List of Billboard number-one R&B albums of 1984

These are the Billboard magazine R&B albums that reached number one in 1984.

Chart history

Issue date Album Artist
January 7 Can't Slow Down Lionel Richie
January 14
January 21
January 28
February 4
February 11
February 18
February 25
March 3
March 10 Thriller Michael Jackson
March 17
March 24
March 31
April 7
April 14 Busy Body Luther Vandross
April 21
April 28 She's Strange Cameo
May 5
May 12 Can't Slow Down Lionel Richie
May 19
May 26
June 2
June 9
June 16
June 23
June 30
July 7 Jermaine Jackson Jermaine Jackson
July 14 Lady One Way
July 21 Private Dancer Tina Turner
July 28 Purple Rain Soundtrack / Prince and The Revolution
August 4
August 11
August 18
August 25
September 1
September 8
September 15
September 22
September 29
October 6
October 13
October 21
October 27
November 3
November 10
November 17
November 24
December 1
December 8 The Woman in Red Soundtrack / Stevie Wonder
December 15
December 22
December 29

See also