2024 in rhythm and blues music

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This article summarizes the events, album releases, and album release dates in rhythm and blues for the year 2024.

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February

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April

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September

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October

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Released albums

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January

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Day Artist(s) Album Record label(s) Entering chart position
10 OnlyOneOf Things I Can't Say Love 8D Entertainment[47]
Teezo Touchdown How Do You Sleep At Night? With You Not Fit For Society, RCA Records[48]
11 Matt Martians Matt's Missing 5th Echelon Jet Repair[49]
12 Jeymes Samuel The Book of Clarence (The Motion Picture Soundtrack) Geneva Club, Roc Nation Records[50]
Kali Uchis Orquídeas Geffen[51]
Michael J. Woodard MJW1 Unsub Records[52]
Nailah Hunter Lovegaze Fat Possum[53]
Samaria Even Paradise Rains RCA[54]
19 UMI Talking To The Wind Self-released[55]
26 Emotional Oranges & Nonso Amadi Blended Avant Garden[56]
Sy Smith Until We Meet Again The Foreign Exchange Music[57]

February

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Day Artist(s) Album Record label(s) Entering chart position
2 Ryan Leslie You Know My Speed Black Phoenix Enterprises[58]
9 Brittany Howard What Now UMG[59]
DJ Harrison Shades of Yesterday Stones Throw[60]
Jessica Mauboy Yours Forever Warner Australia[61]
Koryn Hawthorne On God Provident, Sony Music[62]
Mk.gee Two Star & the Dream Police R&R[63]
Usher Coming Home Mega, Gamma[64]
  • Debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200
Various artists The Tiger's Apprentice (soundtrack) 88rising[65]
Wejdene W Virgin Music France[66]
14 B. Smyth Brandon Bloom[67]
16 Jason Derulo Nu King Atlantic[68]
  • Debuted at No. 82 on the Billboard 200
Jennifer Lopez This Is Me... Now Nuyorican, BMG[69]
  • Debuted at No. 38 on the Billboard 200
Jordan Mackampa Welcome Home, Kid! AWAL[70]
Max Love In Stereo Colour Vision Records, Warner[71]
Paloma Faith The Glorification of Sadness Sony, RCA
Pip Millett Tell Jimmy Believe UK[72]
Prince Royce Llamada Perdida Sony Latin, Smiling Prince Music[73]
Serpentwithfeet Grip Secretly Canadian[74]
19 Le Sserafim Easy Source, YG Plus, Geffen
  • Debuted at No. 8 on the Billboard 200
21 Erika de Casier Still 4AD[75]
23 Ghetts On Purpose, with Purpose Ghetts Limited, Warner
  • Debuted at No. 29 on the UK Albums Chart
I Dont Know How But They Found Me Gloom Division Concord Records[76]
Rod Stewart & Jools Holland Swing Fever Warner[77]
26 Taeyong Tap SM, Kakao[78]
27 A.CHAL ESPÍRITU GAZI World[79]
29 Jacob Collier Djesse Vol. 4 Hajanga[80]
  • Debuted at No. 26 on the UK Albums Chart

March

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Day Artist(s) Album Record label(s) Entering chart position
1 Eric Bellinger The Rebirth 3: The Party & The Bedroom All Wins, Compound Interest[81]
Faye Webster Underdressed at the Symphony Secretly Canadian[82]
Jade Novah Where Have I Been? Let There Be Art[83]
Ledisi Good Life Listen Back Entertainment, BMG[84]
5 Trevor Jackson Heads Up Born Art[85]
8 Ariana Grande Eternal Sunshine Republic Records
  • Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200
15 Justin Timberlake Everything I Thought It Was RCA[86]
  • Debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard 200
21 Seori Fake Happy Label Sayu[87]
22 Gary Clark Jr. JPEG Raw Warner[88]
Kenya Vaun The Honeymoon Phase 300 Entertainment[89]
Matt Champion Mika's Laundry RCA
SiR Heavy Top Dawg Entertainment, RCA[90]
  • Debuted at No. 120 on the Billboard 200
Tyla Tyla FAX Records, Epic Records[91]
  • Debuted at No. 24 on the Billboard 200
25 Illit Super Real Me Belift Lab, YG Plus
NCT Dream Dream()scape SM, Kakao
29 Beyoncé Cowboy Carter Parkwood, Columbia
  • Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200
Buddy Don't Forget To Breathe Empire[92]
J-Hope Hope on the Street Vol. 1 Big Hit[93]
  • Debuted at No. 5 on the Billboard 200

