List of Billboard number-one R&B albums of 1973
These are the Billboard magazine R&B albums that reached number-one in 1973.
Chart history[edit]
| Issue date | Album | Artist |
|---|---|---|
| January 6 | 360 Degrees of Billy Paul | Billy Paul |
| January 13 | ||
| January 20 | Talking Book | Stevie Wonder |
| January 27 | ||
| February 3 | ||
| February 10 | The World Is a Ghetto | War |
| February 17 | ||
| February 24 | ||
| March 3 | ||
| March 10 | ||
| March 17 | ||
| March 24 | ||
| March 31 | Wattstax: The Living Word | Various artists / Soundtrack |
| April 7 | ||
| April 14 | Neither One of Us | Gladys Knight & the Pips |
| April 21 | ||
| April 28 | Masterpiece | The Temptations |
| May 5 | ||
| May 12 | Spinners | The Spinners |
| May 19 | ||
| May 26 | ||
| June 2 | Birth Day | New Birth |
| June 9 | Call Me | Al Green |
| June 16 | ||
| June 23 | Live at the Sahara Tahoe | Isaac Hayes |
| June 30 | ||
| July 7 | I've Got So Much to Give | Barry White |
| July 14 | ||
| July 21 | Back to the World | Curtis Mayfield |
| July 28 | ||
| August 4 | Fresh | Sly and the Family Stone |
| August 11 | ||
| August 18 | ||
| August 25 | Touch Me in the Morning | Diana Ross |
| September 1 | ||
| September 8 | Innervisions | Stevie Wonder |
| September 15 | ||
| September 22 | Deliver the Word | War |
| September 29 | Let's Get It On | Marvin Gaye |
| October 6 | ||
| October 13 | ||
| October 20 | ||
| October 27 | ||
| November 3 | ||
| November 10 | ||
| November 17 | ||
| November 24 | ||
| December 1 | ||
| December 8 | ||
| December 15 | Imagination | Gladys Knight & the Pips |
| December 22 | ||
| December 29 |