| Issue date | Album | Artist | | January 2 | The Bodyguard | Soundtrack / Whitney Houston |
| January 9 | The Bodyguard | Soundtrack / Whitney Houston |
| January 16 | The Bodyguard | Soundtrack / Whitney Houston |
| January 23 | The Bodyguard | Soundtrack / Whitney Houston |
| January 30 | The Bodyguard | Soundtrack / Whitney Houston |
| February 6 | The Chronic | Dr. Dre |
| February 13 | The Chronic | Dr. Dre |
| February 20 | The Chronic | Dr. Dre |
| February 27 | The Chronic | Dr. Dre |
| March 6 | The Chronic | Dr. Dre |
| March 13 | 19 Naughty III | Naughty by Nature |
| March 20 | 19 Naughty III | Naughty by Nature |
| March 27 | Till Death Do Us Part | Geto Boys |
| April 3 | Till Death Do Us Part | Geto Boys |
| April 10 | Lose Control | Silk |
| April 17 | 14 Shots to the Dome | LL Cool J |
| April 24 | 14 Shots to the Dome | LL Cool J |
| May 1 | The Chronic | Dr. Dre |
| May 8 | The Chronic | Dr. Dre |
| May 15 | The Chronic | Dr. Dre |
| May 22 | Down with the King | Run-D.M.C. |
| May 29 | Fever for Da Flavor | H-Town |
| June 5 | janet. | Janet Jackson |
| June 12 | janet. | Janet Jackson |
| June 19 | janet. | Janet Jackson |
| June 26 | Menace II Society | Soundtrack / Various artists |
| July 3 | Menace II Society | Soundtrack / Various artists |
| July 10 | Menace II Society | Soundtrack / Various artists |
| July 17 | Menace II Society | Soundtrack / Various artists |
| July 24 | Menace II Society | Soundtrack / Various artists |
| July 31 | Menace II Society | Soundtrack / Various artists |
| August 7 | Black Sunday | Cypress Hill |
| August 14 | Black Sunday | Cypress Hill |
| August 21 | Black Sunday | Cypress Hill |
| August 28 | Black Sunday | Cypress Hill |
| September 4 | The World Is Yours | Scarface |
| September 11 | The World Is Yours | Scarface |
| September 18 | Music Box | Mariah Carey |
| September 25 | Music Box | Mariah Carey |
| October 2 | Toni Braxton | Toni Braxton |
| October 9 | Toni Braxton | Toni Braxton |
| October 16 | 187 He Wrote | Spice 1 |
| October 23 | 187 He Wrote | Spice 1 |
| October 30 | Toni Braxton | Toni Braxton |
| November 6 | It's On (Dr. Dre) 187um Killa | Eazy-E |
| November 13 | Get in Where You Fit In | Too Short |
| November 20 | Get in Where You Fit In | Too Short |
| November 27 | Midnight Marauders | A Tribe Called Quest |
| December 4 | Shock of the Hour | MC Ren |
| December 11 | Doggystyle | Snoop Doggy Dogg |
| December 18 | Doggystyle | Snoop Doggy Dogg |
| December 25 | Lethal Injection | Ice Cube |
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