List of UK R&B Albums Chart number ones of 2010
Introduction The logo of the Official Charts Company, responsible for compiling all of the official music charts in the United Kingdom, including the R&B albums chart.The UK R&B Chart is a weekly chart, first introduced in October 1994, that ranks the 40 biggest-selling singles and albums that are classified in the R&B genre in the United Kingdom. The chart is compiled by the Official Charts Company, and is based on sales of CDs, downloads, vinyl and other formats over the previous seven days. The following are the number-one albums of 2010.
Number-one albums  ''The Element of Freedom'' by Alicia Keys spent 15 weeks at number one in 2010, including 13 consecutive weeks at the top spot from January through to April. It has since been certified 3× Platinum by the BPI, denoting sales of more than 900,000 copies.Tinie Tempah's debut album, ''Disc-Overy'', saw four weeks at the top spot and garnered three number-one R&B singles - "Pass Out", "Frisky" and "Written in the Stars".The eight weeks that ''The Defamation of Strickland Banks'' spent at number one helped Plan B to sell over 1.2 million copies of the set, earning him a 4× Platinum BPI certification.Issue dateAlbumArtistRecord labelRef.2 January ''The E.N.D''The Black Eyed PeasInterscope9 January 16 January23 January ''The Element of Freedom''Alicia KeysJ30 January6 February 13 February 20 February 27 February6 March13 March20 March27 March3 April10 April17 April24 April ''The Defamation of Strickland Banks''Plan B679/Atlantic1 May8 May 15 May22 May29 May5 June12 June''The Element of Freedom''Alicia KeysJ19 June26 June''Thank Me Later''DrakeYoung Money/Cash Money/Universal3 July ''Recovery''EminemAftermath/Interscope/Shady10 July 17 July24 July 31 July 7 August 14 August21 August 28 August4 September 11 September18 September 25 September2 October9 October''The Defamation of Strickland Banks''Plan B679/Atlantic16 October ''Disc-Overy''Tinie TempahParlophone/Disturbing London23 October30 October6 November13 November''Libra Scale''Ne-YoDef Jam20 November ''The Lady Killer''Cee Lo GreenElektra/Roadrunner27 November''Loud''RihannaDef Jam/SRP4 December''Outta This World''JLSEpic/Sony11 December18 December''Loud''RihannaDef Jam/SRP25 December
Notes *  - The album was simultaneously number-one on the UK albums chart. *  - The artist was simultaneously number-one on the R&B singles chart.
See also *List of UK Albums Chart number ones of 2010*List of UK R&B Chart number-one singles of 2010
References
External links * R&B Albums Top 40 at the Official Charts Company* UK Top 40 RnB Albums at BBC Radio 1