List of number-one R&B albums of 1969 (U.S.)
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These are the Billboard magazine R&B albums
that reached number one in 1969.
See also: 1969 in music
, R&B number-one hits of 1969 (USA)
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 1969.
See also: 1969 in music
1969 in music
-Events:Perhaps the two most famous musical events of 1969 were concerts. At a Rolling Stones concert in Altamont, California, a fan was stabbed to death by Hells Angels, a biker gang that had been hired to provide security for the event...
, R&B number-one hits of 1969 (USA)
R&B number-one hits of 1969 (USA)
These are the Billboard magazine R&B singles chart number one hits of 1969:See also: 1969 in music, List of number-one R&B hits...
Chart history
| Issue Date | Album | Artist |
| January 4 | Diana Ross & the Supremes Join The Temptations Diana Ross & the Supremes Join the Temptations Diana Ross & the Supremes Join The Temptations is, as the title implies, a collaborative album combining Motown's two best selling groups, Diana Ross & the Supremes and The Temptations. Issued by Motown in late 1968 to coincide with the broadcast of the Supremes/Temptations TCB television special,... |
Diana Ross Diana Ross Diana Ernestine Earle Ross is an American singer, record producer, and actress. Ross was lead singer of the Motown group The Supremes during the 1960s. After leaving the group in 1970, Ross began a solo career that included successful ventures into film and Broadway... and The Supremes The Supremes The Supremes, an American female singing group, were the premier act of Motown Records during the 1960s.Originally founded as The Primettes in Detroit, Michigan, in 1959, The Supremes' repertoire included doo-wop, pop, soul, Broadway show tunes, psychedelic soul, and disco... and The Temptations The Temptations The Temptations is an American vocal group having achieved fame as one of the most successful acts to record for Motown Records. The group's repertoire has included, at various times during its five-decade career, R&B, doo-wop, funk, disco, soul, and adult contemporary music.Formed in Detroit,... |
| January 11 | Diana Ross & the Supremes Join The Temptations | Diana Ross and The Supremes and The Temptations |
| January 18 | TCB | Diana Ross and The Supremes and The Temptations |
| January 25 | TCB | Diana Ross and The Supremes and The Temptations |
| February 1 | TCB | Diana Ross and The Supremes and The Temptations |
| February 8 | TCB | Diana Ross and The Supremes and The Temptations |
| February 15 | TCB | Diana Ross and The Supremes and The Temptations |
| February 22 | TCB | Diana Ross and The Supremes and The Temptations |
| March 1 | Soul '69 Soul '69 Soul '69 is a 1969 album of cover material released by Aretha Franklin. The album charted at #1 on Billboards R&B albums chart and at #15 on Billboards Top Albums, launching two unsuccessful singles, "Tracks of My Tears" which reached #21 on "Black Singles" and #71 on "Pop Singles" and "Gentle on... |
Aretha Franklin Aretha Franklin Aretha Louise Franklin is an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. Although known for her soul recordings and referred to as The Queen of Soul, Franklin is also adept at jazz, blues, R&B, gospel music, and rock. Rolling Stone magazine ranked her atop its list of The Greatest Singers of All... |
| March 8 | Soul '69 | Aretha Franklin |
| March 15 | Soul '69 | Aretha Franklin |
| March 22 | Soul '69 | Aretha Franklin |
| March 29 | Cloud Nine Cloud Nine (The Temptations song) "Cloud Nine" is a 1968 hit single recorded by The Temptations for the Motown label. It was the first of their singles to feature Dennis Edwards instead of David Ruffin in the lineup, was the first of producer Norman Whitfield's psychedelic soul tracks, and won Motown its first Grammy Award... |
