The Roots Music Report's
Top R&B Album Chart
for the Year of 2022
| Album Title | Band/Artist Name | Label | Sub Genre | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lifted | Trombone Shorty | Blue Note | Neo-Soul |
| 2 | Dawn FM | The Weeknd | Republic | R&B |
| 3 | I Am the Moon: I. Crescent | Tedeschi Trucks Band | Fantasy | Soul |
| 4 | Gold-Diggers Sound | Leon Bridges | Columbia | Soul |
| 5 | Sticking with It | The Dip | Dualtone | Neo-Soul |
| 6 | I Am the Moon: II. Ascension | Tedeschi Trucks Band | Fantasy | Soul |
| 7 | Collapsed in Sunbeams | Arlo Parks | Transgressive | R&B |
| 8 | When It's All Said and Done... Take Time | Giveon | Epic | Soul |
| 9 | The Alien Coast | St. Paul & The Broken Bones | ATO | Soul |
| 10 | WE ARE | Jon Batiste | Verve | Soul |
| 11 | Opportunity | Alex Lucero and The Live Again Band | Loose Arrow | Soul |
| 12 | TEMPORARY HIGHS in the VIOLET SKIES | Snoh Aalegra | Artium | Soul |
| 13 | Jam & Lewis, Vol. 1 | Jam & Lewis | Flyte Tyme | Soul |
| 14 | I Am the Moon: IV. Farewell | Tedeschi Trucks Band | Fantasy | Soul |
| 15 | Have a Seat | Maggie Rose | Starstruck | R&B |
| 16 | Back of My Mind | H.E.R. | RCA | Neo-Soul |
| 17 | See Me | Leela James | BMG | Soul |
| 18 | Down Every Road | Eli "Paperboy" Reed | Yep Roc | Neo-Soul |
| 19 | True Story | PM Warson | Légère | Soul |
| 20 | Made in Lagos: Deluxe Edition | WizKid | Starboy | Soul |
| 21 | Gemini Rights | Steve Lacy | RCA | Soul |
| 22 | Blood on the Vinyl | Guordan Banks | Bank On It | Soul |
| 23 | One on One | Paul Carrack | Self-Release | Disco |
| 24 | Heaux Tales, Mo' Tales: the Deluxe | Jazmine Sullivan | RCA | R&B |
| 25 | I Am the Moon: III. the Fall | Tedeschi Trucks Band | Fantasy | Soul |
| 26 | Persona | Selah Sue | Because Music | Soul |
| 27 | Sankofa | Stokley | Bluraffe | Neo-Soul |
| 28 | El Alimento | Cimafunk | Terapia | Funk |
| 29 | Rise Again | Laura Rain and the Caesars | LRC Entertainment | Soul |
| 30 | Good Morning Gorgeous | Mary J. Blige | Self-Release | Soul |
| 31 | Sentimental Fool | Lee Fields | Daptone | Soul |
| 32 | WEDNESDAY'S CHILD (SIDE A) | Aiyana-Lee | HITCO | R&B |
| 33 | Love Always Wins | Kem | Motown | Soul |
| 34 | BLK Vintage | Blk Odyssy | After School | R&B |
| 35 | Soon Come | Teddy Grossman | Abraço | R&B |
| 36 | After Hours | The Weeknd | UMG | Soul |
| 37 | Y1 | Yuna | Self-Release | Soul |
| 38 | Public Displays of Affection | Muni Long | Supergiant | Soul |
| 39 | Moments in Between | Ruth B. | Downtown | Soul |
| 40 | Deadpan Love | Cautious Clay | Self-Release | Soul |
| 41 | APART | Allen Stone | ATO | Soul |
| 42 | On Earth, and in Heaven | Robin Thicke | Lucky Music / EMPIRE | Soul |
| 43 | Covers from the Cave | The California Honeydrops | Self-Release | Soul |
| 44 | No Matter the Season | Eamon | Now Again | Soul |
| 45 | Wide Nose Full Lips | SuCh | Arc Sai | Soul |
| 46 | Green Light | Josh Hoyer and Soul Colossal | Colossal Soul | R&B |
| 47 | Let's Say for Instance | Emeli Sandé | Chrysalis | Soul |
| 48 | Welcome 2 America | Prince | NPG | Soul |
| 49 | Midnight in a Bottle | Cass Clayton Band | Self-Release | R&B |
| 50 | Back Home | Trey Songz | Atlantic | Soul |
| 51 | While We Still Got Time | Euforquestra | Color Red | Funk |
| 52 | Garden of Eden | Kalu & The Electric Joint | Self-Release | Soul |
| 53 | Another Side | Leo Nocentelli | Light In The Attic | Soul |
| 54 | Promised Land | The Allergies | Jalapeno | Soul |
