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This article summarizes the events, album releases, and album release dates in rhythm and blues for the year 2025.

Events

January

• On January 3, Brenton Wood died at the age of 83. ^[1]
• On January 10, Sam Moore died at the age of 89. ^[2]
• On January 20, Bob Kuban died at the age of 84. ^[3]

February

• On February 2, Gene Barge died at the age of 98. ^[4] On the same day, the 67th Annual Grammy Awards were held. ^[5] Beyoncé won Album of the Year for Cowboy Carter . Muni Long won Best R&B Performance for "Made for Me (Live on BET)". Lucky Daye won Best Traditional R&B Performance for "That's You". SZA won Best R&B Song for "Saturn". AverySunshine and NxWorries tied for Best Progressive R&B Album for So Glad to Know You and Why Lawd? , respectively. Chris Brown won Best R&B Album for 11:11 (Deluxe) . Tank and the Bangas won Best Spoken Word Poetry Album for The Heart, The Mind, The Soul. Prince, Taj Mahal, and Frankie Beverly received the Lifetime Achievement Awards. Alicia Keys received the Dr. Dre Global Impact Award. ^[6]
• On February 12, Tommy Hunt died at the age of 91. ^[7] On the same day, Jimi Mbaye died at the age of 67. ^[8]
• On February 18, the MOBO Awards 2025 were held. ^[9] Odeal won Best Newcomer and Best R&B/Soul Act. Mnelia won Video of the Year for "My Man". Ayra Starr won Best African Music Act and Best International Act. ^[10]
• On February 22, the 56th NAACP Image Awards were held. ^[11] Beyoncé won Outstanding Female Artist and Outstanding Album for Cowboy Carter . Doechii won Outstanding New Artist. Chris Brown won Outstanding Male Artist, Outstanding International Song with Davido for "Hmmm" and Outstanding Soul/R&B Song for "Residuals". Adam Blackstone & Fantasia won Outstanding Duo, Group or Collaboration (Traditional) for "Summertime". Wizkid and Brent Faiyaz won Outstanding Duo, Group or Collaboration (Contemporary) for "Piece of My Heart". Samara Joy won Outstanding Jazz Album for Portrait . Luther: Never Too Much won Outstanding Directing in a Documentary (Television or Motion Picture) and Outstanding Documentary (Motion Picture). ^[12]
• On February 20, Jerry Butler died at the age of 85. ^[13]
• On February 21, Gwen McCrae died at the age of 81. ^[14]
• On February 22, Linsey Alexander died at the age of 82. ^[15]
• On February 24, Roberta Flack died at the age of 88. ^[16]

March

• On March 1, Angie Stone died at the age of 63. ^[17]
• On March 4, Roy Ayers died at the age of 84. ^[18]
• On March 7, D'Wayne Wiggins died at the age of 64. ^[19]
• On March 10, Wheesung died at the age of 43. ^[20]
• On March 30, the Juno Awards of 2025 are set to be held. ^[21]

Released albums

January

Day	Artist(s)	Album	Record label(s)	Entering chart position
3	Nia Nadurata	Still Living with My Parents	Arts & Crafts Productions [22]
10	Moonchild Sanelly	Full Moon	Transgressive [23]
	Otis Kane	Violet	Nettwerk Music Group [24]
	Rilès	Survival Mode	Self-released
	Skiifall	Lovers Till I'm Gone	Peoples Champ [25]
15	Maro & Nasaya	Lifeline	Secca, Venice
	Nariaki	Zatto	Self-released [26]
17	Keke Palmer	DivaGurl: A Story By Keke Palmer	Big Bosses, The SRG, ILS Group [27]
	Mac Miller	Balloonerism	Warner	Debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard 200
	Yola	My Way	S-Curve Records [28]
21	Minnie	Her	Cube
24	Benjamin Booker	Lower	Fire Next Time, Thirty Tigers [29]
	Charlie Bereal	Walk With The Father	Death Row Records, Gamma [30]
	FKA Twigs	Eusexua	Young, Atlantic [31]	Debuted at No. 3 on the UK Albums Chart Debuted at No. 24 on the Billboard 200
	JoJo	NGL	BMG [32]
	Jordan Adetunji	A Jaguar's Dream	300 Entertainment, Warner UK [33]
	Teddy Swims	I've Tried Everything but Therapy (Part 2)	Warner [34]	Debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard 200
	Young Franco	It's Franky Baby!	Neon [35]
29	Jacob Banks	Yonder: Book II	Nobody Records [36]
31	Brooke Combe	Dancing at the Edge of the World	Modern Sky UK
	Cymande	Renascence	BMG [37]
	Eddie Chacon	Lay Low	Stones Throw [38]
	Iniko	The Awakening	Columbia, Audio Angel [39]
	Journey Montana	Lucky Girl Syndrome	10K Projects [40]
	Qing Madi	I Am the Blueprint	Jton, Bu Vision [41]
	The Weeknd	Hurry Up Tomorrow	XO, Republic [42]	Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200

