The Roots Music Report's
Top Soul Song Chart
for the Year of 2019
| Rank | Song Title | Band/Artist Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Talk | Khalid |
| 2 | Change | Mavis Staples |
| 3 | Beyond | Leon Bridges |
| 4 | That Magic | India.Arie |
| 5 | I Don't Wanna Be Without You | The James Hunter Six |
| 6 | Lost in the Fire | Gesaffelstein |
| 7 | With You | Mariah Carey |
| 8 | You | Nicole Bus |
| 9 | If It Feels Good (Then It Must Be) | Leon Bridges |
| 10 | Commitment | Monica |
| 11 | Dinosaur | Angie Stone |
| 12 | Work to Do | Marc Cohn |
| 13 | Build (feat. Arin Ray) | Justine Skye |
| 14 | Testify | Robin Thicke |
| 15 | Summertime Magic | Childish Gambino |
| 16 | Greatest Love | Ciara |
| 17 | Sparrow | Emeli Sandé |
| 18 | EX | Kiana Ledé |
| 19 | Foh | Toni Braxton |
| 20 | Dose | Ciara |
| 21 | LOVE AGAIN | Daniel Caesar |
| 22 | Heard It All Before | Dinah Jane |
| 23 | SPIRIT (From Disney's "The Lion King") | Beyoncé |
| 24 | Something Keeps Calling (feat. Rob Bacon) | Raphael Saadiq |
| 25 | Triggered (freestyle) | Jhené Aiko |
| 26 | One Last Time (44 Remix) | Christopher Jackson, Barack Obama & BeBe Winans |
| 27 | Unshaken | D'Angelo And The Vanguard |
| 28 | Confidence | Candi Staton |
| 29 | Get out and Get It | Devon Gilfillian |
| 30 | Best Part (feat. H.E.R.) | Daniel Caesar |
| 31 | Ocean (feat. Khalid) | Martin Garrix |
| 32 | I Need Never Get Old | Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats |
| 33 | Before I Let Go (Homecoming Live Bonus Track) | Beyoncé |
| 34 | Tints (feat. Kendrick Lamar) | Anderson .Paak |
| 35 | Without You | Freddie Jackson |
| 36 | How Many Ways (feat. K-Ci) | Keith Sweat |
| 37 | Brooklyn in the Summer | Aloe Blacc |
| 38 | GOOD MAN | Ne-Yo |
| 39 | GTFO | Mariah Carey |
| 40 | Me + You | Monica |
| 41 | Another Love Song | Ne-Yo |
| 42 | Bet Ain't Worth the Hand | Leon Bridges |
| 43 | Monsters | Los Coast |
| 44 | 'Til It's over | Anderson .Paak |
| 45 | Long As I Live | Toni Braxton |
| 46 | Come Thru | Summer Walker |
| 47 | You Are Not Alone | Emeli Sandé |
| 48 | Strong Black Woman | Chrisette Michele |
| 49 | Coming Home | Leon Bridges |
| 50 | Up All Night | Khalid |
| 51 | Time Machine | Alicia Keys |
| 52 | Best Thing | Inayah |
| 53 | Dyna-Mite | Jon Cleary |
| 54 | Blinding Lights | The Weeknd |
| 55 | Bad Bad News | Leon Bridges |
| 56 | Rocket | En Vogue |
| 57 | The Walk | Mayer Hawthorne |
| 58 | Pray | Sam Smith |
| 59 | Long Way Home | Durand Jones & The Indications |
| 60 | I Had Some Money (But I Spent It) | Nick Waterhouse |
| 61 | Cold War | Cautious Clay |
| 62 | If They Only Knew (feat. Gregoire Maret) | Vivian Sessoms |
| 63 | Come Down | Anderson .Paak |
| 64 | Deadwood | Toni Braxton |
| 65 | Katchi (feat. Leon Bridges) | Nick Waterhouse |
| 66 | Rebellious Destroyer (feat. Branford Marsalis & Brandee Younger) | The Soul Rebels |
| 67 | I'm in Love Again | Davell Crawford |
| 68 | Hey Brother (Do Unto Others) [feat. Antibalas, the Frightnrs, Charles Bradley, Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings, the James Hunter Six, Lee Fields & Saun & Starr] | The Family Daptone |
