The Roots Music Report's
Top 50 R&B Album Chart
for the Week of Jan 12, 2019
| 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 | 3 | Unstoppable | Candi Staton | Beracah | Soul |
| - | 4 | 4 | Black Velvet | Charles Bradley | Daptone | R&B |
| ▲ | 5 | 6 | Caution | Mariah Carey | Epic | Soul |
| ▲ | 6 | - | Ella Mai | Ella Mai | 10 Summers | R&B |
| ▲ | 7 | 9 | Sex & Cigarettes | Toni Braxton | Def Jam | Soul |
| ▼ | 8 | 5 | Silver & Stone | Mike Farris | Compass | Soul |
| ▼ | 9 | 7 | Whatever It Takes | The James Hunter Six | Daptone | Soul |
| - | 10 | 10 | Play It All Day | Terry Blersh | Self-Release | Soul |
| - | 11 | 11 | Ready | Ella Mai | 10 Summers | Neo-Soul |
| ▼ | 12 | 8 | Dirty Computer | Janelle Monae | Atlantic | Soul |
| - | 13 | 13 | Oxnard | Anderson .Paak | Aftermath Entertainment | Soul |
| ▲ | 14 | 16 | Into the Purple Valley | Ry Cooder | Reprise | Soul |
| ▼ | 15 | 14 | Reflections | The Temptations | UMG | Soul |
| ▲ | 16 | 18 | Electric Café | En Vogue | En Vogue | Soul |
| ▲ | 17 | 19 | Strength of a Woman | Mary J. Blige | Capitol | Soul |
| ▼ | 18 | 12 | Decade of a Love King | Raheem DeVaughn | BMG | Neo-Soul |
| ▲ | 19 | 21 | The Hits / the B-Sides | Prince | Universal | R&B |
| ▼ | 20 | 15 | Freudian | Daniel Caesar | Golden Child | Soul |
| ▼ | 21 | 17 | Love Signals | Freddie Jackson | Climax | Soul |
| ▲ | 22 | 23 | Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats | Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats | Bottleneck | Soul |
| ▲ | 23 | 25 | Got Soul | Robert Randolph & The Family Band | Masterworks | Soul |
| - | 24 | 24 | Soul Flowers of Titan | Barrence Whitfield & the Savages | Bloodshot | R&B |
| ▲ | 25 | 26 | An American Troubadour:Songs of Steve Forbert | Nicki Bluhm & The Gramblers | Blue Rose | R&B |
| ▼ | 26 | 22 | If All I Was Was Black | Mavis Staples | Anti | Soul |
| - | 27 | 27 | South of I-10 | Sonny Landreth | BMG | R&B |
| ▲ | 28 | 30 | Never Twice | Nick Waterhouse | Innovative Leisure | Soul |
| ▼ | 29 | 28 | How Do You Like It? | Brandi & the Alexanders | Red Parlor | Neo-Soul |
| ▲ | 30 | 32 | Spyboy | Cha Wa | UPT Music | Soul |
| ▼ | 31 | 29 | Love in the Wind | The Sha La Das | Daptone | Soul |
| ▼ | 32 | 31 | A Change is Gonna Come | Leela James | Warner Bros | Soul |
| ▲ | 33 | 39 | Don't Give Up on Love | Don Bryant | Fat Possum | Soul |
| - | 34 | 34 | Coming Home | Leon Bridges | Columbia | Soul |
| - | 35 | 35 | A Strange Arrangement | Mayer Hawthorne | Stones Throw | R&B |
| ▲ | 36 | - | Faithful Man | Lee Fields | Truth & Soul | Soul |
| ▲ | 37 | - | 100 Days, 100 Nights | Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings | Daptone | Soul |
| ▼ | 38 | 36 | The Road from Memphis | Booker T. Jones | Anti | Soul |
| ▲ | 39 | - | A Sunshine State of Mind | The Soul of John Black | Yellow Dog | Soul |
| ▲ | 40 | - | I've Got My Own Hell to Raise | Bettye LaVette | Anti | Soul |
| ▼ | 41 | 37 | 88 Elmira St. | Danny Gatton | Elektra | R&B |
| ▲ | 42 | - | The ArchAndroid | Janelle Monae | Atlantic | Soul |
| ▲ | 43 | - | The Art of Love & War | Angie Stone | Stax | Soul |
| ▲ | 44 | - | I Can't Stand the Rain | Ann Peebles | Fat Possum | R&B |
| ▲ | 45 | - | Out of the Blue | Willie Hightower | Ace | Soul |
| *NEW* | 46 | - | Night Time People | The Bamboos | BMG | R&B |
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