The Roots Music Report's
Top R&B Album Chart
for the Year of 2020

 
Album Title Band/Artist Name Label Sub Genre
1Nick of TimeThe James Hunter SixDaptoneSoul
2After HoursThe WeekndUMGSoul
3KIWANUKAMichael KiwanukaInterscopeSoul
4Hot PinkDoja CatKemosabeSoul
5Memories ofKaz HawkinsSelf-ReleaseSoul
6Bigger LoveJohn LegendColumbiaNeo-Soul
7Lianne La HavasLianne La HavasNonesuchSoul
8Work to DoMarc CohnBMGSoul
9BlackbirdsBettye LaVetteVerveSoul
10WorthyIndia.ArieBMGSoul
11MasterpeaceJamesDavisMotownNeo-Soul
12Play NiceCass ClaytonSelf-ReleaseR&B
13Over ItSummer WalkerInterscopeSoul
14S.O.L.A.R.InayahInayahlatorSoul
15The Wild CardLedisiListen BackSoul
16Soul Food: Cooking with MaceoMaceo ParkerMascotSoul
17Gold-Diggers SoundLeon BridgesColumbiaSoul
18KairosNicole BusRoc NationR&B
19REAL LIFEEmeli SandéVirginSoul
20ChilomboJhené AikoDef JamSoul
21U Kin B the SunFrazey FordArts & CraftsR&B
22CASE STUDY 01Daniel CaesarGolden ChildSoul
23All Love EverythingAloe BlaccBMGSoul
24RougeYunaVerveR&B
25A Muse in Her FeelingsdvsnOVO SoundSoul
26Full CircleAngie StoneCleopatraSoul
27AvalancheJulian Taylor BandGypsy SoulSoul
28Dotted LineAlex Lucero & Live AgainSelf-ReleaseSoul
29Dinah Jane 1Dinah JaneHitcoSoul
30Poetry in MotionThe Soul RebelsMack AvenueSoul
31AthenaSudan ArchivesStones ThrowR&B
32The AlbumTeyana TaylorDef JamSoul
33B7BrandyeOneSoul
34Back HomeTrey SongzAtlanticSoul
35Steel HeartsSeason AmmonsCobalt BlueR&B
36Love Always WinsKemMotownSoul
37Jimmy LeeRaphael SaadiqColumbiaSoul
38Back of My MindH.E.R.RCANeo-Soul
39Just Dropped in (To See What Condition My Rendition Was In)Sharon Jones & The Dap-KingsDaptoneSoul
40Love & ConflictMartha WashPurple RoseFunk
41The DevonnsThe DevonnsRecord KicksMotown
42- Ugh, Those Feels AgainSnoh AalegraEpicR&B
43Missunderstood: the DiariesQueen NaijaCapitolSoul
44Step UpTower of PowerArtistry MusicR&B
45Rise AboveTomar and the FcsSpliceSoul
46What's Going onDevon GilfillianCapitolR&B
47Berlin SessionsBrownoutFat BeatsFunk
48Say the WordThe AllergiesJalapenoSoul
49IntrospectionAngela MunozLinear LabsR&B
50It's Only UsMonophonicsColemineSoul
51Collapsed in SunbeamsArlo ParksTransgressiveR&B
52FeverThomas DybdahlV2Soul
53Starts AgainTawiahFirst WordSoul
54How the Mighty FallIzo FitzroyJalapenoSoul
55Stay GoodBrooklyn Funk EssentialsDoradoSoul
56Land of the LivingEleanor UnderhillSelf-ReleaseSoul
57CrossoverEmma Donovan & The PutbacksHopestreetSoul
58AfroclecticPlunky & OnenessSelf-ReleaseR&B
59Sis.KIRBYSelf-ReleaseR&B
60American GriotsLouis YorkWeirdo WorkshopSoul
61Death or DevotionThe MotetThe MotetFunk
62The HangRedtenbacher's FunkestraRSBFunk
63PAULPJ MortonMortonR&B
64The Lion King: the GiftBeyoncéSonyR&B
653.15.20Childish GambinoRCASoul
66Wide Nose Full LipsSuChArc SaiSoul
67RedRoomJ. HowellJT ProductionsR&B
68IndigoChris BrownRCASoul
69Water Made UsJamila WoodsJagjaguwarR&B
70ExodusBrian McKnightThe SoNo Recording GroupR&B
71Hear from HereEric RobersonBlue Erro SoulNeo-Soul
72Live in LondonMavis StaplesAntiSoul
73KIKIKiana LedéRepublicNeo-Soul
74GenesisThe ShindellasWeirdo WorkshopR&B
75SurfacingR.Lum.RIslandR&B
76TimelessDay Kornegay45 RiotsR&B
77Heroes & GodsRahsaan PattersonShanachieNeo-Soul
78The Fun OnesRJD2Self-ReleaseR&B
79Love and CompromiseMahaliaWarnerR&B
80Forever YoursJ. BrownMoCha MusicR&B
81CeeLo Green is Thomas CallawayCee Lo GreenBMGDisco
82Romantique, Pt. 2Will DowningSophisticated SoulDisco
83Smoke & MirrorsBassel & the SupernaturalsBassel MusicSoul
84Chasing SummerSiRTop DawgR&B
85Tubman.Avery R. YoungFPER&B
86We're New Again: a Reimagining by Makaya McCravenGil Scott-Heron & Makaya McCravenXL RecordingsSoul
87GREY AreaLittle SimzAge 101R&B
88That Rock 'n' Roll Rhythm!Tammi Savoy & The Chris Casello ComboSwelltuneR&B
89VenturaAnderson .PaakAftermathR&B
90Audacity CompleteKevin RossArt Society Music GroupR&B
91Pieces of MindWrite MindedSelf-ReleaseR&B
 

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