The Roots Music Report's
Top Soul Album Chart
for the Year of 2021

 
Album Title Band/Artist Name Label
1Gold-Diggers SoundLeon BridgesColumbia
2WE AREJon BatisteVerve
3Welcome 2 AmericaPrinceNPG
4When It's All Said and Done... Take TimeGiveonEpic
5Back HomeTrey SongzAtlantic
6Missunderstood: the DiariesQueen NaijaCapitol
7The Wild CardLedisiListen Back
8See MeLeela JamesBMG
9After HoursThe WeekndUMG
10Jam & Lewis, Vol. 1Jam & LewisFlyte Tyme
11ChilomboJhené AikoDef Jam
12On Earth, and in HeavenRobin ThickeLucky Music / EMPIRE
13Deadpan LoveCautious ClaySelf-Release
14Love Always WinsKemMotown
15Moments in BetweenRuth B.Downtown
16Hard UpThe BamboosPacific Theatre
17My PeopleCha WaSingle Lock
18B7BrandyeOne
19Blood on the VinylGuordan BanksBank On It
20All Love EverythingAloe BlaccBMG
21Lianne La HavasLianne La HavasNonesuch
22Spell My NameToni BraxtonIsland
23BlackbirdsBettye LaVetteVerve
24Freedom is LoveThe Freedom AffairSunflower Soul
25RebirthRuff EndzChance
26Dotted LineAlex Lucero & Live AgainSelf-Release
27Made in Lagos: Deluxe EditionWizKidStarboy
28TEMPORARY HIGHS in the VIOLET SKIESSnoh AalegraArtium
29Just Dropped in (To See What Condition My Rendition Was In)Sharon Jones & The Dap-KingsDaptone
30Wide Nose Full LipsSuChArc Sai
31Memories ofKaz HawkinsSelf-Release
32Natural Born HustlerJosh Hoyer and Soul ColossalColor Red
33APARTAllen StoneATO
34Private SpaceDurand Jones & The IndicationsDead Oceans
35A Muse in Her FeelingsdvsnOVO Sound
36Promised LandThe AllergiesJalapeno
37AvalancheJulian Taylor BandGypsy Soul
38Garden of EdenKalu & The Electric JointSelf-Release
39Hot PinkDoja CatKemosabe
40Love and Hate in a Different TimeGabrielsAtlas Artists
41Soul Food: Cooking with MaceoMaceo ParkerMascot
42The AlbumTeyana TaylorDef Jam
43The Alien CoastSt. Paul & The Broken BonesATO
44Rise AboveTomar and the FcsSplice
45Rise AgainLaura Rain and the CaesarsLRC Entertainment
46Another SideLeo NocentelliLight In The Attic
47It's Only UsMonophonicsColemine
48KIWANUKAMichael KiwanukaInterscope
49Are You ReadyLeela JamesEntertainment One
50GRIPserpentwithfeetSecretly Canadian
51ARETHAAretha FranklinAtlantic
52Over ItSummer WalkerInterscope
533.15.20Childish GambinoRCA
54Dear Fats, I Love YouDavell CrawfordSelf-Release
55Friend GoalsTank and the BangasVerve Forecast
56Music LifeMia Doi ToddCity Zen
57We're New Again: a Reimagining by Makaya McCravenGil Scott-Heron & Makaya McCravenXL Recordings
58Live in LondonMavis StaplesAnti
59American GriotsLouis YorkWeirdo Workshop
60American Love CallDurand Jones & The IndicationsDead Oceans
61Love AbsoluteVivian GreenSoNo
62AtmosphereNew Orleans NightcrawlersSelf-Release
63Nick of TimeThe James Hunter SixDaptone
64KEYSAlicia KeysAK Worldwide
65Right BrainKayla MarqueSelf-Release
66CrossoverEmma Donovan & The PutbacksHopestreet
6799 Cent DreamsEli "Paperboy" ReedYep Roc
68Let LoveCommonLoma Vista
69The Daptone Super Soul Revue Live at the ApolloNaomi Shelton & The Gospel QueensDaptone
70The Best of Teddy PendergrassTeddy PendergrassSony
 

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