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| List of years in rhythm and blues music |
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This article summarizes the events, album releases, and album release dates in rhythm and blues for the year 2022.
| Day | Artist(s) | Album | Record label(s) | Entering chart position |
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| 4 | Cruel Santino | Subaru Boys: Final Heaven [77] | Interscope, Monster Boy | |
| Elyanna | Elyanna II [78] | El Mar | ||
| Kaina | It Was a Home | City Slang | ||
| Kojey Radical | Reason to Smile | Asylum, Atlantic |
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| Léon | Circles [79] | LL Entertainment, BMG | ||
| Maylee Todd | Maloo [80] | Stones Throw | ||
| Michelle | After Dinner We Talk Dreams [81] | Atlantic, Transgressive | ||
| 7 | Jackson Wang | Lost & Found | Team Wang Records | |
| 10 | Lucky Daye | Candydrip | Keep Cool, RCA |
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| 11 | Orion Sun | Getaway [82] | Mom+Pop | |
| Shenseea | Alpha | Rich Immigrants, Interscope | ||
| 14 | (G)I-dle | I Never Die | Cube, Kakao |
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| 18 | Vanessa Amorosi | City of Angels | Scream Louder |
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| Zelooperz | Get WeT.Radio [83] | Bruiser Brigade | ||
| 21 | Red Velvet | The ReVe Festival 2022 – Feel My Rhythm | SM, Dreamus |
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| 23 | Fujii Kaze | Love All Serve All | Hehn, Universal Sigma | |
| 24 | Rema | Rave & Roses | Jonzing World, Mavin | |
| 25 | Fana Hues | Flora + Fana [84] | Sweet Virtue, Westminster, Bright Antenna | |
| Keshi | Gabriel [85] | Island | ||
| Koffee | Gifted | Promised Land, Columbia | ||
| Kristian Bush | 52 | ATL x BNA | Big Machine | ||
| Latto | 777 | RCA, Streamcut |
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| Majeeed | Bitter Sweet [86] | Dream Empire Music | ||
| 28 | NCT Dream | Glitch Mode | SM, Dreamus |
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| 29 | Purple Kiss | MemeM | RBW, Kakao |
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| 30 | Alex Isley & Jack Dine | Marigold [87] | Indie |
| Day | Artist(s) | Album | Record label(s) | Entering chart position |
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| 1 | Eric Roberson | Lessons [88] | BLUE Erro Soul | |
| King Garbage | Heavy Metal Greasy Love [89] | Ipecac | ||
| 2 | Dope Saint Jude | Higher Self | Yotanka | |
| 4 | Suho | Grey Suit | SM |
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| 8 | Banks | Serpentina | AWAL |
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| Budjerah | Conversations | Warner Music Australia |
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| Omar Apollo | Ivory | Warner |
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| Syd | Broken Hearts Club | Columbia Records | ||
| 12 | Anitta | Versions of Me | Warner | |
| 13 | Marian Hill | Why Can't We Just Pretend? [90] | Photo Finish | |
| Sault | Air | Forever Living Originals | ||
| 15 | Edgar Winter | Brother Johnny | Quarto Valley Records | |
| 22 | Ben Marc | Glass Effect [91] | Innovative Leisure | |
| Blxst | Before You Go | Evgle, Red Bull |
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| King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard | Omnium Gatherum | KGLW |
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| 25 | Sidhu Moose Wala | No Name | Self-released |
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| 27 | Miyeon | My | Cube, Kakao |
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| 29 | Eli "Paperboy" Reed | Down Every Road [92] | Yep Roc | |
| Kehlani | Blue Water Road | Atlantic, TSNMI |
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| Melba Moore | Imagine [93] | The Gallery Entertainment, Orpheus Enterprises | ||
| PJ Morton | Watch the Sun [94] | Morton Records, Empire | ||
| Trombone Shorty | Lifted [95] | Blue Note, UMG | ||
| 30 | Exile Atsushi | One [96] | Rhythm Zone | |
| Day | Artist(s) | Album | Record label(s) | Entering chart position |
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| 2 | Le Sserafim | Fearless | Source, YG Plus |
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| 5 | Kenyon Dixon | Closer [97] | Self-released | |
