2025 in rhythm and blues

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 5, Irv Gotti died at the age of 54.^[7]
On February 12, Tommy Hunt died at the age of 91.^[8] Jimi Mbaye died at the age of 67.^[9]
On February 18, the MOBO Awards 2025 were held.^[10] 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.^[11]
On February 20, Jerry Butler died at the age of 85.^[12]
On February 21, Gwen McCrae died at the age of 81.^[13] Khalil Fong died at the age of 41.^[14]
On February 22, Linsey Alexander died at the age of 82.^[15] On the same day, the 56th NAACP Image Awards were held. 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).^[16]
On February 23, Chris Jasper died at the age of 73.^[17]
On February 24, Roberta Flack died at the age of 88.^[18]
On February 27, the 22nd Korean Music Awards were held. Sumin & Slom won Best R&B & Soul Album for Miniseries 2. Jung In & Mild Beats won Best R&B & Soul Song for "Blame".^[19]

March

On March 1, Angie Stone died at the age of 63.^[20] Paulito FG died at the age of 63.^[21] On the same day, the Brit Awards 2025 were held. Raye won Best R&B Act.^[22]
On March 3, Randy Brown died at the age of 72.^[23]
On March 4, Roy Ayers died at the age of 84.^[24]
On March 7, D'Wayne Wiggins died at the age of 64.^[25]
On March 10, Wheesung died at the age of 43.^[26] Stedman Pearson died at the age of 60.^[27]
On March 13, Ann Sexton died at the age of 78.^[28]
On March 17, the 2025 iHeartRadio Music Awards were held. Muni Long won R&B Song of the Year for "Made for Me". SZA won R&B Artist of the Year. 4Batz won Best New R&B Artist. Usher won R&B Album of the Year for Coming Home. Nelly received the iHeartRadio Landmark Award. Mariah Carey won the iHeartRadio Icon Award.^[29]
On March 19, the 2025 MTV Video Music Awards Japan were held. Kroi won Best R&B Video for "Jewel".^[30]
On March 25, Alice Tan Ridley died at the age of 72.^[31]
On March 30, the Juno Awards of 2025 were held. Mustafa won Video of the Year for "Name of God" and Songwriter of the Year. Jack Rochon won Producer of the Year. Big Dave McLean won Blues Album of the Year for This Old Life. Aqyila won Contemporary R&B/Soul Recording of the Year for Bloom. TheHonestGuy won Traditional R&B/Soul Recording of the Year for Velvet Soul. AP Dhillon won South Asian Music Recording of the Year for The Brownprint. Jessie Reyez and Big Sean won Rap Single of the Year for "Shut Up".^[32]

April

On April 1, George Freeman died at the age of 97.^[33]
On April 16, Mac Gayden at the age of 83.^[34]
On April 30, Joe Louis Walker died at the age of 75.^[35] On the same day, the APRA Music Awards of 2025 were held. Kaiit won Most Performed R&B / Soul Work for "Space".^[36]

May

On May 9, John Edwards died at the age of 80.^[37]
On May 19, Colton Ford died at the age of 62.^[38]
On May 21, the 2025 Music Awards Japan were held. Hikaru Utada won Best Japanese R&B/Contemporary Song for "Automatic" and Best Japanese R&B/Contemporary Artist. Ariana Grande won Best International R&B/Contemporary Song in Japan for "We Can't Be Friends (Wait for Your Love)".^[39]
On May 26, the American Music Awards of 2025 were held. The Weeknd won Favorite Male R&B Artist and Favorite R&B Album for Hurry Up Tomorrow. SZA won Favorite Female R&B Artist and Favorite R&B Song for "Saturn". Doechii won Social Song of the Year for "Anxiety". Janet Jackson was honored with the Icon Award.^[40]
On May 29, the 2025 Aotearoa Music Awards were held. Aaradhna won Best Soul / RnB Artist.^[41]

June

On June 5, Wayne Lewis died at the age of 68.^[42]
On June 9, Sly Stone died at the age of 82.^[43] On the same day, the BET Awards 2025 were held. Chris Brown won the Viewer's Choice Award for "Residuals" and Best Male R&B/Pop Artist. SZA won Best Collaboration alongside Kendrick Lamar for "Luther" and Best Female R&B/Pop Artist. Leon Thomas won Best New Artist. Summer Walker won the BET Her Award for "Heart of a Woman". Ayra Starr won Best International Act. Luther: Never Too Much won Best Movie. Mariah Carey and Jamie Foxx received the Ultimate Icon Award.^[44] On the same day, the 2025 Libera Awards were held. Ruthie Foster won Best Blues Record for Mileage. Mavis Staples won Best R&B Record for "Worthy". Raye won Self-Released Record of the Year for "Genesis". Thee Sacred Souls won Best Soul/Funk Record for Got a Story to Tell.^[45]
On June 16, Patti Drew died at the age of 80.^[46]
On June 21, the 34th Seoul Music Awards were held. RM won the R&B/ Hip-hop Award.^[47]

July

Erik Rico died.^[48]
On July 16, Connie Francis died at the age of 87.^[49]
On July 20, Malcolm-Jamal Warner died at the age of 54.^[50] Owen Gray died at the age of 86.^[51]
On July 31, the AIR Awards of 2025 were held.^[52] Emma Donovan won Best Independent Blues and Roots Album or EP for Til My Song Is Done. Ella Thompson won Best Independent Soul/R&B Album or EP for Ripple On the Wing.^[53]

August

On August 4, Terry Reid died at the age of 75.^[54]
On August 10, Bobby Whitlock died at the age of 77.^[55]
On August 12, Cool John Ferguson died at the age of 71.

