# List of number-one R&B albums of 1998 (Canada)

This is a list of the R&B albums that ranked number one in Canada during 1998 according to SoundScan. Each weekly chart is based on sales "compiled from a national sample of retail store and mass merchants' reports."

## Chart history

Key :
| † | Best-selling R&B album of 1998 |
| Week ended | Album | Artist | Label |
| January 4, 1998 | Harlem World | Mase | Arista |
| January 11, 1998 | My Way | Usher | Arista |
| January 18, 1998 | My Way | Usher | Arista |
| January 25, 1998 | Money, Power & Respect | The Lox | Arista |
| February 1, 1998 | Big Willie Style | Will Smith | Columbia |
| February 8, 1998 | Big Willie Style | Will Smith | Columbia |
| February 15, 1998 | Big Willie Style | Will Smith | Columbia |
| February 22, 1998 | Big Willie Style | Will Smith | Columbia |
| March 1, 1998 | Big Willie Style | Will Smith | Columbia |
| March 8, 1998 | Big Willie Style | Will Smith | Columbia |
| March 15, 1998 | Big Willie Style | Will Smith | Columbia |
| March 22, 1998 | Big Willie Style | Will Smith | Columbia |
| March 29, 1998 | Big Willie Style | Will Smith | Columbia |
| April 5, 1998 | The Pillage | Cappadonna | Columbia |
| April 12, 1998 | Big Willie Style | Will Smith | Columbia |
| April 19, 1998 | Big Willie Style | Will Smith | Columbia |
| April 26, 1998 | Big Willie Style | Will Smith | Columbia |
| May 3, 1998 | Capital Punishment | Big Pun | RCA |
| May 10, 1998 | Bulworth | Various Artists | Interscope |
| May 17, 1998 | Bulworth | Various Artists | Interscope |
| May 24, 1998 | Bulworth | Various Artists | Interscope |
| May 31, 1998 | Bulworth | Various Artists | Interscope |
| June 7, 1998 | Bulworth | Various Artists | Interscope |
| June 14, 1998 | Never Say Never† | Brandy | Atlantic |
| June 21, 1998 | Never Say Never† | Brandy | Atlantic |
| June 28, 1998 | Never Say Never† | Brandy | Atlantic |
| July 5, 1998 | Never Say Never† | Brandy | Atlantic |
| July 12, 1998 | Never Say Never† | Brandy | Atlantic |
| July 19, 1998 | Never Say Never† | Brandy | Atlantic |
| July 26, 1998 | Never Say Never† | Brandy | Atlantic |
| August 2, 1998 | Never Say Never† | Brandy | Atlantic |
| August 9, 1998 | Da Game Is to Be Sold, Not to Be Told | Snoop Dogg | Virgin |
| August 16, 1998 | Never Say Never† | Brandy | Atlantic |
| August 23, 1998 | Never Say Never† | Brandy | Atlantic |
| August 30, 1998 | Never Say Never† | Brandy | Atlantic |
| September 6, 1998 | Never Say Never† | Brandy | Atlantic |
| September 13, 1998 | Can-I-Bus | Canibus | Universal |
| September 20, 1998 | Never Say Never† | Brandy | Atlantic |
| September 27, 1998 | Never Say Never† | Brandy | Atlantic |
| October 4, 1998 | The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill | Lauryn Hill | Columbia |
| October 11, 1998 | The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill | Lauryn Hill | Columbia |
| October 18, 1998 | The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill | Lauryn Hill | Columbia |
| October 25, 1998 | The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill | Lauryn Hill | Columbia |
| November 1, 1998 | The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill | Lauryn Hill | Columbia |
| November 8, 1998 | The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill | Lauryn Hill | Columbia |
| November 15, 1998 | The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill | Lauryn Hill | Columbia |
| November 22, 1998 | Tical 2000: Judgement Day | Method Man | Def Jam |
| November 29, 1998 | #1's | Mariah Carey | Columbia |
| December 6, 1998 | #1's | Mariah Carey | Columbia |
| December 13, 1998 | #1's | Mariah Carey | Columbia |
| December 20, 1998 | #1's | Mariah Carey | Columbia |
| December 27, 1998 | #1's | Mariah Carey | Columbia |