# List of UK R&B Singles Chart number ones of 2016

The UK R&B Singles Chart is a weekly chart that ranks the 40 biggest-selling singles and albums that are classified in the R&B genre in the United Kingdom. The chart is compiled by the Official Charts Company, and is based on both physical, Streaming and digital sales.
The following are the songs which have topped the UK R&B Singles Chart in 2016.

## Number-one singles

Key :
| † | Best-selling R&B single of the year |
| Chart date (week ending) | Song | Artist(s) | Record label |
| 7 January | "In2" | WSTRN | Atlantic |
| 14 January | "In2" | WSTRN | Atlantic |
| 21 January | "In2" | WSTRN | Atlantic |
| 28 January | "Shut Up" | Stormzy | Stormzy |
| 4 February | "Work" | Rihanna featuring Drake | Westbury Road / Roc Nation |
| 11 February | "Pillowtalk" | Zayn Malik | RCA |
| 18 February | "Pillowtalk" | Zayn Malik | RCA |
| 25 February | "Pillowtalk" | Zayn Malik | RCA |
| 3 March | "Work" | Rihanna featuring Drake | Westbury Road / Roc Nation |
| 10 March | "Work" | Rihanna featuring Drake | Westbury Road / Roc Nation |
| 17 March | "Work" | Rihanna featuring Drake | Westbury Road / Roc Nation |
| 24 March | "Work from Home" | Fifth Harmony featuring Ty Dolla $ign | Epic / Syco |
| 31 March | "Work from Home" | Fifth Harmony featuring Ty Dolla $ign | Epic / Syco |
| 7 April | "Work from Home" | Fifth Harmony featuring Ty Dolla $ign | Epic / Syco |
| 14 April | "Work from Home" | Fifth Harmony featuring Ty Dolla $ign | Epic / Syco |
| 21 April | "One Dance" † | Drake featuring Wizkid & Kyla | Republic / Young Money |
| 28 April | "One Dance" † | Drake featuring Wizkid & Kyla | Republic / Young Money |
| 5 May | "One Dance" † | Drake featuring Wizkid & Kyla | Republic / Young Money |
| 12 May | "One Dance" † | Drake featuring Wizkid & Kyla | Republic / Young Money |
| 19 May | "One Dance" † | Drake featuring Wizkid & Kyla | Republic / Young Money |
| 26 May | "One Dance" † | Drake featuring Wizkid & Kyla | Republic / Young Money |
| 2 June | "One Dance" † | Drake featuring Wizkid & Kyla | Republic / Young Money |
| 9 June | "One Dance" † | Drake featuring Wizkid & Kyla | Republic / Young Money |
| 16 June | "One Dance" † | Drake featuring Wizkid & Kyla | Republic / Young Money |
| 23 June | "One Dance" † | Drake featuring Wizkid & Kyla | Republic / Young Money |
| 30 June | "One Dance" † | Drake featuring Wizkid & Kyla | Republic / Young Money |
| 7 July | "One Dance" † | Drake featuring Wizkid & Kyla | Republic / Young Money |
| 14 July | "One Dance" † | Drake featuring Wizkid & Kyla | Republic / Young Money |
| 21 July | "One Dance" † | Drake featuring Wizkid & Kyla | Republic / Young Money |
| 28 July | "One Dance" † | Drake featuring Wizkid & Kyla | Republic / Young Money |
| 4 August | "One Dance" † | Drake featuring Wizkid & Kyla | Republic / Young Money |
| 11 August | "One Dance" † | Drake featuring Wizkid & Kyla | Republic / Young Money |
| 18 August | "One Dance" † | Drake featuring Wizkid & Kyla | Republic / Young Money |
| 25 August | "One Dance" † | Drake featuring Wizkid & Kyla | Republic / Young Money |
| 1 September | "One Dance" † | Drake featuring Wizkid & Kyla | Republic / Young Money |
| 8 September | "One Dance" † | Drake featuring Wizkid & Kyla | Republic / Young Money |
| 15 September | "One Dance" † | Drake featuring Wizkid & Kyla | Republic / Young Money |
| 22 September | "One Dance" † | Drake featuring Wizkid & Kyla | Republic / Young Money |
| 29 September | "One Dance" † | Drake featuring Wizkid & Kyla | Republic / Young Money |
| 6 October | "Sucker for Pain" | Lil Wayne, Wiz Khalifa, Imagine Dragons, Logic, Ty Dolla Sign & X Ambassadors | Atlantic / Warner Bros. |
| 13 October | "Sucker for Pain" | Lil Wayne, Wiz Khalifa, Imagine Dragons, Logic, Ty Dolla Sign & X Ambassadors | Atlantic / Warner Bros. |
| 20 October | "One Dance" † | Drake featuring Wizkid & Kyla | Republic / Young Money |
| 27 October | "One Dance" † | Drake featuring Wizkid & Kyla | Republic / Young Money |
| 3 November | "One Dance" † | Drake featuring Wizkid & Kyla | Republic / Young Money |
| 10 November | "Fake Love" | Drake | Republic / Young Money |
| 17 November | "Fake Love" | Drake | Republic / Young Money |
| 24 November | "Black Beatles" | Rae Sremmurd featuring Gucci Mane | EarDrummers/Interscope |
| 1 December | "Black Beatles" | Rae Sremmurd featuring Gucci Mane | EarDrummers/Interscope |
| 8 December | "Black Beatles" | Rae Sremmurd featuring Gucci Mane | EarDrummers/Interscope |
| 15 December | "Black Beatles" | Rae Sremmurd featuring Gucci Mane | EarDrummers/Interscope |
| 22 December | "Black Beatles" | Rae Sremmurd featuring Gucci Mane | EarDrummers/Interscope |
| 29 December | "Black Beatles" | Rae Sremmurd featuring Gucci Mane | EarDrummers/Interscope |