List of number one R&B albums in the US (1968)

This is a listing of the number one album on the Billboard US R&B album sales charts in 1968. There were ten number one albums that year.

← 1967 ←	List of number one R&B albums in the US			1969 →
Period Where. total Interpreter title Additional Information (Period, weeks in first place, artist, title , additional information) December 30, 1967 - January 5, 1968 1 week (total of 12) 12 Diana Ross & The Supremes Greatest hits - Jan 6, 1968 - February 23, 1968 7 weeks (total 7) 7th The Temptations The Temptations in a Mellow Mood - Feb. 24, 1968 - March 1, 1968 1 week (total 1) 1 Otis Redding The History of Otis Redding - Mar. 02, 1968 - April 19, 1968 7 weeks (total 7) 7th Aretha Franklin Lady Soul - April 20, 1968 - April 26, 1968 1 week (total 1) 1 Otis Redding The Dock of the Bay - April 27, 1968 - May 10, 1968 2 weeks (9 in total) 9 Aretha Franklin Lady Soul - May 11, 1968 - May 17, 1968 1 week (total 2) 2 Otis Redding The Dock of the Bay - May 18, 1968 - June 21, 1968 5 weeks (total 14) 14th Aretha Franklin Lady Soul - June 22, 1968 - July 5, 1968 2 weeks (total 2) 2 The Temptations The Temptations Wish It Would Rain - July 6, 1968 - July 12, 1968 1 week (total 3) 3 Otis Redding The Dock of the Bay - July 13, 1968 - July 26, 1968 2 weeks (16 total) 16 Aretha Franklin Lady Soul - July 27, 1968 - September 13, 1968 7 weeks (total 7) 7th Aretha Franklin Aretha Now - September 14, 1968 - September 20, 1968 1 week (total 3) 3 The Temptations The Temptations Wish It Would Rain - September 21, 1968 - November 22, 1968 9 weeks (16 total) 16 Aretha Franklin Aretha Now - November 23, 1968 - November 29, 1968 1 week (total 1) 1 OC Smith Hickory Holler Revisited - November 30, 1968 - December 6, 1968 1 week (17 in total) 17th Aretha Franklin Aretha Now - December 7, 1968 - December 20, 1968 2 weeks (total 1) 1 Smokey Robinson & The Miracles Special Occasion - December 21, 1968 - December 27, 1968 1 week (total 1) 1 Diana Ross & The Supremes & The Temptations Diana Ross & the Supremes Join The Temptations -
← 1967				→ 1969 →

Web links

• Billboard R&B Albums
• Billboard Google Books 1965-1969

literature

• Whitburn, Joel (2000). Top R&B Albums: 1965-1998. Record Research. ISBN 978-0-89820-134-5

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Discogs (Diana Ross & The Supremes - Greatest Hits)
2. ↑ Discogs (The Temptations - The Temptations in a Mellow Mood)
3. ↑ Discogs (Otis Redding - The History of Otis Redding)
4. ↑ Discogs (Aretha Franklin - Lady Soul)
5. ↑ Discogs (Otis Redding - The Dock of the Bay)
6. ↑ Discogs (The Temptations - The Temptations Wish It Would Rain)
7. ↑ Discogs (Aretha Franklin - Aretha Now)
8. ↑ Discogs (OC Smith - Hickory Holler Revisited)
9. ↑ Discogs (Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - Special Occasion)
10. ↑ Discogs (Diana Ross & The Supremes & The Temptations - Diana Ross & the Supremes Join The Temptations)