title: List of Billboard number-one R&B/hip-hop albums of 2004
text: # List of Billboard number-one R&B/hip-hop albums of 2004
  
  This page lists the albums that reached number-one on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and Top Rap Albums charts in 2004, which had been recently created in 2004. The Rap Albums chart, first published by Billboard in November 2004, partially serves as a distillation of rap-specific titles from the overall R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.
  
  ## Chart history
  
  Key :
  
  | † | Indicates best-performing album of 2004 |
  | - | - |
  | Issue date | R&B/Hip-Hop Albums | Artist(s) | Rap Albums | Artist(s) |
  | January 3 | The Diary of Alicia Keys | Alicia Keys | Did not materialize until the week of June 26, 2004 | Did not materialize until the week of June 26, 2004 |
  | January 10 | The Diary of Alicia Keys | Alicia Keys | Did not materialize until the week of June 26, 2004 | Did not materialize until the week of June 26, 2004 |
  | January 17 | The Diary of Alicia Keys | Alicia Keys | Did not materialize until the week of June 26, 2004 | Did not materialize until the week of June 26, 2004 |
  | January 24 | The Diary of Alicia Keys | Alicia Keys | Did not materialize until the week of June 26, 2004 | Did not materialize until the week of June 26, 2004 |
  | January 31 | Soulful | Ruben Studdard | Did not materialize until the week of June 26, 2004 | Did not materialize until the week of June 26, 2004 |
  | February 7 | Soulful | Ruben Studdard | Did not materialize until the week of June 26, 2004 | Did not materialize until the week of June 26, 2004 |
  | February 14 | Kamikaze | Twista | Did not materialize until the week of June 26, 2004 | Did not materialize until the week of June 26, 2004 |
  | February 21 | Kamikaze | Twista | Did not materialize until the week of June 26, 2004 | Did not materialize until the week of June 26, 2004 |
  | February 28 | The College Dropout | Kanye West | Did not materialize until the week of June 26, 2004 | Did not materialize until the week of June 26, 2004 |
  | March 6 | The College Dropout | Kanye West | Did not materialize until the week of June 26, 2004 | Did not materialize until the week of June 26, 2004 |
  | March 13 | Tough Luv | Young Gunz | Did not materialize until the week of June 26, 2004 | Did not materialize until the week of June 26, 2004 |
  | March 20 | The College Dropout | Kanye West | Did not materialize until the week of June 26, 2004 | Did not materialize until the week of June 26, 2004 |
  | March 27 | Bad Boy's 10th Anniversary... The Hits | Bad Boy Records / Various Artists | Did not materialize until the week of June 26, 2004 | Did not materialize until the week of June 26, 2004 |
  | April 3 | Split Personality | Cassidy | Did not materialize until the week of June 26, 2004 | Did not materialize until the week of June 26, 2004 |
  | April 10 | Confessions † | Usher | Did not materialize until the week of June 26, 2004 | Did not materialize until the week of June 26, 2004 |
  | April 17 | Confessions † | Usher | Did not materialize until the week of June 26, 2004 | Did not materialize until the week of June 26, 2004 |
  | April 24 | Confessions † | Usher | Did not materialize until the week of June 26, 2004 | Did not materialize until the week of June 26, 2004 |
  | May 1 | Confessions † | Usher | Did not materialize until the week of June 26, 2004 | Did not materialize until the week of June 26, 2004 |
  | May 8 | Hurt No More | Mario Winans | Did not materialize until the week of June 26, 2004 | Did not materialize until the week of June 26, 2004 |
  | May 15 | D12 World | D12 | Did not materialize until the week of June 26, 2004 | Did not materialize until the week of June 26, 2004 |
  | May 22 | Confessions † | Usher | Did not materialize until the week of June 26, 2004 | Did not materialize until the week of June 26, 2004 |
  | May 29 | Living Legends | 8Ball & MJG | Did not materialize until the week of June 26, 2004 | Did not materialize until the week of June 26, 2004 |
  | June 5 | Tical 0: The Prequel | Method Man | Did not materialize until the week of June 26, 2004 | Did not materialize until the week of June 26, 2004 |
  | June 12 | Confessions † | Usher | Did not materialize until the week of June 26, 2004 | Did not materialize until the week of June 26, 2004 |
  | June 19 | Confessions † | Usher | Did not materialize until the week of June 26, 2004 | Did not materialize until the week of June 26, 2004 |
  | June 26 | Confessions † | Usher | Living Legends | 8Ball & MJG |
  | July 3 | To the 5 Boroughs | Beastie Boys | To the 5 Boroughs | Beastie Boys |
  | July 10 | Kiss of Death | Jadakiss | Kiss of Death | Jadakiss |
  | July 17 | The Hunger for More | Lloyd Banks | The Hunger for More | Lloyd Banks |
  | July 24 | The Hunger for More | Lloyd Banks | The Hunger for More | Lloyd Banks |
  | July 31 | The Hunger for More | Lloyd Banks | The Hunger for More | Lloyd Banks |
  | August 7 | The Hunger for More | Lloyd Banks | True Story | Terror Squad |
  | August 14 | True Story | Terror Squad | True Story | Terror Squad |
  | August 21 | The Hunger for More | Lloyd Banks | The Hunger for More | Lloyd Banks |
  | August 28 | Godfather Buried Alive | Shyne | Godfather Buried Alive | Shyne |
  | September 4 | The Hard Way | 213 | The Hard Way | 213 |
  | September 11 | Happy People/U Saved Me | R. Kelly | Straight Outta Cashville | Young Buck |
  | September 18 | Beautifully Human: Words and Sounds Vol. 2 | Jill Scott | The DEFinition | LL Cool J |
  | September 25 | My Everything | Anita Baker | Straight Outta Cashville | Young Buck |
  | October 2 | Suit | Nelly | Suit | Nelly |
  | October 9 | Suit | Nelly | Suit | Nelly |
  | October 16 | Goodies | Ciara | Suit | Nelly |
  | October 23 | Confessions † | Usher | Suit | Nelly |
  | October 30 | Confessions † | Usher | The New Danger | Mos Def |
  | November 6 | Confessions † | Usher | Suit | Nelly |
  | November 13 | Unfinished Business | R. Kelly and Jay-Z | Unfinished Business | R. Kelly and Jay-Z |
  | November 20 | Thug Matrimony: Married to the Streets | Trick Daddy | Thug Matrimony: Married to the Streets | Trick Daddy |
  | November 27 | Encore | Eminem | Encore | Eminem |
  | December 4 | Encore | Eminem | Encore | Eminem |
  | December 11 | Destiny Fulfilled | Destiny's Child | Encore | Eminem |
  | December 18 | Urban Legend | T.I. | Urban Legend | T.I. |
  | December 25 | The Red Light District | Ludacris | The Red Light District | Ludacris |
  