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]

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The following are the number-one albums of 2009.

Number-one albums

Beyoncé's album I Am... Sasha Fierce spent a total of 13 weeks at the top of the UK R&B Albums Chart throughout 2009. To date the album has been certified 6× Platinum in the United Kingdom.[3]
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.[4][5]
The E.N.D by The Black Eyed Peas spent 8 weeks at the top of the UK R&B Albums chart in 2009.
Rihanna's album Good Girl Gone Bad spent its 11th week at the top of the UK R&B Albums chart in 2009, over a year and a half after it first topped the chart in June 2007.
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Issue date Album Artist Record label Ref.
4 January Spirit Leona Lewis Syco/Sony BMG/J [6]
11 January I Am... Sasha Fierce Beyoncé Music World/Columbia [7]
18 January [8]
25 January Good Girl Gone Bad Rihanna Def Jam/SRP [9]
1 February I Am... Sasha Fierce Beyoncé Music World/Columbia [10]
8 February [11]
15 February Lovesongs Luther Vandross Sony Music [12]
22 February I Am... Sasha Fierce Beyoncé Music World/Columbia [13]
1 March [14]
8 March [15]
15 March Freedom Akon Universal [16]
22 March Just Go Lionel Richie Mercury [17]
29 March Freedom Akon Universal [18]
5 April [b] R.O.O.T.S. Flo Rida Atlantic [19]
12 April I Am... Sasha Fierce Beyoncé Music World/Columbia [20]
19 April [21]
26 April [22]
3 May [23]
10 May [24]
17 May R&B Collection - Summer 2009 Various Artists UMTV [25]
24 May [a] Relapse Eminem Interscope [26]
31 May [a] [27]
7 June [28]
14 June [b] The E.N.D The Black Eyed Peas Interscope [29]
21 June [b] [30]
28 June The Essential Michael Jackson Michael Jackson Epic [31]
5 July [a] [b] [32]
12 July [a] [b] [33]
19 July [a] [34]
26 July [a] [35]
2 August [a] [36]
9 August [a] [37]
16 August [b] The E.N.D The Black Eyed Peas Interscope [38]
23 August I Am... Sasha Fierce Beyoncé Music World/Columbia [39]
30 August [b] The E.N.D The Black Eyed Peas Interscope [40]
6 September [41]
13 September [42]
20 September The Blueprint 3 Jay-Z Roc Nation/Atlantic [43]
27 September Tongue N' Cheek Dizzee Rascal Dirtee Stank/Liberation [44]
3 October [45]
10 October [46]
17 October The Blueprint 3 Jay-Z Roc Nation/Atlantic [47]
24 October [b] I Am Chipmunk Chipmunk Columbia [48]
31 October I Look to You Whitney Houston Arista [49]
7 November This Is It Michael Jackson Epic [50]
14 November [51]
21 November [a] JLS JLS [52]
28 November [a] Echo Leona Lewis Syco/J [53]
5 December JLS JLS Epic [54]
12 December [55]
19 December The E.N.D The Black Eyed Peas Interscope [56]
26 December [b] [57]
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