Top Contemporary R&B Albums





Rank All Time Artist Album Subgenre(s) Other Genre(s) Year
1
23
Michael Jackson Thriller Pop 1982
2
66
Frank Ocean Channel Orange Alternative R&B 2012
3
113
Lauryn Hill The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill Neo-Soul 1998
4
114
Frank Ocean Blonde Alternative R&B Neo-Soul 2016
5
125
Beyoncé Lemonade Pop 2016
6
327
FKA twigs LP1 Alternative R&B Art Pop 2014
7
354
Beyoncé Beyoncé 2013
8
438
James Blake James Blake Alternative R&B Art Pop, Electronic 2011
9
442
SZA Ctrl Alternative R&B 2017
10
481
TLC CrazySexyCool 1994
11
505
Rihanna Anti Alternative R&B 2016
12
506
Billie Eilish When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? Alternative R&B Electropop 2019
13
530
Janelle Monáe The ArchAndroid Art Pop 2010
14
546
Janelle Monáe Dirty Computer Art Pop 2018
15
566
Drake Take Care Pop Rap 2011
16
650
Soul II Soul Club Classics Vol. One/Keep On Movin' Dance-Pop 1989
17
664
Janet Jackson Control Dance-Pop 1986
18
805
Anderson .Paak Malibu Alternative R&B Neo-Soul 2016
19
858
Janet Jackson Rhythm Nation 1814 New Jack Swing Dance-Pop 1989
20
887
The Weeknd House of Balloons/Trilogy Alternative R&B 2011
21
966
Solange When I Get Home Alternative R&B Art Pop, Neo-Soul 2019
22
1011
Mary J. Blige My Life 1994
23
1128
Janet Jackson The Velvet Rope Pop 1997
24
1279
Whitney Houston Whitney Houston Pop 1985
25
1336
James Blake Overgrown Alternative R&B Art Pop 2013
26
1342
Rick James Street Songs Synth Funk 1981
27
1405
Blood Orange Cupid Deluxe Alternative R&B Synth Funk 2013
28
1414
Terence Trent D'Arby Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby Soul 1987
29
1465
Kaytranada 99.9% Alternative R&B Funky House 2016
30
1477
Mary J. Blige What's the 411? New Jack Swing 1992
31
1500
Kali Uchis Isolation Neo-Soul 2018
32
1578
Jessie Ware Devotion Alternative R&B 2012
33
1647
Maxwell Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite Neo-Soul 1996
34
1653
Blood Orange Freetown Sound Alternative R&B Synth Funk 2016
35
1692
Kelela Take Me Apart Alternative R&B UK Bass 2017
36
1694
Blood Orange Negro Swan Alternative R&B Sophisti-Pop 2018
37
1753
Sampha Process Alternative R&B 2017
38
1801
Alicia Keys Songs in A Minor Neo-Soul 2001
39
1897
Aaliyah Aaliyah Pop 2001
40
1906
Michael Jackson Dangerous Pop 1991
41
2003
Frank Ocean Nostalgia, Ultra Alternative R&B 2011
42
2061
Janet Jackson janet. Dance-Pop 1993
43
2092
Tirzah Devotion Alternative R&B Art Pop 2018
44
2191
Miguel Kaleidoscope Dream Alternative R&B 2012
45
2261
Drake Nothing Was the Same Pop Rap 2013
46
2304
The Internet Ego Death Alternative R&B Neo-Soul 2015
47
2317
Justin Timberlake Justified Pop 2002
48
2356
Janelle Monáe The Electric Lady Funk 2013
49
2364
Jill Scott Who Is Jill Scott? Words and Sounds Vol. 1 Neo-Soul 2000
50
2401
Miguel Wildheart Alternative R&B 2015
51
2492
