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This article summarizes the events, album releases, and album release dates in rhythm and blues for the year 2024.

Events

January

• On January 2, the 33rd Seoul Music Awards were held. NCT Dream won the Grand Award (Daesang). NewJeans won the Best Song Award for "OMG". Billlie won Best Performance. Dynamic Duo won the R&B Hiphop Award. V won Fan Choice of the Year for Layover. Fifty Fifty won Discovery of the Year. ^[1]
• On January 5, The Recording Academy announced the 2024 Lifetime Achievement Award Honorees including Donna Summer, Gladys Knight, and The Clark Sisters. ^{[2] [3]}
• On January 6, the 38th Golden Disc Awards were held. NewJeans won Song of the Year for "Ditto". Zerobaseone won Album Bonsang for Youth in the Shade. NCT Dream won Album Bonsang for ISTJ. ^[4]
• On January 10, the 13th Circle Chart Music Awards were held. NCT Dream won Digital Album of the Year for ISTJ. Zerobaseone won Rookie Album of the Year for Youth in the Shade. ^[5]
• On January 19, Marlena Shaw died at the age of 84. ^[6]

February

• On February 4, the 66th Annual Grammy Awards were held. SZA won both Best R&B Song with "Snooze" and Best Progressive R&B Album with SOS . Coco Jones won Best R&B Performance with "ICU". PJ Morton and Susan Carol won Best R&B Traditional Performance with "Good Morning". Victoria Monét won Best New Artist and Best R&B Album with Jaguar II . ^[7]
• On February 7, Henry Fambrough, of The Spinners, died at the age of 85. ^[8]
• On February 11, Usher headlined the Super Bowl LVIII halftime show at Allegiant Stadium in Paradise, Nevada. ^[9] Alicia Keys, Jermaine Dupri, H.E.R., will.i.am, Lil Jon, and Ludacris made guest appearances during the performance. ^[10]
• On February 17, the 31st Hanteo Music Awards were held. NCT Dream won Best Artist. Seventeen won Best Album. Jimin won the Global Artist Award for South America and Oceania. V won the Global Artist Award for Africa and Europe. B.I won the Hip-hop special award. Kiss of Life won Global Rising Artist. Billlie won Hanteo Choice K-pop Female Artist. ^[11]
• On February 22, the 36th Lo Nuestro Awards were held. Kenia Os won New Artist – Female. Romeo Santos won Tropical Artist of the Year, Tropical Album of the Year for Fórmula, Vol. 3 , and Tropical Collaboration of the Year for "El Pañuelo" with Rosalía. ^[12]

March

• On March 2, the Brit Awards 2024 were held. Raye won British Artist of the Year, Best R&B Act, Best New Artist, Songwriter of the Year, British Album of the Year for My 21st Century Blues , and Song of the Year for "Escapism" with 070 Shake. Jungle won British Group. SZA won International Artist of the Year. ^[13]
• On March 16, the 55th NAACP Image Awards were held. Usher won the President's Award, Entertainer of the Year, and Outstanding Male Artist. Victoria Monét won Outstanding Album for Jaguar II , and Outstanding New Artist. H.E.R. won Outstanding Female Artist. Ciara and Chris Brown won Outstanding Duo, Group or Collaboration (Traditional) for "How We Roll". Chris Brown, Davido, and Lojay won Outstanding Duo, Group or Collaboration (Contemporary) and Outstanding Music Video/Visual Album for "Sensational". Tems won Outstanding International Song for "Me & U". Coco Jones and Justin Timberlake won Outstanding Soul/R&B Song for "ICU (Remix)". The Color Purple won Outstanding Soundtrack/Compilation Album. ^[14]
• On March 22, the 2024 Global Awards were held. Raye won Best British Act and Best Pop. ^[15]
• On March 24, the Juno Awards of 2024 were held. New West won Breakthrough Group of the Year. Karan Aujla won the Fan Choice Award. Amanda Marshall won Adult Contemporary Album of the Year for Heavy Lifting. Blue Moon Marquee won Blues Album of the Year for Scream, Holler & Howl. SZA won International Album of the Year for SOS. Dominique Fils-Aimé won Vocal Jazz Album of the Year for Our Roots Run Deep. TOBi won Rap Album/EP of the Year for Panic. Daniel Caesar won Contemporary R&B/Soul Recording of the Year for Never Enough. Aqyila won Traditional R&B/Soul Recording of the Year for "Hello". ^[16]
• On March 30, Casey Benjamin died at the age of 45. ^[17]