September

Omen died at the age of 49.^[56]
On September 7, the 2025 MTV Video Music Awards were held. Ariana Grande won Video of the Year, Best Long Form Video, and Best Pop for Brighter Days Ahead. Mariah Carey won Best R&B for "Type Dangerous" and received the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award. Tyla won Best Afrobeats for "Push 2 Start".^[57]
On September 16, the 2025 Polaris Music Prize was held. Yves Jarvis won the album prize for All Cylinders. Mustafa won the song prize for "Gaza Is Calling".^[58]
On September 29, Yury Chernavsky died at the age of 78.

October

On October 8, Terry "Buzzy" Johnson died at the age of 86.^[59]
On October 14, D'Angelo died at the age of 51.^[60]
On October 21, the Filipino Music Awards 2025 were held. Dionela won R&B Song of the Year for "Marilag".^[61]
On October 30, the 2025 UK Music Video Awards were held. Celeste won Best R&B / Soul / Jazz Video – UK for "This is Who I Am". Audrey Nuna won Best R&B / Soul / Jazz Video – International for "Mine". Olivia Dean won Best Pop / R&B / Soul / Jazz Video – Newcomer for "Nice to Each Other". Bakar won Best Casting in a Video for "Lonyo!".^[62]

November

On November 3, Victor Conte died at the age of 75.^[63]
On November 7, the Los 40 Music Awards 2025 were held. Rels B won Best Spain Urban Act. Mora won Best Global Latin Urban Act. Rauw Alejandro won Best Global Latin Music Video for "Carita Linda".^[64]
On November 19, the 16th Hollywood Music in Media Awards were held. Sinners (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) won Best Original Score in a Feature Film. Miles Caton won Best Original Song in a Feature Film and Best Song in a Film Onscreen Performance for "I Lied to You". Aiyana-Lee won best Best Original Song in an Independent Film for "Highest 2 Lowest". Qing Madi won Best Original Score in a Short Film (Animated) for Valorant.^[65] On the same day, the 2025 ARIA Music Awards were held. The Teskey Brothers won Best Blues & Roots Album for Live at The Hammersmith Apollo. Boy Soda won Best Soul/R&B Release for "Lil' Obsession". The Kid Laroi won Song of the Year for "Girls".^[66]
On November 21, Jellybean Johnson died at the age of 69.^[67]
On November 23, Phil Upchurch died at the age of 84.^[68]
On November 26, Judy Cheeks died at the age of 71.^[69]
On November 30, Billy Nichols died at the age of 85.^[70]

December

On December 3, Steve Cropper died at the age of 84.^[71]
On December 13, Carl Carlton died at the age of 72.^[72]
On December 14, the 31st Annual South African Music Awards were held. Elaine won Best R&B/Soul Album for Stone Cold Heart. Ayra Starr won the Rest of Africa Award for The Year I Turned 21.^[73]
On December 26, Don Bryant died at the age of 83.^[74]

