TOP R&B/SOUL RECORDS OF 2025
| ARTIST | TITLE | LABEL | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LEON BRIDGES | Leon | Columbia/Sony |
| 2 | THEE SACRED SOULS | Got A Story To Tell | Daptone |
| 3 | GALACTIC AND IRMA THOMAS | Audience With The Queen | Tchoup-zilla |
| 4 | ALTONS, THE | Heartache In Room 14 | Daptone |
| 5 | DURAND JONES AND THE INDICATIONS | Flowers | Dead Oceans |
| 6 | BUDOS BAND, THE | VII | Diamond West |
| 7 | MICHAEL KIWANUKA | Small Changes | Geffen |
| 8 | BLOOD ORANGE | Essex Honey | RCA |
| 9 | SURE FIRE SOUL ENSEMBLE, THE | Gemini | Colemine |
| 10 | VALERIE JUNE | Owls, Omens, And Oracles | Concord |
| 11 | LITTLE SIMZ | Lotus | AWAL |
| 12 | CURTIS HARDING | Departures & Arrivals: Adventures Of Captain Curt | Anti- |
| 13 | FKA TWIGS | EUSEXUA | Young/Atlantic |
| 14 | SAY SHE SHE | Cut & Rewind | drink sum wtr |
| 15 | BUTCHER BROWN | Letters From The Atlantic | Concord Jazz |
| 16 | SUDAN ARCHIVES | THE BPM | Stones Throw |
| 17 | SUNNY WAR | Armageddon In A Summer Dress | New West |
| 18 | JON BATISTE | Big Money | Verve |
| 19 | ST PAUL AND THE BROKEN BONES | St. Paul & The Broken Bones | Oasis Pizza/Thirty Tigers |
| 20 | YAYA BEY | Do It Afraid | drink sum wtr |
| 21 | MAVIS STAPLES | Sad And Beautiful World | Anti- |
| 22 | MEREBA | The Breeze Grew A Fire | Secretly Canadian/Secretly Group |
| 23 | SOUTHERN AVENUE | Family | Alligator |
| 24 | SAULT | Acts Of Faith | Forever Living Originals |
| 25 | LEON THOMAS | Mutt Deluxe: Heel | EZMNY/Motown/UMG |
| 26 | TOM MISCH | Six Songs [EP] | Beyond The Groove/AWAL |
| 27 | CANDI STATON | Back To My Roots | Beracah |
| 28 | FISHBONE | Stockholm Syndrome | Consigliere |
| 29 | MADISON MCFERRIN | SCORPIO | MadMcFerrin |
| 30 | NOURISHED BY TIME | The Passionate Ones | XL |
| 31 | YOLA | My Way [EP] | S-Curve |
| 32 | BENJAMIN BOOKER | LOWER | Fire Next Time/Thirty Tigers |
| 33 | TANIKA CHARLES | Reasons To Stay | Recordkicks |
| 34 | ADRIAN YOUNGE | Linear Labs: Sao Paulo | Linear Labs |
| 35 | KOKOROKO | Tuff Times Never Last | Brownswood |
| 36 | EDDIE CHACON | Lay Low | Stones Throw |
| 37 | ANTIBALAS | Hourglass | Daptone |
| 38 | VAN MORRISON | Remembering Now | Virgin |
| 39 | ADRIAN QUESADA | Boleros Psicodélicos II | ATO |
| 40 | SAULT | 10 (Ten) | Forever Living Originals |
| 41 | EMMA-JEAN THACKRAY | Weirdo | Brownswood |
| 42 | DIJON | Baby | R&R |
| 43 | LADY WRAY | Cover Girl | Big Crown |
| 44 | KALI UCHIS | Sincerely, | Capitol/UMG |
| 45 | DOECHII | Alligator Bites Never Heal (Extended) | Top Dawg/UMG |
| 46 | MICHAEL FRANTI AND SPEARHEAD | Welcome To The Family | Boo Boo Wax/Thirty Tigers |
| 47 | YUKIMI | For You | Ninja Tune |
| 48 | JOSE JAMES | 1978: Revenge Of The Dragon | Rainbow Blonde |
| 49 | TYLER THE CREATOR | DON'T TAP THE GLASS | Columbia/Sony |
| 50 | AMBER MARK | Pretty Idea | PMR/Interscope |