List of UK R&B Albums Chart number ones of 2009

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The UK R&B Chart is a weekly chart, first introduced in October 1994, 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,^[1] and is based on sales of CDs, downloads, vinyl and other formats over the previous seven days.^[2]

The following are the number-one albums of 2009.

Number-one albums

Following his death earlier in the year, Michael Jackson's posthumous release, This Is It, reached number one in November and went on to be certified platinum by the BPI after just one month of release, denoting sales of 300,000 copies.^[3][4]

Issue date	Album	Artist	Record label	Ref.
4 January	Spirit	Leona Lewis	Syco/Sony BMG/J	[5]
11 January	I Am... Sasha Fierce	Beyoncé	Music World/Columbia	[6]
18 January				[7]
25 January	Good Girl Gone Bad	Rihanna	Def Jam/SRP	[8]
1 February	I Am... Sasha Fierce	Beyoncé	Music World/Columbia	[9]
8 February				[10]
15 February	Lovesongs	Luther Vandross	Sony Music	[11]
22 February	I Am... Sasha Fierce	Beyoncé	Music World/Columbia	[12]
1 March				[13]
8 March				[14]
15 March	Freedom	Akon	Konvict/Upfront/SRC/Island	[15]
22 March	Just Go	Lionel Richie	Mercury	[16]
29 March	Freedom	Akon	Konvict/UpFront/SRC/Island	[17]
20 September	The Blueprint 3	Jay-Z	Roc Nation/Atlantic	[18]
27 September	Tongue N' Cheek	Dizzee Rascal	Dirtee Stank/Liberation	[19]
3 October				[20]
10 October				[21]
17 October	The Blueprint 3	Jay-Z	Roc Nation/Atlantic	[22]
24 October ^[b]	I Am Chipmunk	Chipmunk	Columbia	[23]
31 October	I Look to You	Whitney Houston	Arista	[24]
7 November	This Is It	Michael Jackson	Epic	[25]
14 November				[26]
21 November ^[a]	JLS	JLS		[27]
28 November ^[a]	Echo	Leona Lewis	Syco/J	[28]
5 December	JLS	JLS	Epic	[29]
12 December				[30]
19 December	The E.N.D	The Black Eyed Peas	Interscope	[31]
26 December				[32]

Notes

• ^a - The album was simultaneously number-one on the UK albums chart.^[33]
• ^b - The artist was simultaneously number-one on the R&B singles chart.^[34]

See also

• List of UK Albums Chart number ones of 2009
• List of UK R&B Chart number-one singles of 2009

References

1. "Who we are - Our charts & data". London: Official Charts Company. Retrieved 24 February 2015.
2. "Getting into the charts - Meeting the chart rules". London: Official Charts Company. Retrieved 24 February 2015.
3. "BPI – Certified Awards Search: Michael Jackson". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
4. "Certified Awards – A Timeline" (PDF). British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
5. "04 January 2009 - 10 January 2009". London: Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
6. "11 January 2009 - 17 January 2009". London: Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
7. "18 January 2009 - 24 January 2009". London: Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
8. "25 January 2009 - 31 January 2009". London: Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
9. "01 February 2009 - 07 February 2009". London: Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
10. "08 February 2009 - 14 February 2009". London: Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
11. "15 February 2009 - 21 February 2009". London: Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
12. "22 February 2009 - 28 February 2009". London: Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
13. "01 March 2009 - 07 March 2009". London: Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
14. "08 March 2009 - 14 March 2009". London: Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
15. "15 March 2009 - 21 March 2009". London: Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
16. "22 March 2009 - 28 March 2009". London: Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
17. "28 March 2009 - 4 April 2009". London: Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
18. "20th September 2009". Official Charts Company. 20 September 2009. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
19. "27th September 2009". Official Charts Company. 27 September 2009. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
20. "17th October 2009". Official Charts Company. 10 October 2009. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
21. "17th October 2009". Official Charts Company. 10 October 2009. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
22. "17th October 2009". Official Charts Company. 17 October 2009. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
23. "24th October 2009". Official Charts Company. 24 October 2009. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
24. "31st October 2009". Official Charts Company. 31 October 2009. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
25. "7th November 2009". Official Charts Company. 7 November 2009. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
26. "14th November 2009". Official Charts Company. 14 November 2009. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
27. "21st November 2009". Official Charts Company. 21 November 2009. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
28. "28th November 2009". Official Charts Company. 28 November 2009. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
29. "5th December 2009". Official Charts Company. 5 December 2009. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
30. "12th December 2009". Official Charts Company. 12 December 2009. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
31. "19th December 2009". Official Charts Company. 19 December 2009. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
32. "26th December 2009". Official Charts Company. 26 December 2009. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
33. "2009 The Number One Albums List". London: Official Charts Company. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
34. "2009 Top 40 R&B Singles Archive". London: Official Charts Company. Retrieved 26 December 2013.

External links

• R&B Albums Top 40 at the Official Charts Company
• UK Top 40 RnB Albums at BBC Radio 1