The Roots Music Report's
Top R&B Album Chart
for the Year of 2018
1 |  | Good Thing by: Leon Bridges   | Label: Sony Sub Genre: Soul Connect with the Artist:    |
2 |  | Whatever It Takes by: The James Hunter Six | Label: Daptone Sub Genre: Soul Connect with the Artist:  |
3 |  | Dyna-Mite by: Jon Cleary | Label: Thirty Tigers Sub Genre: Soul Connect with the Artist:  |
4 |  | The Thrill of It All by: Sam Smith | Label: Capitol Sub Genre: Soul Connect with the Artist: |
5 |  | If All I Was Was Black by: Mavis Staples | Label: Anti Sub Genre: Soul Connect with the Artist: |
6 |  | Dirty Computer by: Janelle Monae | Label: Atlantic Sub Genre: Soul Connect with the Artist: |
7 |  | Unstoppable by: Candi Staton | Label: Beracah Sub Genre: Soul Connect with the Artist: |
8 |  | Bluebird of Happiness by: Tamar Braxton | Label: LoganLand Sub Genre: Soul Connect with the Artist: |
9 |  | Sex & Cigarettes by: Toni Braxton | Label: Def Jam Sub Genre: Soul Connect with the Artist: |
10 |  | Strength of a Woman by: Mary J. Blige | Label: Capitol Sub Genre: Soul Connect with the Artist: |
11 |  | Freudian by: Daniel Caesar | Label: Golden Child Sub Genre: Soul Connect with the Artist: |
12 |  | Face Your Fear by: Curtis Harding | Label: Anti Sub Genre: Soul Connect with the Artist: |
13 |  | Love Signals by: Freddie Jackson | Label: Climax Sub Genre: Soul Connect with the Artist: |
14 |  | Girl Disrupted by: Sevyn Streeter | Label: Atlantic Sub Genre: R&B Connect with the Artist: |
15 |  | Electric Café by: En Vogue | Label: En Vogue Sub Genre: Soul Connect with the Artist: |
16 |  | Silver & Stone by: Mike Farris | Label: Compass Sub Genre: Soul Connect with the Artist: |
17 |  | Did It for Love by: Leela James | Label: BMG Sub Genre: Soul Connect with the Artist: |
18 |  | A Moment of Madness by: Izzy Bizu | Label: Epic Sub Genre: Soul Connect with the Artist: |
19 |  | Natural by: Andrea Marr | Label: Only Blues Music Sub Genre: Soul Connect with the Artist: |
20 |  | Decade of a Love King by: Raheem DeVaughn | Label: BMG Sub Genre: Neo-Soul Connect with the Artist: |
21 |  | The Hits / the B-Sides by: Prince | Label: Universal Sub Genre: R&B Connect with the Artist: |
22 |  | Introducing Stokley by: Stokley | Label: Concord Sub Genre: R&B Connect with the Artist: |
23 |  | Everybody by: Logic | Label: Def Jam Sub Genre: Soul Connect with the Artist: |
24 |  | 11:11 Reset by: Keyshia Cole | Label: Epic Sub Genre: R&B Connect with the Artist: |
25 |  | Trip by: Jhené Aiko | Label: Def Jam Sub Genre: Soul Connect with the Artist: |
26 |  | Caution by: Mariah Carey | Label: Epic Sub Genre: Soul Connect with the Artist: |
27 |  | Summer with Friends by: DaniLeigh | Label: Def Jam Sub Genre: Soul Connect with the Artist: |
28 |  | The Rise of the Phoenix by: Chanté Moore | Label: CM7 Sub Genre: R&B Connect with the Artist: |
29 |  | "Awaken, My Love!" by: Childish Gambino | Label: Glassnote Sub Genre: Soul Connect with the Artist: |
30 |  | Reflections by: The Temptations | Label: UMG Sub Genre: Soul Connect with the Artist: |
31 |  | Feel the Real by: Musiq Soulchild | Label: eOne Sub Genre: Soul Connect with the Artist: |
32 |  | Black Velvet by: Charles Bradley | Label: Daptone Sub Genre: R&B Connect with the Artist: |
33 |  | On a Distant Shore by: Leon Russell | Label: Palmetto Sub Genre: R&B Connect with the Artist: |
34 |  | Ready by: Ella Mai | Label: 10 Summers Sub Genre: Neo-Soul Connect with the Artist: |
35 |  | Call It Home, Vol. 1 & 2 by: The California Honeydrops | Label: Tubtune Sub Genre: Soul Connect with the Artist: |
