These are the Billboard magazine R&B albums that have reached number one on the chart in 1987.
Chart history
| Issue date | Album | Artist |
|---|---|---|
| January 3 | Just Like the First Time | Freddie Jackson |
| January 10 | ||
| January 17 | ||
| January 24 | ||
| January 31 | ||
| February 7 | ||
| February 14 | ||
| February 21 | ||
| February 28 | ||
| March 7 | ||
| March 14 | ||
| March 21 | ||
| March 28 | ||
| April 4 | ||
| April 11 | ||
| April 18 | ||
| April 25 | ||
| May 2 | ||
| May 9 | ||
| May 16 | Give Me the Reason | Luther Vandross |
| May 23 | Just Like the First Time | Freddie Jackson |
| May 30 | ||
| June 6 | Jody Watley | Jody Watley |
| June 13 | Just Like the First Time | Freddie Jackson |
| June 20 | Jody Watley | Jody Watley |
| June 27 | ||
| July 4 | One Heartbeat | Smokey Robinson |
| July 11 | Bigger and Deffer | LL Cool J |
| July 18 | ||
| July 25 | ||
| August 1 | ||
| August 8 | ||
| August 15 | ||
| August 22 | ||
| August 29 | ||
| September 5 | If I Were Your Woman | Stephanie Mills |
| September 12 | Bigger and Deffer | LL Cool J |
| September 19 | ||
| September 26 | ||
| October 3 | Bad | Michael Jackson |
| October 10 | ||
| October 17 | ||
| October 24 | ||
| October 31 | ||
| November 7 | ||
| November 14 | ||
| November 21 | ||
| November 28 | ||
| December 5 | ||
| December 12 | ||
| December 19 | Characters | Stevie Wonder |
| December 26 | Bad | Michael Jackson |
See also
| Lists of Billboard number-one R&B/hip-hop albums | |
|---|---|
| 1965–1979 | |
| 1980–1999 | |
| 2000–2019 | |
| 2020–present | |