Released albums

January


Day	Artist(s)	Album	Record label(s)	Entering chart position
3	Nia Nadurata	Still Living with My Parents	Arts & Crafts Productions^[75]
8	Wolfacejoeyy	Cupid	Self-released^[76]
10	Moonchild Sanelly	Full Moon	Transgressive^[77]
	Otis Kane	Violet	Nettwerk Music Group^[78]
	Rilès	Survival Mode	Self-released
	Skiifall	Lovers Till I'm Gone	Peoples Champ^[79]
15	Maro & Nasaya	Lifeline	Secca, Venice
15	Nariaki	Zatto	Self-released^[80]
17	Keke Palmer	DivaGurl: A Story By Keke Palmer	Big Bosses, The SRG, ILS Group^[81]
	Mac Miller	Balloonerism	Warner	Debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard 200
	Yola	My Way	S-Curve Records^[82]
21	Minnie	Her	Cube
24	Benjamin Booker	Lower	Fire Next Time, Thirty Tigers^[83]
	Charlie Bereal	Walk With The Father	Death Row Records, Gamma^[84]
	FKA Twigs	Eusexua	Young, Atlantic^[85]	Debuted at No. 3 on the UK Albums Chart Debuted at No. 24 on the Billboard 200
	JoJo	NGL	BMG^[86]
	Jordan Adetunji	A Jaguar's Dream	300 Entertainment, Warner UK^[87]
	Teddy Swims	I've Tried Everything but Therapy (Part 2)	Warner^[88]	Debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard 200
	Young Franco	It's Franky Baby!	Neon^[89]
29	Jacob Banks	Yonder: Book II	Nobody Records^[90]
31	Brooke Combe	Dancing at the Edge of the World	Modern Sky UK
	Carl Thomas	Explosive	Music of the Sea^[91]
	Cymande	Renascence	BMG^[92]
	Eddie Chacon	Lay Low	Stones Throw^[93]
	Iniko	The Awakening	Columbia, Audio Angel^[94]
	Journey Montana	Lucky Girl Syndrome	10K Projects^[95]
	Qing Madi	I Am the Blueprint	Jton, Bu Vision^[96]
	The Weeknd	Hurry Up Tomorrow	XO, Republic^[97]	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^[98]
	Chase Shakur	Wonderlove	Def Jam^[99]
	Johnnyswim	When the War is Over	Self-released^[100]
	Truice Young	Vices	Gamma^[101]
11	Kelela	In the Blue Light	Warp Records^[102]
12	Capella Grey	U Miss Me Yet?	Allepac the Family, 10K Projects^[103]
14	Alessia Cara	Love & Hyperbole	Def Jam^[104]
	Candi Staton	Back To My Roots	Beracah Records^[105]
	Flau'jae	Flau & B	Flauge Entertainment^[106]
	Jacquees & DeJ Loaf	Fuck A Friendzone 2	Yellow World, FYB Records^[107]
	Jagged Edge	All Original Parts, Vol. 1	Self-released^[108]
	John Glacier	Like a Ribbon	Young^[109]
	Mereba	The Breeze Grew a Fire	Secretly Canadian^[110]
	PartyNextDoor & Drake	Some Sexy Songs 4 U	OVO Sound, Republic Records^[111]	Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200
	The Altons	Heartache in Room 14	Daptone^[112]
	They.	Love.Jones	Drink Sum Wtr^[112]
18	Durand Bernarr	Bloom	Create Music Group^[113]
21	Bren Joy	Sunset Black	Self-released^[114]
	Joan Thiele	Joanita	Sony Music Italy^[115]
	Morray	Long Story Short	Empire^[116]
	Nao	Jupiter	Little Tokyo Recordings, Sony Music^[117]
	Saint Jhn	Festival Season	Godd Complexx^[118]
	Sir Woman	If It All Works Out	ONErpm^[119]
	Tate McRae	So Close to What	RCA	Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200
25	Senidah	Sen i Dah	Bassivity Digital^[120]
27	Bini	Biniverse	Star Music
28	Aloe Blacc	Stand Together	Grand Scheme, Vydia^[121]
	Banks	Off with Her Head	Self-released^[122]
	Everything Is Recorded	Temporary	XL^[123]
	Fridayy	Some Days I'm Good, Some Days I'm Not	Lost In Melody, Def Jam^[124]	Debuted at No. 51 on the Billboard 200
	Hope Tala	Hope Handwritten	PMR Records^[125]
	Michi	Dirty Talk	Stones Throw^[126]
	Noemi	Nostalgia	Columbia, Sony Music
	Serpentwithfeet	Grip Sequel	Secretly Canadian^[127]
	Terrace Martin	Albion Files	Sounds of Crenshaw^[128]
	Yves Jarvis	All Cylinders	In Real Life^[129]

March

Day	Artist(s)	Album	Record label(s)	Entering chart position
6	Ca7riel & Paco Amoroso	Papota	5020 Records^[130]
7	Immasoul	Pistola	Empire^[131]
	Jacob Banks	Yonder: Book III	Nobody Records^[132]
	Jennie	Ruby	Odd Atelier, Columbia	Debuted at No. 7 on the Billboard 200
	Tokimonsta	Eternal Reverie	Young Art^[133]
10	Seulgi	Accidentally On Purpose	SM^[134]
14	Twin Shadow	Georgie	Cheree Cheree^[135]
21	Annie and the Caldwells	Can't Lose My (Soul)	Luaka Bop^[136]
	Bathe	Inside Voice(s)	MNRK^[137]
	Drew Sidora	I Did It To Me	MusicXchange^[138]
	Greentea Peng	Tell Dem It's Sunny	AWAL^[139]
	Jon B.	Waiting On You	Vibezelect^[140]
	Lonnie Holley	Tonky	Jagjaguwar
27	Joeboy	Viva Lavida	Young Legend, Warner Music Africa^[141]
28	Aqyila	Falling Into Place	Sony Canada^[142]
	Ariana Grande	Brighter Days Ahead	Republic
	Butcher Brown	Letters from the Atlantic	Concord Jazz^[143]
	Jessie Reyez	Paid In Memories	Fmly, Island^[144]
	Q	10 Songs	Boy Meets Euphoria, Columbia^[145]
	Vory	You Made Me This Way	Ikonic Global^[146]
	Yukimi	For You	Ninja Tune^[147]

April

Day	Artist(s)	Album	Record label(s)	Entering chart position
2	Duckwrth	All American FuckBoy	Stem^[148]
4	Dreamer Isioma	StarX Lover	Self-released^[149]
	Duendita	A strong desire to survive	10k^[149]
	Joe Kay	If Not Now, Then When?	Soulection Records, Colture^[150]
	Malcolm Todd	Malcolm Todd	Columbia^[151]	Debuted at No. 103 on the Billboard 200
	Melanie Fiona	Say Yes	LoveLinc, Public Records, Colture, Title 9^[152]
7	Mark	The Firstfruit	SM, Kakao^[153]
11	Bon Iver	Sable, Fable	Jagjaguwar	Debuted at No. 11 on the Billboard 200
	Bootsy Collins	Album of the Year #1 Funkateer	Bootzilla^[154]
	Galactic & Irma Thomas	Audience With the Queen	Tchoup-Zilla, Thirty Tigers^[155]
	KayCyy & Sign Crushes Motorist	Saddest Truth	BuVision, Columbia^[156]
	Valerie June	Owls, Omens and Oracles	Concord Records^[157]
18	Alex Isley	When	Free Lunch, Warner Records^[158]
	Davido	5ive	Sony^[159]
	Keri Hilson	We Need to Talk: Love	Audible Art Club, Create^[160]
	Various artists	Sinners (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)	Sony Masterworks	Debuted at No. 133 on the Billboard 200
19	Sault	10	Forever Living Originals
25	Coco Jones	Why Not More?	High Standardz, Def Jam^[161]	Debuted at No. 59 on the Billboard 200
	d4vd	Withered	Darkroom, Interscope^[162]	Debuted at No. 13 on the Billboard 200
	Destin Conrad	Love on Digital	Above Ground, Empire^[163]
	Ledisi	The Crown	Listen Back, BMG^[164]
	Roy Woods	Dark Nights	OVO^[165]
	Silas Short	Lushland	Stones Throw^[165]

