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

• 1979 in music
• R&B number-one hits of 1979 (USA)