April

• On April 1, the 2024 iHeartRadio Music Awards were held. SZA won R&B Artist of the Year, Song of the Year for "Kill Bill", R&B Song of the Year for "Snooze", and R&B Album of the Year for SOS. Victoria Monét won Best New R&B Artist. NewJeans won Best New K-Pop Artist. V won Favorite Debut Album for Layover. Beyoncé won iHeartRadio Innovator. ^[18]
• On April 5, Keith LeBlanc died at the age of 69. ^[19]
• On April 24, Mike Pinder died at the age of 82. ^[20]

May

• On May 1, the APRA Music Awards of 2024 were held. Ziggy Alberts won Most Performed Blues & Roots Work for "Dancing in the Dark". JKING won Most Performed R&B / Soul Work for "Cinderella". ^[21]
• On May 14, Jimmy James died at the age of 83. ^[22]
• On May 19, Peggi Blu died at the age of 77. ^[23]

June

• On June 10, the 2024 Libera Awards were held. Christone "Kingfish" Ingram won Best Blues Record for Live In London . Sampha won Best R&B Record for Lahai . Betty Davis won Best Soul/Funk Record for Crashin' from Passion. The Blind Boys of Alabama won Best Spiritual Record for Echoes of the South. Sudan Archives and ODESZA won Best Remix for "Selfish Soul (ODESZA Remix)". ^[24]
• On June 30, the 2024 BET Awards were held. ^[25] Victoria Monét won Video of the Year and the BET Her Award for "On My Mama". Usher won Best Male R&B/Pop Artist and the Lifetime Achievement Award. SZA won Best Female R&B/Pop Artist. Tyla won Best New Artist and Best International Act. Tems won the Dr. Bobby Jones Best Gospel/Inspirational Award for "Me & U". ^[26]

October

• On October 19, Dionne Warwick, Mary J. Blige, and Kool & the Gang are set to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. ^[27]

Released albums

January

Day	Artist(s)	Album	Record label(s)	Entering chart position
10	OnlyOneOf	Things I Can't Say Love	8D Entertainment [28]
	Teezo Touchdown	How Do You Sleep At Night? With You	Not Fit For Society, RCA Records [29]
11	Matt Martians	Matt's Missing	5th Echelon Jet Repair [30]
12	Jeymes Samuel	The Book of Clarence (The Motion Picture Soundtrack)	Geneva Club, Roc Nation Records [31]
	Kali Uchis	Orquídeas	Geffen [32]	Debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200
	Michael J. Woodard	MJW1	Unsub Records [33]
	Nailah Hunter	Lovegaze	Fat Possum [34]
19	UMI	talking to the wind	Self-released [35]
26	Emotional Oranges & Nonso Amadi	Blended	Avant Garden [36]
	Sy Smith	Until We Meet Again	The Foreign Exchange Music [37]

February

Day	Artist(s)	Album	Record label(s)	Entering chart position
2	Ryan Leslie	You Know My Speed	Black Phoenix Enterprises [38]
9	Brittany Howard	What Now	UMG [39]
	DJ Harrison	Shades of Yesterday	Stones Throw [40]
	Jessica Mauboy	Yours Forever	Warner Australia [41]
	Koryn Hawthorne	On God	Provident, Sony Music [42]
	Mk.gee	Two Star & the Dream Police	R&R [43]
	Usher	Coming Home	Mega, Gamma [44]	Debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200
	Various artists	The Tiger's Apprentice (soundtrack)	88rising [45]
	Wejdene	W	Virgin Music France [46]
14	B. Smyth	Brandon	Bloom [47]
16	Jason Derulo	Nu King	Atlantic [48]	Debuted at No. 82 on the Billboard 200
	Jennifer Lopez	This Is Me... Now	Nuyorican, BMG [49]	Debuted at No. 38 on the Billboard 200
	Jordan Mackampa	Welcome Home, Kid!	AWAL [50]
	Max	Love In Stereo	Colour Vision Records, Warner [51]
	Paloma Faith	The Glorification of Sadness	Sony, RCA	Debuted at No. 2 on the UK Albums Chart
	Pip Millett	Tell Jimmy	Believe UK [52]
	Prince Royce	Llamada Perdida	Sony Latin, Smiling Prince Music [53]
	Serpentwithfeet	GRIP	Secretly Canadian [54]
19	Le Sserafim	Easy	Source, YG Plus, Geffen	Debuted at No. 8 on the Billboard 200
21	Erika de Casier	Still	4AD [55]
23	Ghetts	On Purpose, with Purpose	Ghetts Limited, Warner	Debuted at No. 29 on the UK Albums Chart
	I Dont Know How But They Found Me	Gloom Division	Concord Records [56]
	Rod Stewart & Jools Holland	Swing Fever	Warner [57]
26	Taeyong	Tap	SM, Kakao [58]
27	A.CHAL	ESPÍRITU	GAZI World [59]
29	Jacob Collier	Djesse Vol. 4	Hajanga [60]	Debuted at No. 26 on the UK Albums Chart