May

Day	Artist(s)	Album	Record label(s)	Entering chart position
2	Elodie	Mi ami mi odi	Island
2	Xavier Omär	HunnyMoon Mountain	XO Creative Club, RBC, BMG^[166]
7	TA Thomas	Southern Soul	Def Jam^[167]
8	Erika de Casier	Lifetime	Independent Jeep
9	Brandon	Before You Go	Secretly Canadian^[168]
	Cuco	Ridin'	Interscope PS^[169]
	Galdive	Blue	Mom + Pop Music^[170]
	Kali Uchis	Sincerely	Capitol^[171]	Debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200
	Kitschkreig & Dré Six	London's Calling	SoulForce, BMG^[172]
	Naomi Sharon	The Only Love We Know	OVO^[173]
	PinkPantheress	Fancy That	Warner UK^[174]	Debuted at No. 3 on the UK Albums Chart Debuted at No. 72 on the Billboard 200
	Raiche	Standards	Genre Defying Entertainment, Island Prolific, Atlantic^[175]
	Sailorr	From Florida's Finest	BuVision^[176]
14	Bibi	Eve: Romance	Feel Ghood, Kakao, 88rising^[177]
14	Savannah Ré	Formed	Matrimony^[178]
16	Asiahn	Free	Love Train^[179]
	Cautious Clay	The Hours: Morning	Fantasy, Concord^[180]
	DRAM & Ellis Quinn	Leorpio	Waver, OneLand^[181]
	Emotional Oranges	Orenjii	Avant Garden, Colture^[181]
	Lido Pimienta	La Belleza	Anti
	MonoNeon	You Had Your Chance... Bad Attitude!	Floki Studios^[181]
	Mourning [A] BLKstar	Flowers For The Living	Don Giovanni Records^[181]
	Spill Tab	Angie	Because
	Surprise Chef	Superb	Big Crown Records^[181]
	Tanika Charles	Reasons to Stay	Record Kicks^[181]
23	Eska	The Ordinary Life Of A Magic Woman	Earthling, Kartel^[182]
	Estelle	Stay Alta	1980, Fab Factory^[183]
	Smerz	Big City Life	Escho
26	Seventeen	Happy Burstday	Pledis	Debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200
30	The Budos Band	VII	Diamond West^[184]
	Honey Bxby	Raw Honey	Rebirth, Art@War, Warner^[184]
	Obongjayar	Paradise Now	September^[185]

June

Day	Artist(s)	Album	Record label(s)	Entering chart position
6	Cynthia Erivo	I Forgive You	Verve, Republic^[186]	Debuted at No. 165 on the Billboard 200
	Eric Benét	The Co-Star	JBR^[187]
	Loaded Honey	Love Made Trees	Vetra, AWAL^[188]
	Omar	Brighter the Days	Impressive Collective, BBE Music^[189]
	Quinton Barnes	Black Noise	Watch That Ends The Night^[190]
	Sabrina Claudio	Fall in Love With Her	SC, Empire^[191]
11	Psiryn	In The Key Of Us	Kandi Koated^[192]
13	Brandee Younger	Gadabout Season	Impulse!, Verve^[193]
	Joe Armon-Jones	All The Quiet (Part II)	Aquarii^[193]
	Maiya Blaney	A Room With A Door That Closes	Lex Records^[193]
	Maleek Berry	If Only Love Was Enough	Berry's Room^[194]
	Witch	Sogolo	Desert Daze^[195]
17	Bas & The Hics	Melanchronica	The Fiends^[196]
20	Keke Palmer	Just Keke	Big Bosses, SoNo^[197]
	Kwn	With All Due Respect	RCA^[197]
	Terrace Martin & Kenyon Dixon	Come As You Are	Sounds of Crenshaw, Empire^[197]
	Yaya Bey	Do It Afraid	Drink Sum Wtr^[198]
24	Madison McFerrin	Scorpio	Self-released^[199]
27	Durand Jones & The Indications	Flowers	Dead Oceans^[200]
	Katseye	Beautiful Chaos	Hybe UMG, Geffen	Debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard 200
	Leven Kali	LK99: The Prelude	Def Jam^[201]