36 |  | The Spectrum by: Daley | Label: BMG Rights Management Sub Genre: Soul Connect with the Artist: |
37 |  | Soul Side of Town by: Tower of Power | Label: Artistry Music Sub Genre: R&B Connect with the Artist: |
38 |  | Durand Jones & the Indications by: Durand Jones & The Indications | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Soul Connect with the Artist: |
39 |  | Outcast by: Liz Brasher | Label: Fat Possum Sub Genre: Soul Connect with the Artist: |
40 |  | HEAVN by: Jamila Woods | Label: Jagjaguwar Sub Genre: R&B Connect with the Artist: |
41 |  | Billy Porter Presents: the Soul of Richard Rodgers by: Billy Porter | Label: Sony Sub Genre: Soul Connect with the Artist: |
42 |  | Long Song Away by: Kevin Ross | Label: Motown Sub Genre: Soul Connect with the Artist: |
43 |  | Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats by: Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats | Label: Bottleneck Sub Genre: Soul Connect with the Artist: |
44 |  | An American Troubadour:Songs of Steve Forbert by: Nicki Bluhm & The Gramblers | Label: Blue Rose Sub Genre: R&B Connect with the Artist:  |
45 |  | Side Pony by: Lake Street Dive | Label: Nonesuch Sub Genre: R&B Connect with the Artist: |
46 |  | Juke Joint at the Edge of the World by: Randall Bramblett | Label: New West Sub Genre: Soul Connect with the Artist: |
47 |  | Oxnard by: Anderson .Paak | Label: Aftermath Entertainment Sub Genre: Soul Connect with the Artist: |
48 |  | Everything Here by: The Suffers | Label: Shanachie Sub Genre: Soul Connect with the Artist: |
49 |  | The Heist by: Ruzz Guitar's Blues Revue | Label: Rhythm Bomb Sub Genre: Soul Connect with the Artist: |
50 |  | Eric Benét by: Eric Benét | Label: BMG Sub Genre: Soul Connect with the Artist: |
51 |  | BlackSUMMERS'night by: Maxwell | Label: Columbia Sub Genre: Soul Connect with the Artist: |
52 |  | Fear of a Brown Planet by: Brownout | Label: Fat Beats Sub Genre: Funk Connect with the Artist: |
53 |  | Soul of the Bayou by: Gregg Martinez | Label: Louisiana Red Hot Sub Genre: Soul Connect with the Artist: |
54 |  | Cheers to the Fall by: Andra Day | Label: Warner Bros Sub Genre: Soul Connect with the Artist: |
55 |  | Broken People by: Muddy Magnolias | Label: Third Generation Sub Genre: Soul Connect with the Artist: |
56 |  | Blood Type by: Cautious Clay | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Soul Connect with the Artist: |
57 |  | Game Changer by: Johnny Gill | Label: J Skillz Sub Genre: Soul Connect with the Artist: |
58 |  | Play It All Day by: Terry Blersh | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Soul Connect with the Artist: |
59 |  | Hard II Love by: Usher | Label: RCA Sub Genre: Soul Connect with the Artist: |
60 |  | Take Me Apart by: Kelela | Label: Warp Sub Genre: Soul Connect with the Artist: |
61 |  | Into the Purple Valley by: Ry Cooder | Label: Reprise Sub Genre: Soul Connect with the Artist: |
62 |  | Got Soul by: Robert Randolph & The Family Band | Label: Masterworks Sub Genre: Soul Connect with the Artist: |
63 |  | Soul Street by: Ron Artis II & the Truth | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Soul Connect with the Artist: |
64 |  | Neville Jacobs by: Neville Jacobs | Label: Harmonized Sub Genre: Funk Connect with the Artist: |
65 |  | Gumbo by: PJ Morton | Label: Morton Sub Genre: R&B Connect with the Artist: |
66 |  | Game Winner by: Joey Dosik | Label: Secretly Canadian Sub Genre: Soul Connect with the Artist: |
67 |  | #MYNAMEISJOETHOMAS by: Joe | Label: Plaid Takeover Sub Genre: Soul Connect with the Artist: |
68 |  | South of I-10 by: Sonny Landreth | Label: BMG Sub Genre: R&B Connect with the Artist:  |
