The Roots Music Report's
Top 50 R&B Album Chart
for the Week of Oct 6, 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 | 4 | Unstoppable | Candi Staton | Beracah | Soul |
| ▼ | 4 | 3 | Dirty Computer | Janelle Monae | Atlantic | Soul |
| - | 5 | 5 | Whatever It Takes | The James Hunter Six | Daptone | Soul |
| - | 6 | 6 | Silver & Stone | Mike Farris | Compass | Soul |
| - | 7 | 7 | Sex & Cigarettes | Toni Braxton | Def Jam | Soul |
| ▲ | 8 | 10 | Ready | Ella Mai | 10 Summers | Neo-Soul |
| ▲ | 9 | 12 | Freudian | Daniel Caesar | Golden Child | Soul |
| ▲ | 10 | 14 | Girl Disrupted | Sevyn Streeter | Atlantic | R&B |
| ▲ | 11 | 15 | Electric Café | En Vogue | En Vogue | Soul |
| ▲ | 12 | 13 | Strength of a Woman | Mary J. Blige | Capitol | Soul |
| ▼ | 13 | 11 | Bluebird of Happiness | Tamar Braxton | LoganLand | Soul |
| ▲ | 14 | 16 | Did It for Love | Leela James | BMG | Soul |
| ▲ | 15 | 17 | Reflections | The Temptations | UMG | Soul |
| ▲ | 16 | 22 | Love Signals | Freddie Jackson | Climax | Soul |
| ▲ | 17 | 20 | A Moment of Madness | Izzy Bizu | Epic | Soul |
| ▲ | 18 | 23 | Outcast | Liz Brasher | Fat Possum | Soul |
| - | 19 | 19 | The Hits / the B-Sides | Prince | Universal | R&B |
| ▲ | 20 | 21 | Summer with Friends | DaniLeigh | Def Jam | Soul |
| ▲ | 21 | 25 | Everything Here | The Suffers | Shanachie | Soul |
| ▲ | 22 | 36 | Face Your Fear | Curtis Harding | Anti | Soul |
| ▲ | 23 | 27 | An American Troubadour:Songs of Steve Forbert | Nicki Bluhm & The Gramblers | Blue Rose | R&B |
| ▼ | 24 | 9 | If All I Was Was Black | Mavis Staples | Anti | Soul |
| ▲ | 25 | 26 | Soul Side of Town | Tower of Power | Artistry Music | R&B |
| ▲ | 26 | 29 | How Do I Talk to My Brother? | Ben Pirani | Colemine | R&B |
| ▲ | 27 | - | Spyboy | Cha Wa | UPT Music | Soul |
| ▲ | 28 | 31 | Never Twice | Nick Waterhouse | Innovative Leisure | Soul |
| ▲ | 29 | 32 | Go All in | Mike Biggar | Busted Flat | Soul |
| ▲ | 30 | 33 | Timeless | After 7 | eOne Music | R&B |
| ▲ | 31 | 34 | South of I-10 | Sonny Landreth | BMG | R&B |
| ▲ | 32 | 35 | Into the Purple Valley | Ry Cooder | Reprise | Soul |
| ▼ | 33 | 30 | Take Me Apart | Kelela | Warp | Soul |
| ▲ | 34 | 37 | Durand Jones & the Indications | Durand Jones & The Indications | Self-Release | Soul |
| ▲ | 35 | 38 | Soul Street | Ron Artis II & the Truth | Self-Release | Soul |
| ▲ | 36 | 39 | Worth It All | Jeffrey Osborne | Artistry Music | R&B |
| ▲ | 37 | 40 | Sum of My Music | Jussie Smollett | Music of Sound | R&B |
| *NEW* | 38 | - | 44/876 | Sting & Shaggy | A&M | Soul |
| ▲ | 39 | 41 | Game Changer | Johnny Gill | J Skillz | Soul |
| ▲ | 40 | 42 | Hello Like Before: the Songs of Bill Withers | Anthony David | Shanachie | R&B |
| ▲ | 41 | 44 | The Intimate Truth | Ledisi | Verve | Soul |
| ▲ | 42 | 45 | A Change is Gonna Come | Leela James | Warner Bros | Soul |
| ▲ | 43 | 46 | Long Song Away | Kevin Ross | Motown | Soul |
| ▲ | 44 | 47 | Play It All Day | Terry Blersh | Self-Release | Soul |
| ▲ | 45 | 48 | Interpretations: the British Rock Songbook | Bettye LaVette | ANTI | Soul |
| ▲ | 46 | 49 | I've Got My Own Hell to Raise | Bettye LaVette | Anti | Soul |
| ▲ | 47 | 50 | Promise to Love | Kem | Motown | Soul |
| ▲ | 48 | 51 | The Art of Love & War | Angie Stone | Stax | Soul |
| ▲ | 49 | 52 | Faithful Man | Lee Fields | Truth & Soul | Soul |
| ▲ | 50 | 53 | Lalah Hathaway Live | Lalah Hathaway | Entertainment One | Soul |
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