Prince Lovesexy Funk, Pop Rock 1988
52
2525
Ariana Grande Sweetener Electropop 2018
53
2542
Guy Guy New Jack Swing 1988
54
2547
En Vogue Funky Divas 1992
55
2549
Usher Confessions Pop 2004
56
2556
Destiny's Child The Writing's on the Wall 1999
57
2656
Prince & The New Power Generation O(+> ["Love Symbol Album"] Funk, Pop Rock, Pop Soul 1992
58
2689
Macy Gray On How Life Is Neo-Soul 1999
59
2696
James Blake The Colour in Anything Alternative R&B Art Pop 2016
60
2793
Cameo Word Up! Synth Funk 1986
61
2800
Maxwell BLACKsummers'night Neo-Soul 2009
62
2903
Ariana Grande thank u, next Pop 2019
63
2923
Mary J. Blige Mary Neo-Soul 1999
64
2963
Tierra Whack Whack World Alternative R&B Pop Rap 2018

Albums "bubbling under" the all-time top 3000:
James Blake Assume Form Alternative R&B Art Pop 2019
Kelis Kaleidoscope 1999
Beyoncé 4 Pop 2011
Beyoncé Dangerously in Love Pop 2003
Neneh Cherry Homebrew Pop 1992
Kids See Ghosts Kids See Ghosts Alternative R&B Experimental Hip Hop, Pop Rap 2018
TLC Fanmail 1999
R. Kelly 12 Play 1993
Prince & The New Power Generation Diamonds and Pearls Dance-Pop, Funk, Pop Soul 1991
Justin Timberlake The 20/20 Experience [1 of 2] Pop 2013
Mariah Carey The Emancipation of Mimi Pop 2005
Rhye Woman Alternative R&B Smooth Soul, Sophisti-Pop 2013
The-Dream Love King 2010
The Weeknd Beauty Behind the Madness Alternative R&B Pop 2015
Jessy Lanza Oh No Alternative R&B Synthpop, UK Bass 2016
Jessie Ware Tough Love Smooth Soul 2014
Bobby Brown Don't Be Cruel New Jack Swing Dance-Pop 1988
Kelela Cut 4 Me Alternative R&B UK Bass 2013
Jeremih Late Nights: The Album 2015
Beyoncé B'Day Pop 2006
Various Artists The Bodyguard Adult Contemporary, Film Soundtrack 1992
Toni Braxton Toni Braxton Smooth Soul 1993
Mariah Carey Butterfly Pop 1997
serpentwithfeet soil Alternative R&B Art Pop 2018
Tony Toni Toné Sons of Soul New Jack Swing 1993
Dean Blunt The Redeemer Alternative R&B Art Pop 2013
Autre Ne Veut Anxiety Alternative R&B Art Pop 2013
Jessy Lanza Pull My Hair Back Alternative R&B 2013
How to Dress Well Total Loss Alternative R&B Ambient Pop 2012
Syd Fin Alternative R&B 2017
Ibeyi Ibeyi Alternative R&B Art Pop 2015
Dirty Projectors Dirty Projectors Alternative R&B Art Pop, Glitch Pop 2017
Ms. Dynamite A Little Deeper Neo-Soul, UK Hip Hop 2002
Jai Paul Jai Paul / Leak 4-13 (Bait Ones) Alternative R&B Indietronica 2013
Hiatus Kaiyote Choose Your Weapon Alternative R&B Neo-Soul 2015
Mary J. Blige No More Drama 2001
Destiny's Child Survivor 2001
Anderson .Paak Ventura Funk, Neo-Soul 2019
P.M. Dawn The Bliss Album...? Conscious Hip Hop, Pop Rap 1993
Soul II Soul Vol. II - 1990, A New Decade House 1990
Drake Views Pop Rap 2016
Womack and Womack Conscience Soul 1988
Mac Miller Swimming Alternative R&B Pop Rap 2018
Ibeyi Ash Alternative R&B Art Pop 2017
KING We Are KING 2016
