List of number-one R&B albums of 1971 (U.S.)
Encyclopedia
These are the Billboard magazine R&B albums
that reached number one in 1971.
See also: 1971 in music
, R&B number-one hits of 1971 (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 1971.
See also: 1971 in music
1971 in music
-Events:*February 1 – after months of feuding in the press, Ginger Baker and Elvin Jones hold a "drum battle" at The Lyceum.*February 8 – Bob Dylan's hour-long documentary film, Eat the Document, is premièred at New York's Academy of Music...
, R&B number-one hits of 1971 (USA)
R&B number-one hits of 1971 (USA)
These are the Billboard magazine R&B singles chart number one hits of 1971:-Chart comparisons:*Two songs went to number-one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart: "Just My Imagination " and "Want Ads."...
| Issue Date | Album | Artist |
| January 2 | ...To Be Continued ...To Be Continued ...To Be Continued is a studio album by American soul musician Isaac Hayes, issued in 1970 on Stax Records' Enterprise label. The LP includes Hayes' cover of the Burt Bacharach/Hal David composition "The Look of Love", which was issued as a single in an edited form, peaking at #79 on the Billboard... |
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... |
| January 9 | ...To Be Continued | Isaac Hayes |
| January 16 | ...To Be Continued | Isaac Hayes |
| January 23 | ...To Be Continued | Isaac Hayes |
| January 30 | ...To Be Continued | Isaac Hayes |
| February 6 | Curtis | Curtis Mayfield Curtis Mayfield Curtis Lee Mayfield was an American soul, R&B, and funk singer, songwriter, and record producer.He is best known for his anthemic music with The Impressions during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960's and for composing the soundtrack to the blaxploitation film Super Fly, Mayfield is highly... |
| February 13 | Curtis | Curtis Mayfield |
| February 20 | ...To Be Continued | Isaac Hayes |
| February 27 | ...To Be Continued | Isaac Hayes |
| March 6 | ...To Be Continued | Isaac Hayes |
| March 13 | Curtis | Curtis Mayfield |
| March 20 | Curtis | Curtis Mayfield |
| March 27 | ...To Be Continued | Isaac Hayes |
| April 3 | ...To Be Continued | Isaac Hayes |
| April 10 | Live in Cook County Jail Live in Cook County Jail Live in Cook County Jail is a 1971 live album by B.B. King recorded in Cook County Jail, Chicago, Illinois. It was ranked as number 499 in the book version of Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time... |
B.B. King |
| April 17 | Live in Cook County Jail | B.B. King |
| April 24 | Live in Cook County Jail | B.B. King |
| May 1 | Curtis | Curtis Mayfield |
| May 8 | Maybe Tomorrow Maybe Tomorrow (The Jackson 5 album) Maybe Tomorrow was the fourth regular studio album released by The Jackson 5 in 1971. Released after the success of the hit ballad "I'll Be There", most of the tracks on the album are ballads, with few dance numbers. Maybe Tomorrow includes the hit singles "Never Can Say Goodbye" and "Maybe Tomorrow"... |
The Jackson 5 The Jackson 5 The Jackson 5 , later known as The Jacksons, were an American popular music family group from Gary, Indiana... |
| May 15 | Maybe Tomorrow | The Jackson 5 |
| May 22 | Maybe Tomorrow | The Jackson 5 |
| May 29 | Maybe Tomorrow | The Jackson 5 |
| June 5 | Maybe Tomorrow | The Jackson 5 |
| June 12 | Maybe Tomorrow | The Jackson 5 |
| June 19 | Aretha Live at Fillmore West Aretha Live at Fillmore West Aretha Live at Fillmore West is a gold-certified album by Aretha Franklin, released in 1971. It was reissued on compact disc in the 1990s through Rhino Records. An expanded, limited edition 4-CD box set entitled, Don't Fight The Feeling: The Complete Aretha Franklin & King Curtis Live At Fillmore... |
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... |
| June 26 | Aretha Live at Fillmore West | Aretha Franklin |
| July 3 | Aretha Live at Fillmore West | Aretha Franklin |
| July 10 | Aretha Live at Fillmore West | Aretha Franklin |
| July 17 | Aretha Live at Fillmore West | Aretha Franklin |
| July 24 | What's Going On What's Going On What's Going On is the eleventh studio album by soul musician Marvin Gaye, released May 21, 1971, on the Motown-subsidiary label Tamla Records... |
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.... |
| July 31 | What's Going On | Marvin Gaye |
| August 7 | What's Going On | Marvin Gaye |
| August 14 | What's Going On | Marvin Gaye |
| August 21 | What's Going On | Marvin Gaye |
| August 28 | What's Going On | Marvin Gaye |
| September 4 | What's Going On | Marvin Gaye |
| September 11 | What's Going On | Marvin Gaye |
| September 18 | What's Going On | Marvin Gaye |
| September 25 | Shaft Shaft (album) Shaft is a double album by Isaac Hayes, recorded for Stax Records' Enterprise label as the soundtrack LP for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's 1971 Soul Cinema Classic film Shaft. The album mostly consists of instrumentals composed by Hayes as score for the film. Three vocal selections are included:... |
Soundtrack / Isaac Hayes |
| October 2 | Shaft | Soundtrack / Isaac Hayes |
| October 9 | Shaft | Soundtrack / Isaac Hayes |
| October 16 | Shaft | Soundtrack / Isaac Hayes |
| October 23 | Shaft | Soundtrack / Isaac Hayes |
| October 30 | Shaft | Soundtrack / Isaac Hayes |
| November 6 | Shaft | Soundtrack / Isaac Hayes |
| November 13 | Shaft | Soundtrack / Isaac Hayes |
| November 20 | Shaft | Soundtrack / Isaac Hayes |
| November 27 | Shaft | Soundtrack / Isaac Hayes |
| December 4 | Shaft | Soundtrack / Isaac Hayes |
| December 11 | Shaft | Soundtrack / Isaac Hayes |
| December 18 | Shaft | Soundtrack / Isaac Hayes |
| December 25 | Shaft | Soundtrack / Isaac Hayes |