The Roots Music Report's
Top 50 R&B Album Chart
for the Week of May 2, 2026
| TW | LW | Album Title | Band/Artist Name | Label | Sub Genre | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ▲ | 1 | 3 | Sad and Beautiful World | Mavis Staples | Anti | Soul |
| - | 2 | 2 | Ambiguous Desire | Arlo Parks | Transgressive | R&B |
| ▲ | 3 | 5 | Tedeschi Trucks Band and Leon Russell Present: Mad Dogs & Englishmen Revisited Live at LOCKN' | Tedeschi Trucks Band | Concord | Soul |
| - | 4 | 4 | Off the Fence | The James Hunter Six | Easy Eye Sound | Soul |
| ▼ | 5 | 1 | Distracted | Thundercat | Brainfeeder | Soul |
| ▲ | 6 | 8 | It Could Be Worse | Samm Henshaw | AWAL | Soul |
| ▲ | 7 | 9 | THE BPM | Sudan Archives | Stones Throw | R&B |
| ▲ | 8 | 16 | Jon Batiste: the Nominated Collection | Jon Batiste | Verve | Soul |
| ▲ | 9 | 11 | Son of Spergy | Daniel Caesar | Unknown | Soul |
| ▲ | 10 | 12 | Baby | dijon | Warner Records Label | R&B |
| ▼ | 11 | 10 | In Search of a Revival | The Olympians | Daptone | Soul |
| ▲ | 12 | 13 | Blue Magic | Nicholas Cole | TRIPPIN "N" RHYTHM | Soul |
| ▲ | 13 | - | Madison McFerrin: Live from NPR's Tiny Desk | Madison McFerrin | Self-Release | Soul |
| ▲ | 14 | 15 | Steel Hearts | Season Ammons | Cobalt Blue | R&B |
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