69 |  | Deva Mahal by: Deva Mahal | Label: Motéma Music Sub Genre: R&B Connect with the Artist: |
70 |  | Never Twice by: Nick Waterhouse | Label: Innovative Leisure Sub Genre: Soul Connect with the Artist: |
71 |  | The Best of Aretha Franklin by: Aretha Franklin | Label: Rhino Sub Genre: Soul Connect with the Artist: |
72 |  | Go All in by: Mike Biggar | Label: Busted Flat Sub Genre: Soul Connect with the Artist: |
73 |  | Spirit by: Amos Lee | Label: Republic Sub Genre: R&B Connect with the Artist: |
74 |  | Sea of Noise by: St. Paul & The Broken Bones | Label: Records LLC Sub Genre: Soul Connect with the Artist: |
75 |  | How Do I Talk to My Brother? by: Ben Pirani | Label: Colemine Sub Genre: R&B Connect with the Artist: |
76 |  | How Do You Like It? by: Brandi & the Alexanders | Label: Red Parlor Sub Genre: Neo-Soul Connect with the Artist: |
77 |  | Spyboy by: Cha Wa | Label: UPT Music Sub Genre: Soul Connect with the Artist: |
78 |  | Soul Flowers of Titan by: Barrence Whitfield & the Savages | Label: Bloodshot Sub Genre: R&B Connect with the Artist: |
79 |  | Ventriloquism by: Meshell Ndegeocello | Label: Believe Sub Genre: Soul Connect with the Artist: |
80 |  | Adam Robert Thomas by: Adam Robert Thomas | Label: Self Release Sub Genre: Soul Connect with the Artist: |
81 |  | Morning After by: dvsn | Label: OVO Sound Sub Genre: Neo-Soul Connect with the Artist: |
82 |  | Don't Give Up on Love by: Don Bryant | Label: Fat Possum Sub Genre: Soul Connect with the Artist: |
83 |  | You've Got to Feel It! by: Chris Pierce | Label: Calabma Sub Genre: Soul Connect with the Artist: |
84 |  | K.Avett: Revelations by: K.Avett | Label: Kandeland Sub Genre: Soul Connect with the Artist: |
85 |  | Hold on by: Joakim Tinderholt | Label: Big H Sub Genre: Soul Connect with the Artist: |
86 |  | Deliverance by: Prince | Label: Rouge Music Alliance Sub Genre: Soul Connect with the Artist: |
87 |  | 100 Days, 100 Nights by: Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings | Label: Daptone Sub Genre: Soul Connect with the Artist: |
88 |  | Timeless by: After 7 | Label: eOne Music Sub Genre: R&B Connect with the Artist: |
89 |  | Ctrl by: SZA | Label: RCA Sub Genre: R&B Connect with the Artist: |
90 |  | A Change is Gonna Come by: Leela James | Label: Warner Bros Sub Genre: Soul Connect with the Artist: |
91 |  | River of Soul by: Bobby Harden | Label: Nyota Sub Genre: Soul Connect with the Artist: |
92 |  | Love is a Battlefield by: Maysa | Label: Shanachie Ent. Corp Sub Genre: R&B Connect with the Artist: |
93 |  | World Wide Funk by: Bootsy Collins | Label: Mascot Sub Genre: Funk Connect with the Artist: |
94 |  | 1 Hopeful Rd. by: Vintage Trouble | Label: Blue Note Sub Genre: Soul Connect with the Artist: |
95 |  | Coming Home by: Leon Bridges | Label: Columbia Sub Genre: Soul Connect with the Artist: |
96 |  | S.O.S.: Save Our Soul by: Marc Broussard | Label: Vanguard Records Sub Genre: Soul Connect with the Artist: |
97 |  | Soul of a Rider by: Noise Downstairs | Label: Noise Downstairs Genre: Neo-Soul Sub Genre: Neo-Soul Connect with the Artist: |
98 |  | Worth It All by: Jeffrey Osborne | Label: Artistry Music Sub Genre: R&B Connect with the Artist: |
99 |  | VGVI by: Vivian Green | Label: Make Noise Sub Genre: R&B Connect with the Artist: |
100 |  | Honestly by: Lalah Hathaway | Label: 8th. Floor Productions Sub Genre: R&B Connect with the Artist: |
101 |  | Love in the Wind by: The Sha La Das | Label: Daptone Sub Genre: Soul Connect with the Artist: |