April

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Day Artist(s) Album Record label(s) Entering chart position
3 I.M Off the Beat Sony Music Korea
Zeina Eastend Confessions Artist Partner Group[94]
5 Alice Russell I Am Tru Thoughts[95]
Bryson Tiller Bryson Tiller RCA Records[96]
  • Debuted at No. 12 on the Billboard 200
Fabiana Palladino Fabiana Palladino Paul Institute, XL[97]
José James 1978 Rainbow Blonde[98]
Maggie Rose No One Gets Out Alive Big Loud[99]
Marcus King Mood Swings Republic Records[100]
Pharrell Williams Black Yacht Rock Vol. 1 Self-released[101]
Sheila E. Bailar Stiletto Flats, Sony Music[102]
Tori Kelly Tori. Epic, Beautiful Mind Records[103]
Vory Eros Eros, Create Music Group[104]
10 Hikaru Utada Science Fiction Epic Japan, USM Japan
11 Tini Un Mechón de Pelo 5020, Sony Latin
12 Amy Winehouse Back to Black (Songs from the Original Motion Picture) Island
Baby Rose & BADBADNOTGOOD Slow Burn Secretly Canadian[105]
Diane Birch Flying on Abraham Legere[106]
DRAM DRAM&B Waver[107]
Elyanna Woledto Salxco Uam[108]
Future & Metro Boomin We Still Don't Trust You Freebandz, Boominati, Epic, Republic[109]
  • Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200
Jean Deaux Nowhere, Fast Guin Records[110]
Meshell Ndegeocello Red Hot & Ra: The Magic City Red Hot Organization[111]
Nia Archives Silence Is Loud Hijinxx[112]
17 Ruger & Bnxn RnB Blown Boy, T.Y.E, Empire[113]
19 Blue Lab Beats Blue Eclipse Blue Adventure, Decca Records France[114]
Inayah Wait, There's More Inayahlator Enterprises, Empire[115]
Tei Shi Valerie Self-released[116]
22 Doyoung Youth SM, Kakao
26 Céu Novela Urban Jungle Records, ONErpm[117]
Judith Hill Letters from a Black Widow Regime Music Group[118]
Ngaiire Live at the Sydney Opera House Dot Dash Records
PartyNextDoor PartyNextDoor 4 OVO Sound[119]
  • Debuted at No. 10 on the Billboard 200
Sega Bodega Dennis Ambient Tweets
Sinéad Harnett Boundaries Thairish Limited, Right Hand[120]
Yung Bleu Jeremy Vandross Music Group, Empire[121]
  • Debuted at No. 51 on the Billboard 200
Day Artist(s) Album Record label(s) Entering chart position
2 Hyuna Attitude At Area[122]
3 4Batz U Made Me a St4r gamma.[123]
  • Debuted at No. 30 on the Billboard 200
Charlotte Day Wilson Cyan Blue Stone Woman, XL Recordings[124]
Kacy Hill Bug Mochi Headquarters, Nettwerk[125]
7 Doh Kyung-soo Blossom Company SooSoo, Dreamus
9 Cosha MurMurs Ashtown Lane[126]
10 Andra Day Cassandra (cherith) Warner Records[127]
Gabrielle A Place in Your Heart Tag8 Music, BMG
Grupo Frontera Jugando a Que No Pasa Nada Self-released
  • Debuted at No. 198 on the Billboard 200
Jordan Rakei The Loop Verve Forecast, Decca[128]
  • Debuted at No. 36 on the UK Albums Chart
Kaash Paige Catch Me While I Care Self-released[129]
Nigel Hall & DJ Harrison The Burning Bush: A Journey Through the Music of Earth, Wind & Fire Regime Music Group[130]
Pokey LaFarge Rhumba Country New West[131]
Yaya Bey Ten Fold Big Dada[132]
13 Childish Gambino Atavista RCA
  • Debuted at No. 62 on the Billboard 200
17 Shaznay Lewis Pages 1.9.7.5
Vedo Next Chapter New Wav, Empire[133]
24 Nathy Peluso Grasa Sony Latin, 5020
RM Right Place, Wrong Person Big Hit
  • Debuted at No. 5 on the Billboard 200
Sango North Vol. 2 Self-released[134]
Shenseea Never Gets Late Here Rich Immigrants, Interscope Records[135]
29 Bobby V Bobby V. Live in Concert Veltree Music Group, Santi Music[136]
30 Omar Montes Lagrimas De Un Maleante Sony Music Entertainment US Latin[137]
31 Artms DALL Modhaus
Ayra Starr The Year I Turned 21 Mavin
  • Debuted at No. 195 on the Billboard 200
Durand Bernarr En Route Dsing Records, Create Music Group[138]
Kallitechnis Mood Ring Soul Over Ego[139]
Leigh-Anne No Hard Feelings Warner[140]
Swamp Dogg Blackgrass: From West Virginia to 125th St. Oh Boy Records[141]
Tanerélle Electric Honey Republic[142]