March

Day	Artist(s)	Album	Record label(s)	Entering chart position
1	Eric Bellinger	The Rebirth 3: The Party & The Bedroom	All Wins, Compound Interest [61]
	Faye Webster	Underdressed at the Symphony	Secretly Canadian [62]
	Ledisi	Good Life	Listen Back Entertainment, BMG [63]
5	Trevor Jackson	Heads Up	Born Art [64]
8	Ariana Grande	Eternal Sunshine	Republic Records	Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200
15	Justin Timberlake	Everything I Thought It Was	RCA [65]	Debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard 200
21	Seori	Fake Happy	Label Sayu [66]
22	Gary Clark Jr.	JPEG Raw	Warner [67]
	Matt Champion	Mika's Laundry	RCA
	SiR	Heavy	Top Dawg Entertainment, RCA [68]	Debuted at No. 120 on the Billboard 200
	Tyla	Tyla	FAX Records, Epic Records [69]	Debuted at No. 24 on the Billboard 200
25	Illit	Super Real Me	Belift Lab, YG Plus
	NCT Dream	Dream()scape	SM, Kakao
29	Beyoncé	Cowboy Carter	Parkwood, Columbia	Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200
	Buddy	Don't Forget To Breathe	Empire [70]
	J-Hope	Hope on the Street Vol. 1	Big Hit [71]	Debuted at No. 5 on the Billboard 200

April

Day	Artist(s)	Album	Record label(s)	Entering chart position
3	I.M	Off the Beat	Sony Music Korea
5	Alice Russell	I Am	Tru Thoughts [72]
	Bryson Tiller	Bryson Tiller	RCA Records [73]	Debuted at No. 12 on the Billboard 200
	Fabiana Palladino	Fabiana Palladino	Paul Institute, XL [74]
	José James	1978	Rainbow Blonde [75]
	Maggie Rose	No One Gets Out Alive	Big Loud [76]
	Marcus King	Mood Swings	Republic Records [77]
	Pharrell Williams	Black Yacht Rock Vol. 1	Self-released [78]
	Sheila E.	Bailar	Stiletto Flats, Sony Music [79]
	Tori Kelly	Tori.	Epic, Beautiful Mind Records [80]
	Vory	Eros	Eros, Create Music Group [81]
10	Hikaru Utada	Science Fiction	Epic Japan, USM Japan
11	Tini	Un Mechón de Pelo	5020, Sony Latin
12	Amy Winehouse	Back to Black (Songs from the Original Motion Picture)	Island
	Baby Rose & BADBADNOTGOOD	Slow Burn	Secretly Canadian [82]
	Diane Birch	Flying on Abraham	Legere [83]
	DRAM	DRAM&B	Waver [84]
	Elyanna	Woledto	Salxco Uam [85]
	Future & Metro Boomin	We Still Don't Trust You	Freebandz, Boominati, Epic, Republic [86]	Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200
	Jean Deaux	Nowhere, Fast	Guin Records [87]
	Meshell Ndegeocello	Red Hot & Ra: The Magic City	Red Hot Organization [88]
	Nia Archives	Silence Is Loud	Hijinxx [89]
17	Ruger & Bnxn	RnB	Blown Boy, T.Y.E, EMPIRE [90]
19	Blue Lab Beats	Blue Eclipse	Blue Adventure, Decca Records France [91]
	Tei Shi	Valerie	Self-released [92]
22	Doyoung	Youth	SM, Kakao
26	Céu	Novela	Urban Jungle Records, ONErpm [93]
	Judith Hill	Letters from a Black Widow	Regime Music Group [94]
	Ngaiire	Live at the Sydney Opera House	Dot Dash Records
	PartyNextDoor	PartyNextDoor 4	OVO Sound [95]	Debuted at No. 10 on the Billboard 200
	Sega Bodega	Dennis	Ambient Tweets
	Sinéad Harnett	Boundaries	Thairish Limited, Right Hand [96]