| 6 | Bad Bunny | Un Verano Sin Ti | Rimas |
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| Ella Mai | Heart on My Sleeve | 10 Summers, Interscope |
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| Emeli Sandé | Let's Say for Instance | Chrysalis |
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| Ibeyi | Spell 31 | XL | ||
| Sabrina Claudio | Based On A Feeling [98] | SC, Atlantic | ||
| 11 | Dylan Sinclair | No Longer in the Suburbs [99] | Five Stone Records | |
| 13 | Becky G | Esquemas | Kemosabe, RCA, Sony Latin |
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| The Black Keys | Dropout Boogie | Easy Eye Sound, Nonesuch |
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| Monophonics & Kelly Finnigan | Sage Motel [100] | Colemine | ||
| Obongjayar | Some Nights I Dream of Doors [101] | September Recordings | ||
| Sam Gendel & Antonia Cytrynowicz | Live a Little [102] | Psychic Hotline | ||
| Tank and the Bangas | Red Balloon [103] | Verve Forecast, UMG | ||
| 20 | Ericdoa | Things with Wings [104] | Listen to the Kids, Interscope | |
| Levon Helm & Mavis Staples | Carry Me Home | ANTI- | ||
| Ravyn Lenae | Hypnos | Atlantic | ||
| Van Morrison | What's It Gonna Take? | Exile, Virgin |
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| 23 | Got7 | Got7 | Warner Korea |
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| 26 | UMI | Forest in the City [105] | Keep Cool, RCA | |
| 27 | Alfie Templeman | Mellow Moon | Chess Club |
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| Brian Jackson | This Is Brian Jackson [106] | BBE Music | ||
| Murkage Dave | The City Needs A Hero [107] | None | ||
| 31 | Emilia | Tú Crees en Mí? | Sony Music Latin |
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| Day | Artist(s) | Album | Record label(s) | Entering chart position |
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| 3 | 070 Shake | You Can't Kill Me | GOOD, Def Jam | |
| Arin Ray | Hello Poison [108] | Interscope | ||
| Fantastic Negrito | White Jesus Black Problems | Storefront Records | ||
| Kat Graham | Long Hot Summer [109] | Sound Zoo Records | ||
| Post Malone | Twelve Carat Toothache | Republic, Mercury |
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| Tedeschi Trucks Band | I Am the Moon: I. Crescent [110] | Swamp Family, Fantasy, Concord | ||
| Vory | Lost Souls | UMG Recordings, Dream Chasers Records | ||
| Xênia França | Em Nome Da Estrela [111] | Self-released | ||
| 10 | FKJ | Vincent [112] | Mom+Pop | |
| Tauren Wells | Joy in the Morning [113] | Capitol CMG | ||
| 16 | Hank Williams Jr. | Rich White Honky Blues | Easy Eye Sound |
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| 17 | Drake | Honestly, Nevermind | OVO, Republic |
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| Yaya Bey | Remember Your North Star [114] | Big Dada | ||
| 20 | Kep1er | Doublast | Wake One, Swing |
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| 24 | Chris Brown | Breezy | CBE, RCA |
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| Giveon | Give or Take | Not So Fast, Epic |
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| Various artists | Elvis (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | RCA |
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| Day | Artist(s) | Album | Record label(s) | Entering chart position |
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| 1 | Moor Mother | Jazz Codes [115] | Anti | |
| Paolo Nutini | Last Night in the Bittersweet | Atlantic |
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| Various artists | Minions: The Rise of Gru (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | Decca Records | ||
| 5 | Felivand | Ties [116] | Sweat It Out | |
| 8 | Brent Faiyaz | Wasteland | Lost Kids, Venice, Stem |
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| Burna Boy | Love, Damini | Atlantic |
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| Flo | The Lead | Island | ||
| Tasman Keith | A Colour Undone [117] | AWAL | ||
| 15 | Cory Henry | Operation Funk [118] | Henry House, Culture Collective | |
| Lil Silva | Yesterday is Heavy [119] | Nowhere Music, Platoon | ||
| Lizzo | Special | Nice Life, Atlantic |
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| Mabel | About Last Night... | Polydor UK |
