The Roots Music Report's
Top 50 R&B Album Chart
for the Week of Oct 24, 2020
| TW | LW | Album Title | Band/Artist Name | Label | Sub Genre | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ▲ | 1 | 2 | Memories of | Kaz Hawkins | Self-Release | Soul |
| ▼ | 2 | 1 | Nick of Time | The James Hunter Six | Daptone | Soul |
| ▲ | 3 | 5 | Blackbirds | Bettye LaVette | Verve | Soul |
| - | 4 | 4 | All Love Everything | Aloe Blacc | BMG | Soul |
| ▲ | 5 | 7 | Hot Pink | Doja Cat | Kemosabe | Soul |
| ▲ | 6 | 10 | Bigger Love | John Legend | Columbia | Neo-Soul |
| ▲ | 7 | 12 | After Hours | The Weeknd | UMG | Soul |
| ▲ | 8 | 11 | Dotted Line | Alex Lucero & Live Again | Self-Release | Soul |
| - | 9 | 9 | Lianne La Havas | Lianne La Havas | Nonesuch | Soul |
| ▼ | 10 | 3 | Soul Food: Cooking with Maceo | Maceo Parker | Mascot | Soul |
| ▼ | 11 | 6 | We Get by | Mavis Staples | Anti | Soul |
| ▲ | 12 | 17 | Missunderstood: the Diaries | Queen Naija | Capitol | Soul |
| ▲ | 13 | 15 | Over It | Summer Walker | Interscope | Soul |
| - | 14 | 14 | The Album | Teyana Taylor | Def Jam | Soul |
| ▲ | 15 | 16 | S.O.L.A.R. | Inayah | Inayahlator | Soul |
| ▲ | 16 | 18 | Chilombo | Jhené Aiko | Def Jam | Soul |
| ▼ | 17 | 13 | B7 | Brandy | eOne | Soul |
| ▲ | 18 | 19 | West Coast Grooves | Guthrie Govan | Self-Release | Soul |
| ▼ | 19 | 8 | KIWANUKA | Michael Kiwanuka | Interscope | Soul |
| - | 20 | 20 | Love Always Wins | Kem | Motown | Soul |
| ▲ | 21 | 22 | A Muse in Her Feelings | dvsn | OVO Sound | Soul |
| ▲ | 22 | 25 | The One Percent | Bryan Andrew Wilson | CE Music | Soul |
| ▲ | 23 | 26 | 100 Days, 100 Nights | Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings | Daptone | Soul |
| ▼ | 24 | 21 | Say the Word | The Allergies | Jalapeno | Soul |
| ▲ | 25 | 28 | Star Time | James Brown | Polydor | Funk |
| ▼ | 26 | 24 | Into the Purple Valley | Ry Cooder | Reprise | Soul |
| ▼ | 27 | 23 | South of I-10 | Sonny Landreth | BMG | R&B |
| ▲ | 28 | 42 | Night Time People | The Bamboos | BMG | R&B |
| ▲ | 29 | 38 | I Learned the Hard Way | Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings | Daptone Records | Soul |
| ▼ | 30 | 29 | Coming Home | Leon Bridges | Columbia | Soul |
| ▼ | 31 | 30 | Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats | Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats | Bottleneck | Soul |
| ▲ | 32 | 33 | 88 Elmira St. | Danny Gatton | Elektra | R&B |
| ▼ | 33 | 31 | Avalanche | Julian Taylor Band | Gypsy Soul | Soul |
| ▲ | 34 | 44 | The Right Time | Ural Thomas & the Pain | Tender Loving Empire | Soul |
| ▲ | 35 | 36 | FIG (Good News) | Ghost Tapes | Color Red | Funk |
| ▼ | 36 | 32 | Guitar Gumbo | Tom Principato | Powerhouse | R&B |
| ▲ | 37 | - | What Have You Done, My Brother? | Naomi Shelton & The Gospel Queens | Daptone | Soul |
| ▲ | 38 | - | Small Change | Tom Waits | Asylum | R&B |
| ▲ | 39 | - | If All I Was Was Black | Mavis Staples | Anti | Soul |
| ▲ | 40 | - | Call It Home, Vol. 1 & 2 | The California Honeydrops | Tubtune | Soul |
| ▲ | 41 | 43 | The Best of the Tru Thoughts Years | The Bamboos | Tru Thoughts | R&B |
| ▲ | 42 | 46 | The Devonns | The Devonns | Record Kicks | Motown |
| ▲ | 43 | 47 | It is What It is | Thundercat | Brainfeeder | Soul |
| ▼ | 44 | 35 | Natural Wonder | Stevie Wonder | Universal Music | R&B |
| ▲ | 45 | 49 | Interpretations: the British Rock Songbook | Bettye LaVette | ANTI | Soul |
| ▲ | 46 | - | Talking Book | Stevie Wonder | Universal Motown Records | R&B |
| ▲ | 47 | - | I've Got My Own Hell to Raise | Bettye LaVette | Anti | Soul |
| ▲ | 48 | - | Like You Mean It | The California Honeydrops | Tubtone Records | Soul |
| ▲ | 49 | - | The Best of Ray Charles: the Atlantic Years | Ray Charles | Atlantic | Soul |
| ▲ | 50 | 52 | Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul | Otis Redding | Atco | Soul |
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