May

Day	Artist(s)	Album	Record label(s)	Entering chart position
2	Hyuna	Attitude	At Area [97]
3	4Batz	U Made Me a St4r	gamma. [98]	Debuted at No. 30 on the Billboard 200
	Charlotte Day Wilson	Cyan Blue	Stone Woman, XL Recordings [99]
	Kacy Hill	Bug	Mochi Headquarters, Nettwerk [100]
7	Doh Kyung-soo	Blossom	Company SooSoo, Dreamus
9	Cosha	MurMurs	Ashtown Lane [101]
10	Andra Day	Cassandra (cherith)	Warner Records [102]
	Gabrielle	A Place in Your Heart	Tag8 Music, BMG
	Grupo Frontera	Jugando a Que No Pasa Nada	Self-released	Debuted at No. 198 on the Billboard 200
	Jordan Rakei	The Loop	Verve Forecast, Decca [103]	Debuted at No. 36 on the UK Albums Chart
	Kaash Paige	Catch Me While I Care	Self-released [104]
	Nigel Hall & DJ Harrison	The Burning Bush: A Journey Through the Music of Earth, Wind & Fire	Regime Music Group [105]
	Pokey LaFarge	Rhumba Country	New West [106]
	Yaya Bey	Ten Fold	Big Dada [107]
13	Childish Gambino	Atavista	RCA	Debuted at No. 62 on the Billboard 200
17	Shaznay Lewis	Pages	1.9.7.5
24	Nathy Peluso	Grasa	Sony Latin, 5020
	RM	Right Place, Wrong Person	Big Hit	Debuted at No. 5 on the Billboard 200
	Shenseea	Never Gets Late Here	Rich Immigrants, Interscope Records [108]
29	Bobby V	Bobby V. Live in Concert	Veltree Music Group, Santi Music [109]
30	Omar Montes	Lagrimas De Un Maleante	Sony Music Entertainment US Latin [110]
31	Artms	DALL	Modhaus
	Kallitechnis	Mood Ring	Soul Over Ego [111]
	Leigh-Anne	No Hard Feelings	Warner [112]
	Swamp Dogg	Blackgrass: From West Virginia to 125th St.	Oh Boy Records [113]

June

Day	Artist(s)	Album	Record label(s)	Entering chart position
7	Alicia Keys	Hell's Kitchen	Self-released [114]
	Kaytranada	Timeless	RCA [115]	Debuted at No. 28 on the Billboard 200
	NxWorries	Why Lawd?	Stones Throw [116]	Debuted at No. 104 on the Billboard 200
	Tems	Born in the Wild	RCA, Since '93 [117]	Debuted at No. 56 on the Billboard 200
14	Bilal	Live at Glasshaus	Glasshaus Presents [118]
	Fana Hues	Moth	Sweet Virtue, Westminster Recordings, Bright Antenna Records [119]
	Lalah Hathaway	VANTABLACK	Hathaway Entertainment, SRG-ILS [120]
	Normani	Dopamine	RCA Records, Sony Music [121]	Debuted at No. 91 on the Billboard 200
	PJ Morton	Cape Town to Cairo	Morton Records, EMPIRE [122]
	Raveena	Where the Butterflies Go in the Rain	Moonstone Recordings, Empire [123]
	Skaiwater	#gigi	GoodTalk, Capitol Records [124]
21	Daryl Hall	D	Untied Artists Productions [125]
	Jeremy Pope	Last Name: POPE	Self-released [126]
	Kehlani	CRASH	Atlantic Records [127]	Debuted at No. 25 on the Billboard 200
	Lake Street Dive	Good Together	Self-released [128]
	Maeta	Endless Night	Roc Nation [129]
	Victony	Stubborn	Encore Recordings [130]
28	Aaron Frazer	Into the Blue	Dead Oceans [131]
	Hiatus Kaiyote	Love Heart Cheat Code	Brainfeeder, Ninja Tune [132]	Debuted at No. 40 on the ARIA Charts
	James Blake & Lil Yachty	Bad Cameo	Quality Control Music, Motown, Polydor Records, Republic Records [133]
	Keke Wyatt	Certified	Shanachie [134]
	Lucky Daye	Algorithm	RCA, Keep Cool [135]
	Marsha Ambrosius	Casablanco	Aftermath Records, Interscope Records [136]
	Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats	South of Here	Stax Records [137]	Debuted at No. 145 on the Billboard 200
	Omar Apollo	God Said No	Warner [138]	Debuted at No. 56 on the Billboard 200