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| Original Broadway cast of MJ the Musical | MJ (Original Broadway Cast Recording) | Sony |
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| Ne-Yo | Self Explanatory | Compound, Motown |
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| Steve Lacy | Gemini Rights | RCA |
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| Tami Neilson | Kingmaker | Neilson Records, Southbound |
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| 21 | Waje | Waje 2.0 [120] | Continued Entertainment | |
| 22 | Ben Harper | Bloodline Maintenance | Chrysalis | |
| 29 | Beyoncé | Renaissance | Parkwood, Columbia |
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| Domi and JD Beck | Not Tight [121] | Blue Note, UMG, Apeshit | ||
| DPR Ian | Moodswings in to Order | DPR |
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| S-X | Things Change [122] | RBC, BMG | ||
| Wiz Khalifa | Multiverse | Taylor Gang, Asylum | ||
| Day | Artist(s) | Album | Record label(s) | Entering chart position |
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| 1 | NewJeans | New Jeans | ADOR |
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| 4 | Heather Small | Colour My Life [123] | East West | |
| 5 | Black Party | Hummingbird | Wolf + Rothstein, RCA | |
| Calvin Harris | Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 2 | Columbia |
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| Kokoroko | Could We Be More [124] | Brownswood | ||
| 12 | Jimmy Cliff | Refugees [125] | Sunpower Productions NY, UMG | |
| Niki | Nicole | 88rising | ||
| Rod Wave | Beautiful Mind | Alamo |
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| 19 | Tank | R&B Money | R&B Money, Atlantic | |
| Terence Etc. | Vortex [126] | Brainfeeder | ||
| Tink | Pillow Talk | Winter's Diary, Empire |
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| Triathalon | Spin [127] | Lex Records | ||
| 26 | Bnxn | Bad Since '97 | TYE, Empire Distribution |
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| Jacob Banks | Lies About the War [128] | Nobody Records | ||
| Thee Sacred Souls | Thee Sacred Souls | Daptone Records | ||
| 31 | Ari Lennox | Away Message | Dreamville, Interscope | |
| Billlie | The Billage of Perception: Chapter Two | Mystic Story, Kakao |
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| Waje | Unbroken [120] | Continued Entertainment |
| Day | Artist(s) | Album | Record label(s) | Entering chart position |
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| 1 | Romeo Santos | Formula, Vol. 3 | Sony Latin |
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| 9 | Ari Lennox | Age/Sex/Location | Dreamville, Interscope |
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| Charles Stepney | Step on Step [129] | International Anthem | ||
| John Legend | Legend | John Legend, Republic |
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| Son Little | Like Neptune [130] | Anti | ||
| Sudan Archives | Natural Brown Prom Queen | Stones Throw | ||
| Tedeschi Trucks Band | I Am the Moon | Fantasy Records | ||
| 15 | pH-1 | But for Now Leave Me Alone | H1ghr Music |
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| 16 | Bazzi | Infinite Dream [131] | Atlantic | |
| Butcher Brown | Butcher Brown Presents Triple Trey [132] | Concord Jazz | ||
| Danielle Ponder | Some of Us Are Brave [133] | Future Classic | ||
| Dixson | 004DAISY [134] | Roc Nation | ||
| Eliza | A Sky Without Stars [135] | Log Off, Different Recordings, PIAS | ||
| Jessie Reyez | Yessie | FMLY, Island | ||
| Mura Masa | Demon Time | Polydor, Anchor Point | ||
| NCT 127 | 2 Baddies | SM |
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| Samara Joy | Linger Awhile | Verve |
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| Sole | Imagine Club [136] | Amoeba Culture | ||
| 21 | Jay B | Be Yourself | CDNZA |
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| 22 | Jully Black | Three Rocks and a Slingshot [137] | Self-released | |
| 23 | Dr. John | Things Happen That Way | Rounder Records | |
| Durand Bernarr | Wanderlust [138] | Dsing | ||
| Marisa Anderson | Still, Here | Thrill Jockey | ||
| Muni Long | Public Displays of Affection: The Album [139] | Supergiant, Def Jam, UMG | ||
| Vieux Farka Touré & Khruangbin | Ali | Dead Oceans |
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| 26 | Xiumin | Brand New [140] | SM Entertainment, Dreamus | |
