Top 50 R&B Album Chart for the Week of May 23, 2026

The Roots Music Report's
Top 50 R&B Album Chart
for the Week of May 23, 2026

1 ▲ LW 2	Ambiguous Desire by: Arlo Parks	Label: Transgressive Sub Genre: R&B Connect with the Artist: Visit Artist Website
2 ▼ LW 1	Distracted by: Thundercat	Label: Brainfeeder Sub Genre: Soul Connect with the Artist: Visit Artist Website
3 - LW 3	Sad and Beautiful World by: Mavis Staples	Label: Anti Sub Genre: Soul Connect with the Artist: Visit Artist Website
4 ▲ LW 5	Tedeschi Trucks Band and Leon Russell Present: Mad Dogs & Englishmen Revisited Live at LOCKN' by: Tedeschi Trucks Band	Label: Concord Sub Genre: Soul Connect with the Artist: Visit Artist Website
5 ▲ LW 6	THE BPM by: Sudan Archives	Label: Stones Throw Sub Genre: R&B Connect with the Artist: Visit Artist Website
6 ▼ LW 4	Off the Fence by: The James Hunter Six	Label: Easy Eye Sound Sub Genre: Soul Connect with the Artist: Visit Artist Website
7 ▲ LW 11	Son of Spergy by: Daniel Caesar	Label: Unknown Sub Genre: Soul Connect with the Artist: Visit Artist Website
8 - LW 8	Gutta Child by: Gabriel Jacoby	Label: BOURNE Sub Genre: Soul Connect with the Artist: Visit Artist Website
9 ▼ LW 7	It Could Be Worse by: Samm Henshaw	Label: AWAL Sub Genre: Soul Connect with the Artist:
10 - LW 10	Baby by: dijon	Label: Warner Records Label Sub Genre: R&B Connect with the Artist: Visit Artist Website
11 ▲ LW 12	Blue Magic by: Nicholas Cole	Label: TRIPPIN "N" RHYTHM Sub Genre: Soul Connect with the Artist: Visit Artist Website
12 ▲ LW -	Soul Food: Cooking with Maceo by: Maceo Parker	Label: Mascot Sub Genre: Soul Connect with the Artist: Visit Artist Website
13 ▲ LW -	St. Paul & the Broken Bones by: St. Paul & The Broken Bones	Label: Oasis Pizza Sub Genre: R&B Connect with the Artist: Visit Artist Website
14 ▲ LW -	Eusexua by: FKA Twigs	Label: Atlantic Sub Genre: R&B Connect with the Artist: Visit Artist Website
15 ▼ LW 9	Madison McFerrin: Live from NPR's Tiny Desk by: Madison McFerrin	Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Soul Connect with the Artist: Visit Artist Website
16 ▼ LW 13	Yours Truly by: Alexis Evans	Label: Record Kicks Sub Genre: R&B Connect with the Artist:
17 ▲ LW -	Rise Again by: Laura Rain and the Caesars	Label: LRC Entertainment Sub Genre: Soul Connect with the Artist: Visit Artist Website
18 ▲ LW -	Jon Batiste: the Nominated Collection by: Jon Batiste	Label: Verve Sub Genre: Soul Connect with the Artist: Visit Artist Website
19 ▲ LW -	In Search of a Revival by: The Olympians	Label: Daptone Sub Genre: Soul Connect with the Artist: Visit Artist Website

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The Roots Music Report's Top 50 R&B Album Chart for the Week of May 23, 2026

The Roots Music Report's
Top 50 R&B Album Chart
for the Week of May 23, 2026