruno Mars | ? | XXXTentacion |
| April 14 | My Dear Melancholy, | The Weeknd | My Dear Melancholy, | The Weeknd | ? | XXXTentacion |
| April 21 | Invasion of Privacy | Cardi B | My Dear Melancholy, | The Weeknd | Invasion of Privacy | Cardi B |
| April 28 | Invasion of Privacy | Cardi B | My Dear Melancholy, | The Weeknd | Invasion of Privacy | Cardi B |
| May 5 | KOD | J. Cole | My Dear Melancholy, | The Weeknd | KOD | J. Cole |
| May 12 | Beerbongs & Bentleys | Post Malone | Dirty Computer | Janelle Monáe | Beerbongs & Bentleys | Post Malone |
| May 19 | Beerbongs & Bentleys | Post Malone | Good Thing | Leon Bridges | Beerbongs & Bentleys | Post Malone |
| May 26 | Beerbongs & Bentleys | Post Malone | My Dear Melancholy, | The Weeknd | Beerbongs & Bentleys | Post Malone |
| June 2 | Beerbongs & Bentleys | Post Malone | American Teen † | Khalid | Beerbongs & Bentleys | Post Malone |
| June 9 | Beerbongs & Bentleys | Post Malone | American Teen † | Khalid | Beerbongs & Bentleys | Post Malone |
| June 16 | Ye | Kanye West | American Teen † | Khalid | Ye | Kanye West |
| June 23 | Kids See Ghosts | Kids See Ghosts | American Teen † | Khalid | Kids See Ghosts | Kids See Ghosts |
| June 30 | Everything Is Love | The Carters | 17 | XXXTentacion | Everything Is Love | The Carters |
| July 7 | ? | XXXTentacion | 17 | XXXTentacion | ? | XXXTentacion |
| July 14 | Scorpion † | Drake | 17 | XXXTentacion | Scorpion † | Drake |
| July 21 | Scorpion † | Drake | 17 | XXXTentacion | Scorpion † | Drake |
| July 28 | Scorpion † | Drake | 17 | XXXTentacion | Scorpion † | Drake |
| August 4 | Scorpion † | Drake | 17 | XXXTentacion | Scorpion † | Drake |
| August 11 | Scorpion † | Drake | 17 | XXXTentacion | Scorpion † | Drake |
| August 18 | Astroworld | Travis Scott | I Used to Know Her: The Prelude | H.E.R. | Astroworld | Travis Scott |
| August 25 | Astroworld | Travis Scott | 30 Greatest Hits | Aretha Franklin | Astroworld | Travis Scott |
| September 1 | Astroworld | Travis Scott | 30 Greatest Hits | Aretha Franklin | Astroworld | Travis Scott |
| September 8 | Astroworld | Travis Scott | 17 | XXXTentacion | Astroworld | Travis Scott |
| September 15 | Kamikaze | Eminem | 17 | XXXTentacion | Kamikaze | Eminem |
| September 22 | Kamikaze | Eminem | 17 | XXXTentacion | Kamikaze | Eminem |
| September 29 | Kamikaze | Eminem | East Atlanta Love Letter | 6lack | Kamikaze | Eminem |
| October 6 | Iridescence | Brockhampton | Piano & a Microphone 1983 | Prince | Iridescence | Brockhampton |
| October 13 | Tha Carter V | Lil Wayne | East Atlanta Love Letter | 6lack | Tha Carter V | Lil Wayne |
| October 20 | Tha Carter V | Lil Wayne | 17 | XXXTentacion | Tha Carter V | Lil Wayne |
| October 27 | Quavo Huncho | Quavo | Ella Mai | Ella Mai | Quavo Huncho | Quavo |
| November 3 | Wrld on Drugs | Future and Juice Wrld | Suncity | Khalid | Wrld on Drugs | Future and Juice Wrld |
| November 10 | Ballads 1 | Joji | Ballads 1 | Joji | Love Me Now? | Tory Lanez |
| November 17 | Not All Heroes Wear Capes | Metro Boomin | Ella Mai | Ella Mai | Not All Heroes Wear Capes | Metro Boomin |
| November 24 | A Love Letter to You 3 | Trippie Redd | Ella Mai | Ella Mai | A Love Letter to You 3 | Trippie Redd |
| December 1 | Caution | Mariah Carey | Caution | Mariah Carey | Astroworld | Travis Scott |
| December 8 | Astroworld | Travis Scott | Merry Christmas | Mariah Carey | Astroworld | Travis Scott |
| December 15 | Championships | Meek Mill | Merry Christmas | Mariah Carey | Championships | Meek Mill |
| December 22 | Skins | XXXTentacion | Merry Christmas | Mariah Carey | Skins | XXXTentacion |
| December 29 | Dying to Live | Kodak Black | Merry Christmas | Mariah Carey | Dying to Live | Kodak Black |