The Roots Music Report's
Top Soul Album Chart
for the Year of 2017
| Album Title | Band/Artist Name | Label | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Awaken, My Love!" | Childish Gambino | Glassnote |
| 2 | Got Soul | Robert Randolph & The Family Band | Masterworks |
| 3 | BlackSUMMERS'night | Maxwell | Columbia |
| 4 | Billy Porter Presents: the Soul of Richard Rodgers | Billy Porter | Sony |
| 5 | Hard II Love | Usher | RCA |
| 6 | Strength of a Woman | Mary J. Blige | Capitol |
| 7 | Everybody | Logic | Def Jam |
| 8 | The Thrill of It All | Sam Smith | Capitol |
| 9 | Did It for Love | Leela James | BMG |
| 10 | Eric Benét | Eric Benét | BMG |
| 11 | Long Song Away | Kevin Ross | Motown |
| 12 | Cheers to the Fall | Andra Day | Warner Bros |
| 13 | Juke Joint at the Edge of the World | Randall Bramblett | New West |
| 14 | The Definition Of... | Fantasia | 19 Recordings |
| 15 | Natural | Andrea Marr | Only Blues Music |
| 16 | Deliverance | Prince | Rouge Music Alliance |
| 17 | #Mynameisjoethomas | Joe | Plaid Takeover |
| 18 | Chapters | Yuna | The Verve |
| 19 | Superwoman | Rebecca Ferguson | Simco Limited |
| 20 | K.Avett: Revelations | K.Avett | Kandeland |
| 21 | Feel the Real | Musiq Soulchild | eOne |
| 22 | Eldorado | Ro James | ByStorm |
| 23 | Don't Give Up on Love | Don Bryant | Fat Possum |
| 24 | Already All Ready | La'Porsha Renae | Motown Records |
| 25 | The Spectrum | Daley | BMG Rights Management |
| 26 | TLC | TLC | 852 Musiq |
| 27 | Three Stripes | Bell Biv DeVoe | eOne |
| 28 | If All I Was Was Black | Mavis Staples | Anti |
| 29 | Broken People | Muddy Magnolias | Third Generation |
| 30 | Game Changer | Johnny Gill | J Skillz |
| 31 | HERE | Alicia Keys | RCA Records |
| 32 | Charlie Faye & the Fayettes | Charlie Faye And The Fayettes | Self-Release |
| 33 | Twenty Sixty Four | Avery Sunshine | Shanachie Ent. Corp |
| 34 | Trip | Jhené Aiko | Def Jam |
| 35 | Freudian | Daniel Caesar | Golden Child |
| 36 | Take Me to the Alley | Gregory Porter | Decca |
| 37 | Black America Again | Common | Def Jam |
| 38 | A Seat at the Table | Solange | Columbia |
| 39 | Struggle Love | Jaheim | Julie's Dream Music Group |
| 40 | Miss Sharon Jones! (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings | Daptone |
| 41 | Stone Rollin' | Raphael Saadiq | Sony |
| 42 | Bluebird of Happiness | Tamar Braxton | LoganLand |
| 43 | In Common (The Remixes) | Alicia Keys | RCA |
| 44 | Sea of Noise | St. Paul & The Broken Bones | Records LLC |
| 45 | Why I Love You - Single | MAJOR. | BOE Music Group |
| 46 | Special Night | Lee Fields | Big Crown |
| 47 | Soul of the Bayou | Gregg Martinez | Louisiana Red Hot |
| 48 | Go All in | Mike Biggar | Busted Flat |
| 49 | Life on Earth | Musiq Soulchild | E1 Music |
| 50 | The Heart Speaks in Whispers | Corinne Bailey Rae | Virgin |
| 51 | A Moment of Madness | Izzy Bizu | Epic |
| 52 | Woman | Jill Scott | Blue Babe |
| 53 | Face Your Fear | Curtis Harding | Anti |
| 54 | Heart Attack | Tomar and the Fcs | Self-Release |
| 55 | Move Upstairs | The Como Mams | Daptone |
| 56 | Vivid | Vivian Green | Caroline |
| 57 | In My Mind | BJ The Chicago Kid | Motown |
| 58 | Jardin | Gabriel Garzon-Montano | Stones Throw |
| 59 | 1 Hopeful Rd. | Vintage Trouble | Blue Note |
| 60 | Take Me Apart | Kelela | Warp |
| 61 | The Carnival is Back in Town | Brock Zeman | Self-Release |
| 62 | Skyline | Izo Fitzroy | Jalapeno |
| 63 | Fifty Miles of Elbow Room | Fraser & Daley | Self-Release |
| 64 | Hooka Train | Al Wood & The Woodsmen | Self-Release |