July

Day	Artist(s)	Album	Record label(s)	Entering chart position
5	Eves Karydas	Burnt Tapes	Zeitgeist Records, Believe	Debuted at No. 23 on the ARIA Charts
6	Sault	Acts of Faith	Forever Living Originals [139]
10	Rema	Heis	Mavin, Jonzing, Interscope
12	Berwyn	Who Am I	Columbia
	Tink	Winter's Diary 5	Winter's Diary, WD Records, Empire [140]	Debuted at No. 140 on the Billboard 200
	Zacari	Bliss	TDE [141]
16	Trevor Jackson	It's Complicated	Born Art [142]
19	Blxst	I'll Always Come Find You	Red Bull Records, Evgle [143]
	Childish Gambino	Bando Stone & the New World	RCA [144]	Debuted at No. 16 on the Billboard 200

August

Day	Artist(s)	Album	Record label(s)	Entering chart position
2	Elijah Blake	Elijah.	RKeyTek Music, MNRK Records [145]
	Khalid	Sincere	Right Hand Music Group, RCA [146]
	Moses Sumney	Sophcore	TunTum Records [147]
8	August 08	Pretend It's Okay	Def Jam, UMG [148]
9	Chlöe	Trouble in Paradise	Parkwood, Columbia
	Kali Uchis	Orquídeas Parte 2	Capitol, UMG
	Niki	Buzz	88rising [149]
	Ravyn Lenae	Bird's Eye	Atlantic Records [150]

Upcoming releases

August

Day	Artist(s)	Album	Record label(s)	Ref.
16	Tinashe	Quantum Baby	Nice Life	[151]
23	Forest Claudette	& Stone Between	Warner Records	[152]
30	Louis York	Songs With Friends	Weirdo Workshop	[153]
	Muni Long	Revenge	Supergiant Records, MPR Global, Def Jam Recordings, UMG	[154]

October

Day	Artist(s)	Album	Record label(s)	Ref.
4	Leon Bridges	Leon	Columbia	[155]
11	Dua Saleh	I Should Call Them	Ghostly International	[156]
18	Boney James	Slow Burn	Concord Records	[157]
25	Bootsy Collins	Album of the Year #1 Funkateer	Bootzilla	[158]

Unscheduled and TBA

Artist	Album	Label	Ref.
070 Shake	TBA	Getting Out Our Dreams, Def Jam Recordings, UMG Recordings	[159]
6lack & Jessie Reyez	TBA	FMLY, Island Records, Love Renaissance, Interscope Records	[160]
Aaliyah	Unstoppable	Blackground Records, EMPIRE	[161]
Avery*Sunshine	So Glad to Know You	BigShine Recordings	[162]
Brownstone	Back Again	Self-released	[163]
Carl Thomas	TBA	TBA	[164]
Charlie Wilson	TBA	TBA	[165]
Diva Gurl	TBA	TBA	[166]
Durand Bernarr	TBA	Dsing Records, Create Music Group	[167]
Eric Benét	TBA	JBR Creative Group	[168]
Flo	TBA	TBA	[169]
Frank Ocean	TBA	TBA	[170]
Gnarls Barkley	TBA	TBA	[171]
J. Valentine	Conversations With Women	R&B Money	[172]
Jeremih	TBA	TBA	[173]
Jon B.	Waiting On You	Self-released	[174]
Josh Levi	TBA	TBA	[175]
Kelis	TBA	TBA	[176]
Keyshia Cole	TBA	TBA	[177]
Mariah Carey	TBA	Columbia Records	[178]
Marques Houston	The Best Worst Year Ever.	Phoenix Music Group	[179]
Mary J. Blige	TBA	Verve, Interscope, UMG	[180]
Maxwell	blacksummers'NIGHT	TBA	[181]
Miguel	Viscera	TBA	[182]
Monica	MDA	WME	[183]
Rihanna	TBA	TBA	[184]
Sade	TBA	TBA	[185]
Smino	She Always Dancing	Zero Fatigue, Motown	[186]
Syleena Johnson	Legacy	SJ Entertainment	[187]
SZA	Lana	Top Dawg, RCA	[188]
Tamar Braxton	TBA	TBA	[189]
Teedra Moses	The Bull$hit	TBA	[189]
TGT	TBA	TBA	[190]
THEY.	TBA	TBA	[191]
Tommy Richman	Coyote	ISO Supremacy	[192]
Tony! Toni! Toné!	TBA	TBA	[193]
Twenty88	TBA	Def Jam	[194]
Ty Dolla $ign & Mustard	TBA	Atlantic Records, 10 Summers, Interscope Records	[195]