| 69 | Morning in America | Durand Jones & The Indications |
| 70 | Satisfy Me | Anderson East |
| 71 | Stronger | Mavis Staples |
| 72 | One Thing Leads to Another | Vivian Sessoms |
| 73 | We Get by (feat. Ben Harper) | Mavis Staples |
| 74 | Do Right Woman, Do Right Man | Aretha Franklin |
| 75 | All I Know (feat. Kes) | DaniLeigh |
| 76 | Sometime | Mavis Staples |
| 77 | Remember U | Melanie Fiona |
| 78 | Hearts Ain't Gonna Lie | Arlissa |
| 79 | Slippery People (Live) | Mavis Staples |
| 80 | Get You (feat. Kali Uchis) | Daniel Caesar |
| 81 | Build a Bridge | Mavis Staples |
| 82 | Impressions of You | Kelly Finnigan |
| 83 | Anytime | Mavis Staples |
| 84 | Redbone | Childish Gambino |
| 85 | Just Gets Better with Time | Personal Touch |
| 86 | I'm Out!! | Leela James |
| 87 | This is America | Childish Gambino |
| 88 | Slingshots and Boomerangs | Little Queenie |
| 89 | Back Again | Julian Taylor Band |
| 90 | Bad Luck Soul | King Biscuit Boy |
| 91 | Gone | Julian Taylor Band |
| 92 | Make Me Feel | Janelle Monae |
| 93 | Hit, Git, Quit, Split | Jon Cleary |
| 94 | Brothers and Sisters | Mavis Staples |
| 95 | Golden Wings | Mike Farris |
| 96 | Every Time It Rains | Kelly Finnigan |
| 97 | Rock with You (feat. J. Red (The Nephew)) | Shay Denise |
| 98 | Smoking & Drinking | Kelly Finnigan |
| 99 | Bakabana | Brooklyn Funk Essentials |
| 100 | So Pretti (feat. Oh No) | G&D |
| 101 | Why I Sing the Blues | Aretha Franklin |
| 102 | Walking in Jerusalem | Marc Cohn |
| 103 | I Got You | The O'Jays |
| 104 | Tennessee Girl | Mike Farris |
| 105 | Smooth Sailin' | Leon Bridges |
| 106 | S.O.B. | Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats |
| 107 | Shy | Leon Bridges |
| 108 | Snap Your Fingers | Mike Farris |
| 109 | If You Keep Leaving Me | Anderson East |
| 110 | 2 Bad Habits | Angie Stone |
| 111 | The Man | Aloe Blacc |
| 112 | Take What You Need | Julian Taylor Band |
| 113 | Reach 4 Me | En Vogue |
| 114 | The Weight | Aretha Franklin |
| 115 | Avalanche | Julian Taylor Band |
| 116 | (You Make Me Feel Like) a Natural Woman | Aretha Franklin |
| 117 | Hard to Leave | Mavis Staples |
| 118 | One More Change | Mavis Staples |
| 119 | All I Want to Do | The Suffers |
| 120 | Broken People | Muddy Magnolias |
| 121 | 21st Century Gypsy Singing Lover Man | Jon Cleary |
| 122 | Confident (feat. the MB's) | Cliff Beach |
| 123 | I've Been Failing | Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats |
| 124 | Respect | Aretha Franklin |
| 125 | Call It Home | The California Honeydrops |
| 126 | Who Told You That | Mavis Staples |
| 127 | Rolling | Michael Kiwanuka |
| 128 | Look It Here | Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats |
| 129 | We're Gonna Make It (Live) | Mavis Staples |
| 130 | Do Right Woman, Do Right Man (Live at Dockside Studio) | Marc Broussard |
| 131 | Little Mac | Brock Zeman |
| 132 | Freak Show | Brock Zeman |
| 133 | Love and Trust (Live) | Mavis Staples |
