List of number one R&B albums in the US (1988)

This is a listing of the number one album on the Billboard US R&B album sales chart in 1988. There were thirteen number one albums that year.

← 1987 ←	List of number one R&B albums in the US			1989 →
Period Where. total Interpreter title Additional Information (Period, weeks in first place, artist, title , additional information) December 26, 1987 - January 22, 1988 4 weeks (total of 15) 15th Michael Jackson bath - January 23, 1988 - February 26, 1988 5 weeks (6 in total) 6th Stevie Wonder Characters - February 27, 1988 - March 11, 1988 2 weeks (total 2) 2 Gladys Knight & the Pips All our love - March 12, 1988 - March 18, 1988 1 week (total 7) 7th Stevie Wonder Characters - March 19, 1988 - April 8, 1988 3 weeks (total 2) 2 Keith Sweat Make It Last Forever - April 9, 1988 - April 29, 1988 3 weeks (total of 18) 18th Michael Jackson bath - April 30, 1988 - May 20, 1988 3 weeks (total 3) 3 Terence Trent D'Arby Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby - May 21, 1988 - July 1, 1988 6 weeks (6 in total) 6th George Michael Faith - July 2, 1988 - August 19, 1988 7 weeks (total 7) 7th Al B. Sure! In effect mode - August 20, 1988 - September 9, 1988 3 weeks (total 3) 3 EPMD Strictly business - September 10, 1988 - September 23, 1988 2 weeks (total 2) 2 Bobby Brown Don't be cruel - September 24, 1988 - September 30, 1988 1 week (total 1) 1 Public Enemy It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back - October 1, 1988 - October 14, 1988 2 weeks (4 in total) 4th Bobby Brown Don't be cruel - October 25, 1988 - October 21, 1988 51 weeks (total 1) 1 Freddie Jackson Don't Let Love Slip Away - October 22, 1988 - November 18, 1988 4 weeks (8 in total) 8th Bobby Brown Don't be cruel - November 19, 1988 - November 25, 1988 1 week (total 1) 1 Anita Baker Giving You the Best That I Got - November 26, 1988 - December 9, 1988 2 weeks (total 2) 2 Luther Vandross Any love - December 10, 1988 - December 30, 1988 3 weeks (4 in total) 4th Anita Baker Giving You the Best That I Got -
← 1987				→ 1989 →

Web links

• Billboard R&B Albums
• Billboard Google Books 1985–1989

literature

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Discogs (Michael Jackson - Bad)
2. ↑ Discogs (Stevie Wonder - Characters)
3. ↑ Discogs (Gladys Knight & the Pips - All Our Love)
4. ↑ Discogs (Keith Sweat - Make It Last Forever)
5. ↑ Discogs (Terence Trent D'Arby - Make It Last Forever)
6. ↑ Discogs (George Michael - Make It Last Forever)
7. ↑ Discogs (Al B. Sure! - In Effect Mode)
8. ↑ Discogs (EPMD - Strictly Business)
9. ↑ Discogs (Bobby Brown - Don't Be Cruel)
10. ↑ Discogs (Public Enemy - Don't Be Cruel)
11. ↑ Discogs (Freddie Jackson - Don't Be Cruel)
12. ↑ Discogs (Anita Baker - Giving You the Best That I Got)
13. ↑ Discogs (Luther Vandross - Any Love)