July

Day	Artist(s)	Album	Record label(s)	Entering chart position
2	NoMBe	DIÁSPORA	Position^[202]
4	The Colleagues & October London	Love Language	Self-released^[203]
7	D.O.	Bliss	SooSoo, Dreamus^[204]
9	Tobi	Elements Vol. 2	Allwon^[205]
11	Alina Bzhezhinska & Tulshi	Whispers of Rain	Tru Thoughts^[206]
	Burna Boy	No Sign of Weakness	Spaceship, Bad Habit, Atlantic	Debuted at No. 200 on the Billboard 200
	Deante' Hitchcock	Just A Sample 3	Do Better Records, 195 Oak^[207]
	Giveon	Beloved	Epic	Debuted at No. 8 on the Billboard 200
	Jane Handcock	It's Me, Not You	Death Row, Gamma^[208]
	Justin Bieber	Swag	Ithaca Holdings, Def Jam	Debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200
	Kokoroko	Tuff Times Never Last	Brownswood^[209]
	Odeal	The Summer That Saved Me	OVMBR, LVRN^[210]
	Pastor Mike Jr.	Confetti and Conspiracies: The Amen Mixtape	Rock City^[208]
	The Teskey Brothers	Live at The Hammersmith Apollo	Mushroom Records
15	Algee Smith	Love Lost	7 Scope^[211]
18	Kanii	#Blue	Masked, Warner^[212]
	Natalie Bergman	My Home Is Not in This World	Third Man^[213]
	Nectar Woode	It's like I never left	Since '93^[212]
	Sofia Ly	Are You Bored Yet?	LiveHelpLive, Pulse, Concord^[212]
22	Black Party	The Last Dance	Guin, Stem^[214]
25	ELHAE	Lotus Ave	RBC, BMG^[215]
	Frida Touray	Homebody	E2, Edition^[216]
	Mabel	Mabel	Polydor^[216]
	Tasha Cobbs Leonard	Tasha	Motown, TeeLee^[216]
	Tyla	WWP	Fax, Epic^[217]
	Vedo	E•pit•o•me	New Wav^[218]
30	Buddy Guy	Ain't Done with the Blues	RCA^[219]
31	Wolfacejoeyy	Summer Songs	Self-released^[220]

August

Day	Artist(s)	Album	Record label(s)	Entering chart position
1	Rexx Life Raj	In Rhythm	Empire^[221]
8	Amaarae	Black Star	Golden Child, Interscope^[222]
	Bryson Tiller	The Vices	RCA^[223]
	Craig David	Commitment	Believe UK^[222]	Debuted at No. 10 on the UK Albums Chart
	Iyla	Weeping Angel	Tomorrow, Astra Velum, Create^[223]
	Jenevieve	Crysalis	Interscope^[223]
	Kaash Paige	KaashMyChecks	Rostrum^[222]
	Sasha Keable	Act Right	Flight Club^[224]
	Various artists	Stax Revue: Live In '65!	Craft, Concord^[223]
12	Najee	Under the Moon Over the Sky	Blue Horn^[225]
15	Dijon	Baby	R&R, Warner^[226]
	Gregg Belisle-Chi	Slow Crawl: Performing the Music of Tim Berne	Intakt Records^[227]
	Liamani	Dear Little Me	Def Jam^[211]
	Mahalia	Luvergirl	Warner Music UK^[228]
	Maroon 5	Love Is Like	222, Interscope	Debuted at No. 36 on the Billboard 200
	Tres Leches	The Smooth Sounds of Tres Leches, LHCC Mart Vol. 1	Brainfeeder^[227]
22	Adam Blackstone	Humble Magic	Bassic Black Entertainment, Anderson, Empire^[229]
	Ciara	CiCi	Beauty Marks
	Dominic Fike	Rocket	Columbia^[230]
	Jae Stephens	Sellout II	Raedio, Def Jam^[231]
	Jon Batiste	Big Money	Verve, Interscope^[232]
	J.P.	Took A Turn	Roc Nation^[233]
	Kalan.FrFr	California Player	Roc Nation^[234]
	Leela James	2BHonest	Shesangz, BMG^[235]
	Mariah the Scientist	Hearts Sold Separately	Buckles Laboratories, Epic	Debuted at No. 11 on the Billboard 200
	Nourished by Time	The Passionate Ones	XL^[231]
	Teyana Taylor	Escape Room	Def Jam Recordings^[231]	Debuted at No. 67 on the Billboard 200
	Umi	People Stories	Epic^[231]
28	Destin Conrad	Whimsy	AboveGround, Empire^[236]
	Kevin Ross	Love Uptempo: Max	Art Society Music Group, Empire^[237]
	Tiwa Savage	This One Is Personal	Everything Savage, Empire^[238]
29	Blood Orange	Essex Honey	RCA^[239]	Debuted at No. 69 on the UK Albums Chart
	Braxton Cook	Not Everyone Can Go	Nettwerk^[240]
	Kirby	Miss Black America	Self-released^[241]
	Maurice Brown	Betta Days	Self-released^[242]
	Spinall	Èkó Groove	TheCAPMusic, Epic^[236]

