TOP R&B/SOUL RECORDS OF 2020
| # | ARTIST | TITLE | LABEL |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SAULT | Untitled (Black Is) | Forever Living Originals |
| 2 | FANTASTIC NEGRITO | Have You Lost Your Mind Yet? | Blackball Universe/Cooking Vinyl |
| 3 | THUNDERCAT | It Is What It Is | Brainfeeder |
| 4 | SHARON JONES AND THE DAP-KINGS | Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Rendition Was In) | Daptone |
| 5 | BUDOS BAND, THE | Long In The Tooth | Daptone |
| 6 | SUDAN ARCHIVES | Athena | Stones Throw |
| 7 | KHRUANGBIN AND LEON BRIDGES | Texas Sun [EP] | Dead Oceans/Secretly Group |
| 8 | DEVON GILFILLIAN | Black Hole Rainbow | Capitol |
| 9 | MICHAEL KIWANUKA | KIWANUKA | Polydor |
| 10 | DINNER PARTY | Dinner Party | Sounds Of Crenshaw |
| 11 | BETTE SMITH | The Good, The Bad And The Bette | Ruf |
| 12 | CHILDISH GAMBINO | 3.15.20 | RCA |
| 13 | KAYTRANADA | Bubba | RCA |
| 14 | BRITTANY HOWARD | Jaime | ATO |
| 15 | BUSTY AND THE BASS | Eddie | Arts & Crafts |
| 16 | EMMA DONOVAN AND THE PUTBACKS | Crossover | Hopestreet |
| 17 | KHRUANGBIN | Mordechai | Dead Oceans/Secretly Group |
| 18 | GIL SCOTT-HERON AND MAKAYA MCCRAVEN | We're New Again: A Reimagining by Makaya McCraven | XL/Beggars Group |
| 19 | SON LITTLE | aloha | Anti- |
| 20 | BRITTANY HOWARD | Spotify Singles | ATO |
| 21 | BUTCHER BROWN | #KingButch | Concord Jazz |
| 22 | ROBERT CRAY BAND | That's What I Heard | Nozzle |
| 23 | SWAMP DOGG | Sorry You Couldn't Make It | Joyful Noise |
| 24 | POLYRHYTHMICS | Man From The Future | Color Red |
| 25 | JAMES HUNTER SIX | Nick Of Time | Daptone |
| 26 | BROOKLYN FUNK ESSENTIALS | Stay Good | Dorado |
| 27 | WEEKND, THE | After Hours | Republic |
| 28 | BLACK PUMAS | Black Pumas | ATO |
| 29 | 070 SHAKE | Modus Vivendi | G.O.O.D/Def Jam |
| 30 | OMAR APOLLO | Apolonio | Warner |
| 31 | QUEEN AND SLIM SOUNDTRACK | QUEEN AND SLIM SOUNDTRACK | Motown |
| 32 | JESSIE WARE | What's Your Pleasure? | Virgin EMI |
| 33 | GREGORY PORTER | All Rise | Blue Note |
| 34 | SARGEANT X COMRADE | Magic Radio | Black Buffalo |
| 35 | ELLA FITZGERALD | Ella: The Lost Berlin Tapes | Verve |
| 36 | ANGELA MUNOZ | Introspection | Linear Labs |
| 37 | PARISALEXA | 2 Real | Self-Released |
| 38 | TOOTS AND THE MAYTALS | Got To Be Tough | Trojan Jamaica/BMG |
| 39 | BETTYE LAVETTE | Blackbirds | Verve |
| 40 | CHICANO BATMAN | Invisible People | ATO |
| 41 | STARCHILD AND THE NEW ROMANTIC | FOREVER | New Romantic World |
| 42 | STEVE ARRINGTON | Down To The Lowest Terms: The Soul Sessions | Stones Throw |
| 43 | JAI'LEN JOSEY | Illustrations [EP] | Self-Released |
| 44 | FREETOWN COLLECTIVE | Freetown [EP] | Cheah Meng |
| 45 | WAR AND TREATY, THE | Hearts Town | Rounder |
| 46 | ROY AYERS, ADRIAN YOUNGE AND ALI SHAHEED MUHAMMED | Roy Ayers JID 002 | Jazz Is Dead |
| 47 | LIANNE LA HAVAS | Lianne La Havas | Warner |
| 48 | SAULT | Untitled (Rise) | Forever Living Originals |
| 49 | MICHAEL FRANTI AND SPEARHEAD | Work Hard And Be Nice | Boo Boo Wax/Thirty Tigers |
| 50 | REDTENBACHER'S FUNKESTRA | The Hang | RSB |
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