List of Billboard number-one R&B albums of 2012

These are the albums that reached number one on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart in 2012, shown in chronological order by issue date.

Chart history

Key

Indicates best-charting R&B/Hip-Hop album of 2012

Issue date	Album	Artist
January 7	Thug Motivation 103: Hustlerz Ambition	Young Jeezy
January 14	Take Care	Drake
January 21
January 28
February 4
February 11	Soul 2	Seal
February 18	Take Care	Drake
February 25
March 3
March 10	Careless World: Rise of the Last King	Tyga
March 17
March 24	Take Care	Drake
March 31
April 7	The Odd Future Tape Vol. 2	OFWGKTA
April 14	The MF Life	Melanie Fiona
April 21	Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded	Nicki Minaj
April 28
May 5
May 12
May 19	Strange Clouds	B.o.B
May 26	This Is How I Feel	Tank
June 2	Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded	Nicki Minaj
June 9
June 16
June 23	Live from the Underground	Big K.R.I.T.
June 30	Looking 4 Myself	Usher
July 7
July 14	Self Made Vol. 2	Maybach Music Group
July 21	Fortune	Chris Brown
July 28	Channel Orange	Frank Ocean
August 4	Life Is Good	Nas
August 11
August 18	God Forgives, I Don't	Rick Ross
August 25
September 1	Based on a T.R.U. Story	2 Chainz
September 8	Chapter V	Trey Songz
September 15	Welcome To: Our House	Slaughterhouse
September 22	Based on a T.R.U. Story	2 Chainz
September 29
October 6	Cruel Summer	GOOD Music
October 13	Food & Liquor II: The Great American Rap Album Pt. 1	Lupe Fiasco
October 20	Kaleidoscope Dream	Miguel
October 27	The Heist	Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
November 3	Two Eleven	Brandy
November 10	good kid, m.A.A.d city	Kendrick Lamar
November 17	Dreams & Nightmares	Meek Mill
November 24	R.E.D.	Ne-Yo
December 1	Trilogy	The Weeknd
December 8	Unapologetic	Rihanna
December 15	Girl on Fire	Alicia Keys
December 22	O.N.I.F.C.	Wiz Khalifa
December 29	Jesus Piece	The Game

See also

• 2012 in music
• List of number-one R&B/hip-hop songs of 2012 (U.S.)