September

Day	Artist(s)	Album	Record label(s)	Entering chart position
2	Kamauu	The Romantic Spirituals	Mméré Dané, Stem^[243]
5	Avenoir	Mirage	Listen to the Kids^[244]
	Curtis Harding	Departures & Arrivals: Adventures Of Captain Curt	Anti-^[245]
	El Michels Affair	24 Hr Sports	Big Crown^[245]
	Elmiene	Heat the Streets	Def Jam, Polydor^[245]
	Fujii Kaze	Prema	Republic, Universal Sigma, Hehn
	Jabari	Ultra	Epic^[246]
	Justin Bieber	Swag II	ILH, Def Jam^[247]
	Steven Bamidele	The Crash!	Tru Thoughts^[243]
	Walter Trout	Sign of the Times	Mascot, Provogue^[245]
10	Abir	The Game	Fez's Finest, Empire^[248]
10	Ayoni	Isola	Def Jam^[248]
12	4Batz	Still Shinin	BuVision^[248]
	Ali McGuirk	Watertop	Signature Sounds Recordings^[248]
	Keri Hilson	We Need To Talk: Drama	Audible Art Club, Create^[249]
	Peyton	Au	Stones Throw^[248]
19	Bakar	Beastie	Forever and Ever^[250]
	Cktrl	Spirit	Sounds of Wonder, R&R^[251]
	Jordan Astra	Time Will Tell	Mind of a Genius^[252]
	Joy Crookes	Juniper	Insanity, Sony, Speakerbox^[251]	Debuted at No. 13 on the UK Albums Chart
	Kendra Morris	Next	Karma Chief, Colemine^[251]
	Lola Young	I'm Only Fking Myself	Island	Debuted at No. 3 on the UK Albums Chart Debuted at No. 68 on the Billboard 200
26	Anaiis	Devotion & the Black Divine	Dream Sequence, 5dB^[253]
	Ant Clemons	Happy 2 Be Here With You	Self-released^[254]
	Breez Kennedy	We All Need Love	Standard, Def Jam^[255]
	Doja Cat	Vie	Kemosabe, RCA	Debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard 200
	Eric Bellinger	It All Makes Sense	All Wins^[253]
	Lady Wray	Cover Girl	Big Crown^[256]
	Mariah Carey	Here for It All	Gamma	Debuted at No. 7 on the Billboard 200
	Olivia Dean	The Art of Loving	Capitol, Polydor	Debuted at No. 1 on the UK Albums Chart Debuted at No. 8 on the Billboard 200
	Rochelle Jordan	Through the Wall	Empire^[255]

October

Day	Artist(s)	Album	Record label(s)	Entering chart position
2	Bryson Tiller	Solace	RCA^[257]	Debuted at No. 52 on the Billboard 200
3	Adekunle Gold	Fuji	Somtin Different, Believe UK^[258]
	Bee-B	Villain Origin Story	Vrse1, Create^[259]
	Boy Soda	Soulstar	Warner Music Australia^[260]	Debuted at No. 32 on the ARIA Charts
	Jussie Smollett	Break Out	Music of Sound, Rowdy^[261]
	Kindred the Family Soul	Grandlife	Self-released^[261]
	Ledisi	For Dinah	Listen Back, Candid^[258]
	Say She She	Cut & Rewind	Drink sum wtr^[257]
	Trevor Jackson	I Love You	Born Art, UnitedMasters^[259]
10	Amber Mark	Pretty Idea	Jasmine Music, PMR, Interscope^[262]
	Eric Benét	It's Christmas	JBR^[263]
	JayDon	Me, My Songs, and I	Zoo, Mega, Gamma^[264]
	Josh Levi	Hydraulic	Raedio, Atlantic^[265]
	Kaash Paige	2 Late To Be Toxic	Rostrum^[265]
	Kent Jamz	Fear	Epic^[265]
	Khalid	After the Sun Goes Down	Right Hand, RCA	Debuted at No. 136 on the Billboard 200
	Lojay	XOXO	Koratori^[266]
	Niia	V	Candid^[263]
	Robert Finley	Hallelujah! Don't Let The Devil Fool Ya	Easy Eye^[265]
	Robert Glasper	Keys to the City Volume One	Loma Vista^[263]
	St. Paul & The Broken Bones	St. Paul & The Broken Bones	Oasis Pizza, Thirty Tigers^[265]
	Sy Ari da Kid	Sy Ari Not Sorry 2	No I In Team, Cinq^[263]
	The Soul of John Black	Soul Salvation	Big Slamm^[263]
	Tom Scott	Anitya	Years Gone By^[267]
15	JMSN	...It's only about u if you think it is.	White Room^[268]
17	Bryant Barnes	Solace	Mercury^[269]
	Isaiah Falls	Lucky You	Lvrs Only^[270]
	Ron E	Let Me Explain	MNRK^[270]
	Ruel	Kicking My Feet	Recess, Giant^[271]	Debuted at No. 6 on the ARIA Charts
	Sudan Archives	The BPM	Stones Throw^[269]
	Suubi	Casa's Journal	Free Lunch, Warner^[270]
	Ty Dolla Sign	Tycoon	EZMNY, Atlantic^[272]
	Zeyne	Awda	MDLBeast, Scarab^[269]
23	Miguel	Caos	ByStorm, RCA^[273]
24	Antibalas	Hourglass	Daptone^[274]
	Cautious Clay	The Hours: Night	Fantasy^[275]
	Daniel Caesar	Son of Spergy	Hollace, Republic^[276]	Debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard 200
	Dion	The Rock 'n' Roll Philosopher	Keeping The Blues Alive^[277]
	Halle	Love?... or Something Like It	Parkwood, Columbia^[278]
	Hannah Jadagu	Describe	Sub Pop^[279]
	Leon Thomas	Pholks	EZMNY, Motown^[280]
	Mon Laferte	Femme Fatale	Sony US Latin^[279]
	Monte Booker	Noise (Meaning)	EQT^[275]
	Nelly Moar	Love's Law	ADA Nordics^[275]
	Queen Naija	30.	Capitol^[280]
	Skylar Grey	Angel With Tattoos	Grey Songs^[279]
	Yazmin Lacey	Teal Dreams	AMF^[281]
28	Bjrnck	A Girl Like Me	Geffen^[282]
31	Ingratax	Fama De Ingrata	Room28^[283]
	Keiyaa	Hooke's Law	XL^[284]
	Makaya McCraven	Off the Record	International Anthem, Nonesuch, XL^[285]
	Sevdaliza	Heroina	Broke, Create^[283]
	Trevor Jackson	Goodbye	Born Art, UnitedMasters^[286]

