List of Billboard number-one R&B albums of 1979

These are the Billboard magazine R&B albums that reached number one in 1979.

Chart history

Issue date Album Artist
January 6 C'est Chic Chic
January 13
January 20
January 27
February 3
February 10
February 17
February 24
March 3 2 Hot Peaches & Herb
March 10
March 17
March 24
March 31 Instant Funk Instant Funk
April 7 We Are Family Sister Sledge
April 14 2 Hot Peaches & Herb
April 21
April 28
May 5
May 12 We Are Family Sister Sledge
May 19
May 26
June 2
June 9
June 16
June 23 Bad Girls Donna Summer
June 30
July 7
July 14 I Am Earth, Wind & Fire
July 21 Teddy Teddy Pendergrass
July 28
August 4
August 11
August 18
August 25
September 1
September 8
September 15 Midnight Magic Commodores
September 22
September 29
October 6 Off the Wall Michael Jackson
October 13
October 20
October 27 Ladies' Night Kool & the Gang
November 3
November 10 Off the Wall Michael Jackson
November 17
November 24
December 1
December 8
December 15
December 22 Masterjam Rufus and Chaka Khan
December 29

See also