List of number-one R&B albums of 1980 (U.S.)
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These are the Billboard magazine R&B albums
that have reached number one in 1980.
See also: 1980 in music
, R&B number-one hits of 1980 (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 have reached number one in 1980.
See also: 1980 in music
1980 in music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1980.-January–March:*January 1**Cliff Richard is appointed an MBE by Elizabeth II.**The Zorros audition drummer Greg Pedley....
, R&B number-one hits of 1980 (USA)
R&B number-one hits of 1980 (USA)
These are the Billboard magazine R&B singles chart number one hits of 1980:See also: 1980 in music, List of number-one R&B hits -Chart history:-Chart comparisons:...
| Issue Date | Album | Artist |
| January 5 | Off the Wall Off the Wall (album) Off the Wall is the fifth studio album by the American recording artist Michael Jackson, released August 10, 1979 on Epic Records, after Jackson's critically well received film performance in The Wiz. While working on that project, Jackson and Quincy Jones had become friends, and Jones agreed to... |
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 12 | Off the Wall | Michael Jackson |
| January 19 | Off the Wall | Michael Jackson |
| January 26 | Off the Wall | Michael Jackson |
| February 2 | Off the Wall | Michael Jackson |
| February 9 | Off the Wall | Michael Jackson |
| February 16 | Off the Wall | Michael Jackson |
| February 23 | The Whispers | The Whispers The Whispers The Whispers are a long-established R&B-dance vocal group from Los Angeles, California, with a consistent track record of hit records dating back to the late 1960s.-Career:... |
| March 1 | The Whispers | The Whispers |
| March 8 | The Whispers | The Whispers |
| March 15 | The Whispers | The Whispers |
| March 22 | The Whispers | The Whispers |
| March 29 | The Whispers | The Whispers |
| April 5 | The Whispers | The Whispers |
| April 12 | The Whispers | The Whispers |
| April 19 | Light Up the Night Light Up the Night Light Up the Night is the fourth album by the Los Angeles, California-based duo Brothers Johnson, released in 1980. The album topped the U.S. R&B albums chart and reached number five on the pop albums chart... |
The Brothers Johnson |
| April 26 | Light Up the Night | The Brothers Johnson |
| May 3 | Go All the Way | The Isley Brothers The Isley Brothers The Isley Brothers are a highly influential, successful and long-running American music group consisting of different line-ups of six brothers, and a brother-in-law, Chris Jasper... |
| May 10 | Go All the Way | The Isley Brothers |
| May 17 | Go All the Way | The Isley Brothers |
| May 24 | Go All the Way | The Isley Brothers |
| May 31 | Go All the Way | The Isley Brothers |
| June 7 | Let’s Get Serious Let's Get Serious (Jermaine Jackson album) Let's Get Serious is an album by Jermaine Jackson, released in 1980. It reached #6 on the Billboard 200 and #1 on the Top R&B chart. The title track peaked at #1 on the soul charts... |
Jermaine Jackson Jermaine Jackson Jermaine La Jaune Jackson is an American singer, bassist, composer, a member of The Jackson 5, older brother of American pop stars Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson and occasional film director... |
| June 14 | Let’s Get Serious | Jermaine Jackson |
| June 21 | Let’s Get Serious | Jermaine Jackson |
| June 28 | Let’s Get Serious | Jermaine Jackson |
| July 5 | Let’s Get Serious | Jermaine Jackson |
| July 12 | Cameosis Cameosis Cameosis is the fifth album by the Funk/Soul band Cameo, released on April 24, 1980.-Reception:Charted number one on the R&B album charts and number twenty five on the Billboard 200 album charts... |
Cameo Cameo (band) Cameo is an American soul-influenced funk group that formed in the early 1970s. Cameo was initially a 13-member group known as the New York City Players; this name was later changed to Cameo to avoid a lawsuit from Ohio Players, another group from that era. Since then, Cameo has recorded several... |
| July 19 | Cameosis | Cameo |
| July 26 | diana Diana (album) diana is a 1980 album by American R&B and soul singer Diana Ross, released by Motown. Her 11th studio album, it was, and still is, the biggest-selling studio collection of Ross' career.-Conception:... |
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... |
| August 2 | diana | Diana Ross |
| August 9 | diana | Diana Ross |
| August 16 | diana | Diana Ross |
| August 23 | diana | Diana Ross |
| August 30 | diana | Diana Ross |
| September 6 | diana | Diana Ross |
| September 13 | diana | Diana Ross |
| September 20 | Give Me the Night | George Benson George Benson George Benson is a ten Grammy Award winning American musician, whose production career began at the age of twenty-one as a jazz guitarist.... |
| September 27 | Give Me the Night | George Benson |
| October 4 | Give Me the Night | George Benson |
| October 11 | Give Me the Night | George Benson |
| October 18 | Love Approach Love Approach -Track listing:All tracks composed by Tom Browne, except where indicated# "Funkin' for Jamaica " 4:43 # "Her Silent Smile" 5:12# "Forever More" 3:22 # "Dream of Lovin' You" 4:20 # "Nocturne" 5:08... |
Tom Browne |
| October 25 | Zapp Zapp (album) Zapp is the self-titled debut album of Ohio P-Funk band Zapp. Released on July 30, 1980, the album features the popular hit "More Bounce to the Ounce," which was featured in the Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Soundtrack, and was sampled by EPMD, Snoop Dogg, The Notorious B.I.G, Twiztid, Brotha Lynch... |
Zapp Zapp (band) Zapp is a soul and funk band formed in 1978 by brothers Roger Troutman, Larry Troutman, Lester Troutman, Terry Troutman, Bobby Glover and Gregory Jackson [Cincinnati Ohio Funk Keyboardist]... |
| November 1 | Zapp | Zapp |
| November 8 | Triumph Triumph (The Jacksons album) Triumph was the thirteenth album by The Jacksons, released in 1980 on Epic Records.-Reception:It was certified platinum in the U.S. and peaked at #10 on the Billboard 200. The Triumph album sold three million copies in its original run... |
The Jacksons The Jackson 5 The Jackson 5 , later known as The Jacksons, were an American popular music family group from Gary, Indiana... |
| November 15 | Triumph | The Jacksons |
| November 22 | Hotter Than July Hotter than July Hotter than July is the nineteenth album by Stevie Wonder, originally released on Motown's Tamla label on September 29, 1980. Despite the wide critical acclaim for Wonder's previous works such as Songs in the Key of Life and Innervisions, Hotter than July was his first album eligible for platinum... |
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... |
| November 29 | Hotter Than July | Stevie Wonder |
| December 6 | Hotter Than July | Stevie Wonder |
| December 13 | Hotter Than July | Stevie Wonder |
| December 20 | Hotter Than July | Stevie Wonder |
| December 27 | Hotter Than July | Stevie Wonder |