November

Day	Artist(s)	Album	Record label(s)	Entering chart position
3	Miyeon	My, Lover	Cube^[287]
7	2BYG	The Yearbook	Waystar, Def Jam^[288]
	Blk Odyssey	Mood Control	Earthchild, Empire^[289]
	Faouzia	Film Noir	Self-released^[287]
	Flwr Chyld	InsydeOut	Raedio, Def Jam^[290]
	Jonathan Jeremiah	We Come Alive	PIAS Germany^[289]
	Ludmilla	Fragmentos	Self-released^[287]
	Mavis Staples	Sad and Beautiful World	Anti-^[291]
	Rum.gold	Is There Anybody Home Disc 2: Act of God	Independent^[292]
	Tamar Braxton	Heartbreak Retrograde	Platform^[293]
12	Teedra Moses	Complex Simplicity (Reimagined)	Black Moses^[294]
14	Celeste	Woman of Faces	Polydor^[295]	Debuted at No. 12 on the UK Albums Chart
	FKA Twigs	Eusexua Afterglow	Young, Atlantic
	Gabriel Jacoby	Gutta Child	Bourne, Pulse, Concord^[296]
	Jae Stephens	Total Sellout	Raedio, Def Jam^[297]
	Jean Dawson	Rock A Bye Baby, Glimmer Of God	P+^[296]
	Lido	Digital Dust II	Self-released^[298]
	Mario	Mood Swings	New Citizen, Empire^[296]
	Nobu Woods	Chimera	2nd Estate, Warner^[299]
	Nonso Amadi	To Cry a Flood	Universal Music Canada^[296]
	Q Parker	Evolution of Romance, Vol. 1	Paramount Collective^[300]
	Sekou	In a World We Don't Belong (Pt. 1)	EMI^[296]
	Summer Walker	Finally Over It	LVRN, Interscope	Debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200
21	Lance Ferguson	Rare Groove Spectrum, Vol. 3	Tru Thoughts^[301]
	Odeal	The Fall That Saved Us	OVMBR, LVRN^[301]
	Roy Woods	Flower City Heartbreak	OVO^[302]
	Sabri	What I Feel Now	Nation of Victims, Empire^[301]
	Samm Henshaw	It Could Be Worse	Dorm Seven, AWAL^[303]
	Tems	Love Is a Kingdom	RCA, Since '93^[301]
	Tommy Richman	Worlds Apart*	ISO Supremacy, Pulse, Concord^[304]
	Trevor Jackson	I Love You, Goodbye (The Greatest Breakup Album of All Time)	Born Art, UnitedMasters^[305]
28	Young Jonn	Blue Disco	Chocolate City^[306]

December

Day	Artist(s)	Album	Record label(s)
3	October London	For You, My Love	Death Row, Gamma^[307]
9	Black Party	Last Call	Guin^[308]
12	Fridayy	Everybody Got Somebody	Lost In Melody, Def Jam^[309]
12	Tanerélle	The Burnout	Mama Saturn^[309]
19	Masicka	Her Name Is Love	Def Jam^[310]

Highest-charting songs

United States

R&B songs from any year which charted in the 2025 Top 40 of the *Billboard* Hot 100^[311]
Song	Artist	Project	Peak position
"Daisies"	Justin Bieber	Swag	2
"Man I Need"	Olivia Dean	The Art of Loving	4
"Love Me Not"	Ravyn Lenae	Bird's Eye	5
"Mutt"	Leon Thomas	Mutt	6
"Anxiety"	Doechii	Alligator Bites Never Heal	9
"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
"It Depends"	Chris Brown featuring Bryson Tiller	TBA	16
"Yukon"	Justin Bieber	Swag	17
"Go Baby"	Justin Bieber	Swag	18
"CN Tower"	PartyNextDoor and Drake	Some Sexy Songs 4 U	18
"Die Trying"	PartyNextDoor, Drake and Yebba	Some Sexy Songs 4 U	21
"All I Can Take"	Justin Bieber	Swag	21
"Burning Blue"	Mariah the Scientist	Hearts Sold Separately	25
"Something About You"	PartyNextDoor and Drake	Some Sexy Songs 4 U	26
"Somebody Loves Me"	PartyNextDoor, Drake and Cash Cobain	Some Sexy Songs 4 U	27
"Jealous Type"	Doja Cat	Vie	28
"Moth Balls"	PartyNextDoor and Drake	Some Sexy Songs 4 U	29
"BMF"	SZA	Lana	29
"Bad Dreams"	Teddy Swims	I've Tried Everything but Therapy (Part 2)	30
"Deeper"	PartyNextDoor	Some Sexy Songs 4 U	31
"Way It Is"	Justin Bieber and Gunna	Swag	33
"Things You Do"	Justin Bieber	Swag	35
"Spider-Man Superman"	PartyNextDoor and Drake	Some Sexy Songs 4 U	35
"Crying in Chanel"	Drake	Some Sexy Songs 4 U	37
"Walking Away"	Justin Bieber	Swag	37
"Dandelion"	Ariana Grande	Brighter Days Ahead	38
"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^[312]
Song	Artist	Project	Peak position
"Messy"	Lola Young	This Wasn't Meant for You Anyway	1
"Man I Need"	Olivia Dean	The Art of Loving	1
"So Easy (To Fall in Love)"			3
"Nice to Each Other"			4

