The Roots Music Report's
Top 50 Soul Album Chart
for the Week of May 1, 2021
| TW | LW | Album Title | Band/Artist Name | Label | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | 1 | 1 | WE ARE | Jon Batiste | Verve |
| - | 2 | 2 | Chilombo | Jhené Aiko | Def Jam |
| ▲ | 3 | 4 | Missunderstood: the Diaries | Queen Naija | Capitol |
| ▲ | 4 | 5 | The Wild Card | Ledisi | Listen Back |
| ▲ | 5 | 6 | Back Home | Trey Songz | Atlantic |
| ▼ | 6 | 3 | The Very Best of the Meters | The Meters | Warner Strategic |
| - | 7 | 7 | Rebirth | Ruff Endz | Chance |
| - | 8 | 8 | When It's All Said and Done... Take Time | Giveon | Epic |
| - | 9 | 9 | On Earth, and in Heaven | Robin Thicke | Lucky Music / EMPIRE |
| - | 10 | 10 | B7 | Brandy | eOne |
| ▲ | 11 | 12 | Freedom is Love | The Freedom Affair | Sunflower Soul |
| ▲ | 12 | 13 | All Love Everything | Aloe Blacc | BMG |
| ▲ | 13 | 14 | Love Always Wins | Kem | Motown |
| ▲ | 14 | 18 | Blackbirds | Bettye LaVette | Verve |
| - | 15 | 15 | Spell My Name | Toni Braxton | Island |
| ▲ | 16 | 17 | It is What It is | Thundercat | Brainfeeder |
| ▲ | 17 | - | Call It Home, Vol. 1 & 2 | The California Honeydrops | Tubtune |
| ▲ | 18 | - | 100 Days, 100 Nights | Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings | Daptone |
| - | 19 | 19 | Avalanche | Julian Taylor Band | Gypsy Soul |
| ▼ | 20 | 16 | Just Dropped in (To See What Condition My Rendition Was In) | Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings | Daptone |
| - | 21 | 21 | Friend Goals | Tank and the Bangas | Verve Forecast |
| ▲ | 22 | 32 | My People | Cha Wa | Single Lock |
| ▼ | 23 | 22 | Lianne La Havas | Lianne La Havas | Nonesuch |
| ▲ | 24 | - | Into the Purple Valley | Ry Cooder | Reprise |
| ▼ | 25 | 24 | Soul Food: Cooking with Maceo | Maceo Parker | Mascot |
| ▼ | 26 | 25 | Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats | Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats | Bottleneck |
| ▼ | 27 | 26 | Never Twice | Nick Waterhouse | Innovative Leisure |
| ▲ | 28 | - | I Learned the Hard Way | Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings | Daptone Records |
| ▲ | 29 | - | Interpretations: the British Rock Songbook | Bettye LaVette | ANTI |
| ▲ | 30 | - | Good Thing | Leon Bridges | Sony |
| ▲ | 31 | - | Nick of Time | The James Hunter Six | Daptone |
| ▲ | 32 | - | What Have You Done, My Brother? | Naomi Shelton & The Gospel Queens | Daptone |
| ▲ | 33 | - | The ArchAndroid | Janelle Monae | Atlantic |
| ▲ | 34 | - | Acoustic Soul | India.Arie | UMG |
| ▲ | 35 | - | A Change is Gonna Come | Leela James | Warner Bros |
| ▲ | 36 | - | Silver & Stone | Mike Farris | Compass |
| ▲ | 37 | - | The Right Time | Ural Thomas & the Pain | Tender Loving Empire |
| ▲ | 38 | - | KIWANUKA | Michael Kiwanuka | Interscope |
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