| 65 | When the Game is on | Greasy Gravy | Big H |
| 66 | 100 Days, 100 Nights | Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings | Daptone |
| 67 | River of Soul | Bobby Harden | Nyota |
| 68 | Solo | Michael Pickett | Self-Release |
| 69 | Never Twice | Nick Waterhouse | Innovative Leisure |
| 70 | Bluewisdom, Vol. 2 | Yvonne Moore | Self-Release |
| 71 | A River's Invitation | The California Honeydrops | Self-Release |
| 72 | Original Brunswick Hit Recordings | Tyrone Davis | Brunswick |
| 73 | Unbreakable | Janet Jackson | Rhythm Nation |
| 74 | Lalah Hathaway Live | Lalah Hathaway | Entertainment One |
| 75 | What About Wool Wishbags | Denielle Bassels | Self-Release |
| 76 | What I'm Feelin' | Anthony Hamilton | RCA Records |
| 77 | Give the People What They Want | Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings | Daptone |
| 78 | The Buffet | R. Kelly | RCA |
| 79 | Black Rose | Tyrese | Voltron |
| 80 | Malibu | Anderson .Paak | Steel Wool |
| 81 | Genesis | Brian McKnight | The SoNo Recording Group |
| 82 | Black Messiah | D'Angelo And The Vanguard | RCA |
| 83 | I Learned the Hard Way | Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings | Daptone Records |
| 84 | A Change is Gonna Come | Leela James | Warner Bros |
| 85 | No Time for Dreaming | Charles Bradley | Daptone Records |
| 86 | The ArchAndroid | Janelle Monae | Atlantic |
| 87 | Love, Lies & Could Be's | Ron Burke | Self-Release |
| 88 | Moondog Howlers | Moondog Howlers | Self-Release |
| 89 | Child of the Seventies | Bettye LaVette | Rhino Atlantic |
| 90 | I've Got My Own Hell to Raise | Bettye LaVette | Anti |
| 91 | The Art of Love & War | Angie Stone | Stax |
| 92 | Portrait of a Legend | Sam Cooke | ABKCO |
| 93 | What We Leave Behind (feat. Jay Nemor) | Soul Basement | ITI |
| 94 | Thankful N' Thoughtful | Bettye LaVette | Anti Records |
| 95 | Electric Love | Jack de Keyzer | Blue Star Records |
| 96 | Trial and Error | SuCh | SuCh |
| 97 | Songbook | Allen Toussaint | Rounder |
| 98 | Sour Mash | The Old No. 5s | High Bar Rekkads |
| 99 | Steam | The Old No. 5s | Self-Release |
| 100 | The Essential Bill Withers | Bill Withers | Sony |
| 101 | A Woman Like Me | Bettye LaVette | Blues Express |
| 102 | Sweaty Greeley Soul | The Burroughs | Self-Release |
| 103 | A Life Worth Living | Marc Broussard | Vanguard |
| 104 | Interpretations: the British Rock Songbook | Bettye LaVette | ANTI |
| 105 | Daptone Gold | Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings | Daptone |
| 106 | The Intimate Truth | Ledisi | Verve |
| 107 | Better | Brian McKnight | Self-Release |
| 108 | Naturally | Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings | Daptone |
| 109 | Lou Rawls - Anthology | Lou Rawls | EMI |
| 110 | Muscle Shoals Sessions | Alicia Keys | Universal |
| 111 | Radius | Allen Stone | Capitol Records |
| 112 | What Have You Done, My Brother? | Naomi Shelton & The Gospel Queens | Daptone |
| 113 | Funk 'n' Feathers | Cha Wa | Joe Gelini |
| 114 | Down the Road | Soul Scratch | Broken Complex |
| 115 | The Crossing | Menahan Street Band | Daptone |
| 116 | The London Sessions | Mary J. Blige | Captiol |
| 117 | S.O.S.: Save Our Soul | Marc Broussard | Vanguard Records |
| 118 | Like You Mean It | The California Honeydrops | Tubtone Records |
| 119 | Make the Road by Walking | Menahan Street Band | Daptone |
| 120 | In the Mood | Uvee Hayes | Mission Park Record Label |
| 121 | Two Hound Blues | King Biscuit Boy | Sony |
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