List of number-one R&B albums of 1988 (U.S.)
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These are the Billboard magazine R&B albums
that reached number one in 1988.
See also: 1988 in music
, List of number-one R&B singles of 1988 (U.S.)
Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums
Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums is a chart published by Billboard magazine that ranks R&B and hip hop albums based on sales compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. The name of the chart was changed from Top R&B Albums in 1999...
that reached number one in 1988.
See also: 1988 in music
1988 in music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1988.-January-March:* January 1 – André Rieu's Johann Strauss Orchestra plays its first concert....
, List of number-one R&B singles of 1988 (U.S.)
| Issue Date | Album | Artist |
| January 2 | Bad Bad (album) Bad is the seventh studio album by American songwriter and recording artist Michael Jackson. The album was released on August 31, 1987 by Epic/CBS Records, nearly five years after Jackson's previous studio album, Thriller, which went on to become the world's best-selling album... |
Michael Jackson Michael Jackson Michael Joseph Jackson was an American recording artist, entertainer, and businessman. Referred to as the King of Pop, or by his initials MJ, Jackson is recognized as the most successful entertainer of all time by Guinness World Records... |
| January 9 | Bad | Michael Jackson |
| January 16 | Bad | Michael Jackson |
| January 23 | Characters | Stevie Wonder Stevie Wonder Stevland Hardaway Morris , better known by his stage name Stevie Wonder, is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer and activist... |
| January 30 | Characters | Stevie Wonder |
| February 6 | Characters | Stevie Wonder |
| February 13 | Characters | Stevie Wonder |
| February 20 | Characters | Stevie Wonder |
| February 27 | All Our Love | Gladys Knight & the Pips Gladys Knight & the Pips Gladys Knight & The Pips were an R&B/soul family musical act from Atlanta, Georgia, active from 1953 to 1989. The group was best known for their string of hit singles on Motown's "Soul" record label and Buddah Records from 1967 to 1975, including "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" and "Midnight... |
| March 5 | All Our Love | Gladys Knight & the Pips |
| March 12 | Characters | Stevie Wonder |
| March 19 | Make It Last Forever Make It Last Forever (album) Make It Last Forever is the debut album of American R&B recording artist Keith Sweat. Released on November 24, 1987, the album went to #1 on the Top R&B Albums chart for three weeks , and #5 on the Billboard 200... |
Keith Sweat Keith Sweat Keith Sweat is an American R&B/soul, singer-songwriter, record producer, radio personality and a major contributor to the new jack swing era.-Music career:... |
| March 26 | Make It Last Forever | Keith Sweat |
| April 2 | Make It Last Forever | Keith Sweat |
| April 9 | Bad | Michael Jackson |
| April 16 | Bad | Michael Jackson |
| April 23 | Bad | Michael Jackson |
| April 30 | Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby is Terence Trent D'Arby's debut album. It was released in July 1987 on Columbia Records, and became an instant number-one smash in the UK and spending a total of nine weeks at the top of the UK Album Chart and eventually being certified 5x... |
Terence Trent D'Arby |
| May 7 | Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby | Terence Trent D'Arby |
| May 14 | Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby | Terence Trent D'Arby |
| May 21 | Faith Faith (George Michael album) Faith is George Michael's first solo album, released in October 1987 via Columbia Records/Epic Records. The album has won several awards including the Grammy Award for Album of the Year in 1989. To date, the album has sold over 25 million copies worldwide, and received diamond certification from... |
George Michael George Michael George Michael is a British musician, singer, songwriter and record producer who rose to fame in the 1980s when he formed the pop duo Wham! with his school friend, Andrew Ridgeley... |
| May 28 | Faith | George Michael |
