The Roots Music Report's
Top Soul Album Chart
for the Year of 2025
| Album Title | Band/Artist Name | Label | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sad and Beautiful World | Mavis Staples | Anti |
| 2 | Tedeschi Trucks Band and Leon Russell Present: Mad Dogs & Englishmen Revisited Live at LOCKN' | Tedeschi Trucks Band | Concord |
| 3 | Leon | Leon Bridges | Columbia |
| 4 | The Bywater Sessions | Jon Cleary | Well Kept Secret |
| 5 | Got a Story to Tell | Thee Sacred Souls | Daptone |
| 6 | BIG MONEY | Jon Batiste | Verve |
| 7 | Cut & Rewind | Say She She | drink sum wtr |
| 8 | Bird's Eye | Ravyn Lenae | Atlantic |
| 9 | In Green We Dream | Parlor Greens | Colemine |
| 10 | Everything Means Nothing | Mattie Schell | Compass |
| 11 | Here We Are | Sierra Green & The Giants | Big Radio |
| 12 | Blueprint | Grace Sorensen | Self-Release |
| 13 | KARPEH | Cautious Clay | Blue Note |
| 14 | Hangups | Boomershack | Far West |
| 15 | A Lover Was Born | Kelly Finnigan | Colemine |
| 16 | The Commotions Volume 3 | The Commotions | YOW Music Group |
| 17 | Right on Time | Dzirae Gold | Self-Release |
| 18 | L.A.B in Dub | L.A.B. | Loop Media NZ Limited |
| 19 | Sentimental Fool | Lee Fields | Daptone |
| 20 | Spirits & Soul | Kid Andersen & Lisa "Little Baby" Andersen | Little Village Foundation |
| 21 | Redwood Highway | The California Honeydrops | Tubtone |
| 22 | Soul Searching | Tomar and the Fcs | Tenwick |
| 23 | ARETHA | Aretha Franklin | Atlantic |
| 24 | Renascence | Cymande | Cymande |
| 25 | Sings Walkin' and Talkin' and Other Smash Hits! (20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) | Eli "Paperboy" Reed | Yep Roc |
| 26 | Welcome 2 America | Prince | NPG |
| 27 | Next | Kendra Morris | Karma Chief |
| 28 | Cookin' the Books | Cookin' On 3 Burners | Soul Messin' |
| 29 | Private Space | Durand Jones & The Indications | Dead Oceans |
| 30 | Raven | Kelela | Warp |
| 31 | Green Light | Josh Hoyer and Soul Colossal | Colossal Soul |
| 32 | Soul Food: Cooking with Maceo | Maceo Parker | Mascot |
| 33 | WE ARE | Jon Batiste | Verve |
| 34 | LaVette! | Bettye LaVette | Jay Vee |
| 35 | American Love Call | Durand Jones & The Indications | Dead Oceans |
| 36 | The Edge | Liv Warfield | Leopard |
| 37 | Promised Land | The Allergies | Jalapeno |
| 38 | I Am the Moon: I. Crescent | Tedeschi Trucks Band | Fantasy |
| 39 | Stay Good | Brooklyn Funk Essentials | Dorado |
| 40 | Rise Again | Laura Rain and the Caesars | LRC Entertainment |
| 41 | Blackbirds | Bettye LaVette | Verve |
| 42 | The Age of Pleasure | Janelle Monae | Bad Boy |
| 43 | Live in London | Mavis Staples | Anti |
| 44 | Black Love & War | G&D | Someothaship |
| 45 | The Last Word | The O'Jays | S-Curve |
| 46 | Natural Born Hustler | Josh Hoyer and Soul Colossal | Color Red |
| 47 | Silver | Say She She | Karma Chief |
| 48 | Avalanche | Julian Taylor Band | Gypsy Soul |
| 49 | Nick of Time | The James Hunter Six | Daptone |
| 50 | Painted Image | Liz Brasher | Fat Possum |
| 51 | I Am the Moon: III. the Fall | Tedeschi Trucks Band | Fantasy |
| 52 | Bridge of Love | Bobby Harden & The Soulful Saints | Dala |
| 53 | Let Love | Common | Loma Vista |
| 54 | It's Only Us | Monophonics | Colemine |
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