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
42LeonLeon BridgesColumbia
43The AlbumTeyana TaylorDef Jam
44The Alien CoastSt. Paul & The Broken BonesATO
45Rise AboveTomar and the FcsSplice
46Rise AgainLaura Rain and the CaesarsLRC Entertainment
47Another SideLeo NocentelliLight In The Attic
48It's Only UsMonophonicsColemine
49KIWANUKAMichael KiwanukaInterscope
50Are You ReadyLeela JamesEntertainment One
51GRIPserpentwithfeetSecretly Canadian
52ARETHAAretha FranklinAtlantic
53Over ItSummer WalkerInterscope
543.15.20Childish GambinoRCA
55Dear Fats, I Love YouDavell CrawfordSelf-Release
56Friend GoalsTank and the BangasVerve Forecast
57Music LifeMia Doi ToddCity Zen
58We're New Again: a Reimagining by Makaya McCravenGil Scott-Heron & Makaya McCravenXL Recordings
59Live in LondonMavis StaplesAnti
60American GriotsLouis YorkWeirdo Workshop
61American Love CallDurand Jones & The IndicationsDead Oceans
62Love AbsoluteVivian GreenSoNo
63AtmosphereNew Orleans NightcrawlersSelf-Release
64Nick of TimeThe James Hunter SixDaptone
65KEYSAlicia KeysAK Worldwide
66Right BrainKayla MarqueSelf-Release
67CrossoverEmma Donovan & The PutbacksHopestreet
6899 Cent DreamsEli "Paperboy" ReedYep Roc
69Let LoveCommonLoma Vista
70The Daptone Super Soul Revue Live at the ApolloNaomi Shelton & The Gospel QueensDaptone
71The Best of Teddy PendergrassTeddy PendergrassSony
 

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