List of Billboard number-one R&B albums of 1971
These are the Billboard R&B albums that reached number-one in 1971.
Chart history
| Issue date | Album | Artist(s) |
|---|---|---|
| January 2 | ...To Be Continued | Isaac Hayes |
| January 9 | ||
| January 16 | ||
| January 23 | ||
| January 30 | ||
| February 6 | Curtis | Curtis Mayfield |
| February 13 | ||
| February 20 | ...To Be Continued | Isaac Hayes |
| February 27 | ||
| March 6 | ||
| March 13 | Curtis | Curtis Mayfield |
| March 20 | ||
| March 27 | ...To Be Continued | Isaac Hayes |
| April 3 | ||
| April 10 | Live in Cook County Jail | B.B. King |
| April 17 | ||
| April 24 | ||
| May 1 | Curtis | Curtis Mayfield |
| May 8 | Maybe Tomorrow | The Jackson 5 |
| May 15 | ||
| May 22 | ||
| May 29 | ||
| June 5 | ||
| June 12 | ||
| June 19 | Aretha Live at Fillmore West | Aretha Franklin |
| June 26 | ||
| July 3 | ||
| July 10 | ||
| July 17 | ||
| July 24 | What's Going On | Marvin Gaye |
| July 31 | ||
| August 7 | ||
| August 14 | ||
| August 21 | ||
| August 28 | ||
| September 4 | ||
| September 11 | ||
| September 18 | ||
| September 25 | Shaft | Soundtrack / Isaac Hayes |
| October 2 | ||
| October 9 | ||
| October 16 | ||
| October 23 | ||
| October 30 | ||
| November 6 | ||
| November 13 | ||
| November 20 | ||
| November 27 | ||
| December 4 | ||
| December 11 | ||
| December 18 | ||
| December 25 |