Chet Faker Built on Glass Alternative R&B Indietronica 2014
Jorja Smith Lost & Found Neo-Soul 2018
Drake More Life Pop Rap 2017
How to Dress Well "What is This Heart?" Alternative R&B 2014
Justin Bieber Purpose Dance-Pop 2015
Sudan Archives Athena Alternative R&B Art Pop 2019
Macy Gray The ID 2001
Daniel Caesar Freudian 2017
Dawn Richard Blackheart Alternative R&B 2015
Banks Goddess Alternative R&B 2014
How to Dress Well Love Remains Alternative R&B Ambient Pop, Dream Pop 2010
Nelly Furtado Loose Dance-Pop 2006
Drake So Far Gone Pop Rap 2009
The Weeknd Starboy Alternative R&B Electropop 2016
Craig David Born To Do It Pop Soul 2000
R. Kelly Chocolate Factory 2003
The Carters Everything is Love Pop Rap 2018
SOHN Tremors Alternative R&B Art Pop 2014
No Mythologies to Follow Alternative R&B Electropop 2014
Maxwell blackSUMMERS'night Neo-Soul 2016
The-Dream Love vs Money 2009
Summer Walker Over It 2019
Nao For All We Know Alternative R&B Electropop 2016
King Princess Cheap Queen Pop Soul 2019
Tinashe Aquarius Alternative R&B 2014
Khalid American Teen Alternative R&B 2017
Toro y Moi Outer Peace Alternative R&B Synth Funk 2019
Laura Mvula Sing to the Moon Chamber Pop 2013
Future HNDRXX Pop Rap, Trap 2017
Kehlani SweetSexySavage Alternative R&B 2017
Beyoncé Homecoming: The Live Album Pop 2019
Alicia Keys As I Am 2007
Mariah Carey Caution 2018
AlunaGeorge Body Music Alternative R&B Electropop 2013
Jam City Dream a Garden Alternative R&B Hypnagogic Pop, Indietronica 2015
Little Dragon Nabuma Rubberband Alternative R&B Synthpop 2014
Frank Ocean Endless Alternative R&B Ambient Pop, Art Pop 2016
Pharrell Williams G I R L Pop Soul 2014
Jazmine Sullivan Reality Show 2015
Lykke Li So Sad So Sexy Alternative R&B Art Pop 2018
Anderson .Paak Oxnard Funk, Hip Hop, Neo-Soul 2018
Drake Scorpion Pop Rap 2018
Mura Masa Mura Masa Alternative R&B 2017
Nao Saturn Alternative R&B 2018
Blood Orange Angel's Pulse Alternative R&B 2019
Young Thug Beautiful Thugger Girls Pop Rap, Trap 2017
Plan B The Defamation of Strickland Banks Pop Soul 2010
Teyana Taylor K.T.S.E. Neo-Soul 2018
Jamie Woon Mirrorwriting Alternative R&B Future Garage 2011
Rihanna Good Girl Gone Bad Pop 2007
Jamila Woods HEAVN Alternative R&B Neo-Soul 2016
Corinne Bailey Rae Corinne Bailey Rae Pop Soul, Singer/Songwriter 2006
Miguel War & Leisure Alternative R&B 2017
Toro y Moi Boo Boo Alternative R&B Chillwave, Synth Funk 2017
Janet Jackson Unbreakable Dance-Pop 2015
Toro y Moi Anything in Return Alternative R&B Chillwave 2013
Cody ChesnuTT Landing on a Hundred Neo-Soul 2012
Connan Mockasin Caramel Alternative R&B Psychedelic Pop, Psychedelic Soul 2013
Gayngs Relayted Alternative R&B Art Pop, Downtempo, Pop Soul 2010
Post Malone Beerbongs & Bentleys Alternative R&B Pop Rap 2018
THEESatisfaction awE naturalE Alternative R&B Neo-Soul 2012
Ariana Grande Dangerous Woman Dance-Pop 2016