Highest-charting songs

United States

R&B songs from any year which charted in the 2024 Top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100 ^[196]

Song	Artist	Project	Peak position
"Million Dollar Baby"	Tommy Richman	Coyote	2
"Saturn"	SZA	Lana	6
"Act II: Date @ 8"	4Batz featuring Drake	U Made Me a St4r	7
"Selfish"	Justin Timberlake	Everything I Thought It Was	19
"Made for Me"	Muni Long	TBA	20
"Devil Is a Lie"	Tommy Richman	Coyote	32
"On My Mama"	Victoria Monét	Jaguar II	33

Highest first-week consumption

List of albums with the highest first-week consumption (sales + streaming + track equivalent), as of April 2024 in the United States

Number	Album	Artist	1st-week consumption	1st-week position	Refs
1	Eternal Sunshine	Ariana Grande	227,000	1	[197]
2	Coming Home	Usher	91,000	2	[198]
3	Orquídeas	Kali Uchis	69,000	2	[199]
4	Everything I Thought It Was	Justin Timberlake	67,000	4	[200]
5	PartyNextDoor 4	PartyNextDoor	37,000	10	[201]

All critically reviewed albums ranked

Metacritic

Number	Artist	Album	Average score	Number of reviews	Reference
1	Berwyn	Who Am I	95	4 reviews	[202]
2	Brittany Howard	What Now	88	15 reviews	[203]
3	Kali Uchis	Orquídeas	88	14 reviews	[204]
4	Yaya Bey	Ten Fold	88	8 reviews	[205]
5	Tems	Born in the Wild	86	7 reviews	[206]
6	Swamp Dogg	Blackgrass: From West Virginia to 125th St.	86	4 reviews	[207]
7	Ariana Grande	eternal sunshine	84	19 reviews	[208]
8	Tyla	TYLA	84	10 reviews	[209]
9	Gary Clark Jr.	JPEG Raw	84	7 reviews	[210]
10	Faye Webster	Underdressed at the Symphony	82	15 reviews	[211]
11	Omar Apollo	God Said No	82	5 reviews	[212]
12	Aaron Frazer	Into the Blue	80	4 reviews	[213]
13	Nia Archives	Silence Is Loud	78	11 reviews	[214]
14	serpentwithfeet	GRIP	77	12 reviews	[215]
15	NxWorries	Why Lawd?	77	6 reviews	[216]
16	Usher	Coming Home	76	9 reviews	[217]
17	Hiatus Kaiyote	Love Heart Cheat Code	75	6 reviews	[218]
18	Childish Gambino	Bando Stone & the New World	74	10 reviews	[219]
19	James Blake & Lil Yachty	Bad Cameo	74	5 reviews	[220]
20	Kehlani	CRASH	73	8 reviews	[221]
21	Normani	Dopamine	73	10 reviews	[222]
22	Erika de Casier	Still	73	7 reviews	[223]
23	Lake Street Dive	Good Together	69	4 reviews	[224]
24	Jennifer Lopez	This Is Me...Now	61	10 reviews	[225]
25	Justin Timberlake	Everything I Thought It Was	51	17 reviews	[226]

AnyDecentMusic?

Number	Artist	Album	Average score	Number of reviews	Reference
1	Brittany Howard	What Now	8.0	13 reviews	[227]
2	Fabiana Palladino	Fabiana Palladino	7.9	7 reviews	[228]
3	Kali Uchis	Orquídeas	7.8	16 reviews	[229]
4	Nia Archives	Silence Is Loud	7.7	15 reviews	[230]
5	Tyla	TYLA	7.7	6 reviews	[231]
6	Faye Webster	Underdressed at the Symphony	7.6	18 reviews	[232]
7	Ariana Grande	eternal sunshine	7.5	18 reviews	[233]
8	Omar Apollo	God Said No	7.4	5 reviews	[234]
9	serpentwithfeet	GRIP	7.1	9 reviews	[235]
10	Normani	Dopamine	7.0	10 reviews	[236]
11	Childish Gambino	Bando Stone & the New World	6.9	10 reviews	[237]
12	Hiatus Kaiyote	Love Heart Cheat Code	6.9	10 reviews	[238]
13	Kehlani	CRASH	6.8	8 reviews	[239]
14	Usher	Coming Home	6.1	7 reviews	[240]
15	Justin Timberlake	Everything I Thought It Was	4.6	13 reviews	[241]

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