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 | Coming Home | Leon Bridges | Columbia |
| 3 | Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats | Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats | Bottleneck |
| 4 | BlackSUMMERS'night | Maxwell | Columbia |
| 5 | Billy Porter Presents: the Soul of Richard Rodgers | Billy Porter | Sony |
| 6 | Got Soul | Robert Randolph & The Family Band | Masterworks |
| 7 | Hard II Love | Usher | RCA |
| 8 | Strength of a Woman | Mary J. Blige | Capitol |
| 9 | Everybody | Logic | Def Jam |
| 10 | The Thrill of It All | Sam Smith | Capitol |
| 11 | Did It for Love | Leela James | BMG |
| 12 | Eric Benét | Eric Benét | BMG |
| 13 | Long Song Away | Kevin Ross | Motown |
| 14 | Cheers to the Fall | Andra Day | Warner Bros |
| 15 | The Definition Of... | Fantasia | 19 Recordings |
| 16 | Natural | Andrea Marr | Only Blues Music |
| 17 | Deliverance | Prince | Rouge Music Alliance |
| 18 | Juke Joint at the Edge of the World | Randall Bramblett | New West |
| 19 | Hold On! | The James Hunter Six | Daptone |
| 20 | #MYNAMEISJOETHOMAS | Joe | Plaid Takeover |
| 21 | Chapters | Yuna | The Verve |
| 22 | Superwoman | Rebecca Ferguson | Simco Limited |
| 23 | K.Avett: Revelations | K.Avett | Kandeland |
| 24 | Feel the Real | Musiq Soulchild | eOne |
| 25 | ELDORADO | Ro James | ByStorm |
| 26 | Don't Give Up on Love | Don Bryant | Fat Possum |
| 27 | Already All Ready | La'Porsha Renae | Motown Records |
| 28 | The Spectrum | Daley | BMG Rights Management |
| 29 | TLC | TLC | 852 Musiq |
| 30 | Three Stripes | Bell Biv DeVoe | eOne |
| 31 | Lemonade | Beyoncé | Columbia |
| 32 | If All I Was Was Black | Mavis Staples | Anti |
| 33 | Game Changer | Johnny Gill | J Skillz |
| 34 | Broken People | Muddy Magnolias | Third Generation |
| 35 | HERE | Alicia Keys | RCA Records |
| 36 | Charlie Faye & the Fayettes | Charlie Faye And The Fayettes | Self-Release |
| 37 | Twenty Sixty Four | Avery Sunshine | Shanachie Ent. Corp |
| 38 | Trip | Jhené Aiko | Def Jam |
| 39 | Freudian | Daniel Caesar | Golden Child |
| 40 | Take Me to the Alley | Gregory Porter | Decca |
| 41 | Black America Again | Common | Def Jam |
| 42 | A Seat at the Table | Solange | Columbia |
| 43 | Struggle Love | Jaheim | Julie's Dream Music Group |
| 44 | Stone Rollin' | Raphael Saadiq | Sony |
| 45 | Bluebird of Happiness | Tamar Braxton | LoganLand |
| 46 | In Common (The Remixes) | Alicia Keys | RCA |
| 47 | Sea of Noise | St. Paul & The Broken Bones | Records LLC |
| 48 | Why I Love You - Single | MAJOR. | BOE Music Group |
| 49 | Go All in | Mike Biggar | Busted Flat |
| 50 | Life on Earth | Musiq Soulchild | E1 Music |
| 51 | Soul of the Bayou | Gregg Martinez | Louisiana Red Hot |
| 52 | Special Night | Lee Fields | Big Crown |
| 53 | The Heart Speaks in Whispers | Corinne Bailey Rae | Virgin |
| 54 | A Moment of Madness | Izzy Bizu | Epic |
| 55 | Miss Sharon Jones! (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings | Daptone |
| 56 | Woman | Jill Scott | Blue Babe |
| 57 | The Best of Aretha Franklin | Aretha Franklin | Rhino |
| 58 | Face Your Fear | Curtis Harding | Anti |
| 59 | Heart Attack | Tomar and the Fcs | Self-Release |
| 60 | Move Upstairs | The Como Mams | Daptone |
| 61 | Vivid | Vivian Green | Caroline |
| 62 | In My Mind | BJ The Chicago Kid | Motown |
| 63 | 1 Hopeful Rd. | Vintage Trouble | Blue Note |
| 64 | Jardin | Gabriel Garzon-Montano | Stones Throw |
| 65 | Take Me Apart | Kelela | Warp |
| 66 | Drunk | Thundercat | Brainfeeder |
| 67 | Skyline | Izo Fitzroy | Jalapeno |
| 68 | The Carnival is Back in Town | Brock Zeman | Self-Release |
| 69 | Fifty Miles of Elbow Room | Fraser & Daley | Self-Release |
| 70 | Hooka Train | Al Wood & The Woodsmen | Self-Release |
| 71 | When the Game is on | Greasy Gravy | Big H |
| 72 | 100 Days, 100 Nights | Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings | Daptone |
| 73 | River of Soul | Bobby Harden | Nyota |
| 74 | Solo | Michael Pickett | Self-Release |
| 75 | Never Twice | Nick Waterhouse | Innovative Leisure |