The Temptations |
| April 5 | Cloud Nine | The Temptations |
| April 12 | Cloud Nine | The Temptations |
| April 19 | Cloud Nine | The Temptations |
| April 26 | Cloud Nine | The Temptations |
| May 3 | Cloud Nine | The Temptations |
| May 10 | Cloud Nine | The Temptations |
| May 17 | Cloud Nine | The Temptations |
| May 24 | Cloud Nine | The Temptations |
| May 31 | Cloud Nine | The Temptations |
| June 7 | Cloud Nine | The Temptations |
| June 14 | Cloud Nine | The Temptations |
| June 21 | M.P.G. M.P.G. M.P.G. is a 1969 album by Marvin Gaye for the Tamla label, his best-selling album of the 1960s. Released on April 30, 1969, the album became Gaye's first solo album to reach the Top 40 on the Billboard Pop Albums chart, peaking at #33, and also became his first #1 album on the Soul Albums Chart... |
Marvin Gaye Marvin Gaye Marvin Pentz Gay, Jr. , better known by his stage name Marvin Gaye, was an American singer-songwriter and musician with a three-octave vocal range.... |
| June 28 | M.P.G. | Marvin Gaye |
| July 5 | Cloud Nine | The Temptations |
| July 12 | My Whole World Ended My Whole World Ended My Whole World Ended is the 1969 debut solo album of David Ruffin, who had risen to fame as lead singer of The Temptations from 1964 to 1968... |
David Ruffin David Ruffin Davis Eli "David" Ruffin was an American soul singer and musician most famous for his work as one of the lead singers of the Temptations from 1964 to 1968... |
| July 19 | My Whole World Ended | David Ruffin |
| July 26 | Aretha's Gold Aretha's Gold Compilation album from Aretha Franklin released in 1969 at Atlantic Recording Corporation. Recorded at Atlantic Studios, New York except "I Never Loved a Man " and "Do Right Woman, Do Right Man" which were recorded at the Fame Recording Studios, Muscle Shoals, Alabama.-Track listing:Side One#"I... |
Aretha Franklin |
| August 2 | Aretha's Gold | Aretha Franklin |
| August 9 | Aretha's Gold | Aretha Franklin |
| August 16 | Aretha's Gold | Aretha Franklin |
| August 23 | Hot Buttered Soul Hot Buttered Soul Hot Buttered Soul was Isaac Hayes' second studio album. Released in 1969, it is recognized as a landmark in soul music.-Album history:The album almost never came to be... |
Isaac Hayes Isaac Hayes Isaac Lee Hayes, Jr. was an American songwriter, musician, singer and actor. Hayes was one of the creative influences behind the southern soul music label Stax Records, where he served both as an in-house songwriter and as a record producer, teaming with his partner David Porter during the... |
| August 30 | Hot Buttered Soul | Isaac Hayes |
| September 6 | Hot Buttered Soul | Isaac Hayes |
| September 13 | Hot Buttered Soul | Isaac Hayes |
| September 20 | Hot Buttered Soul | Isaac Hayes |
| September 27 | Hot Buttered Soul | Isaac Hayes |
| October 4 | Hot Buttered Soul | Isaac Hayes |
| October 11 | Hot Buttered Soul | Isaac Hayes |
| October 18 | Hot Buttered Soul | Isaac Hayes |
| October 26 | Hot Buttered Soul | Isaac Hayes |
| November 1 | Puzzle People Puzzle People Puzzle People is a 1969 album recorded by The Temptations for the Gordy label. Entirely produced by Norman Whitfield, Puzzle People takes the next step along the path that Cloud Nine started, and takes the Temptations further away from a classic soul sound, and more towards the realm of... |
The Temptations |
| November 8 | Puzzle People | The Temptations |
| November 15 | Puzzle People | The Temptations |
| November 22 | Puzzle People | The Temptations |
| November 29 | Puzzle People | The Temptations |
| December 6 | Puzzle People | The Temptations |
| December 13 | Puzzle People | The Temptations |
| December 20 | Puzzle People | The Temptations |
| December 27 | Puzzle People | The Temptations |