Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (formerly
Top R&B/Black Albums) is a chart published by
Billboard magazine that ranks
R&B and
hip hop albums based on sales in the United States and is compiled by
Nielsen SoundScan. The name of the chart was changed from Top R&B Albums in 1999. The chart debuted in the magazine as Hot R&B LPs in 1965, and were also called Top Black Albums; from 1969-1978 they were identified as Soul charts. The
Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums tracks the albums of
quiet storm,
urban contemporary,
soul music,
R&B,
new jack swing,
hip hop, and sometimes
house music artists.