Billboard number-one R&B albums of 1981

Stevie Wonder - Hotter Than July

The Gap Band - The Gap Band III

Yarbrough & Peoples - The Two of Us

Smokey Robinson - Being with You

Raydio featuring Ray Parker Jr. - A Woman Needs Love

Rick James - Street Songs

Al Jarreau - Breakin' Away

Roger - The Many Facets of Roger

Luther Vandross - Never Too Much

Kool and the Gang - Something Special

Earth, Wind and Fire - Raise!