List of number-one R&B singles of 2009 (U.S.)

These are the Billboard R&B singles chart number-one singles of 2009.

Note that Billboard publishes charts with an issue date approximately 7-10 days in advance.

There were a total of 8 number-one singles, even though 9 claimed the spot as Beyonce's "Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)" reached its peak position in 2008, and thus is excluded.

In 2009, four acts achieved their first R&B number-one single either as a lead artist or a featured artist: Jeremih, Keri Hilson, Drake, and Trey Songz. Drake is the only artist to have had two number-one singles this year, one as lead on his Best I Ever Had and another as a featured guest on Trey Songz's I Invented Sex.

Two songs broke records this year as both Jamie Foxx's Blame It and Maxwell's Pretty Wings both stayed at number-one for fourteen weeks each, the most by a male artist and the longest-running singles of 2009.

Contents

Chart history

Issue date Song Artist(s) Reference(s)
January 3 "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" Beyoncé [1]
January 10 [2]
January 17 [3]
January 24 [4]
January 31 [5]
February 7 [6]
February 14 [7]
February 21 "Blame It" Jamie Foxx featuring T-Pain [8]
February 28 [9]
March 7 [10]
March 14 [11]
March 21 [12]
March 28 [13]
April 4 [14]
April 11 [15]
April 18 [16]
April 25 [17]
May 2
May 9
May 16
May 23
May 30 "Birthday Sex" Jeremih
June 6
June 13 "Knock You Down" Keri Hilson featuring Kanye West and Ne-Yo
June 20
June 27 "Best I Ever Had" Drake
July 4 [18]
July 11
July 18
July 25
August 1
August 8
August 15 "Pretty Wings" Maxwell
August 22
August 29
September 5
September 12
September 19
September 26
October 3
October 10
October 17
October 24
October 31
November 7
November 14
November 21 "Empire State of Mind" Jay-Z featuring Alicia Keys
November 28
December 5
December 12 "Papers" Usher
December 19
December 26 "I Invented Sex" Trey Songz featuring Drake

Chart comparisons

See also

References

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