February

Day	Artist(s)	Album	Record label(s)	Entering chart position
7	Biig Piig	11:11	Sony Music UK [43]
	Chase Shakur	Wonderlove	Def Jam [44]
	Johnnyswim	When the War is Over	Self-released [45]
	Truice Young	Vices	Gamma [46]
11	Kelela	In the Blue Light	Warp Records [47]
14	Alessia Cara	Love & Hyperbole	Def Jam [48]
	Candi Staton	Back To My Roots	Beracah Records [49]
	Flau'jae	Flau & B	Flauge Entertainment [50]
	Jacquees & DeJ Loaf	Fuck A Friendzone 2	Yellow World, FYB Records [51]
	Jagged Edge	All Original Parts, Vol. 1	Self-released [52]
	John Glacier	Like a Ribbon	Young [53]
	Mereba	The Breeze Grew a Fire	Secretly Canadian [54]
	PartyNextDoor & Drake	Some Sexy Songs 4 U	OVO Sound, Republic Records [55]	Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200
	The Altons	Heartache in Room 14	Daptone [56]
	They.	Love.Jones	Drink Sum Wtr [56]
18	Durand Bernarr	Bloom	Create Music Group [57]
21	Bren Joy	Sunset Black	Self-released [58]
	Joan Thiele	Joanita	Sony Music Italy [59]
	Nao	Jupiter	Little Tokyo Recordings, Sony Music [60]
	Saint Jhn	Festival Season	Godd Complexx [61]
	Sir Woman	If It All Works Out	ONErpm [62]
	Tate McRae	So Close to What	RCA	Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200
25	Senidah	Sen i Dah	Bassivity Digital [63]
27	Bini	Biniverse	Star Music
28	Aloe Blacc	Stand Together	Grand Scheme, Vydia [64]
	Banks	Off With Her Head	Self-released [65]
	Everything Is Recorded	Temporary	XL [66]
	Fridayy	Some Days I'm Good, Some Days I'm Not	Lost In Melody, Def Jam [67]	Debuted at No. 51 on the Billboard 200
	Hope Tala	Hope Handwritten	PMR Records [68]
	Michi	Dirty Talk	Stones Throw [69]
	Noemi	Nostalgia	Columbia, Sony Music
	Serpentwithfeet	Grip Sequel	Secretly Canadian [70]
	Terrace Martin	Albion Files	Sounds of Crenshaw [71]
	Yves Jarvis	All Cylinders	In Real Life [72]

March

Day	Artist(s)	Album	Record label(s)	Entering chart position
6	Ca7riel & Paco Amoroso	Papota	5020 Records [73]
7	Immasoul	Pistola	Empire [74]
	Jacob Banks	Yonder: Book III	Nobody Records [75]
	Jennie	Ruby	Odd Atelier, Columbia
	Tokimonsta	Eternal Reverie	Young Art [76]
10	Seulgi	Accidentally On Purpose	SM [77]

Upcoming releases

March

Day	Artist(s)	Album	Record label(s)	Ref.
21	Bathe	Inside Voice(s)	MNRK	[78]
	Greentea Peng	Tell Dem It's Sunny	AWAL	[79]
	Jon B.	Waiting On You	Vibezelect	[80]
28	Butcher Brown	Letters from the Atlantic	Concord Jazz	[81]
	Jessie Reyez	Paid In Memories	Fmly, Island	[82]
	Yukimi	For You	Ninja Tune	[83]
TBA	Victor Ray	TBA	Decca Records	[84]

April

Day	Artist(s)	Album	Record label(s)	Ref.
4	Malcolm Todd	Malcolm Todd	Columbia	[85]
11	Bootsy Collins	Album of the Year #1 Funkateer	Bootzilla	[86]
18	Davido	5ive	Sony	[87]
25	Coco Jones	Why Not More?	High Standardz, Def Jam	[88]
	D4vd	Withered	Darkroom, Interscope	[89]

May

Day	Artist(s)	Album	Record label(s)	Ref.
16	Tanika Charles	Reasons to Stay	Record Kicks	[90]