102 |  | KIMBERLY: the People I Used to Know by: K. Michelle | Label: Atlantic Sub Genre: Neo-Soul Connect with the Artist: |
103 |  | Under the Streetlight by: Boyz II Men | Label: Masterworks Sub Genre: R&B Connect with the Artist: |
104 |  | 44/876 by: Sting & Shaggy | Label: A&M Sub Genre: Soul Connect with the Artist: |
105 |  | Stand for Love by: Peabo Bryson | Label: Perspective Sub Genre: Soul Connect with the Artist: |
106 |  | My Southern Soul by: Donnie Ray | Label: CDS Sub Genre: Soul Connect with the Artist: |
107 |  | The ArchAndroid by: Janelle Monae | Label: Atlantic Sub Genre: Soul Connect with the Artist: |
108 |  | Here It is by: Danny Kean | Label: Ruffle Bird Music Sub Genre: R&B Connect with the Artist: |
109 |  | Interpretations: the British Rock Songbook by: Bettye LaVette | Label: ANTI Sub Genre: Soul Connect with the Artist: |
110 |  | Promise to Love by: Kem | Label: Motown Sub Genre: Soul Connect with the Artist: |
111 |  | H.E.R. by: H.E.R. | Label: RCA Sub Genre: R&B Connect with the Artist: |
112 |  | Acoustic Soul by: India.Arie | Label: UMG Sub Genre: Soul Connect with the Artist: |
113 |  | Vulnerable by: Kenny Lattimore | Label: Sincere Soul Sub Genre: R&B Connect with the Artist: |
114 |  | The Road from Memphis by: Booker T. Jones | Label: Anti Sub Genre: Soul Connect with the Artist: |
115 |  | I've Got My Own Hell to Raise by: Bettye LaVette | Label: Anti Sub Genre: Soul Connect with the Artist: |
116 |  | Kaleidoscope Dream by: Miguel | Label: RCA Sub Genre: R&B Connect with the Artist: |
117 |  | The Art of Love & War by: Angie Stone | Label: Stax Sub Genre: Soul Connect with the Artist: |
118 |  | Hide&Seek by: The Foreign Exchange | Label: Reel People Music Sub Genre: Neo-Soul Connect with the Artist: |
119 |  | Faithful Man by: Lee Fields | Label: Truth & Soul Sub Genre: Soul Connect with the Artist: |
120 |  | Nyla by: Marsha Ambrosius | Label: eOne Music Sub Genre: R&B Connect with the Artist: |
121 |  | Late Bloomer by: Malia | Label: Malia Sub Genre: R&B Connect with the Artist: |
122 |  | Tin Man : the Blue by: Russell Taylor | Label: IndigoBlue Music Sub Genre: R&B Connect with the Artist: |
123 |  | Soil by: serpentwithfeet | Label: Secretly Canadian Sub Genre: R&B Connect with the Artist: |
124 |  | Words Left Unsaid (feat. Ken Knox) by: Chairmen of the Board | Label: Melvin Steals Sub Genre: Soul Connect with the Artist: |
125 |  | Swept Away by: Diana Ross | Label: Capitol Sub Genre: Motown Connect with the Artist: |
126 |  | A Strange Arrangement by: Mayer Hawthorne | Label: Stones Throw Sub Genre: R&B Connect with the Artist: |
127 |  | No Time for Dreaming by: Charles Bradley | Label: Daptone Records Sub Genre: Soul Connect with the Artist: |
128 |  | Genesis by: Brian McKnight | Label: The SoNo Recording Group Sub Genre: Soul Connect with the Artist: |
129 |  | Lalah Hathaway Live by: Lalah Hathaway | Label: Entertainment One Sub Genre: Soul Connect with the Artist: |
130 |  | Travelogue - Blues Traveler Classics by: Blues Traveler | Label: A&M/UME Sub Genre: R&B Connect with the Artist: |
131 |  | It's About Time by: Nile Rogers & Chic | Label: Virgin EMI Sub Genre: R&B Connect with the Artist: |
132 |  | Air Castle by: N'Dambi | Label: Alpha Pup Sub Genre: Neo-Soul Connect with the Artist: |
133 |  | The Element of Freedom by: Alicia Keys | Label: RCA Sub Genre: R&B Connect with the Artist: |
134 |  | Blurred Lines by: Robin Thicke | Label: Star Trak Sub Genre: R&B Connect with the Artist: |
135 |  | Hot Pants by: James Brown | Label: Polygram Sub Genre: Funk Connect with the Artist: |
