# List of Billboard number-one R&B/hip-hop albums of 2023

This page lists the albums that reached number-one on the overall Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, the R&B Albums chart, and the Rap Albums chart in 2023. The R&B Albums and Rap Albums charts partly serve as respective distillations for R&B and rap-specific titles of the overall R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.

## List of number ones

Key :
| † | Indicates best-performing album of 2023 |
| Issue date | R&B/Hip-Hop Albums | Artist(s) | R&B Albums | Artist(s) | Rap Albums | Artist(s) |
| January 7 | SOS † | SZA | SOS † | SZA | Heroes & Villains | Metro Boomin |
| January 14 | SOS † | SZA | SOS † | SZA | Heroes & Villains | Metro Boomin |
| January 21 | SOS † | SZA | SOS † | SZA | Heroes & Villains | Metro Boomin |
| January 28 | SOS † | SZA | SOS † | SZA | Heroes & Villains | Metro Boomin |
| February 4 | SOS † | SZA | SOS † | SZA | Mansion Musik | Trippie Redd |
| February 11 | SOS † | SZA | SOS † | SZA | Heroes & Villains | Metro Boomin |
| February 18 | SOS † | SZA | SOS † | SZA | Heroes & Villains | Metro Boomin |
| February 25 | SOS † | SZA | SOS † | SZA | Heroes & Villains | Metro Boomin |
| March 4 | SOS † | SZA | SOS † | SZA | Heroes & Villains | Metro Boomin |
| March 11 | SOS † | SZA | SOS † | SZA | Afterlyfe | Yeat |
| March 18 | SOS † | SZA | SOS † | SZA | Heroes & Villains | Metro Boomin |
| March 25 | SOS † | SZA | SOS † | SZA | Heroes & Villains | Metro Boomin |
| April 1 | SOS † | SZA | SOS † | SZA | Heroes & Villains | Metro Boomin |
| April 8 | SOS † | SZA | SOS † | SZA | Heroes & Villains | Metro Boomin |
| April 15 | Call Me If You Get Lost | Tyler, the Creator | SOS † | SZA | Call Me If You Get Lost | Tyler, the Creator |
| April 22 | Hope | NF | SOS † | SZA | Hope | NF |
| April 29 | SOS † | SZA | SOS † | SZA | Heroes & Villains | Metro Boomin |
| May 6 | Don't Try This at Home | YoungBoy Never Broke Again | SOS † | SZA | Don't Try This at Home | YoungBoy Never Broke Again |
| May 13 | SOS † | SZA | SOS † | SZA | Jackman | Jack Harlow |
| May 20 | SOS † | SZA | SOS † | SZA | Heroes & Villains | Metro Boomin |
| May 27 | Richest Opp | YoungBoy Never Broke Again | SOS † | SZA | Richest Opp | YoungBoy Never Broke Again |
| June 3 | SOS † | SZA | SOS † | SZA | Heroes & Villains | Metro Boomin |
| June 10 | Almost Healed | Lil Durk | SOS † | SZA | Almost Healed | Lil Durk |
| June 17 | Almost Healed | Lil Durk | SOS † | SZA | Almost Healed | Lil Durk |
| June 24 | Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse | Metro Boomin | SOS † | SZA | Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse | Metro Boomin |
| July 1 | A Gift & a Curse | Gunna | SOS † | SZA | A Gift & a Curse | Gunna |
| July 8 | Business is Business | Young Thug | SOS † | SZA | Business is Business | Young Thug |
| July 15 | Pink Tape | Lil Uzi Vert | SOS † | SZA | Pink Tape | Lil Uzi Vert |
| July 22 | Pink Tape | Lil Uzi Vert | SOS † | SZA | Pink Tape | Lil Uzi Vert |
| July 29 | SOS † | SZA | SOS † | SZA | Pink Tape | Lil Uzi Vert |
| August 5 | SOS † | SZA | SOS † | SZA | A Gift & a Curse | Gunna |
| August 12 | Utopia | Travis Scott | SOS † | SZA | Utopia | Travis Scott |
| August 19 | Utopia | Travis Scott | SOS † | SZA | Utopia | Travis Scott |
| August 26 | Utopia | Travis Scott | SOS † | SZA | Utopia | Travis Scott |
| September 2 | Utopia | Travis Scott | SOS † | SZA | Utopia | Travis Scott |
| September 9 | Utopia | Travis Scott | SOS † | SZA | Utopia | Travis Scott |
| September 16 | Utopia | Travis Scott | SOS † | SZA | Utopia | Travis Scott |
| September 23 | Utopia | Travis Scott | SOS † | SZA | Utopia | Travis Scott |
| September 30 | Nostalgia | Rod Wave | SOS † | SZA | Nostalgia | Rod Wave |
| October 7 | Nostalgia | Rod Wave | SOS † | SZA | Nostalgia | Rod Wave |
| October 14 | Nostalgia | Rod Wave | SOS † | SZA | Nostalgia | Rod Wave |
| October 21 | For All the Dogs | Drake | SOS † | SZA | For All the Dogs | Drake |
| October 28 | For All the Dogs | Drake | SOS † | SZA | For All the Dogs | Drake |
| November 4 | For All the Dogs | Drake | SOS † | SZA | For All the Dogs | Drake |
| November 11 | For All the Dogs | Drake | SOS † | SZA | For All the Dogs | Drake |
| November 18 | For All the Dogs | Drake | SOS † | SZA | For All the Dogs | Drake |
| November 25 | For All the Dogs | Drake | 11:11 | Chris Brown | For All the Dogs | Drake |
| December 2 | For All the Dogs | Drake | SOS † | SZA | For All the Dogs | Drake |
| December 9 | For All the Dogs | Drake | SOS † | SZA | For All the Dogs | Drake |
| December 16 | For All the Dogs | Drake | SOS † | SZA | For All the Dogs | Drake |
| December 23 | Pink Friday 2 | Nicki Minaj | SOS † | SZA | Pink Friday 2 | Nicki Minaj |
| December 30 | Pink Friday 2 | Nicki Minaj | The Christmas Song | Nat King Cole | Pink Friday 2 | Nicki Minaj |

## Footnotes

* ↑ Although Her Loss by Drake and 21 Savage was the best performing rap album in 2023, its reign at number one on Rap Albums occurred in late 2022.