| 76 | Bluewisdom, Vol. 2 | Yvonne Moore | Self-Release |
| 77 | A River's Invitation | The California Honeydrops | Self-Release |
| 78 | Original Brunswick Hit Recordings | Tyrone Davis | Brunswick |
| 79 | The Genius Sings the Blues | Ray Charles | Atlantic |
| 80 | I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You | Aretha Franklin | Atlantic |
| 81 | Unbreakable | Janet Jackson | Rhythm Nation |
| 82 | Lalah Hathaway Live | Lalah Hathaway | Entertainment One |
| 83 | What About Wool Wishbags | Denielle Bassels | Self-Release |
| 84 | 30 Greatest Hits | Aretha Franklin | Atlantic |
| 85 | What I'm Feelin' | Anthony Hamilton | RCA Records |
| 86 | The Buffet | R. Kelly | RCA |
| 87 | Give the People What They Want | Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings | Daptone |
| 88 | Black Rose | Tyrese | Voltron |
| 89 | Malibu | Anderson .Paak | Steel Wool |
| 90 | Genesis | Brian McKnight | The SoNo Recording Group |
| 91 | Black Messiah | D'Angelo And The Vanguard | RCA |
| 92 | A Change is Gonna Come | Leela James | Warner Bros |
| 93 | No Time for Dreaming | Charles Bradley | Daptone Records |
| 94 | I Learned the Hard Way | Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings | Daptone Records |
| 95 | The ArchAndroid | Janelle Monae | Atlantic |
| 96 | Love, Lies & Could Be's | Ron Burke | Self-Release |
| 97 | Moondog Howlers | Moondog Howlers | Self-Release |
| 98 | Child of the Seventies | Bettye LaVette | Rhino Atlantic |
| 99 | I've Got My Own Hell to Raise | Bettye LaVette | Anti |
| 100 | The Queen of Soul | Aretha Franklin | Rhino |
| 101 | The Art of Love & War | Angie Stone | Stax |
| 102 | Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul | Otis Redding | Atco |
| 103 | The Love Songs Collection | Al Green | Motown |
| 104 | Portrait of a Legend | Sam Cooke | ABKCO |
| 105 | A Sunshine State of Mind | The Soul of John Black | Yellow Dog |
| 106 | What We Leave Behind (feat. Jay Nemor) | Soul Basement | ITI |
| 107 | Thankful N' Thoughtful | Bettye LaVette | Anti Records |
| 108 | Electric Love | Jack de Keyzer | Blue Star Records |
| 109 | Trial and Error | SuCh | SuCh |
| 110 | Songbook | Allen Toussaint | Rounder |
| 111 | Sour Mash | The Old No. 5s | High Bar Rekkads |
| 112 | Steam | The Old No. 5s | Self-Release |
| 113 | The Essential Bill Withers | Bill Withers | Sony |
| 114 | A Woman Like Me | Bettye LaVette | Blues Express |
| 115 | Stax Classics | Otis Redding | Stax/Rhino |
| 116 | Sweaty Greeley Soul | The Burroughs | Self-Release |
| 117 | A Life Worth Living | Marc Broussard | Vanguard |
| 118 | Interpretations: the British Rock Songbook | Bettye LaVette | ANTI |
| 119 | Daptone Gold | Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings | Daptone |
| 120 | Good Thang | The Soul of John Black | Yellow Dog Records |
| 121 | Call Me | Al Green | Hi Under Exclusive |
| 122 | The Intimate Truth | Ledisi | Verve |
| 123 | Better | Brian McKnight | Self-Release |
| 124 | Faithful Man | Lee Fields | Truth & Soul |
| 125 | Naturally | Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings | Daptone |
| 126 | Lou Rawls - Anthology | Lou Rawls | EMI |
| 127 | Muscle Shoals Sessions | Alicia Keys | Universal |
| 128 | Radius | Allen Stone | Capitol Records |
| 129 | Minute by Minute | The James Hunter Six | Go Records |
| 130 | What Have You Done, My Brother? | Naomi Shelton & The Gospel Queens | Daptone |
| 131 | Funk 'n' Feathers | Cha Wa | Joe Gelini |
| 132 | Down the Road | Soul Scratch | Broken Complex |
| 133 | The Crossing | Menahan Street Band | Daptone |
| 134 | The London Sessions | Mary J. Blige | Captiol |
| 135 | S.O.S.: Save Our Soul | Marc Broussard | Vanguard Records |
| 136 | Like You Mean It | The California Honeydrops | Tubtone Records |
| 137 | Make the Road by Walking | Menahan Street Band | Daptone |
| 138 | In the Mood | Uvee Hayes | Mission Park Record Label |
| 139 | The King of Soul | Otis Redding | Atlantic |
| 140 | Two Hound Blues | King Biscuit Boy | Sony |
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