June

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Day Artist(s) Album Record label(s) Entering chart position
7 Alicia Keys Hell's Kitchen Self-released[143]
Kaytranada Timeless RCA[144]
  • Debuted at No. 28 on the Billboard 200
NxWorries Why Lawd? Stones Throw[145]
  • Debuted at No. 104 on the Billboard 200
Tems Born in the Wild RCA, Since '93[146]
  • Debuted at No. 56 on the Billboard 200
14 Bilal Live at Glasshaus Glasshaus Presents[147]
Cruza Cruzafied Def Jam[148]
Fana Hues Moth Sweet Virtue, Westminster Recordings, Bright Antenna Records[149]
Lalah Hathaway Vantablack Hathaway Entertainment, SRG-ILS[150]
Normani Dopamine RCA Records, Sony Music[151]
  • Debuted at No. 91 on the Billboard 200
PJ Morton Cape Town to Cairo Morton Records, Empire[152]
Raveena Where the Butterflies Go in the Rain Moonstone Recordings, Empire[153]
Skaiwater #gigi GoodTalk, Capitol Records[154]
21 Capella Grey Vibe Responsibly, Vol.1 Allepac The Family, 10K Projects[155]
Daryl Hall D United Artists Productions[156]
Jeremy Pope Last Name: Pope Self-released[157]
Kehlani CRASH Atlantic Records[158]
  • Debuted at No. 25 on the Billboard 200
Lake Street Dive Good Together Self-released[159]
Maeta Endless Night Roc Nation[160]
Victony Stubborn Encore Recordings[161]
26 Teenear Never Met A Me Slip-n-Slide Records[162]
28 Aaron Frazer Into the Blue Dead Oceans[163]
Hiatus Kaiyote Love Heart Cheat Code Brainfeeder, Ninja Tune[164]
James Blake & Lil Yachty Bad Cameo Quality Control Music, Motown[165]
Keke Wyatt Certified Shanachie[166]
Lucky Daye Algorithm RCA, Keep Cool[167]
Marsha Ambrosius Casablanco Aftermath Records, Interscope Records[168]
Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats South of Here Stax Records[169]
  • Debuted at No. 145 on the Billboard 200
Omar Apollo God Said No Warner[170]
  • Debuted at No. 56 on the Billboard 200

July

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Day Artist(s) Album Record label(s) Entering chart position
5 Eves Karydas Burnt Tapes Zeitgeist Records, Believe[171]
  • Debuted at No. 23 on the ARIA Charts
6 Sault Acts of Faith Forever Living Originals[172]
10 Rema Heis Mavin, Jonzing, Interscope
12 Berwyn Who Am I Columbia
Tink Winter's Diary 5 Winter's Diary, WD Records, Empire[173]
  • Debuted at No. 140 on the Billboard 200
Zacari Bliss TDE[174]
16 Trevor Jackson It's Complicated Born Art[175]
19 Blk Odyssy 1-800 Fantasy Earthchild, Empire[176]
Blxst I'll Always Come Find You Red Bull Records, Evgle[177]
Childish Gambino Bando Stone & the New World RCA[178]
  • Debuted at No. 16 on the Billboard 200
26 Yemi Alade Rebel Queen Effyzzie Music[179]

