# List of Billboard number-one R&B/hip-hop albums of 2009

This page lists the albums that reached number one on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and Top Rap Albums charts in 2009. The Rap Albums chart partially serves as a distillation of rap-specific titles from the overall R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.
The top-selling R&B/hip-hop album for the year was I Am... Sasha Fierce by Beyoncé, which was released in November 2008.

## Chart history

Key :
| † | Indicates best-performing albums of 2009 |
| Issue date | R&B/Hip-Hop Albums | Artist(s) | Rap Albums | Artist(s) |
| January 3 | A Different Me | Keyshia Cole | Da REAList | Plies |
| January 10 | A Different Me | Keyshia Cole | Da REAList | Plies |
| January 17 | A Different Me | Keyshia Cole | Da REAList | Plies |
| January 24 | A Different Me | Keyshia Cole | Da REAList | Plies |
| January 31 | Notorious | Soundtrack / The Notorious B.I.G. | Notorious | Soundtrack / The Notorious B.I.G. |
| February 7 | A Different Me | Keyshia Cole | Notorious | Soundtrack / The Notorious B.I.G. |
| February 14 | A Different Me | Keyshia Cole | Da REAList | Plies |
| February 21 | Intuition | Jamie Foxx | Da REAList | Plies |
| February 28 | The Rebirth | Bobby V | Paper Trail | T.I. |
| March 7 | Uncle Charlie | Charlie Wilson | Paper Trail | T.I. |
| March 14 | Intuition | Jamie Foxx | Paper Trail | T.I. |
| March 21 | Intuition | Jamie Foxx | Paper Trail | T.I. |
| March 28 | Love vs. Money | The-Dream | Paper Trail | T.I. |
| April 4 | Love vs. Money | The-Dream | Don't Feed da Animals | Gorilla Zoe |
| April 11 | In a Perfect World... | Keri Hilson | Pray IV Reign | Jim Jones |
| April 18 | LOtUSFLOW3R / MPLSound / Elix3r | Prince / Bria Valente | UGK 4 Life | UGK |
| April 25 | The Last Kiss | Jadakiss | The Last Kiss | Jadakiss |
| May 2 | Forever in a Day | Day26 | The Last Kiss | Jadakiss |
| May 9 | Deeper Than Rap | Rick Ross | Deeper Than Rap | Rick Ross |
| May 16 | Deeper Than Rap | Rick Ross | Deeper Than Rap | Rick Ross |
| May 23 | Epiphany | Chrisette Michele | Deeper Than Rap | Rick Ross |
| May 30 | Crime Pays | Cam'ron | Crime Pays | Cam'ron |
| June 6 | Relapse | Eminem | Relapse | Eminem |
| June 13 | Relapse | Eminem | Relapse | Eminem |
| June 20 | Relapse | Eminem | Relapse | Eminem |
| June 27 | The E.N.D. | The Black Eyed Peas | Relapse | Eminem |
| July 4 | The E.N.D. | The Black Eyed Peas | Relapse | Eminem |
| July 11 | A Man's Thoughts | Ginuwine | Relapse | Eminem |
| July 18 | Jeremih | Jeremih | If Tomorrow Comes... | Maino |
| July 25 | BLACKsummers'night | Maxwell | Relapse | Eminem |
| August 1 | BLACKsummers'night | Maxwell | Category F5 | Twista |
| August 8 | BLACKsummers'night | Maxwell | Category F5 | Twista |
| August 15 | Loso's Way | Fabolous | Loso's Way | Fabolous |
| August 22 | I Get Around | K'Jon | Loso's Way | Fabolous |
| August 29 | BLACKsummers'night | Maxwell | Loso's Way | Fabolous |
| September 5 | Turn Me Loose | Ledisi | Imperial Blaze | Sean Paul |
| September 12 | Lady Love | Letoya | Loso's Way | Fabolous |
| September 19 | I Look to You | Whitney Houston | Pitbull Starring in Rebelution | Pitbull |
| September 26 | The Blueprint 3 | Jay-Z | The Blueprint 3 † | Jay-Z |
| October 3 | The Blueprint 3 | Jay-Z | The Blueprint 3 † | Jay-Z |
| October 10 | The Blueprint 3 | Jay-Z | The Blueprint 3 † | Jay-Z |
| October 17 | Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel | Mariah Carey | The Blueprint 3 † | Jay-Z |
| October 24 | The Blueprint 3 | Jay-Z | The Blueprint 3 † | Jay-Z |
| October 31 | The Blueprint 3 | Jay-Z | The Blueprint 3 † | Jay-Z |
| November 7 | The Blueprint 3 | Jay-Z | The Blueprint 3 † | Jay-Z |
| November 14 | Michael Jackson's This Is It | Michael Jackson | The Blueprint 3 † | Jay-Z |
| November 21 | Michael Jackson's This Is It | Michael Jackson | The Blueprint 3 † | Jay-Z |
| November 28 | Michael Jackson's This Is It | Michael Jackson | The Blueprint 3 † | Jay-Z |
| December 5 | Before I Self Destruct | 50 Cent | Before I Self Destruct | 50 Cent |
| December 12 | Rated R | Rihanna | Before I Self Destruct | 50 Cent |
| December 19 | Untitled | R. Kelly | Before I Self Destruct | 50 Cent |
| December 26 | Graffiti | Chris Brown | The State vs. Radric Davis | Gucci Mane |