| 55 | Til It’s Gone | Ali McGuirk | Signature Sounds | R&B |
| 56 | Private Space | Durand Jones & The Indications | Dead Oceans | Soul |
| 57 | Spell My Name | Toni Braxton | Island | Soul |
| 58 | The Sea Drift | The Delines | Jealous Butcher | Soul |
| 59 | Pink Moon | Pink Sweat$ | Atlantic | Soul |
| 60 | Night Walker / Death Waltz | Ghost Funk Orchestra | Karma Chief | R&B |
| 61 | Soft Spot | The California Honeydrops | Self-Release | R&B |
| 62 | Thee Sacred Souls | Thee Sacred Souls | Daptone | Neo-Soul |
| 63 | DRILL MUSIC in ZION | Lupe Fiasco | 1st and 15th Too | R&B |
| 64 | Still Standing by | McKinley James | Red Lodge | R&B |
| 65 | Sage Motel | Monophonics | Colemine | Soul |
| 66 | Moon Rock | Mike Clark and The Sugar Sounds | Self-Release | R&B |
| 67 | My People | Cha Wa | Single Lock | Soul |
| 68 | Power Station | Cory Wong | Roundwound | R&B |
| 69 | Reflection | Brandi & the Alexanders | Self-Release | R&B |
| 70 | Three Dimensions Deep | Amber Mark | PMR | R&B |
| 71 | As Above, So Below | Sampa the Great | Loma Vista | R&B |
| 72 | The Best of Teddy Pendergrass | Teddy Pendergrass | Sony | Soul |
| 73 | Dig Deep Repeat | PM Warson | Légère | Soul |
| 74 | GRIP | serpentwithfeet | Secretly Canadian | Soul |
| 75 | Piece of Me | Lady Wray | Big Crown | Soul |
| 76 | Electric Cowboy: Born in Carolina Mud | Boulevards | Normaltown | R&B |
| 77 | Step Up | Tower of Power | Artistry Music | R&B |
| 78 | Lulu and the Broadsides | Lulu and the Broadsides | Kismet | R&B |
| 79 | Cure the Jones | Mamas Gun | Monty | R&B |
| 80 | Jon Batiste: the Nominated Collection | Jon Batiste | Verve | Soul |
| 81 | The Latona | Lauren Frihauf & Ben Suyat | Self-Release | Soul |
| 82 | You Flow Through Me | Acoustic Soul | Emil Borgir | Neo-Soul |
| 83 | Brooklyn to Brooklin | Scone Cash Players | Daptone | Soul |
| 84 | Water Made Us | Jamila Woods | Jagjaguwar | R&B |
| 85 | I Need a Job... So I Can Buy More Auto-Tune | Swamp Dogg | MERLIN | Soul |
| 86 | The Devonns | The Devonns | Record Kicks | Motown |
| 87 | Where Do We Go from Here | Dumpstaphunk | Mascot | Funk |
| 88 | Grateful | Elise LeGrow | Awesome Music | R&B |
| 89 | The Wild Card | Ledisi | Listen Back | Soul |
| 90 | It Starts with Love | The Suffers | Missing Piece | R&B |
| 91 | Why Lawd? | NxWorries | Stones Throw | Neo-Soul |
| 92 | Rise Above | Tomar and the Fcs | Splice | Soul |
| 93 | Through Love's Eyes | Lisa Love | Bindelari Music | Soul |
| 94 | Apollyon | Turkuaz | Electric Habitat | Funk |
| 95 | Just Dropped in (To See What Condition My Rendition Was In) | Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings | Daptone | Soul |
| 96 | Hard Up | The Bamboos | Pacific Theatre | Soul |
| 97 | Paradiso | Turkuaz | Electric Habitat | Funk |
| 98 | Hits That Stick Like Grits | The Shindellas | Weirdo Workshop | Neo-Soul |
| 99 | Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers | Kendrick Lamar | PgLang | R&B |
| 100 | Untidy Soul | Samm Henshaw | AWAL | R&B |
| 101 | Heaux Tales | Jazmine Sullivan | RCA | Neo-Soul |
| 102 | Memories of | Kaz Hawkins | Self-Release | Soul |
| 103 | Missunderstood: the Diaries | Queen Naija | Capitol | Soul |
| 104 | It's Only Us | Monophonics | Colemine | Soul |
| 105 | Thank You | Diana Ross | Decca | Motown |
| 106 | Ain't Nothing Like a Country Boy | Val McKnight | Ecko | R&B |
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