August

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Day Artist(s) Album Record label(s) Entering chart position
2 Elijah Blake Elijah. RKeyTek Music, MNRK Records[180]
Khalid Sincere Right Hand Music Group, RCA[181]
  • Debuted at No. 43 on the Billboard 200
Moses Sumney Sophcore TunTum Records[182]
8 August 08 Pretend It's Okay Def Jam, UMG[183]
9 Chlöe Trouble in Paradise Parkwood, Columbia
Elles Bailey Beneath the Neon Glow Outlaw Music, Cooking Vinyl
Kali Uchis Orquídeas Parte 2 Capitol, UMG
Niki Buzz 88rising[184]
Rae Khalil Crybaby Ape Shit, Def Jam[185]
Ravyn Lenae Bird's Eye Atlantic Records[186]
15 Malia Back in My Body Self-released[187]
16 Skylar Simone Shiver Def Jam, UMG[188]
Tinashe Quantum Baby Nice Life[189]
  • Debuted at No. 199 on the Billboard 200
19 Liniker Caju Self-released[190]
20 Rad Museum & Kid Milli Rad Milli You.will.knovv, Indigo Music[191]
22 Myke Towers La Pantera Negra One World, Warner[192]
  • Debuted at No. 82 on the Billboard 200
23 Amanda Reifer Island Files Title 9, Atlantic Records[193]
Avery*Sunshine So Glad to Know You BigShine Recordings[194]
Dhruv Private Blizzard RCA, Sony[195]
Eric Benét Duets JBR Creative Group[196]
Forest Claudette & Stone Between Warner Records[197]
LARA' Luvology Earthchild, Empire[198]
OG Parker Moments Ice Cream Sonics, Neutral Records, Empire[199]
Xavier Omär & ELHAE Truth Be Told XO Creative Club, Every Life Music, RBC, BMG[200]
28 Kehlani While We Wait 2 Atlantic Records[201]
29 Syleena Johnson Legacy SJ Entertainment[202]
30 John Legend My Favorite Dream Republic[203]
Louis York Songs With Friends Weirdo Workshop[204]
Marques Houston The Best Worst Year Ever. Phoenix Music Group[205]
Muni Long Revenge Def Jam Recordings[206]
Olivia You Are Perfectly Pitched[207]
Tyrese Beautiful Pain Voltron Recordz, Create Music Group[208]

September

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Day Artist(s) Album Record label(s) Entering chart position
6 Durand Bernarr & Charlie Vettuno Where In The World Is Carmen Randiego!? DSING Records, Create Music Group[209]
Laila! Gap Year IIIXL Studio[210]
Rini Lucky 7 Warner[211]
Ye Ali THJ Radio Vol. 1 TrapHouseJodeci Music Group, Create Music Group[212]
13 Fousheé Pointy Heights RCA, Trackmasters[213]
Jordin Sparks No Restrictions Cozy Touring, LBD[214]
Keshi Requiem Island[215]
  • Debuted at No. 27 on the Billboard 200
Pia Mia Anti Romantica Cherry Pie Records, Treehouse Records[216]
Terrace Martin Nintendo Soul Lowly[217]
Yolanda Adams Sunny Days Epic[218]
20 Jae Stephens Sellout Raedio, Def Jam[219]
Jaz Karis Safe Flight Carmen Inc., MNRK Records[220]
Orion Sun Orion Mom+Pop[221]
27 Bilal Adjust Brightness Self-released[222]
Dylan Sinclair For the Boy in Me Five Stone Records[223]
Gallant Zinc. Mom+Pop[224]
Leon Thomas Mutt EZMNY Records, Motown[225]
Mustafa Dunya Jagjaguwar[226]
Tommy Richman Coyote ISO Supremacy, Pulse[227]

October

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Day Artist(s) Album Record label(s) Entering chart position
4 Dawn Richard & Spencer Zahn Quiet in a World Full of Noise Merge[228]
Leon Bridges Leon Columbia[229]
  • Debuted at No. 58 on the Billboard 200
Thee Sacred Souls Got a Story to Tell Daptone[230]
Thủy Wings Self-released[231]
8 Nicolay Terra Firma The Foreign Exchange Music[232]
11 Äyanna About Ä Boy Love Renaissance[233]
Dua Saleh I Should Call Them Ghostly International[234]
Elaine Stone Cold Heart Self-released[235]
October London October Nights Death Row, Gamma[236]
Rod Wave Last Lap Alamo
  • Debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200
Samara Joy Portrait Dear Beverly Music, Verve[237]
18 Audrey Nuna Trench Arista Records[238]
Boney James Slow Burn Concord Records[239]
CKay Emotions Warner Music Africa[240]
Jennifer Hudson The Gift of Love Interscope Records[241]
Joy Oladokun Observations From a Crowded Room Amigo Records, Verve Forecast, Republic[242]
King Pari There It Goes Stones Throw Records[243]
Maverick Sabre Burn The Right Things Down FAMM[244]
25 Allen Stone Mystery ATO Records[245]
Elmiene Anyway I Can Polydor Records, Def Jam[246]
Jake Isaac Benjamin Nettwerk Music Group[247]
Ray BLK A Forest Fire Self-released[248]
Ruthven Rough & Ready Paul Institute[249]
Shigeto Cherry Blossom Baby Ghostly International[250]

