List of number-one R&B albums of 1991 (U.S.)

These are the Billboard magazine R&B albums

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that reached number one in 1991.

See also: 1991 in music

1991 in music

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, R&B number-one hits of 1991 (USA)

R&B number-one hits of 1991 (USA)

These are the Billboard magazine R&B singles chart number one hits of 1991:-Chart history:-Chart comparisons:*Seven songs have reached number-one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart: "The First Time," "Gonna Make You Sweat ," "All the Man That I Need," "I Like the Way These are the Billboard magazine...

Issue Date	Album	Artist
January 5	I'm Your Baby Tonight I'm Your Baby Tonight I'm Your Baby Tonight is the third studio album by American pop/R&B singer Whitney Houston; released by Arista Records on November 6, 1990. Following the run of this album, Houston continued to achieve widespread commercial success throughout the 1990s, venturing heavily into films—while...	Whitney Houston Whitney Houston Whitney Elizabeth Houston is an American singer, actress, producer and a former model. Houston is the most awarded female act of all time, according to Guinness World Records, and her list of awards include 1 Emmy Award, 6 Grammy Awards, 30 Billboard Music Awards, 22 American Music Awards, among...
January 12	I'm Your Baby Tonight	Whitney Houston
January 19	I'm Your Baby Tonight	Whitney Houston
January 26	I'm Your Baby Tonight	Whitney Houston
February 2	The Future The Future (Guy album) -Album:-Singles:"—" denotes releases that did not chart.-Personnel:Information taken from Allmusic.art direction – Jeanne Bradshawartwork – Stuart Watson...	Guy Guy (band) Guy are a hip hop, R&B and soul band most closely associated with the new jack swing style of the 1980s and 1990s.-Origins :Guy was formed in Harlem, New York in 1987 by R&B singer-songwriters Aaron Hall, young musician/record producer Teddy Riley and Timmy Gatling...
February 9	The Future	Guy
February 16	The Future	Guy
February 23	Do Me Again Do Me Again Do Me Again is the title of a number-one R&B single by Freddie Jackson. The hit song spent one week at number-one on the US R&B chart and would be the last of ten singles to reach the top spot....	Freddie Jackson Freddie Jackson Frederick Anthony "Freddie" Jackson is an American soul singer. He was an important figure in R&B during the 1980s and early 1990s...
March 2	Do Me Again	Freddie Jackson
March 9	I'm Your Baby Tonight	Whitney Houston
March 16	I'm Your Baby Tonight	Whitney Houston
March 23	Business as Usual Business As Usual (EPMD album) Business as Usual is the third album from Hip Hop duo EPMD, and their first on leading rap label Def Jam as a result of being signed over from their former label, Fresh Records...	EPMD EPMD EPMD is an American hip hop group from Brentwood, New York. The group's name is a concatenation of the members' name "E" and "PMD" or an acronym for "Erick and Parrish Making Dollars", referencing its members, emcees Erick Sermon and Parrish Smith...
March 30	Business as Usual	EPMD
April 6	Ralph Tresvant Ralph Tresvant (album) Ralph Tresvant is the self-titled debut album of Ralph Tresvant. The album was released in 1990 by MCA Records and has been certified Platinum by the RIAA. It went to number one on the Top R&B Albums chart for two weeks and peaked into the Top 20 on the Billboard 200 chart...	Ralph Tresvant Ralph Tresvant Ralph Tresvant , aka Rizz, is an American tenor singer, best known as one of the lead singers in New Edition.-New Edition:Tresvant sang lead on many of the New Edition lead singles including "Candy Girl", "Cool It Now" and "If It Isn't Love"...
April 13	Ralph Tresvant	Ralph Tresvant
April 20	Hi-Five Hi-Five (album) Hi-Five is a series of digital compilation EPs by Rhino Entertainment . Release dates for these compilations vary. Each EP includes the what is considered the top 5 songs of each band they sample, and are distributed via iTunes and other online music stores. Such artists that are sampled include...	Hi-Five Hi-Five Hi-Five is an American R&B quintet based out of Waco, Texas, who had a #1 hit on Billboard's Hot 100 in the early 1990s with "I Like the Way ". Hi-Five was formed in 1990, and consisted of the late Tony Thompson, Roderick "Pooh" Clark, Marcus Sanders, Russell Neal, and Toriano Easley...
April 27	New Jack City New Jack City (soundtrack) New Jack City is the original soundtrack to the 1991 film New Jack City released by Giant Records through Reprise Records and distributed by Warner Bros. Records. The soundtrack consists of eleven original songs, most of which were performed by chart-topping R&B and hip-hop artists of the time....	Soundtrack / Various artists
May 4	New Jack City	Soundtrack / Various artists
May 11	New Jack City	Soundtrack / Various artists
May 18	New Jack City	Soundtrack / Various artists
May 25	New Jack City	Soundtrack / Various artists
June 1	New Jack City	Soundtrack / Various artists
June 8	New Jack City	Soundtrack / Various artists
June 15	New Jack City	Soundtrack / Various artists
June 22	Power of Love Power of Love (Luther Vandross album) Power of Love is the seventh studio album by American R&B/soul singer Luther Vandross, released in April 1991...	Luther Vandross Luther Vandross Luther Ronzoni Vandross was an American singer-songwriter and record producer. During his career, Vandross sold over twenty-five million albums and won eight Grammy Awards including Best Male R&B Vocal Performance four times...
June 29	Power of Love	Luther Vandross
July 6	Make Time for Love	Keith Washington Keith Washington Keith Washington is an American R&B vocalist from Detroit, Michigan who scored a hit single in the United States in 1991 with "Kissing You," which was also used as background music for a General Hospital on ABC...