Highest first-week consumption

List of albums with the highest first-week consumption (sales + streaming + track equivalent), as of December 2025 in the United States
Number	Album	Artist	1st-week consumption	1st-week position	Refs
1	Hurry Up Tomorrow	The Weeknd	490,500	1	^[313]
2	Some Sexy Songs 4 U	PartyNextDoor & Drake	246,000	1	^[314]
3	Swag	Justin Bieber	163,000	2	^[315]
4	Finally Over It	Summer Walker	77,000	2	^[316]
5	Sincerely	Kali Uchis	62,000	2	^[317]
6	Vie	Doja Cat	57,000	4	^[318]
7	Ruby	Jennie	56,000	7	^[319]
8	I've Tried Everything but Therapy (Part 2)	Teddy Swims	50,000	4	^[320]
9	Here for It All	Mariah Carey	47,000	7	^[318]
10	Beloved	Giveon	44,000	8	^[315]

All critically reviewed albums ranked

Metacritic

Number	Artist	Album	Average score	Number of reviews	Reference
1	Dijon	Baby	94	6 reviews	^[321]
2	Rochelle Jordan	Through the Wall	90	5 reviews	^[322]
3	Mavis Staples	Sad and Beautiful World	90	10 reviews	^[323]
4	Nourished by Time	The Passionate Ones	89	15 reviews	^[324]
5	Blood Orange	Essex Honey	89	13 reviews	^[325]
6	Annie and the Caldwells	Can't Lose My (Soul)	88	6 reviews	^[326]
7	St. Paul & The Broken Bones	St. Paul & The Broken Bones	88	4 reviews	^[327]
8	Valerie June	Owls, Omens and Oracles	87	7 reviews	^[328]
9	Yaya Bey	Do It Afraid	85	7 reviews	^[329]
10	Olivia Dean	The Art of Loving	84	10 reviews	^[330]
11	Joy Crookes	Juniper	84	4 reviews	^[331]
12	Sault	10	84	4 reviews	^[332]
13	Amaarae	Black Star	83	9 reviews	^[333]
14	Kali Uchis	Sincerely	83	7 reviews	^[334]
15	Erika de Casier	Lifetime	83	5 reviews	^[335]
16	Witch	Sogolo	82	7 reviews	^[336]
17	Cymande	Renascence	82	5 reviews	^[337]
18	Eddie Chacon	Lay Low	82	5 reviews	^[338]
19	Sudan Archives	The BPM	81	14 reviews	^[339]
20	KeiyaA	Hooke's Law	81	8 reviews	^[340]
21	Lola Young	I'm Only Fking Myself	79	10 reviews	^[341]
22	Dion	The Rock 'n' Roll Philosopher	79	4 reviews	^[342]
23	Celeste	Woman of Faces	78	7 reviews	^[343]
24	Kokoroko	Tuff Times Never Last	78	7 reviews	^[344]
25	Doja Cat	Vie	78	6 reviews	^[345]
26	Antibalas	Hourglass	78	4 reviews	^[346]
27	Curtis Harding	Departures & Arrivals: Adventures Of Captain Curt	78	4 reviews	^[347]
28	Quinton Barnes	Black Noise	78	4 reviews	^[348]
29	Mac Miller	Balloonerism	77	10 reviews	^[349]
30	Greentea Peng	Tell Dem It's Sunny	77	7 reviews	^[350]
31	Teyana Taylor	Escape Room	77	4 reviews	^[351]
32	Nao	Jupiter	76	7 reviews	^[352]
33	Summer Walker	Finally Over It	75	6 reviews	^[353]
34	Jennie	Ruby	74	6 reviews	^[354]
35	Everything Is Recorded	Temporary	74	4 reviews	^[355]
36	The Weeknd	Hurry Up Tomorrow	73	12 reviews	^[356]
37	Mariah Carey	Here for It All	73	8 reviews	^[357]
38	Hope Tala	Hope Handwritten	72	4 reviews	^[358]
39	Banks	Off with Her Head	71	6 reviews	^[359]
40	Teddy Swims	I've Tried Everything but Therapy (Part 2)	70	6 reviews	^[360]
41	Justin Bieber	Swag	67	15 reviews	^[361]
42	Miguel	Caos	65	4 reviews	^[362]
43	Daniel Caesar	Son of Spergy	61	4 reviews	^[363]
44	PartyNextDoor & Drake	Some Sexy Songs 4 U	55	5 reviews	^[364]
45	Justin Bieber	Swag II	48	5 reviews	^[365]

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