Upcoming releases

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November

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Day Artist(s) Album Record label(s) Ref.
1 Jacquees Baby Making Cash Money, Republic [251]
Kiana Ledé Cut Ties BMG [252]
Rotimi In My Heart, In My Veins FrontRo Music Group, Empire [253]
15 070 Shake Petrichor Getting Out Our Dreams, Def Jam [254]
Flo Access All Areas Island Records [255]
Mary J. Blige Gratitude 300 [256]
Michael Kiwanuka Small Changes Polydor Records [257]
22 Eric Bellinger It'll All Make Sense Later All Wins Entertainment, FTS [258]

December

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Day Artist(s) Album Record label(s) Ref.
13 Mario Glad You Came New Citizen, Epic Records [259]

Unscheduled and TBA

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Artist(s) Album Record label(s) Ref.
6lack & Jessie Reyez TBA FMLY, Island Records, Love Renaissance, Interscope Records [260]
Aaliyah Unstoppable Blackground Records, Empire [261]
Ari Lennox TBA Dreamville, Interscope [262]
Bootsy Collins Album of the Year #1 Funkateer Bootzilla [263]
Brownstone Back Again Self-released [264]
Carl Thomas TBA TBA [265]
Case Love Jones, Vol. 2 Self-released [266]
Charlie Wilson TBA TBA [267]
Coco Jones TBA Def Jam, UMG [268]
Craig David TBA Believe UK [269]
D'Angelo TBA TBA [270]
Diva Gurl TBA Big Bosses [271]
Drake & PartyNextDoor TBA OVO Sound, Republic Records [272]
Estelle TBA Established 1980 Records, Fab Factory Entertainment [273]
FKA Twigs Eusexua Young, Atlantic [274]
Frank Ocean TBA TBA [275]
Hope Tala Hope Handwritten PMR Records [276]
J. Valentine Conversations With Women R&B Money [277]
Jeremih TBA Late Nights, Pulse, Concord [278]
Jon B. Waiting On You Self-released [279]
Josh Levi TBA Raedio, Atlantic [280]
Kelis TBA TBA [281]
Keyshia Cole TBA TBA [282]
Liamani TBA Def Jam [283]
Maleek Berry If Only Love Was Enough Berry's Room [284]
Mariah Carey TBA Columbia [285]
Maxwell blacksummers'NIGHT Musze, BMG [286]
Melanie Fiona TBA LoveLinc, Public Records, Colture, Title 9 [287]
Mereba The Breeze Grew a Fire Secretly Canadian [288]
Miguel Viscera TBA [289]
Monica MDA WME [290]
Nao Jupiter Little Tokyo Recordings, Sony Music [291]
Otis Kane Violet Nettwerk Music Group [292]
Rihanna TBA TBA [293]
Robin Thicke TBA Self-released [294]
Sade TBA TBA [295]
Sean Garrett TBA Blackground Records [296]
Smino She Always Dancing Zero Fatigue, Motown [297]
Summer Walker Finally Over It LVRN, Interscope [298]
SZA Lana Top Dawg, RCA [299]
Tamar Braxton TBA TBA [300]
Teedra Moses The Bull$hit TBA [301]
TGT TBA TBA [302]
The Weeknd Hurry Up Tomorrow XO, Republic Records [303]
They TBA Drink Sum Wtr [304]
Tony! Toni! Toné! TBA TBA [305]
Ty Dolla $ign & Mustard TBA Atlantic Records, 10 Summers, Interscope Records [306]

Highest-charting songs

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R&B songs from any year which charted in the 2024 Top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100[307]
Song Artist Project Peak position
"Million Dollar Baby" Tommy Richman 2
"Timeless" The Weeknd and Playboi Carti Hurry Up Tomorrow 3
"Saturn" SZA Lana 6
"Act II: Date @ 8" 4Batz featuring Drake U Made Me a St4r 7
"Dancing in the Flames" The Weeknd Hurry Up Tomorrow 14
"Selfish" Justin Timberlake Everything I Thought It Was 19
"Made for Me" Muni Long Revenge 20
"Devil Is a Lie" Tommy Richman 32
"On My Mama" Victoria Monét Jaguar II 33