Unscheduled and TBA

Artist(s)	Album	Record label(s)	Ref.
Aaliyah	Unstoppable	Blackground Records, Empire	[91]
Amanda Reifer	The Reifer Files	Title 9, Atlantic	[92]
Amerie	Cymatika, Vol. 1	TBA	[93]
Ari Lennox	TBA	Dreamville, Interscope	[94]
Bakar	Forever & Ever	Self-released	[95]
Brandon	TBA	Secretly Canadian	[96]
Brownstone	Back Again	Self-released	[97]
Burna Boy	No Sign of Weakness	Spaceship, Bad Habit, Atlantic	[98]
Carl Thomas	TBA	TBA	[99]
Case	Love Jones, Vol. 2	Self-released	[100]
Colde	Yang	Wavy	[101]
Craig David	TBA	Believe UK	[102]
D'Angelo	TBA	TBA	[103]
Drew Sidora	TBA	MusicXchange	[104]
Elle Varner	S.E.L.F.	Two Twelve Enterprises	[105]
Eric Benét	TBA	JBR Creative Group	[106]
Estelle	TBA	Established 1980 Records, Fab Factory Entertainment	[107]
Gigi	TBA	Marki, Warner	[108]
Giveon	TBA	Epic	[109]
Honey Bxby	Raw Honey	Rebirth, Art@War, Warner	[92]
J. Valentine	Conversations With Women	R&B Money	[110]
JayDon	TBA	Zoo, Mega, Gamma	[111]
Jeremih	TBA	Late Nights, Pulse, Concord	[112]
Johnny Venus	TBA	SinceThe80s, Epic	[71]
Josh Levi	TBA	Raedio, Atlantic	[113]
Kelis	TBA	TBA	[114]
Keyshia Cole	TBA	TBA	[115]
Koffee Brown	TBA	Slugga Music, Reservoir Recordings	[116]
Ledisi	The Crown	Listen Back, BMG	[117]
Liamani	TBA	Def Jam	[118]
Lizzo	Love In Real Life	Nice Life	[119]
Mabel	TBA	TBA	[120]
Maleek Berry	If Only Love Was Enough	Berry's Room	[121]
Mariah Carey	TBA	Columbia	[122]
Maxwell	blacksummers'NIGHT	Musze, BMG	[123]
Melanie Fiona	Say Yes	LoveLinc, Public Records, Colture, Title 9	[124]
Miguel	Viscera	TBA	[125]
Monica	MDA	WME	[126]
Musiq Soulchild & Hit-Boy	Victims & Villains 2	SoulStar	[127]
Ne-Yo	TBA	ONErpm	[104]
Rihanna	R9	Roc Nation, Westbury Road	[128]
Robin Thicke	TBA	Run It Up Records	[129]
Rotimi	In My Heart, In My Veins	FrontRo, Empire	[130]
Sean Garrett	TBA	Blackground Records	[131]
Summer Walker	Finally Over It	LVRN, Interscope	[132]
TA Thomas	Southern Soul	Def Jam	[133]
Tamar Braxton	TBA	TBA	[134]
Teedra Moses	The Bullsh*t	Black Moses	[135]
Tiffany Evans	TBA	Hubris Sound	[136]
Ty Dolla Sign	Tycoon	Self-released	[137]
Vedo	TBA	New Wav Music Group	[138]

Highest-charting songs

United States

R&B songs from any year which charted in the 2025 Top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100 ^[139]

Song	Artist	Project	Peak position
"30 for 30"	SZA and Kendrick Lamar	Lana	10
"Cry for Me"	The Weeknd	Hurry Up Tomorrow	12
"Messy"	Lola Young	This Wasn't Meant for You Anyway	14
"CN Tower"	PartyNextDoor and Drake	Some Sexy Songs 4 U	18
"Die Trying"	PartyNextDoor, Drake and Yebba		21
"Something About You"	PartyNextDoor and Drake		26
"Moth Balls"			29
"BMF"	SZA	Lana
"Somebody Loves Me"	PartyNextDoor and Drake	Some Sexy Songs 4 U	30
"Deeper"	PartyNextDoor		31
"Spider-Man Superman"	PartyNextDoor and Drake		35
"Crying in Chanel"	Drake		37
"Residuals"	Chris Brown	11:11	40

United Kingdom

R&B songs from any year which charted in the 2025 Top 10 of the UK Singles Chart ^[140]

Song	Artist	Project	Peak position
"Messy"	Lola Young	This Wasn't Meant for You Anyway	1

Highest first-week consumption

List of albums with the highest first-week consumption (sales + streaming + track equivalent), as of February 2025 in the United States

Number	Album	Artist	1st-week consumption	1st-week position	Refs
1	Hurry Up Tomorrow	The Weeknd	490,500	1	[141]
2	Some Sexy Songs 4 U	PartyNextDoor & Drake	246,000	1	[142]
3	I've Tried Everything but Therapy (Part 2)	Teddy Swims	50,000	4	[143]

All critically reviewed albums ranked

Metacritic

Number	Artist	Album	Average score	Number of reviews	Reference
1	FKA Twigs	Eusexua	87	24 reviews	[144]
2	Cymande	Renascence	82	5 reviews	[145]
3	Eddie Chacon	Lay Low	82	5 reviews	[146]
4	Mac Miller	Balloonerism	77	9 reviews	[147]
5	Nao	Jupiter	76	7 reviews	[148]
6	Biig Piig	11:11	75	6 reviews	[149]
7	The Weeknd	Hurry Up Tomorrow	73	12 reviews	[150]
8	Hope Tala	Hope Handwritten	72	4 reviews	[151]
9	Teddy Swims	I've Tried Everything but Therapy (Part 2)	70	6 reviews	[152]
10	PartyNextDoor & Drake	Some Sexy Songs 4 U	55	5 reviews	[153]

See also

• Previous article: 2024 in rhythm and blues music

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