List Of Artists Who Reached Number One On The Billboard R&B Chart
This is a list of all those musicians who made number 1 on the Billboard R&B chart, as defined in Joel Whitburn's "Top R&B Singles" (ISBN 0-89820-115-2).
The chart was officially titled as follows :-
- Oct 1942 - Feb 1945 The Harlem Hit Parade
- Feb 1945 - Jun 1949 Race Records
- Jun 1949 - Oct 1958 Rhythm & Blues Records
- Oct 1958 - Nov 1963 Hot R&B Sides
- Nov 1963 - Jan 1965 No chart published
- Jan 1965 - Aug 1969 Hot Rhythm & Blues Singles
- Aug 1969 - Jul 1973 Best Selling Soul Singles
- Jul 1973 - Jun 1982 Hot Soul Singles
- Jun 1982 - Oct 1990 Hot Black Singles
- Oct 1990 - present Hot R&B Singles
Lists are alphabetical by year.
NOTE : Annual totals may not sum to 52 weeks because :-
- sometimes the No. 1 place was shared
- totals are counted from the start of the stay at No. 1 - for example, a hit which reached No. 1 in November 1945 and stayed there 11 weeks is included in the 1945 list but not 1946.
As well as the R&B best sellers (BS) chart, between 1948-1957 there was also an R&B juke box (JB) chart, and from 1955-58 there was an R&B airplay (JY - jockeys) chart. These charts were consolidated into one in October 1958. Years at No. 1 on these different charts are listed where appropriate.
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