TOP R&B/SOUL RECORDS OF 2023
| ARTIST | TITLE | LABEL | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | JUNGLE | Volcano | Caiola/AWAL |
| 2 | DURAND JONES | Wait Til I Get Over | Dead Oceans/Secretly Group |
| 3 | KELELA | Raven | Warp |
| 4 | BUDOS BAND, THE | Frontier's Edge [EP] | Diamond West |
| 5 | JALEN NGONDA | Come Around And Love Me | Daptone |
| 6 | MESHELL NDEGEOCELLO | The Omnichord Real Book | Blue Note |
| 7 | BLACK PUMAS, THE | Chronicles Of A Diamond | ATO |
| 8 | ARLO PARKS | My Soft Machine | Transgressive/PIAS |
| 9 | JANELLE MONAE | The Age Of Pleasure | Wondaland/Bad Boy |
| 10 | SZA | SOS | Top Dawg/RCA |
| 11 | LEE FIELDS | Sentimental Fool | Daptone |
| 12 | ADI OASIS | Lotus Glow | Unity |
| 13 | BABY ROSE | Through And Through | Secretly Canadian/Secretly Group |
| 14 | JAMILA WOODS | Water Made Us | Jagjaguwar/Secretly Group |
| 15 | KALI | Maltman And Effie [EP] | Nettwerk |
| 16 | SAY SHE SHE | Prism | Karma Chief/Colemine |
| 17 | JORJA SMITH | Falling Or Flying | FAMM/The Orchard |
| 18 | BETTYE LAVETTE | LaVette! | Jay-Vee |
| 19 | TELL EVERYBODY! (21ST CENTURY JUKE JOINT BLUES FROM EASY EYE SOUND) | VARIOUS ARTISTS | Easy Eye Sound/Concord |
| 20 | WINSTON BROTHERS, THE | Drift | Colemine |
| 21 | IF YOU ASK ME TO: VICTOR AXELROD PRODUCTIONS FOR DAPTONE RECORDS | VARIOUS ARTISTS | Daptone |
| 22 | SELWYN BIRCHWOOD | Exorcist | Alligator |
| 23 | BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN | Only The Strong Survive | Columbia/Sony |
| 24 | ST PAUL AND THE BROKEN BONES | Angels In Science Fiction | ATO |
| 25 | DEVON GILFILLIAN | Love You Anyway | Fantasy/Concord |
| 26 | RHIANNON GIDDENS | You're The One | Nonesuch |
| 27 | ALLERGIES, THE | Tear The Place Up | Jalapeno |
| 28 | JON BATISTE | World Music Radio | Verve |
| 29 | SAMPHA | Lahai | Young |
| 30 | GALACTIC, BIG FREEDIA, DEE-1, MANNIE FRESH | Take Me To The River New Orleans | Petaluma |
| 31 | WATTSTAX: THE LIVING WORD | VARIOUS ARTISTS | Stax |
| 32 | POLYRHYTHMICS | Twice Baked [EP] | Self-Released |
| 33 | ADRIAN QUESADA | Boleros Psicodélicos | ATO |
| 34 | SAY SHE SHE | Live At KEXP [EP] | Colemine |
| 35 | THEE SACRED SOULS | Thee Sacred Souls | Daptone |
| 36 | LIV.E | Find Out [EP] | In Real Life/AWAL |
| 37 | WITCH PROPHET | Gateway Experience | Heart Lake |
| 38 | BURNA BOY | I Told Them... | Atlantic |
| 39 | DINNER PARTY | Enigmatic Society | Empire |
| 40 | YAYA BEY | Exodus The North Star [EP] | Big Dada |
| 41 | BUTCHER BROWN | Butcher Brown Presents Triple Trey | Concord Jazz/Concord |
| 42 | ALLISON RUSSELL | The Returner | Fantasy/Concord |
| 43 | HARLEM GOSPEL TRAVELERS, THE | Look Up! | Colemine |
| 44 | EDDIE ROBERTS AND GEORGE PORTER JR | Floki Sessions - Boots In Place | Color Red/Floki |
| 45 | PETITE NOIR | MotherFather | Roya |
| 46 | TEEZO TOUCHDOWN | How Do You Sleep At Night? | RCA |
| 47 | SUNNY WAR | Anarchist Gospel | New West |
| 48 | KENDRA MORRIS | Babble | Karma Chief |
| 49 | SAULT | Today & Tomorrow | Forever Living Originals |
| 50 | WITCH | Zango | Desert Daze/Partisan |
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