136 |  | The Best of Booker T. & the MGs (Remastered) by: Booker T. & The M.G.'s | Label: Fantasy Sub Genre: R&B Connect with the Artist: |
137 |  | I Learned the Hard Way by: Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings | Label: Daptone Records Sub Genre: Soul Connect with the Artist: |
138 |  | Hello Like Before: the Songs of Bill Withers by: Anthony David | Label: Shanachie Sub Genre: R&B Connect with the Artist: |
139 |  | Kingdom Coming by: Emeli Sandé | Label: Capital Sub Genre: R&B Connect with the Artist: |
140 |  | Indian Ocean by: Frazey Ford | Label: Nettwerk Sub Genre: R&B Connect with the Artist: |
141 |  | Book of Spells by: Boneshakers | Label: Point Blank Sub Genre: R&B Connect with the Artist: |
142 |  | Songs in the Key of Funk, Vol. 1 by: Big Sam's Funky Nation | Label: Bolden Boys Sub Genre: Funk Connect with the Artist: |
143 |  | Sometimes a Rose Will Grow in Concrete by: Sy Smith | Label: Psyko Sub Genre: Soul Connect with the Artist: |
144 |  | Sum of My Music by: Jussie Smollett | Label: Music of Sound Sub Genre: R&B Connect with the Artist: |
145 |  | Night Beat by: Sam Cooke | Label: BMG Sub Genre: Soul Connect with the Artist: |
146 |  | What Have You Done, My Brother? by: Naomi Shelton & The Gospel Queens | Label: Daptone Sub Genre: Soul Connect with the Artist: |
147 |  | This is Rock and Roll by: Lloyd Price | Label: Double L Sub Genre: R&B Connect with the Artist: |
148 |  | Back 2 Life by: LeToya Luckett | Label: Entertainment One Sub Genre: R&B Connect with the Artist: |
149 |  | ELDORADO by: Ro James | Label: ByStorm Sub Genre: Soul Connect with the Artist: |
150 |  | Simply Grand by: Irma Thomas | Label: Rounder Sub Genre: R&B Connect with the Artist: |
151 |  | From the Reach by: Sonny Landreth | Label: Landfall Records Sub Genre: R&B Connect with the Artist: |
152 |  | 20 Greatest Hits (Remastered) by: Jackie Wilson | Label: Brunswick Sub Genre: R&B Connect with the Artist: |
153 |  | Ella Mai by: Ella Mai | Label: 10 Summers Sub Genre: R&B Connect with the Artist: |
154 |  | Dancing Shadows by: Mario | Label: New Citizen Sub Genre: R&B Connect with the Artist: |
155 |  | Uprising by: Commodores | Label: SRI Sub Genre: Soul Connect with the Artist: |
156 |  | 50th Anniversary Collection by: James Brown | Label: Universal Sub Genre: Funk Connect with the Artist: |
157 |  | Greatest Hits by: Ann Peebles | Label: Fat Possum Sub Genre: R&B Connect with the Artist: |
158 |  | Hold On! by: The James Hunter Six | Label: Daptone Sub Genre: Soul Connect with the Artist: |
159 |  | 88 Elmira St. by: Danny Gatton | Label: Elektra Sub Genre: R&B Connect with the Artist: |
160 |  | Over the Covers by: Brownout | Label: Fat Beats Sub Genre: R&B Connect with the Artist: |
161 |  | I Can't Stand the Rain by: Ann Peebles | Label: Fat Possum Sub Genre: R&B Connect with the Artist: |
162 |  | Flower Boy by: Tyler, The Creator | Label: Columbia Sub Genre: R&B Connect with the Artist: |
163 |  | Out of the Blue by: Willie Hightower | Label: Ace Sub Genre: Soul Connect with the Artist: |
164 |  | Cat by: Catherine Russell | Label: World Village Sub Genre: R&B Connect with the Artist: |
165 |  | New Orleans Piano Wizard: Live! by: James Booker | Label: Rounder Records Sub Genre: R&B Connect with the Artist: |
166 |  | Perfectly Imperfect by: Elle Varner | Label: RCA Sub Genre: Soul Connect with the Artist: |
167 |  | Soul Survivor by: Will Downing | Label: Shanachie Sub Genre: R&B Connect with the Artist: |
168 |  | Number 1's: Marvin Gaye by: Marvin Gaye | Label: Motown Sub Genre: R&B Connect with the Artist: |
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