List of number-one R&B albums of 1999 (U.S.)

These are the Billboard magazine R&B albums

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 1999.

See also: 1999 in music

1999 in music

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, R&B number-one hits of 1999 (USA)

R&B number-one hits of 1999 (USA)

These are the Billboard magazine R&B singles chart number one hits of 1999:-Chart history:-Chart comparisons:*Three songs reached number-one on the Billboard Hot 100/pop chart: "No Scrubs," "Bills, Bills, Bills" and "Heartbreaker."...

Issue Date	Album	Artist
January 2	Ghetto Fabulous Ghetto Fabulous (album) Ghetto Fabulous is the third studio album by rapper, Mystikal. It was released on December 15, 1998 through No Limit Records and was produced by Beats By the Pound...	Mystikal Mystikal Michael Lawrence Tyler , better known by his stage name Mystikal, is an American rapper, and actor from New Orleans.-1993-1994: Early career:...
January 9	Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood is the second album released in 1998 by rapper DMX. It entered the charts at number one with an impressive 670,000 units shipped in the first week. The album eventually went 3x Multi-Platinum in the US. DMX released his debut album It's Dark and Hell Is Hot in...	DMX DMX (rapper) Earl Simmons , better known by his stage name DMX, is a multiplatinum American rapper and actor who rose to fame in the late 1990s. His stage name pays tribute to the Oberheim DMX drum machine, an instrument he used when he made his own rap beats in the 80's...
January 16	Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood	DMX
January 23	Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood	DMX
January 30	Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood	DMX
February 6	Made Man Made Man (album) Made Man is the third studio album by rapper Silkk the Shocker. It was released on January 19, 1999 through No Limit Records and was Silkk the Shocker's most successful album, making it to #1 on both the Billboard 200 and Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums...	Silkk the Shocker
February 13	Chyna Doll	Foxy Brown
February 20	Chyna Doll	Foxy Brown
February 27	The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill is the debut solo album by American musician Lauryn Hill, released August 25, 1998, on Columbia Records. Recording sessions for the album took place from late 1997 to June 1998, and were held primarily at Tuff Gong Studios in Jamaica...	Lauryn Hill Lauryn Hill Lauryn Noelle Hill is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, and actress.Early in her career, she established her reputation as a member of the Fugees. In 1998, she launched her solo career with the release of the commercially successful and critically acclaimed album, The Miseducation of...
March 6	Da Next Level Da Next Level Da Next Level is the second album released by rapper, Mr. Serv-On. It was released on February 16, 1999 through No Limit Records and was produced entirely by the label's in-house production team, Beats By the Pound. The album was a huge success, making it to #14 on the Billboard 200 and #1 on the...	Mr. Serv-On Mr. Serv-On Edward Smith, better known as Mr. Serv-On, is an American rapper who is best known for his time spent with No Limit Records in the mid to late 90s. A high school friend of Master P, Mr. Serv-On was one of the first rappers signed to No Limit. First appearing on albums by Master P, TRU and Mia X,...
March 13	FanMail FanMail FanMail is the third studio album by American girl group trio TLC, released on February 23, 1999. As with previous album CrazySexyCool , the group re-teamed with Dallas Austin, Babyface, and Jermaine Dupri on the album's production and the album features the computer voice female named Vic-E .The...	TLC TLC (band) TLC is an American musical trio whose repertoire spanned R&B, hip-hop, soul, funk, and new jack swing. Originally consisting of singer Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins, rapper-singer Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes and singer Rozonda "Chilli" Thomas it found success in the 1990s while also enduring a series of spats...
March 20	FanMail	TLC
March 27	Bossalinie Bossalinie Bossalinie is the second studio album by rapper C-Murder, released under label No Limit Records. It entered the Billboard chart at #2 of the week ending March 14, 1999. after selling 175,611 in its first week. It stayed on the chart for 11 weeks and was certified Gold.The album includes a tracks...	C-Murder
April 3	FanMail	TLC
April 10	The Slim Shady LP The Slim Shady LP The Slim Shady LP is the second studio album by American rapper Eminem, released on February 23, 1999. It is his major-label debut, and was released under Dr. Dre's Aftermath Entertainment, and Web Records....	Eminem Eminem Marshall Bruce Mathers III , better known by his stage name Eminem or his alter ego Slim Shady, is an American rapper, record producer, songwriter and actor. Eminem's popularity brought his group project, D12, to mainstream recognition...
April 17	FanMail	TLC
