TOP R&B/SOUL RECORDS OF 2022
| ARTIST | RECORD | LABEL | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MAVIS STAPLES AND LEVON HELM | Carry Me Home | Anti- |
| 2 | THEE SACRED SOULS | Thee Sacred Souls | Daptone |
| 3 | IBIBIO SOUND MACHINE | Electricity | Merge |
| 4 | SUDAN ARCHIVES | Natural Brown Prom Queen | Stones Throw |
| 5 | ROBERT GLASPER | Black Radio III | Loma Vista/Concord |
| 6 | DAPTONE SUPER SOUL REVUE - LIVE AT THE APOLLO, THE | VARIOUS ARTISTS | Daptone |
| 7 | KHRUANGBIN AND LEON BRIDGES | Texas Moon [EP] | Dead Oceans |
| 8 | TORO Y MOI | MAHAL | Dead Oceans |
| 9 | LETTUCE | Unify | Round Hill |
| 10 | BEYONCE | Renaissance | Parkwood/Columbia |
| 11 | BEN HARPER | Bloodline Maintenance | Chrysalis |
| 12 | TROMBONE SHORTY | Lifted | Blue Note/UMG |
| 13 | DELVON LAMARR ORGAN TRIO | Cold As Weiss | Colemine |
| 14 | VIEUX FARKA TOURE AND KHRUANGBIN | Ali | Dead Oceans/Secretly Group |
| 15 | LADY WRAY | Piece Of Me | Big Crown |
| 16 | SUMMER OF SOUL (... OR, WHEN THE REVOLUTION COULD NOT BE TELEVISED) (OMPS) | VARIOUS ARTISTS | Legacy |
| 17 | ADRIAN QUESADA | Boleros Psicodélicos | ATO |
| 18 | LEE FIELDS | Sentimental Fool | Daptone |
| 19 | STEVE LACY | Gemini Rights | RCA |
| 20 | CURTIS HARDING | If Words Were Flowers | Anti- |
| 21 | SAMM HENSHAW | Untidy Soul | Dorm Seven/AWAL |
| 22 | ST PAUL AND THE BROKEN BONES | The Alien Coast | ATO |
| 23 | TANK AND THE BANGAS | Red Balloon | Verve Forecast |
| 24 | NEW MASTERSOUNDS | The Deplar Effect | Color Red |
| 25 | FKA TWIGS | CAPRISONGS | Young/Atlantic |
| 26 | SERATONES | Love & Algorhythms | New West |
| 27 | YAYA BEY | Remember Your North Star | Big Dada |
| 28 | DANIELLE PONDER | Some Of Us Are Brave | Future Classic |
| 29 | RECORD KICKS FUNK SOUL SISTERS VOL.2 | VARIOUS ARTISTS | Record Kicks |
| 30 | DANGER MOUSE AND BLACK THOUGHT | Cheat Codes | BMG |
| 31 | SANTIGOLD | Spirituals | Little Jerk |
| 32 | URAL THOMAS AND THE PAIN | Dancing Dimensions | Bella Union/PIAS |
| 33 | NILUFER YANYA | PAINLESS | ATO |
| 34 | SAY SHE SHE | Prism | Karma Chief/Colemine |
| 35 | HARLEM GOSPEL TRAVELERS, THE | Look Up! | Colemine |
| 36 | VALERIE JUNE | Under Cover [EP] | Fantasy/Concord |
| 37 | WEEKND, THE | Dawn FM | Republic |
| 38 | CIMAFUNK | El Alimento | Thirty Tigers |
| 39 | 070 SHAKE | You Can't Kill Me | G.O.O.D./Def Jam |
| 40 | SON LITTLE | Like Neptune | Anti- |
| 41 | RAVYN LENAE | Hypnos | Atlantic |
| 42 | ALLERGIES, THE | Promised Land | Jalapeno |
| 43 | SURE FIRE SOUL ENSEMBLE | Step Down | Colemine |
| 44 | IBEYI | Spell 31 | XL |
| 45 | ELI PAPERBOY REED | Down Every Road | Yep Roc |
| 46 | LIVT | Pink And Orange [EP] | Day One |
| 47 | OBONGJAYAR | Some Nights I Dream Of Doors | September |
| 48 | WINSTON BROTHERS, THE | Drift | Colemine |
| 49 | MARY AKPA | Nnoo | Self-Released |
| 50 | MONOPHONICS | Sage Motel | Colemine |
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