| 30 | 2022 Broadway cast of Into the Woods | Into the Woods (2022 Broadway Cast Recording) | Craft Recordings, Concord | |
| Buddy Guy | The Blues Don't Lie | RCA, Silvertone |
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| Craig David | 22 | TS5, Moor |
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| Gabriels | Angels & Queens – Part I | Atlas Artists |
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| Gloria Scott | So Wonderful [141] | Acid Jazz Acquisitions, MK Music | ||
| Joss Stone | Merry Christmas, Love | S-Curve | ||
| Kid Cudi | Entergalactic | Wicked Awesome, Republic |
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| Shygirl | Nymph | Because Music, Nuxxe |
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| Snarky Puppy | Empire Central | GroundUP | ||
| Tory Lanez | Sorry 4 What | One Umbrella, Create |
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| Day | Artist(s) | Album | Record label(s) | Entering chart position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Seulgi | 28 Reasons | SM, Dreamus |
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| Treasure | The Second Step: Chapter Two | YG, YG Plus |
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| 7 | NNAMDÏ | Please Have a Seat [142] | Secretly Canadian, Sooper | |
| Say She She | Prism [143] | Colemine, Karma Chief Records | ||
| Stray Kids | Maxident | JYP, Republic |
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| 10 | Sault | 10 | Forever Living Originals | |
| 12 | Bipolar Sunshine | 3034 [144] | Noize | |
| 14 | Charlotte Dos Santos | Morfo [145] | Because Music | |
| Dillon | 6abotage [146] | BPitch Control | ||
| Jon Vinyl | Palisade [147] | Vinyl Recordings | ||
| Lolo Zouaï | Playgirl [148] | RCA | ||
| 17 | Lee Chan-hyuk | Error | YG, YG Plus |
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| 21 | Babyface | Girls Night Out | Capitol |
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| Meghan Trainor | Takin' It Back | Epic | ||
| Nick Hakim | Cometa [149] | ATO Records | ||
| Pip Millett | When Everything Is Better, I'll Let You Know [150] | Dream Life Records, Sony Music | ||
| 28 | Blaqbonez | Young Preacher | Chocolate City | |
| Dvsn | Working On My Karma [151] | OVO | ||
| King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard | Changes | KGLW |
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| RealestK | Dreams 2 Reality [152] | Columbia, D2R | ||
| Smino | Luv 4 Rent | Zero Fatigue, Motown |
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| The Brother Moves On | $/He Who Feeds You...Owns You [153] | Native Rebel Recordings | ||
| Day | Artist(s) | Album | Record label(s) | Entering chart position |
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| 2 | RM | Indigo | Big Hit |
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| 6 | Minho | Chase | SM, Dreamus |
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| 9 | A Boogie wit da Hoodie | Me vs. Myself | Atlantic, Highbridge |
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| SZA | SOS | Top Dawg, RCA |
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| 10 | Alicia Keys | Keys | RCA |
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| 16 | Jacquees | Sincerely For You [170] | Cash Money, Republic | |
| Whitney Houston | I Wanna Dance with Somebody (The Movie: Whitney New, Classic and Reimagined) | RCA |
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| 24 | Sugababes | The Lost Tapes | Self-released |
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| 28 | WayV | Phantom | Label V, SM, Dreamus |
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| 30 | Vulfpeck | Schvitz | Vulf Records | |
| Waje | The Misfit [120] | Continued Entertainment | ||
| Song | Artist | Project | Peak position |
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| "About Damn Time" | Lizzo | Special | 1 |
| "Break My Soul" | Beyoncé | Renaissance | |
| "Bad Habit" | Steve Lacy | Gemini Rights | |
| "Lift Me Up" | Rihanna | Black Panther: Wakanda Forever | 2 |
| "Woman" | Doja Cat | Planet Her | 7 |
| "Falling Back" | Drake | Honestly, Nevermind | |
| "Nobody Gets Me" | SZA | SOS | 10 |
| "Shirt" | 11 | ||
| "Sacrifice" | The Weeknd | Dawn FM | |
| "Blind" | SZA | SOS | 12 |
| "Texts Go Green" | Drake | Honestly, Nevermind | 13 |
