2025 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 2025.

Contents

Events

February

Upcoming releases

January

DayArtist(s)AlbumRecord label(s)Ref.
10 Moonchild Sanelly Full Moon Transgressive [2]
Otis KaneViolet Nettwerk Music Group [3]
24 FKA Twigs Eusexua Young, Atlantic [4]
JoJo NGL BMG [5]
Teddy Swims I've Tried Everything But Therapy (Part 2) Warner [6]
The Weeknd Hurry Up Tomorrow XO, Republic [7]
31 Eddie Chacon Lay Low Stones Throw [8]

February

DayArtist(s)AlbumRecord label(s)Ref.
7 Biig Piig 11:11 Sony Music UK [9]
Johnnyswim When The War Is OverSelf-released [10]
14 Alessia Cara Love & Hyperbole Def Jam [11]
Mereba The Breeze Grew a Fire Secretly Canadian [12]
Musiq Soulchild & Hit-Boy Victims & Villains 2SoulStar [13]
28 Hope Tala Hope Handwritten PMR Records [14]
TBA Robin Thicke TBARun It Up Records [15]

March

DayArtist(s)AlbumRecord label(s)Ref.
TBAVictor RayTBA Decca Records [16]

Unscheduled and TBA

Artist(s)AlbumRecord label(s)Ref.
Amerie TBATBA [17]
Ari Lennox TBA Dreamville, Interscope [18]
Bootsy Collins Album of the Year #1 FunkateerBootzilla [19]
BrandonTBA Secretly Canadian [20]
Chase ShakurWonderlove Def Jam [21]
Eric Benét TBAJBR Creative Group [22]
Jeremih TBALate Nights, Pulse, Concord [23]
Koffee Brown TBASlugga Music, Reservoir Recordings [24]
Liamani TBA Def Jam [25]
Melanie Fiona TBALoveLinc, Public Records, Colture, Title 9 [26]
Nao JupiterLittle Tokyo Recordings, Sony Music [27]
Teedra Moses The Bullsh*tBlack Moses [28]
Tokimonsta Eternal ReverieYoung Art [29]
Vedo TBANew Wav Music Group [30]

See also

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