The Roots Music Report's
Top 50 R&B Album Chart
for the Week of Sep 8, 2018
| TW | LW | Album Title | Band/Artist Name | Label | Sub Genre | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | 1 | 1 | Good Thing | Leon Bridges | Sony | Soul |
| - | 2 | 2 | Dyna-Mite | Jon Cleary | Thirty Tigers | Soul |
| ▲ | 3 | 5 | Whatever It Takes | The James Hunter Six | Daptone | Soul |
| - | 4 | 4 | If All I Was Was Black | Mavis Staples | Anti | Soul |
| ▼ | 5 | 3 | Unstoppable | Candi Staton | Beracah | Soul |
| ▲ | 6 | 7 | Silver & Stone | Mike Farris | Compass | Soul |
| ▲ | 7 | 8 | Strength of a Woman | Mary J. Blige | Capitol | Soul |
| ▲ | 8 | 9 | Bluebird of Happiness | Tamar Braxton | LoganLand | Soul |
| ▲ | 9 | 11 | Reflections | The Temptations | UMG | Soul |
| ▲ | 10 | 13 | Electric Café | En Vogue | En Vogue | Soul |
| ▼ | 11 | 10 | Freudian | Daniel Caesar | Golden Child | Soul |
| ▲ | 12 | 30 | Soul Street | Ron Artis II & the Truth | Self-Release | Soul |
| ▼ | 13 | 12 | The Hits / the B-Sides | Prince | Universal | R&B |
| - | 14 | 14 | Sex & Cigarettes | Toni Braxton | Def Jam | Soul |
| - | 15 | 15 | Love Signals | Freddie Jackson | Climax | Soul |
| ▲ | 16 | 19 | Girl Disrupted | Sevyn Streeter | Atlantic | R&B |
| - | 17 | 17 | An American Troubadour:Songs of Steve Forbert | Nicki Bluhm & The Gramblers | Blue Rose | R&B |
| ▲ | 18 | 21 | A Moment of Madness | Izzy Bizu | Epic | Soul |
| ▼ | 19 | 16 | Summer with Friends | DaniLeigh | Def Jam | Soul |
| ▲ | 20 | 22 | Blood Type | Cautious Clay | Self-Release | Soul |
| ▼ | 21 | 20 | Trip | Jhené Aiko | Def Jam | Soul |
| ▼ | 22 | 6 | Face Your Fear | Curtis Harding | Anti | Soul |
| ▲ | 23 | 24 | Outcast | Liz Brasher | Fat Possum | Soul |
| ▼ | 24 | 18 | Did It for Love | Leela James | BMG | Soul |
| ▼ | 25 | 23 | 11:11 Reset | Keyshia Cole | Epic | R&B |
| ▲ | 26 | 27 | The Spectrum | Daley | BMG Rights Management | Soul |
| ▼ | 27 | 25 | Soul Side of Town | Tower of Power | Artistry Music | R&B |
| ▲ | 28 | - | Dirty Computer | Janelle Monae | Atlantic | Soul |
| ▲ | 29 | - | Durand Jones & the Indications | Durand Jones & The Indications | Self-Release | Soul |
| ▼ | 30 | 26 | Everything Here | The Suffers | Shanachie | Soul |
| ▼ | 31 | 28 | Go All in | Mike Biggar | Busted Flat | Soul |
| - | 32 | 32 | Never Twice | Nick Waterhouse | Innovative Leisure | Soul |
| ▲ | 33 | - | 20 Greatest Hits (Remastered) | Jackie Wilson | Brunswick | R&B |
| ▲ | 34 | - | The ArchAndroid | Janelle Monae | Atlantic | Soul |
| ▼ | 35 | 34 | Take Me Apart | Kelela | Warp | Soul |
| ▲ | 36 | - | A Change is Gonna Come | Leela James | Warner Bros | Soul |
| ▼ | 37 | 35 | South of I-10 | Sonny Landreth | BMG | R&B |
| ▼ | 38 | 33 | Book of Spells | Boneshakers | Point Blank | R&B |
| ▼ | 39 | 36 | Into the Purple Valley | Ry Cooder | Reprise | Soul |
| ▲ | 40 | - | Interpretations: the British Rock Songbook | Bettye LaVette | ANTI | Soul |
| ▲ | 41 | - | I Learned the Hard Way | Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings | Daptone Records | Soul |
| ▼ | 42 | 29 | Fear of a Brown Planet | Brownout | Fat Beats | Funk |
| ▼ | 43 | 31 | Spyboy | Cha Wa | UPT Music | Soul |
| ▲ | 44 | - | What Have You Done, My Brother? | Naomi Shelton & The Gospel Queens | Daptone | Soul |
| ▲ | 45 | - | Swept Away | Diana Ross | Capitol | Motown |
| ▲ | 46 | - | Faithful Man | Lee Fields | Truth & Soul | Soul |
| ▲ | 47 | - | I've Got My Own Hell to Raise | Bettye LaVette | Anti | Soul |
| ▲ | 48 | - | Call Me | Al Green | Hi Under Exclusive | Soul |
| ▼ | 49 | 37 | Play It All Day | Terry Blersh | Self-Release | Soul |
| ▼ | 50 | 39 | Indian Ocean | Frazey Ford | Nettwerk | R&B |
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