List of number-one R&B albums of 1967 (U.S.)

These are the albums that reached number-one on the Billboard R&B Albums chart during the 1960s. The chart debuted in the issue dated January 30, 1965.

Chart history

Contents
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 →

Issue date	Album	Artist(s)	Weeks at No. 1
1965
January 30	Where Did Our Love Go	The Supremes	1
February 6	Sam Cooke at the Copa	Sam Cooke	3
February 27	Shake	Sam Cooke	4
March 27	People Get Ready	The Impressions	2
April 10	The Temptations Sing Smokey	The Temptations	18
July 3	Four Tops	The Four Tops	3
July 24	Shotgun	Jr. Walker & the All-Stars	1
September 11	The In Crowd	Ramsey Lewis Trio	12
October 30	Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul	Otis Redding	1
December 11	The Temptin' Temptations	The Temptations	15
1966
January 15	Going to a Go-Go	Smokey Robinson and The Miracles	4
April 23	I Hear a Symphony	The Supremes	1
April 30	Got My Mojo Workin'	Jimmy Smith	2
May 14	Crying Time	Ray Charles	1
May 21	Lou Rawls Live!	Lou Rawls	12
July 30	Gettin' Ready	The Temptations	6
August 20	Hold On, I'm Comin'	Sam and Dave	1
October 1	Soulin'	Lou Rawls	9
October 22	The Supremes A' Go-Go	The Supremes	4
December 31	Greatest Hits	The Temptations	9
1967
February 4	Four Tops Live	Four Tops	1
March 11	The Supremes Sing Holland–Dozier–Holland	The Supremes	3
April 1	Mercy, Mercy, Mercy! Live at 'The Club'	Julian "Cannonball" Adderley	1
April 8	Temptations Live!	The Temptations	3
April 29	I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You	Aretha Franklin	14
July 15	Revenge	Bill Cosby	2
July 29	Here Where There Is Love	Dionne Warwick	2
September 2	The Temptations with a Lot o' Soul	The Temptations	1
September 9	Aretha Arrives	Aretha Franklin	5
October 14	Greatest Hits	Diana Ross and The Supremes	12
1968
January 6	The Temptations in a Mellow Mood	The Temptations	7
February 24	The History of Otis Redding	Otis Redding	1
March 2	Lady Soul	Aretha Franklin	16
April 20	The Dock of the Bay	Otis Redding	3
June 22	The Temptations Wish It Would Rain	The Temptations	2
July 27	Aretha Now	Aretha Franklin	17
September 14	The Temptations Wish It Would Rain	The Temptations	1
November 23	Hickory Holler Revisited	O. C. Smith	1
December 7	Special Occasion	Smokey Robinson and The Miracles	2
December 21	Diana Ross & the Supremes Join The Temptations	Diana Ross and The Supremes and The Temptations	4
1969
January 18	TCB	Diana Ross and The Supremes and The Temptations	6
March 1	Soul '69	Aretha Franklin	4
March 29	Cloud Nine	The Temptations	13
June 21	M.P.G.	Marvin Gaye	2
July 12	My Whole World Ended	David Ruffin	2
July 26	Aretha's Gold	Aretha Franklin	4
August 23	Hot Buttered Soul	Isaac Hayes	10
November 1	Puzzle People	The Temptations	15

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1965–1979	1960 · 1961 · 1962 · 1963 · 1964 · 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
1980–1999	1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
2000–2019	2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
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