The Roots Music Report's
Top 50 R&B Album Chart
for the Week of Feb 22, 2020
| TW | LW | Album Title | Band/Artist Name | Label | Sub Genre | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | 1 | 1 | We Get by | Mavis Staples | Anti | Soul |
| ▲ | 2 | 3 | KIWANUKA | Michael Kiwanuka | Interscope | Soul |
| ▼ | 3 | 2 | Work to Do | Marc Cohn | BMG | Soul |
| - | 4 | 4 | Oxnard | Anderson .Paak | Aftermath Entertainment | Soul |
| ▲ | 5 | 41 | Play Nice | Cass Clayton | Self-Release | R&B |
| ▼ | 6 | 5 | Masterpeace | JamesDavis | Motown | Neo-Soul |
| ▼ | 7 | 6 | Kairos | Nicole Bus | Roc Nation | R&B |
| ▲ | 8 | 10 | Ella Mai | Ella Mai | 10 Summers | R&B |
| - | 9 | 9 | Homecoming: the Live Album | Beyoncé | Parkwood | Soul |
| ▼ | 10 | 8 | Athena | Sudan Archives | Stones Throw | R&B |
| ▲ | 11 | 16 | Rouge | Yuna | Verve | R&B |
| - | 12 | 12 | S.O.L.A.R. | Inayah | Inayahlator | Soul |
| - | 13 | 13 | Hot Pink | Doja Cat | Kemosabe | Soul |
| - | 14 | 14 | Poetry in Motion | The Soul Rebels | Mack Avenue | Soul |
| ▲ | 15 | 18 | CASE STUDY 01 | Daniel Caesar | Golden Child | Soul |
| ▲ | 16 | 17 | REAL LIFE | Emeli Sandé | Virgin | Soul |
| ▲ | 17 | 27 | Avalanche | Julian Taylor Band | Gypsy Soul | Soul |
| ▲ | 18 | 19 | Over It | Summer Walker | Interscope | Soul |
| ▲ | 19 | 22 | Full Circle | Angie Stone | Cleopatra | Soul |
| ▼ | 20 | 15 | Dinah Jane 1 | Dinah Jane | Hitco | Soul |
| ▲ | 21 | 29 | Whatever It Takes | The James Hunter Six | Daptone | Soul |
| ▼ | 22 | 21 | Good Thing | Leon Bridges | Sony | Soul |
| - | 23 | 23 | Steel Hearts | Season Ammons | Cobalt Blue | R&B |
| *NEW* | 24 | - | U Kin B the Sun | Frazey Ford | Arts & Crafts | R&B |
| ▼ | 25 | 24 | West Coast Grooves | Guthrie Govan | Self-Release | Soul |
| ▲ | 26 | 31 | Coming Home | Leon Bridges | Columbia | Soul |
| ▼ | 27 | 25 | Into the Purple Valley | Ry Cooder | Reprise | Soul |
| ▼ | 28 | 20 | Love & Conflict | Martha Wash | Purple Rose | Funk |
| ▼ | 29 | 28 | Step into It | Funktion | Self-Release | Funk |
| ▼ | 30 | 26 | South of I-10 | Sonny Landreth | BMG | R&B |
| ▼ | 31 | 7 | Caution | Mariah Carey | Epic | Soul |
| ▼ | 32 | 30 | Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats | Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats | Bottleneck | Soul |
| ▼ | 33 | 32 | Sis. | KIRBY | Self-Release | R&B |
| ▲ | 34 | - | Live at Sun Studio | The Movers & Shakers | Self-Release | R&B |
| ▲ | 35 | - | Tubman. | Avery R. Young | FPE | R&B |
| ▼ | 36 | 33 | Guitar Gumbo | Tom Principato | Powerhouse | R&B |
| ▼ | 37 | 35 | Samsara | Los Coast | New West | Soul |
| ▼ | 38 | 34 | Call It Home, Vol. 1 & 2 | The California Honeydrops | Tubtune | Soul |
| ▼ | 39 | 37 | How the Mighty Fall | Izo Fitzroy | Jalapeno | Soul |
| ▼ | 40 | 36 | RedRoom | J. Howell | JT Productions | R&B |
| ▲ | 41 | - | Live in London | Mavis Staples | Anti | Soul |
| ▲ | 42 | - | Stay Good | Brooklyn Funk Essentials | Dorado | Soul |
| ▲ | 43 | - | Totem | The Motet | Self-Release | Funk |
| ▲ | 44 | 60 | Soul Side of Town | Tower of Power | Artistry Music | R&B |
| ▼ | 45 | 11 | Worthy | India.Arie | BMG | Soul |
| ▼ | 46 | 39 | Indigo | Chris Brown | RCA | Soul |
| ▼ | 47 | 40 | Jimmy Lee | Raphael Saadiq | Columbia | Soul |
| ▼ | 48 | 42 | The Lion King: the Gift | Beyoncé | Sony | R&B |
| ▼ | 49 | 43 | American Griots | Louis York | Weirdo Workshop | Soul |
| ▼ | 50 | 45 | Nyla | Marsha Ambrosius | eOne Music | R&B |
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