| "Hrs and Hrs" | Muni Long | Public Displays of Affection | 16 |
| "Low" | SZA | SOS | 17 |
| "Alien Superstar" | Beyoncé | Renaissance | 19 |
| "Love Language" | SZA | SOS | 21 |
| "A Keeper" | Drake | Honestly, Nevermind | |
| "Church Girl" | Beyoncé | Renaissance | 22 |
| "Seek & Destroy" | SZA | SOS | 24 |
| "I'm That Girl" | Beyoncé | Renaissance | 26 |
| "Energy" | Beyoncé featuring Beam | 27 | |
| "Flight's Booked" | Drake | Honestly, Nevermind | 28 |
| "Gasoline" | The Weeknd | Dawn FM | 29 |
| "Cozy" | Beyoncé | Renaissance | 30 |
| "Used" | SZA featuring Don Toliver | SOS | |
| "Out of Time" | The Weeknd | Dawn FM | 31 |
| "Is There Someone Else?" | 32 | ||
| "SOS" | SZA | SOS | |
| "Special" | 37 | ||
| "How Do I Make You Love Me?" | The Weeknd | Dawn FM | 39 |
| "Ghost in the Machine" | SZA featuring Phoebe Bridgers | SOS | 40 |
| Song | Artist | Project | Peak position |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Go" | Cat Burns | Emotionally Unavailable | 2 |
| Number | Album | Artist | 1st-week consumption | 1st-week position | Refs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Renaissance | Beyoncé | 332,000 | 1 | [172] |
| 2 | SOS | SZA | 318,000 | 1 | [173] |
| 3 | Dawn FM | The Weeknd | 148,000 | 2 | [174] |
| 4 | Beautiful Mind | Rod Wave | 115,000 | 1 | [175] |
| 5 | Wasteland | Brent Faiyaz | 88,000 | 2 | [176] |
| 6 | Breezy | Chris Brown | 72,000 | 4 | [177] |
| 7 | Special | Lizzo | 69,000 | 2 | [178] |
| 8 | Smithereens | Joji | 57,000 | 5 | [179] |
| 9 | Me vs. Myself | A Boogie wit da Hoodie | 53,000 | 6 | [180] |
| 10 | Gemini Rights | Steve Lacy | 34,000 | 7 | [178] |
| Number | Artist | Album | Average score | Number of reviews | Reference |
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| 1 | Various artists | Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] | 94 | 4 reviews | [181] |
| 2 | Beyoncé | Renaissance | 91 | 26 reviews | [182] |
| 3 | SZA | SOS | 90 | 20 reviews | [183] |
| 4 | Sudan Archives | Natural Brown Prom Queen | 89 | 17 reviews | [184] |
| 5 | Gabriels | Angels & Queens – Part I | 88 | 5 reviews | [185] |
| 6 | The Weeknd | Dawn FM | 88 | 24 reviews | [186] |
| 7 | Brian Jackson | This Is Brian Jackson | 85 | 4 reviews | [187] |
| 8 | Ari Lennox | Age/Sex/Location | 84 | 5 reviews | [188] |
| 9 | Eric Gales | Crown | 84 | 4 reviews | [189] |
| 10 | Son Little | Like Neptune | 84 | 5 reviews | [190] |
| 11 | The Brother Moves On | $/He Who Feeds You...Owns You | 84 | 4 reviews | [191] |
| 12 | Thee Sacred Souls | Thee Sacred Souls | 84 | 4 reviews | [192] |
| 13 | Kehlani | Blue Water Road | 83 | 11 reviews | [193] |
| 14 | Levon Helm & Mavis Staples | Carry Me Home | 83 | 8 reviews | [194] |
| 15 | Moor Mother | Jazz Codes | 83 | 5 reviews | [195] |
| 16 | Syd | Broken Hearts Club | 82 | 10 reviews | [196] |
| 17 | Steve Lacy | Gemini Rights | 80 | 9 reviews | [197] |
| 18 | Tank and the Bangas | Red Balloon | 80 | 4 reviews | [198] |
| 19 | Tedeschi Trucks Band | I Am the Moon: I. Crescent | 80 | 4 reviews | [199] |
| 20 | Raveena | Asha's Awakening | 81 | 4 reviews | [200] |
| 21 | Ben Marc | Glass Effect | 79 | 5 reviews | [201] |
| 22 | Khruangbin & Leon Bridges | Texas Moon | 79 | 7 reviews | [202] |
| 23 | Monophonics & Kelly Finnigan | Sage Motel | 79 | 5 reviews | [203] |
| 24 | Dr. John | Things Happen That Way | 78 | 5 reviews | [204] |
| 25 | Boulevards | Electric Cowboy: Born in Carolina Mud | 77 | 4 reviews | [205] |
| 26 | Sault | Air | 77 | 6 reviews | [206] |
| 27 | Amber Mark | Three Dimensions Deep | 76 | 7 reviews | [207] |
| 28 | NNAMDÏ | Please Have a Seat | 76 | 4 reviews | [208] |
| 29 | Lee Fields | Sentimental Fool | 75 | 4 reviews | [209] |
| 30 | Mary J. Blige | Good Morning Gorgeous | 75 | 7 reviews | [210] |
| 31 | Robert Glasper | Black Radio III | 75 | 4 reviews | [211] |
| 32 | Ella Mai | Heart on My Sleeve | 74 | 6 reviews | [212] |
| 33 | Mount Kimbie | MK 3.5: Die Cuts | City Planning | 74 | 7 reviews | [213] |
| 34 | Brent Faiyaz | Wasteland | 73 | 5 reviews | [214] |
| 35 | Giveon | Give or Take | 72 | 6 reviews | [215] |
| 36 | Nick Hakim | Cometa | 69 | 5 reviews | [216] |
| 37 | St. Paul and The Broken Bones | The Alien Coast | 68 | 7 reviews | [217] |
| 38 | Mura Masa | Demon Time | 66 | 8 reviews | [218] |
| 39 | John Legend | Legend | 66 | 4 reviews | [219] |