The Roots Music Report's
Top Soul Album Chart
for the Year of 2021
Album Title | Band/Artist Name | Label | |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Gold-Diggers Sound | Leon Bridges | Columbia |
2 | WE ARE | Jon Batiste | Verve |
3 | Welcome 2 America | Prince | NPG |
4 | When It's All Said and Done... Take Time | Giveon | Epic |
5 | Back Home | Trey Songz | Atlantic |
6 | Missunderstood: the Diaries | Queen Naija | Capitol |
7 | The Wild Card | Ledisi | Listen Back |
8 | See Me | Leela James | BMG |
9 | After Hours | The Weeknd | UMG |
10 | Jam & Lewis, Vol. 1 | Jam & Lewis | Flyte Tyme |
11 | Chilombo | Jhené Aiko | Def Jam |
12 | On Earth, and in Heaven | Robin Thicke | Lucky Music / EMPIRE |
13 | Deadpan Love | Cautious Clay | Self-Release |
14 | Love Always Wins | Kem | Motown |
15 | Moments in Between | Ruth B. | Downtown |
16 | Hard Up | The Bamboos | Pacific Theatre |
17 | My People | Cha Wa | Single Lock |
18 | B7 | Brandy | eOne |
19 | Blood on the Vinyl | Guordan Banks | Bank On It |
20 | All Love Everything | Aloe Blacc | BMG |
21 | Lianne La Havas | Lianne La Havas | Nonesuch |
22 | Spell My Name | Toni Braxton | Island |
23 | Blackbirds | Bettye LaVette | Verve |
24 | Freedom is Love | The Freedom Affair | Sunflower Soul |
25 | Rebirth | Ruff Endz | Chance |
26 | Dotted Line | Alex Lucero & Live Again | Self-Release |
27 | Made in Lagos: Deluxe Edition | WizKid | Starboy |
28 | TEMPORARY HIGHS in the VIOLET SKIES | Snoh Aalegra | Artium |
29 | Just Dropped in (To See What Condition My Rendition Was In) | Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings | Daptone |
30 | Wide Nose Full Lips | SuCh | Arc Sai |
31 | Memories of | Kaz Hawkins | Self-Release |
32 | Natural Born Hustler | Josh Hoyer and Soul Colossal | Color Red |
33 | APART | Allen Stone | ATO |
34 | Private Space | Durand Jones & The Indications | Dead Oceans |
35 | A Muse in Her Feelings | dvsn | OVO Sound |
36 | Promised Land | The Allergies | Jalapeno |
37 | Avalanche | Julian Taylor Band | Gypsy Soul |
38 | Garden of Eden | Kalu & The Electric Joint | Self-Release |
39 | Hot Pink | Doja Cat | Kemosabe |
40 | Love and Hate in a Different Time | Gabriels | Atlas Artists |
41 | Soul Food: Cooking with Maceo | Maceo Parker | Mascot |
42 | The Album | Teyana Taylor | Def Jam |
43 | The Alien Coast | St. Paul & The Broken Bones | ATO |
44 | Rise Above | Tomar and the Fcs | Splice |
45 | Rise Again | Laura Rain and the Caesars | LRC Entertainment |
46 | Another Side | Leo Nocentelli | Light In The Attic |
47 | It's Only Us | Monophonics | Colemine |
48 | KIWANUKA | Michael Kiwanuka | Interscope |
49 | Are You Ready | Leela James | Entertainment One |
50 | GRIP | serpentwithfeet | Secretly Canadian |
51 | ARETHA | Aretha Franklin | Atlantic |
52 | Over It | Summer Walker | Interscope |
53 | 3.15.20 | Childish Gambino | RCA |
54 | Dear Fats, I Love You | Davell Crawford | Self-Release |
55 | Friend Goals | Tank and the Bangas | Verve Forecast |
56 | Music Life | Mia Doi Todd | City Zen |
57 | We're New Again: a Reimagining by Makaya McCraven | Gil Scott-Heron & Makaya McCraven | XL Recordings |
58 | Live in London | Mavis Staples | Anti |
59 | American Griots | Louis York | Weirdo Workshop |
60 | American Love Call | Durand Jones & The Indications | Dead Oceans |
61 | Love Absolute | Vivian Green | SoNo |
62 | Atmosphere | New Orleans Nightcrawlers | Self-Release |
63 | Nick of Time | The James Hunter Six | Daptone |
64 | KEYS | Alicia Keys | AK Worldwide |
65 | Right Brain | Kayla Marque | Self-Release |
66 | Crossover | Emma Donovan & The Putbacks | Hopestreet |
67 | 99 Cent Dreams | Eli "Paperboy" Reed | Yep Roc |
68 | Let Love | Common | Loma Vista |
69 | The Daptone Super Soul Revue Live at the Apollo | Naomi Shelton & The Gospel Queens | Daptone |
70 | The Best of Teddy Pendergrass | Teddy Pendergrass | Sony |
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