Highest first-week consumption

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List of albums with the highest first-week consumption (sales + streaming + track equivalent), as of April 2024 in the United States
Number Album Artist 1st-week consumption 1st-week position Refs
1 Eternal Sunshine Ariana Grande 227,000 1 [308]
2 Coming Home Usher 91,000 2 [309]
3 Orquídeas Kali Uchis 69,000 2 [310]
4 Everything I Thought It Was Justin Timberlake 67,000 4 [311]
5 PartyNextDoor 4 PartyNextDoor 37,000 10 [312]

All critically reviewed albums ranked

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Metacritic

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Number Artist Album Average score Number of reviews Reference
1 Berwyn Who Am I 95 4 reviews [313]
2 Brittany Howard What Now 88 16 reviews [314]
3 Kali Uchis Orquídeas 88 14 reviews [315]
4 Yaya Bey Ten Fold 88 8 reviews [316]
5 Fabiana Palladino Fabiana Palladino 87 6 reviews [317]
6 Tems Born in the Wild 86 7 reviews [318]
7 Elles Bailey Beneath the Neon Glow 86 4 reviews [319]
8 Ayra Starr The Year I Turned 21 85 5 reviews [320]
9 Swamp Dogg Blackgrass: From West Virginia to 125th St. 85 5 reviews [321]
10 Ariana Grande Eternal Sunshine 84 19 reviews [322]
11 Tyla Tyla 84 10 reviews [323]
12 Gary Clark Jr. JPEG Raw 84 8 reviews [324]
13 Thee Sacred Souls Got a Story to Tell 84 4 reviews [325]
14 Ravyn Lenae Bird's Eye 83 6 reviews [326]
15 Faye Webster Underdressed at the Symphony 82 16 reviews [327]
16 Omar Apollo God Said No 82 7 reviews [328]
17 Aaron Frazer Into the Blue 80 5 reviews [329]
18 Leon Bridges Leon 79 8 reviews [330]
19 Nia Archives Silence Is Loud 78 12 reviews [331]
20 Tinashe Quantum Baby 77 12 reviews [332]
21 NxWorries Why Lawd? 77 6 reviews [333]
22 Serpentwithfeet Grip 76 13 reviews [334]
23 Usher Coming Home 76 9 reviews [335]
24 Hiatus Kaiyote Love Heart Cheat Code 75 6 reviews [336]
25 James Blake & Lil Yachty Bad Cameo 75 6 reviews [337]
26 Childish Gambino Bando Stone & the New World 72 11 reviews [338]
27 Normani Dopamine 73 11 reviews [339]
28 Kehlani Crash 73 8 reviews [340]
29 Erika de Casier Still 73 7 reviews [341]
30 Lake Street Dive Good Together 69 4 reviews [342]
31 Jennifer Lopez This Is Me...Now 61 10 reviews [343]
32 Justin Timberlake Everything I Thought It Was 51 17 reviews [344]

AnyDecentMusic?

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Number Artist Album Average score Number of reviews Reference
1 Brittany Howard What Now 8.0 13 reviews [345]
2 Fabiana Palladino Fabiana Palladino 7.9 7 reviews [346]
3 Kali Uchis Orquídeas 7.8 16 reviews [347]
4 Nia Archives Silence Is Loud 7.7 15 reviews [348]
5 Tyla Tyla 7.7 6 reviews [349]
6 Faye Webster Underdressed at the Symphony 7.6 18 reviews [350]
7 Leon Bridges Leon 7.6 7 reviews [351]
8 Ariana Grande Eternal Sunshine 7.5 18 reviews [352]
9 Mustafa Dunya 7.5 6 reviews [353]
10 Omar Apollo God Said No 7.4 5 reviews [354]
11 Ravyn Lenae Bird's Eye 7.4 5 reviews [355]
12 Serpentwithfeet Grip 7.1 9 reviews [356]
13 Normani Dopamine 7.0 10 reviews [357]
14 Childish Gambino Bando Stone & the New World 6.9 10 reviews [358]
15 Hiatus Kaiyote Love Heart Cheat Code 6.9 10 reviews [359]
16 Tinashe Quantum Baby 6.9 8 reviews [360]
17 Kehlani Crash 6.8 8 reviews [361]
18 Usher Coming Home 6.1 7 reviews [362]
19 Justin Timberlake Everything I Thought It Was 4.6 13 reviews [363]

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