July 13	Make Time for Love	Keith Washington
July 20	Power of Love	Luther Vandross
July 27	Power of Love	Luther Vandross
August 3	Jungle Fever Jungle Fever (soundtrack) Jungle Fever is the 1991 soundtrack album by Stevie Wonder to Spike Lee's movie Jungle Fever. It was released on Motown. Wonder was asked by director Spike Lee to compose the film soundtrack and film score to the film, which depicted a black businessman falling for a white female associate...	Soundtrack / 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...
August 10	Jungle Fever	Soundtrack / Stevie Wonder
August 17	Power of Love	Luther Vandross
August 24	Cooleyhighharmony Cooleyhighharmony Cooleyhighharmony is the 1991 debut album by Motown group Boyz II Men. Executive produced by Michael Bivins of New Edition and Bell Biv DeVoe, the album features the hit singles "Motownphilly" and "It's So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday", a G.C...	Boyz II Men Boyz II Men Boyz II Men is an American R&B vocal group best known for emotional ballads and a cappella harmonies. They are the most successful R&B group of all time, having sold more than albums worldwide. In the 1990s, Boyz II Men found fame on Motown Records as a quartet, but original member Michael McCary...
August 31	Cooleyhighharmony	Boyz II Men
September 7	Boyz n the Hood Boyz n the Hood (soundtrack) Boyz n the Hood is the soundtrack to the 1991 hood film, Boyz n the Hood. It was released on July 9, 1991 through Columbia Records and contained mostly hip hop music. The album was very successful, making it to #12 on the Billboard 200 and #1 on the Top R&B Albums chart and was certified gold by...	Soundtrack / Various artists
September 14	Boyz n the Hood	Soundtrack / Various artists
September 21	Boyz n the Hood	Soundtrack / Various artists
September 28	Boyz n the Hood	Soundtrack / Various artists
October 5	Can You Stop the Rain Can You Stop the Rain "Can You Stop the Rain" is the title of a number-one R&B single by Peabo Bryson. The song spent two weeks at number one on the US R&B chart and peaked at number fifty-two on the Hot 100.-See also:*List of number-one R&B singles of 1991...	Peabo Bryson Peabo Bryson Peabo Bryson is an American R&B and soul singer-songwriter, born in Greenville, South Carolina...
October 12	Can You Stop the Rain	Peabo Bryson
October 19	Good Woman	Gladys Knight Gladys Knight Gladys Maria Knight , known as the "Empress of Soul", is an American singer-songwriter, actress, businesswoman, humanitarian, and author...
October 26	Different Lifestyles Different Lifestyles (album) Different Lifestyles is the fourth album released by brother and sister team of BeBe & CeCe Winans released in the summer of 1991. The album featuring the singles "Addictive Love" and a cover of The Staple Singers' "I'll Take You There" featuring Mavis Staples. Both singles topped the R&B charts...	BeBe & CeCe Winans BeBe & CeCe Winans BeBe & CeCe Winans are an American Gospel music brother and sister duo. BeBe and CeCe Winans are the seventh and eighth of "Mom" and "Pop" Winans' ten children, most of whom have had successful Gospel music careers.-Musical career:...
November 2	Different Lifestyles	BeBe & CeCe Winans
November 9	As Raw As Ever As Raw As Ever As Raw As Ever is a studio album released by Shabba Ranks, his first to be well-received by critics and the public.- Track listing :*All Songs Published By Aunt Hilda Music....	Shabba Ranks Shabba Ranks Shabba Ranks is a Jamaican dancehall musician.He was one of the most popular dancehall artists of his generation. He was also one of the first Jamaican deejays to gain worldwide acceptance, and recognition for his 'slack' lyrical expressions and content, when "ridin' di riddim"...
November 16	Forever My Lady Forever My Lady Arion Berger of Entertainment Weekly gave the effort a good review, calling the work "sophisticated beyond the band members' years" and noting that "if they can keep up the momentum of this commercially successful debut , Jodeci will be a force to be reckoned with."-Track...	Jodeci Jodeci Jodeci is an American band, whose repertoire includes R&B, soul music, and new jack swing. The group consists of two pairs of brothers from Hampton, Virginia and Charlotte, North Carolina: Cedric & Joel Hailey and Donald & Dalvin DeGrate, all respectively known by their stage names: K-Ci & Jojo,...
November 23	Apocalypse 91... The Enemy Strikes Black	Public Enemy
November 30	Forever My Lady	Jodeci
December 7	Diamonds and Pearls Diamonds and Pearls Diamonds and Pearls is the thirteenth studio album by American recording artist Prince, released October 1, 1991, on Paisley Park Records and Warner Bros. Records. It is his first album to have The New Power Generation, his backing band at the time, receive co-billing...	Prince Prince (musician) Prince Rogers Nelson , often known simply as Prince, is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and actor. Prince has produced ten platinum albums and thirty Top 40 singles during his career. Prince founded his own recording studio and label; writing, self-producing and playing most, or all, of... and The New Power Generation
December 14	Death Certificate Death Certificate (album) Death Certificate is the second studio album by American rapper Ice Cube, released October 29, 1991 on Priority Records. Highly anticipated with over one million advanced orders, the album was certified platinum in sales on December 20, 1991...	Ice Cube Ice Cube O'Shea Jackson , better known by his stage name Ice Cube, is an American rapper and actor. He began his career as a member of the hip-hop group C.I.A. and later joined the rap group N.W.A. After leaving N.W.A in December 1989, he built a successful solo career in music, and also as a writer,...
December 21	Death Certificate	Ice Cube
December 28	Death Certificate	Ice Cube

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