The Roots Music Report's
Top 50 R&B Album Chart
for the Week of Feb 20, 2021
| TW | LW | Album Title | Band/Artist Name | Label | Sub Genre | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | 1 | 1 | Collapsed in Sunbeams | Arlo Parks | Transgressive | R&B |
| - | 2 | 2 | What's Going on | Devon Gilfillian | Capitol | R&B |
| - | 3 | 3 | All Love Everything | Aloe Blacc | BMG | Soul |
| - | 4 | 4 | Chilombo | Jhené Aiko | Def Jam | Soul |
| ▲ | 5 | 17 | Lianne La Havas | Lianne La Havas | Nonesuch | Soul |
| ▲ | 6 | 7 | Missunderstood: the Diaries | Queen Naija | Capitol | Soul |
| ▼ | 7 | 5 | Dotted Line | Alex Lucero & Live Again | Self-Release | Soul |
| ▼ | 8 | 6 | The Wild Card | Ledisi | Listen Back | Soul |
| - | 9 | 9 | Spell My Name | Toni Braxton | Island | Soul |
| ▲ | 10 | 34 | Three Little Words | Dominique Fils-Aime | Ensoul | R&B |
| ▼ | 11 | 8 | B7 | Brandy | eOne | Soul |
| ▼ | 12 | 10 | Love Always Wins | Kem | Motown | Soul |
| ▼ | 13 | 12 | - Ugh, Those Feels Again | Snoh Aalegra | Epic | R&B |
| ▼ | 14 | 13 | On Earth, and in Heaven | Robin Thicke | Lucky Music / EMPIRE | Soul |
| - | 15 | 15 | West Coast Grooves | Guthrie Govan | Self-Release | Soul |
| - | 16 | 16 | Back Home | Trey Songz | Atlantic | Soul |
| ▲ | 17 | 18 | Hot Pink | Doja Cat | Kemosabe | Soul |
| ▲ | 18 | 20 | A Muse in Her Feelings | dvsn | OVO Sound | Soul |
| ▼ | 19 | 14 | Blackbirds | Bettye LaVette | Verve | Soul |
| ▲ | 20 | 21 | Into the Purple Valley | Ry Cooder | Reprise | Soul |
| ▲ | 21 | 22 | South of I-10 | Sonny Landreth | BMG | R&B |
| ▲ | 22 | 49 | Star Time | James Brown | Polydor | Funk |
| ▲ | 23 | 35 | Memories of | Kaz Hawkins | Self-Release | Soul |
| ▲ | 24 | 25 | 100 Days, 100 Nights | Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings | Daptone | Soul |
| ▼ | 25 | 24 | Just Dropped in (To See What Condition My Rendition Was In) | Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings | Daptone | Soul |
| ▲ | 26 | - | I Learned the Hard Way | Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings | Daptone Records | Soul |
| ▲ | 27 | - | Atmosphere | New Orleans Nightcrawlers | Self-Release | Soul |
| ▼ | 28 | 26 | Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats | Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats | Bottleneck | Soul |
| ▼ | 29 | 11 | Coming Home | Leon Bridges | Columbia | Soul |
| ▲ | 30 | 46 | Totem | The Motet | Self-Release | Funk |
| ▲ | 31 | 52 | I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You | Aretha Franklin | Atlantic | Soul |
| ▼ | 32 | 28 | Guitar Gumbo | Tom Principato | Powerhouse | R&B |
| ▼ | 33 | 29 | 88 Elmira St. | Danny Gatton | Elektra | R&B |
| ▼ | 34 | 30 | Avalanche | Julian Taylor Band | Gypsy Soul | Soul |
| ▲ | 35 | - | Live at Sun Studio | The Movers & Shakers | Self-Release | R&B |
| ▲ | 36 | - | Simply Grand | Irma Thomas | Rounder | R&B |
| *NEW* | 37 | - | The Grand Alliance | The Grand Alliance | Fasor | Soul |
| ▲ | 38 | - | Soul Time! | Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings | Daptone Records | R&B |
| ▼ | 39 | 32 | Never Twice | Nick Waterhouse | Innovative Leisure | Soul |
| ▲ | 40 | 62 | Green Onions | Booker T. & The M.G.'s | Warner | R&B |
| ▼ | 41 | 19 | WE ARE | Jon Batiste | Verve | Soul |
| ▼ | 42 | 27 | It is What It is | Thundercat | Brainfeeder | Soul |
| ▼ | 43 | 38 | The Devonns | The Devonns | Record Kicks | Motown |
| ▲ | 44 | - | The Best of Ray Charles: the Atlantic Years | Ray Charles | Atlantic | Soul |
| ▲ | 45 | - | 50th Anniversary Collection | James Brown | Universal | Funk |
| ▲ | 46 | - | This Joy | Resistance Revival Chorus | Righteous Babe | Neo-Soul |
| ▼ | 47 | 44 | Night Time People | The Bamboos | BMG | R&B |
| ▼ | 48 | 45 | The Best of the Tru Thoughts Years | The Bamboos | Tru Thoughts | R&B |
| ▲ | 49 | - | Fire | Euforquestra | Euforquestra | Funk |
| ▼ | 50 | 43 | Interpretations: the British Rock Songbook | Bettye LaVette | ANTI | Soul |
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