| June 4 | Faith | George Michael |
| June 11 | Faith | George Michael |
| June 18 | Faith | George Michael |
| June 25 | Faith | George Michael |
| July 2 | In Effect Mode In Effect Mode -Reception:Released on May 3, 1988 as a joint venture between Uptown Records and Warner Bros. Records , it was a huge success, having made it to #20 on the Billboard 200 and #1 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Chart... |
Al B. Sure! Al B. Sure! Albert Jason Brown III is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer. He grew up in Leonia, New Jersey and Mount Vernon, New York. During the late 1980s under the stage name Al B... |
| July 9 | In Effect Mode | Al B. Sure! |
| July 16 | In Effect Mode | Al B. Sure! |
| July 23 | In Effect Mode | Al B. Sure! |
| July 30 | In Effect Mode | Al B. Sure! |
| August 6 | In Effect Mode | Al B. Sure! |
| August 13 | In Effect Mode | Al B. Sure! |
| August 20 | Strictly Business | EPMD EPMD EPMD is an American hip hop group from Brentwood, New York. The group's name is a concatenation of the members' name "E" and "PMD" or an acronym for "Erick and Parrish Making Dollars", referencing its members, emcees Erick Sermon and Parrish Smith... |
| August 27 | Strictly Business | EPMD |
| September 3 | Strictly Business | EPMD |
| September 10 | Don't Be Cruel Don't Be Cruel (album) Don't Be Cruel is the second album by American R&B singer Bobby Brown, released in 1988 on MCA Records. It includes four hit singles "Don't Be Cruel", "My Prerogative", "Roni" and "Every Little Step." All were #1 R&B singles except "Roni," which peaked at #2, while "My Prerogative" became Brown's... |
Bobby Brown Bobby Brown Robert Barisford "Bobby" Brown is an American R&B singer-songwriter, occasional rapper, and dancer. After success in pop group New Edition, Brown began his solo career in 1987 and had a string of Top 10 Billboard hits, culminating in a Grammy Award. He was a pioneer of New Jack Swing music, a... |
| September 17 | Don't Be Cruel | Bobby Brown |
| September 24 | It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back is the second studio album by American hip hop group Public Enemy, released April 14, 1988, on Def Jam Recordings. Recording sessions for the album took place at Chung King Studios, Greene Street Recording, and Sabella Studios in New York City... |
Public Enemy |
| October 1 | Don't Be Cruel | Bobby Brown |
| October 8 | Don't Be Cruel | Bobby Brown |
| October 15 | Don't Let Love Slip Away Don't Let Love Slip Away Don't Let Love Slip Away is the third studio album by American R&B/soul singer Freddie Jackson.-Reception:Released in 1988 the album reached number 1 on the R&B Charts and peaked at number 48 on the Billboard 200. It was certified gold by the RIAA... |
Freddie Jackson Freddie Jackson Frederick Anthony "Freddie" Jackson is an American soul singer. He was an important figure in R&B during the 1980s and early 1990s... |
| October 22 | Don't Be Cruel | Bobby Brown |
| October 29 | Don't Be Cruel | Bobby Brown |
| November 5 | Don't Be Cruel | Bobby Brown |
| November 12 | Don't Be Cruel | Bobby Brown |
| November 19 | Giving You the Best That I Got Giving You the Best That I Got Giving You The Best That I Got is the third album by the American R&B/soul singer Anita Baker. It was Baker's first and only #1 Pop album in the US, the second #1 R&B Album, and was certified 3x platinum in 1989 by the RIAA.... |
Anita Baker Anita Baker Anita Baker is an American R&B/soul jazz singer-songwriter. To date, Baker has won eight Grammy Awards, and has four platinum albums and two gold albums to her credit.... |
| November 26 | Any Love | Luther Vandross Luther Vandross Luther Ronzoni Vandross was an American singer-songwriter and record producer. During his career, Vandross sold over twenty-five million albums and won eight Grammy Awards including Best Male R&B Vocal Performance four times... |
| December 3 | Any Love | Luther Vandross |
| December 10 | Giving You the Best That I Got | Anita Baker |
| December 17 | Giving You the Best That I Got | Anita Baker |
| December 24 | Giving You the Best That I Got | Anita Baker |
| December 31 | Giving You the Best That I Got | Anita Baker |