TOP R&B/SOUL RECORDS OF 2021
| # | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ARLO PARKS | Collapsed In Sunbeams | Transgressive/PIAS |
| 2 | DURAND JONES AND THE INDICATIONS | Private Space | Dead Oceans/Secretly Group |
| 3 | SHARON JONES AND THE DAP-KINGS | Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Rendition Was In) | Daptone |
| 4 | PRINCE | Welcome 2 America | NPG/Legacy |
| 5 | VALERIE JUNE | The Moon And Stars: Prescriptions For Dreamers | Fantasy/Concord |
| 6 | JON BATISTE | WE ARE | Verve |
| 7 | DAPTONE SUPER SOUL REVUE - LIVE AT THE APOLLO, THE | VARIOUS ARTISTS | Daptone |
| 8 | AARON FRAZER | Introducing... | Dead Oceans/Easy Eye Sound |
| 9 | ALLERGIES, THE | Promised Land | Jalapeno |
| 10 | YOLA | Stand For Myself | Easy Eye Sound/Concord |
| 11 | DELVON LAMARR ORGAN TRIO | I Told You So | Colemine |
| 12 | JUNGLE | Loving In Stereo | Caiola/AWAL |
| 13 | HIATUS KAIYOTE | Mood Valiant | Brainfeeder/Ninja Tune |
| 14 | MENAHAN STREET BAND | The Exciting Sounds Of Menahan Street Band | Daptone |
| 15 | LEON BRIDGES | Gold-Diggers Sound | Columbia |
| 16 | CURTIS HARDING | If Words Were Flowers | Anti- |
| 17 | SAULT | Nine (Nine) | Forever Living Originals |
| 18 | LAKE STREET DIVE | Obviously | Nonesuch |
| 19 | BRITTANY HOWARD | Jaime Reimagined | ATO |
| 20 | ADIA VICTORIA | A Southern Gothic | Canvasback/Atlantic |
| 21 | EMMA DONOVAN AND THE PUTBACKS | Crossover | Hopestreet |
| 22 | SERPENTWITHFEET | DEACON | Secretly Canadian |
| 23 | TOMMY GUERRERO | Sunshine Radio | Too Good |
| 24 | NICK WATERHOUSE | Promenade Blue | Innovative Leisure |
| 25 | CIMAFUNK | El Alimento | Thirty Tigers |
| 26 | CURTIS HARDING | "I Won’t Let You Down" [Single] | Anti- |
| 27 | ALLISON RUSSELL | Outside Child | Fantasy/Concord |
| 28 | ANDRA DAY | The United States Vs. Billie Holiday (Music From The Motion Picture) | Warner |
| 29 | DAWN RICHARD | Second Line | Merge |
| 30 | ST PAUL AND THE BROKEN BONES | "The Last Dance" [Single] | ATO |
| 31 | DURAND JONES AND THE INDICATIONS | "Witchoo" [Single] | Dead Oceans |
| 32 | BUDOS BAND, THE | Long In The Tooth | Daptone |
| 33 | BEN HARPER AND ZIGGY MARLEY | "Spin It Faster" [Single] | Mad Bunny |
| 34 | GREENTEA PENG | Man Made | EMI |
| 35 | MAYER HAWTHORNE | Rare Changes | Big Bucks |
| 36 | JORJA SMITH | Be Right Back | FAMM |
| 37 | CLEO SOL | Mother | Forever Living Originals |
| 38 | ROCHELLE JORDAN | Play With The Changes | Young Art |
| 39 | ROBERT FINLEY | Sharecropper's Son | Easy Eye Sound/Concord |
| 40 | CURTIS HARDING | "Can't Hide It" [Single] | Anti- |
| 41 | AMYTHYST KIAH | Wary + Strange | Rounder/Concord |
| 42 | HIATUS KAIYOTE | "Get Sun" feat. Arthur Verocai [Single] | Brainfeeder/Ninja Tune |
| 43 | CURTIS HARDING | "Hopeful" [Single] | Anti- |
| 44 | EL MICHELS AFFAIR | Yeti Season | Big Crown |
| 45 | YOLA | "Diamond Studded Shoes" [Single] | Easy Eye Sound/Concord |
| 46 | LEON BRIDGES | "Motorbike" [Single] | Columbia |
| 47 | ADRIAN YOUNGE | The American Negro | Jazz Is Dead |
| 48 | MARVIN GAYE | Funky Nation: The Detroit Instrumentals | Motown |
| 49 | GABRIELS | "Blame" [Single] | Self-Released |
| 50 | SAULT | Untitled (Rise) | Forever Living Originals |
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