| 134 | No Time for Cryin' (Live) | Mavis Staples |
| 135 | The Battle | G&D |
| 136 | Keep the Love | Brooklyn Funk Essentials |
| 137 | Breeze on Me | Brooklyn Funk Essentials |
| 138 | Protect Yourself | G&D |
| 139 | Am I Wrong (feat. ScHoolboy Q) | Anderson .Paak |
| 140 | This World is Drunk | Raphael Saadiq |
| 141 | I Can't Let You Go | Mike Duke |
| 142 | Rock Steady | Aretha Franklin |
| 143 | Treat Me Right | Terry Blersh |
| 144 | How Long | Charles Bradley |
| 145 | Jolie | The California Honeydrops |
| 146 | Angel City, California | Vintage Trouble |
| 147 | Wasting Time | Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats |
| 148 | Heaven's Calling | Robert Randolph & The Family Band |
| 149 | Noise Pollution (feat. Jay Nemor) | Soul Basement |
| 150 | If All I Was Was Black | Mavis Staples |
| 151 | All Good Things | Jon Cleary |
| 152 | That's the Woman | LaMorris Williams |
| 153 | Alright | Mike Yung |
| 154 | Worthy | India.Arie |
| 155 | Chain of Fools | Aretha Franklin |
| 156 | Spirit in the Dark | Aretha Franklin |
| 157 | Lisa Sawyer | Leon Bridges |
| 158 | Mellow out | Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats |
| 159 | What Kind of Love | Don Bryant |
| 160 | Whatever It Takes | The James Hunter Six |
| 161 | TOO DEEP to TURN BACK | Daniel Caesar |
| 162 | Let Me Be Your Fool Tonight | Mike Duke |
| 163 | Border Song (Holy Moses) | Aretha Franklin |
| 164 | Heavy on My Mind | Mavis Staples |
| 165 | When You Love Somebody | Leela James |
| 166 | Buckshot Sadie | Brock Zeman |
| 167 | Come One, Come All | Brock Zeman |
| 168 | The Juggler | Brock Zeman |
| 169 | Closer to God | Brock Zeman |
| 170 | Cha Wa | Cha Wa |
| 171 | Can I Get a Witness? | Mike Farris |
| 172 | Who Told You That (Live) | Mavis Staples |
| 173 | What I Know About You | Durand Jones & The Indications |
| 174 | Burn Me Up | Eli "Paperboy" Reed |
| 175 | Time | Julian Taylor Band |
| 176 | I'm Gonna Be a Wheel Someday | Davell Crawford |
| 177 | P.A.L. | G&D |
| 178 | Rock Me Baby | Otis Redding |
| 179 | I Say a Little Prayer | Aretha Franklin |
| 180 | Life is a Song Worth Singing | Teddy Pendergrass |
| 181 | Forever Mine | Andra Day |
| 182 | Twistin' the Night Away | Sam Cooke |
| 183 | In the Dark | The James Hunter Six |
| 184 | Move on Up | Curtis Mayfield |
| 185 | Hey Porter | Ry Cooder |
| 186 | You Don't Know | Leon Bridges |
| 187 | Tender Love | Meshell Ndegeocello |
| 188 | Sea Gets Hotter | Durand Jones & The Indications |
| 189 | Pressure | The O'Jays |
| 190 | So Ready | Raphael Saadiq |
| 191 | Talk Back Mic | Marc Cohn |
| 192 | I Got to Find Somebody | Marcia Ball |
| 193 | When Mavis Sings | Mike Farris |
| 194 | Stranger to My Happiness | Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings |
| 195 | Steam Up the Windows | Andrea Marr |
| 196 | Think | Aretha Franklin |
| 197 | Jammin' II | Terry Blersh |
| 198 | Poor Side of Town | Joakim Tinderholt |
| 199 | Get with the Program | Doug Shorts |
| 200 | Use Me Up | Lake Street Dive |
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