The Roots Music Report's
Top R&B Album Chart
for the Year of 2020
Album Title | Band/Artist Name | Label | Sub Genre | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Nick of Time | The James Hunter Six | Daptone | Soul |
2 | After Hours | The Weeknd | UMG | Soul |
3 | KIWANUKA | Michael Kiwanuka | Interscope | Soul |
4 | Hot Pink | Doja Cat | Kemosabe | Soul |
5 | Memories of | Kaz Hawkins | Self-Release | Soul |
6 | Bigger Love | John Legend | Columbia | Neo-Soul |
7 | Lianne La Havas | Lianne La Havas | Nonesuch | Soul |
8 | Work to Do | Marc Cohn | BMG | Soul |
9 | Blackbirds | Bettye LaVette | Verve | Soul |
10 | Worthy | India.Arie | BMG | Soul |
11 | Masterpeace | JamesDavis | Motown | Neo-Soul |
12 | Play Nice | Cass Clayton | Self-Release | R&B |
13 | Over It | Summer Walker | Interscope | Soul |
14 | S.O.L.A.R. | Inayah | Inayahlator | Soul |
15 | The Wild Card | Ledisi | Listen Back | Soul |
16 | Soul Food: Cooking with Maceo | Maceo Parker | Mascot | Soul |
17 | Gold-Diggers Sound | Leon Bridges | Columbia | Soul |
18 | Kairos | Nicole Bus | Roc Nation | R&B |
19 | REAL LIFE | Emeli Sandé | Virgin | Soul |
20 | Chilombo | Jhené Aiko | Def Jam | Soul |
21 | U Kin B the Sun | Frazey Ford | Arts & Crafts | R&B |
22 | CASE STUDY 01 | Daniel Caesar | Golden Child | Soul |
23 | All Love Everything | Aloe Blacc | BMG | Soul |
24 | Rouge | Yuna | Verve | R&B |
25 | A Muse in Her Feelings | dvsn | OVO Sound | Soul |
26 | Full Circle | Angie Stone | Cleopatra | Soul |
27 | Avalanche | Julian Taylor Band | Gypsy Soul | Soul |
28 | Dotted Line | Alex Lucero & Live Again | Self-Release | Soul |
29 | Dinah Jane 1 | Dinah Jane | Hitco | Soul |
30 | Poetry in Motion | The Soul Rebels | Mack Avenue | Soul |
31 | Athena | Sudan Archives | Stones Throw | R&B |
32 | The Album | Teyana Taylor | Def Jam | Soul |
33 | B7 | Brandy | eOne | Soul |
34 | Back Home | Trey Songz | Atlantic | Soul |
35 | Steel Hearts | Season Ammons | Cobalt Blue | R&B |
36 | Love Always Wins | Kem | Motown | Soul |
37 | Jimmy Lee | Raphael Saadiq | Columbia | Soul |
38 | Back of My Mind | H.E.R. | RCA | Neo-Soul |
39 | Just Dropped in (To See What Condition My Rendition Was In) | Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings | Daptone | Soul |
40 | Love & Conflict | Martha Wash | Purple Rose | Funk |
41 | The Devonns | The Devonns | Record Kicks | Motown |
42 | - Ugh, Those Feels Again | Snoh Aalegra | Epic | R&B |
43 | Missunderstood: the Diaries | Queen Naija | Capitol | Soul |
44 | Step Up | Tower of Power | Artistry Music | R&B |
45 | Rise Above | Tomar and the Fcs | Splice | Soul |
46 | What's Going on | Devon Gilfillian | Capitol | R&B |
47 | Berlin Sessions | Brownout | Fat Beats | Funk |
48 | Say the Word | The Allergies | Jalapeno | Soul |
49 | Introspection | Angela Munoz | Linear Labs | R&B |
50 | It's Only Us | Monophonics | Colemine | Soul |
51 | Collapsed in Sunbeams | Arlo Parks | Transgressive | R&B |
52 | Fever | Thomas Dybdahl | V2 | Soul |
53 | Starts Again | Tawiah | First Word | Soul |
54 | How the Mighty Fall | Izo Fitzroy | Jalapeno | Soul |
55 | Stay Good | Brooklyn Funk Essentials | Dorado | Soul |
56 | Land of the Living | Eleanor Underhill | Self-Release | Soul |
57 | Crossover | Emma Donovan & The Putbacks | Hopestreet | Soul |
58 | Afroclectic | Plunky & Oneness | Self-Release | R&B |
59 | Sis. | KIRBY | Self-Release | R&B |
60 | American Griots | Louis York | Weirdo Workshop | Soul |
61 | Death or Devotion | The Motet | The Motet | Funk |
62 | The Hang | Redtenbacher's Funkestra | RSB | Funk |
63 | PAUL | PJ Morton | Morton | R&B |
64 | The Lion King: the Gift | Beyoncé | Sony | R&B |
65 | 3.15.20 | Childish Gambino | RCA | Soul |
66 | Wide Nose Full Lips | SuCh | Arc Sai | Soul |
67 | RedRoom | J. Howell | JT Productions | R&B |
68 | Indigo | Chris Brown | RCA | Soul |
69 | Water Made Us | Jamila Woods | Jagjaguwar | R&B |
70 | Exodus | Brian McKnight | The SoNo Recording Group | R&B |
71 | Hear from Here | Eric Roberson | Blue Erro Soul | Neo-Soul |
72 | Live in London | Mavis Staples | Anti | Soul |
73 | KIKI | Kiana Ledé | Republic | Neo-Soul |
74 | Genesis | The Shindellas | Weirdo Workshop | R&B |
75 | Surfacing | R.Lum.R | Island | R&B |
76 | Timeless | Day Kornegay | 45 Riots | R&B |
77 | Heroes & Gods | Rahsaan Patterson | Shanachie | Neo-Soul |
78 | The Fun Ones | RJD2 | Self-Release | R&B |
79 | Love and Compromise | Mahalia | Warner | R&B |
80 | Forever Yours | J. Brown | MoCha Music | R&B |
81 | CeeLo Green is Thomas Callaway | Cee Lo Green | BMG | Disco |
82 | Romantique, Pt. 2 | Will Downing | Sophisticated Soul | Disco |
83 | Smoke & Mirrors | Bassel & the Supernaturals | Bassel Music | Soul |
84 | Chasing Summer | SiR | Top Dawg | R&B |
85 | Tubman. | Avery R. Young | FPE | R&B |
86 | We're New Again: a Reimagining by Makaya McCraven | Gil Scott-Heron & Makaya McCraven | XL Recordings | Soul |
87 | GREY Area | Little Simz | Age 101 | R&B |
88 | That Rock 'n' Roll Rhythm! | Tammi Savoy & The Chris Casello Combo | Swelltune | R&B |
89 | Ventura | Anderson .Paak | Aftermath | R&B |
90 | Audacity Complete | Kevin Ross | Art Society Music Group | R&B |
91 | Pieces of Mind | Write Minded | Self-Release | R&B |
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