April 24	I Am...	Nas Nas Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones, who performs under the name Nas , formerly Nasty Nas, is an American rapper and actor. He is regarded as one of the most important figures in hip hop and one of the most skilled and influential rappers of all-time...
May 1	I Am...	Nas
May 8	I Am...	Nas
May 15	Ryde or Die Vol. 1 Ryde or Die Vol. 1 Ryde or Die Vol. 1 is a 1999 album by the New York-based rap group Ruff Ryders. The album was released on April 27, 1999.-Track listing:-Chart positions:-See also:* Number-one albums of 1999 * List of number-one R&B albums of 1999...	Ruff Ryders Ruff Ryders Ruff Ryders Entertainment is a record label founded by brothers Darrin "Dee" Dean and Joaquin "Waah" Dean, uncles of producer Swizz Beatz. Today it operates as a subsidiary of Universal Music Group, and is distributed by Fontana Distribution.The label is currently active as Ruff Ryders...
May 22	Ryde or Die Vol. 1	Ruff Ryders
May 29	No Limit Top Dogg No Limit Top Dogg * The Source - Included in The Source's "Top 10 Albums of the Year [1999]."* Rolling Stone - 3 out of 5 - Good - "Snoop's finest work since his debut album...full of seductive party jams that will keep heads bobbing through the summer. Snoop has returned to West Coast G-funk with the help of some...	Snoop Dogg Snoop Dogg Calvin Cordozar Broadus, Jr. , better known by his stage name Snoop Dogg, is an American rapper, record producer, and actor. Snoop is best known as a rapper in the West Coast hip hop scene, and for being one of Dr. Dre's most notable protégés. Snoop Dogg was a Crip gang member while in high school...
June 5	In Our Lifetime In Our Lifetime, Vol. 1 In Our Lifetime is the 1999 album by Eightball & MJG released on Suave House Records under a new distribution deal with Universal Records.-Track listing:# "Intro"# "We Started This"# "Paid Dues" # "Do It How It Go"# "Don't Flex"...	8Ball & MJG 8Ball & MJG 8Ball & MJG is an American Rap and Crunk duo from Memphis, Tennessee. The two rappers met at in 1980.They first appeared on the rap scene with their 1992 underground album Listen To The Lyrics...
June 12	The Art of Storytelling The Art of Storytelling - Charts :- External links :* at Discogs* at RapReviews.com...	Slick Rick Slick Rick Richard Walters , better known by his stage name Slick Rick is a Grammy-nominated English-American rapper...
June 19	Venni Vetti Vecci Venni Vetti Vecci Venni Vetti Vecci is the debut studio album by American recording artist Ja Rule, released through Murder Inc. Records. The album title alludes to the Latin phrase "veni, vidi, vici", meaning "I came, I saw, I conquered". The album was also the first release on Irv Gotti's Murder Inc. Records imprint...	Ja Rule Ja Rule Jeffrey Atkins , better known by his stage name Ja Rule, is an American rapper, singer, and actor.Born in Hollis, Queens, he began his career in the group Cash Money Click and debuted in 1999 with Venni Vetti Vecci and its single "Holla Holla"...
June 26	Venni Vetti Vecci	Ja Rule
July 3	Venni Vetti Vecci	Ja Rule
July 10	Da Real World Da Real World Da Real World is the second studio album by American rapper by Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott. The album is noted for adding a raunchier and darker style to Missy's music, as well as the repetitive usage of "bitch" in a majority of her songs...	Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott Missy Elliott Melissa Arnette "Missy" Elliott , is an American rapper, singer-songwriter, record producer, and actressA five-time Grammy Award winner, Elliott, with record sales of over seven million in the United States, is the only female rapper to have five albums certified platinum by the RIAA, including one...
July 17	Beneath the Surface Beneath the Surface Beneath the Surface is the third solo studio album by Wu-Tang Clan member GZA, an American hip hop musician. It was his second album released as a member of the Wu-Tang Clan.-Reception:...	GZA GZA Gary Grice , better known by his stage names GZA and The Genius, is an American hip hop artist and founding member of the seminal hip hop group the Wu-Tang Clan. He has also appeared on his fellow clan members' solo projects and has maintained a successful solo career... /Genius
July 24	Street Life Street Life (Fiend album) Street Life is the third album released by rapper, Fiend. It was released on July 6, 1999 for No Limit Records and was produced by Beats By the Pound. Though not as successful as his previous album, There's One in Every Family, it still managed to make it to #15 on the Billboard 200 and #1 on the...	Fiend Fiend (rapper) Richard Jones, better known as Fiend is an American rapper and producer best known for his time spent with Master P's No Limit Records. Fiend was also briefly a member of DMX's label Ruff Ryders Entertainment....
July 31	Can't Stay Away Can't Stay Away Can't Stay Away is the 11th studio album from Oakland rapper Too Short. The album received generally positive reviews from critics and was a commercial success, certified Gold on August 13, 1999, only a month after its release. This is his first album since retiring in 1996...	Too Short
August 7	Can't Stay Away	Too Short
August 14	Guerrilla Warfare Guerrilla Warfare (album) -Album chart positions:-Release history:...	Hot Boys Hot Boys The Hot Boys is a music American hip hop group active from 1996 to 2001 and reformed in 2007. The group consists of rappers formerly on the New Orleans-based record label, Cash Money Records. The members are Lil Wayne, Juvenile, B.G. and Turk.-History:The members of the group were rappers, Lil...
August 21	Coming of Age	Memphis Bleek Memphis Bleek Malik Thuston Patrick Cox , better known by his rap persona of Memphis Bleek or "Bleek", is a New York rapper mainly known for his tenure with Roc-a-Fella Records and CEO of his own label Get Low Records...
August 28	Violator: The Album Violator: The Album Violator: The Album is a hip-hop/R&B compilation album, released on August 10, 1999 by Def Jam Recordings. It was the first release through the imprint Violator Records, a spin-off of Mona Scott & Chris Lighty's Violator Management company...	Various artists (Violator Records)
September 4	Mary	Mary J. Blige Mary J. Blige Mary Jane Blige is an American singer-songwriter, record producer and occasional actress. She is a recipient of nine Grammy Awards and four American Music Awards, and has recorded eight multi-platinum albums. She is the only artist with Grammy Award wins in Pop, Rap, Gospel, and R&B. Blige has...
September 11	Forever Forever (Puff Daddy album) Forever is the debut solo studio album by American rapper and producer Puff Daddy released on August 24, 1999 in North America by Bad Boy Entertainment, with a release in the United Kingdom the following day on August 25, 1999...	Puff Daddy Sean Combs Sean John Combs , also known by his stage names Diddy and P. Diddy, is an American rapper, singer, record producer, actor, and entrepreneur. He has won three Grammy Awards and two MTV Video Music Awards, and his clothing line earned a Council of Fashion Designers of America award. He was originally...
September 18	Mary	Mary J. Blige
September 25	Mary	Mary J. Blige
October 2	Let There Be Eve...Ruff Ryders' First Lady	Eve
October 9	Let There Be Eve...Ruff Ryders' First Lady	Eve
October 16	Blackout! Blackout! Blackout! is the debut album by hip hop artists Method Man & Redman. It is the first full-length release by Method Man and Redman after many collaborations. The album continued a string of highly successful Def Jam releases in the late 1990s. The album debuted at #2 on the Billboard Top 200 and...	Method Man & Redman Method Man & Redman Method Man & Redman, also referred to as Red & Meth, Meth & Red, Doc & Meth or Mr. Mef and Funk Doc, are an American hip hop duo, consisting of rap superstars Method Man and Redman ....
October 23	Blackout!	Method Man & Redman
October 30	Let There Be Eve...Ruff Ryders' First Lady	Eve
November 6	Let There Be Eve...Ruff Ryders' First Lady	Eve
November 13	Only God Can Judge Me Only God Can Judge Me Only God Can Judge Me is the eighth album by rapper Master P, released in October, 1999. The album debuted at #2 on the Billboard 200 Pop Charts. It has been certified GOLD by the RIAA and has sold over 640,000 copies in the United States and more than 1 million copies world-wide...	Master P Master P Percy Robert Miller , better known by his stage name Master P or his business name P. Miller, is an American rapper, actor, entrepreneur, investor, and producer. He is the founder of the popular label No Limit Records, which went bankrupt and was relaunched as New No Limit Records through Koch...
November 20	Tha Block Is Hot Tha Block Is Hot Tha Block Is Hot is the debut album by Lil Wayne, released November 2, 1999, on Cash Money Records.The album debuted at number three on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart with 229,000 copies sold in its first week released. This was significant, as none of the other members of Hot Boys had released solo...	Lil Wayne Lil Wayne Dwayne Michael Carter, Jr. , better known by his stage name Lil Wayne, is an American rapper. At the age of nine, Lil Wayne joined Cash Money Records as the youngest member of the label, and half of the duo, The B.G.'z, with B.G.. In 1997, Lil Wayne joined the group Hot Boys, which also included...
November 27	Tha Block Is Hot	Lil Wayne
December 4	2001	Dr. Dre Dr. Dre Andre Romelle Young , primarily known by his stage name Dr. Dre, is an American record producer, rapper, record executive, entrepreneur, and occasional actor. He is the founder and current CEO of Aftermath Entertainment and a former co-owner and artist of Death Row Records...
December 11	2001	Dr. Dre
December 18	2001	Dr. Dre
December 25	Born Again Born Again (The Notorious B.I.G. album) Born Again is a posthumous album by The Notorious B.I.G.. It was released on December 7, 1999. Unlike the first album released after his death , this album was created with no input from Biggie himself...	The Notorious B.I.G. The Notorious B.I.G. Christopher George Latore Wallace , best known as The Notorious B.I.G., was an American rapper. He was also known as Biggie Smalls , Big Poppa, and The Black Frank White .Wallace was raised in the Brooklyn borough...