2026 in rhythm and blues

This article summarizes the events, album releases, and album release dates in rhythm and blues for the year 2026.

Events

January

February

March

Released albums

January

Day Artist(s) Album Record label(s) Entering chart position
9 Sault Chapter 1 Forever Living Originals[10]
The Kid Laroi Before I Forget Loma Vista
  • Debuting at No. 6 on the Billboard 200
Yung Bleu Therapy Moon Boy, Stem[10]
16 Ady Suleiman Chasing AWAL[11]
Elijah Blake The Gemini RKeyTek, MNRK[12]
NSG Sounds Of The Diaspora Self-released[13]
The James Hunter Six Off The Fence Easy Eye Sound, Concord[14]
The Sha La Das Your Picture Diamond West[15]
21 Jada Kingdom Just A Girl In A Money Man's World Kingdom Mab[16]
Ragz Originale Keepsake Santa Anna[17]
23 Ari Lennox Vacancy Interscope[18]
  • Debuting at No. 172 on the Billboard 200
BBE Naive Melodies BBE[19]
DJ Harrison ElectroSoul Stones Throw[20]
Jason Derulo The Last Dance (Part 1) Creative Genius, Create[21]
Solomon Hicks How Did I Ever Get This Blue Artone, Provogue[22]
Van Morrison Somebody Tried To Sell Me A Bridge Exile[23]
Wizkid & Asake Real, Vol. 1 Starboy, Giran, Empire[24]
30 Joel Ross Gospel Music Blue Note, UMG[25]
Jordan Ward Backward ARTium, Interscope[26]
Labrinth Cosmic Opera Act 1 Columbia[27]
Soulive Flowers Floki[28]
Terrace Martin Passion Sounds of Crenshaw, Empire[27]

February

Day Artist(s) Album Record label(s) Entering chart position
6 Aquakultre 1783 Next Door[29]
Charlotte Day Wilson Patchwork Stone Woman, XL[30]
Cory Wong Lost in the Wonder Roundwound[31]
Ella Mai Do You Still Love Me? 10 Summers, Interscope[32]
  • Debuted at No. 44 on the Billboard 200
Jaymin Sweet Nothings Warner[33]
Joji Piss in the Wind Palace Creek, Virgin
  • Debuted at No. 5 on the Billboard 200
Kareen Lomax Ijan Music is Fun[34]
Kayla Brianna Lover Girl Empire[33]
Marc Broussard S.O.S. V: Songs of the '50s Gman[35]
Raahiim Pray for Me MNRK[34]
Ron Carter & Ricky Dillard Sweet, Sweet Spirit Motown, Blue Note[36]
13 Ariel Amatoria Mello Music Group[37]
Brent Faiyaz Icon ISO Supremacy
  • Debuted at No. 6 on the Billboard 200
Jill Scott To Whom This May Concern Blues Babe, Human Re Sources, The Orchard
  • Debuted at No. 33 on the Billboard 200
JP Cooper Just A Few Folk Island, Universal[38]
Tiana Major9 November Scorpio +1[39]
The Olympians In Search of Revival Daptone[40]
Terrace Martin Peace Sounds of Crenshaw, Empire[37]
16 Willow Petal Rock Black Three Six Zero[41]
19 Gabriela Richardson Isola Virgin Music Spain[42]
20 Choker Heaven Ain't Sold Jet Fuzz[43]
Dominique Fils-Aimé My World Is The Sun Ensoul[42]
Leigh-Anne My Ego Told Me To Virgin[44]
Moonchild Waves ONErpm[42]
Naïka Eclesia AWAL[41]
27 Altered Five Blues Band Hammer & Chisel Blind Pig[45]
Bruno Mars The Romantic Atlantic
  • Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200
Gena (Liv.e & Karriem Riggins) The Pleasure is Yours Lex[46]
GoGo Morrow Set MNRK[47]
Lindsey Webster Music In Me Shanachie[48]
Michelle David & The True-Tones Soul Woman Record Kicks[49]

March

Day Artist(s) Album Record label(s) Entering chart position
1 DJ Dmg & October London Midnight in Houston The Colleagues[50]
4 Eliza The Darkening Green Log Off Records[51]
6 Arima Ederra A Rush To Nowhere RCA[52]
Gnarls Barkley Atlanta Loma Vista[52]
Murkage Dave Brut Thoughts The Outlet[51]
Pimmie Don’t Come Home OVO, Santa Ana[53]
Shabaka Of The Earth Self-released[52]
Terrace Martin Purpose Sounds of Crenshaw, Empire[50]
Ty Dolla Sign Girl Music Vol. 1 Atlantic[50]
Waterbaby Memory Be A Blade Sub Pop[54]
Yebba Jean RCA[54]
13 Anjimile You're Free to Go 4AD[55]
Jack Harlow Monica Atlantic
James Blake Trying Times Good Boy[55]
Leven Kali LK99 Def Jam[55]
Olive Jones For Mary Nettwerk[56]

Upcoming releases

March

Day Artist(s) Album Record label(s) Ref.
20 Alex Isley When The City Sleeps Free Lunch, Warner [57]
Chris Standring Time Of Change Ultimate Vibe [58]
Dionne Warwick DWuets Warner [59]
Ego Ella May Good Intentions Believe [60]
Son Little Cityfolk Anti [61]
27 Elmiene Sounds for Someone Polydor, Def Jam [12]
Justine Skye Candy Warner [62]
Lloyiso Never Thought I Could Ndlovu, Empire [58]
MT Jones Joy Emdmm [63]
Raye This Music May Contain Hope Human Re Sources [64]
Rum.gold Is There Anybody Home? Independent [65]
Tom Misch Full Circle Beyond the Groove, AWAL [66]
Victory Confessions of a Lonely Girl Roc Nation [67]
TBA B2K TBA BPC [68]

April

Day Artist(s) Album Record label(s) Ref.
3 Arlo Parks Ambiguous Desire Transgressive [69]
Thundercat Distracted Brainfeeder [70]
10 Kumail Mudbrown Tru Thoughts [71]
Mamas Gun Dig Candelion, Blue Élan [58]
Tiwayo Outsider Record Kicks [58]
Wesley Joseph Forever Someday Secretly Canadian [72]
16 Crystal Murray Anatony Of A Cry Self-released [73]
17 Dan Penn Smoke Filled Room Last Music [74]
Yaya Bey Fidelity Drink Sum Wtr [75]
Zayn Konnakol Mercury [76]
24 Angélique Kidjo Hope!! Parlophone, Warner Music France [77]
Kehlani Kehlani Atlantic Records [78]

May

Day Artist(s) Album Record label(s) Ref.
1 Mýa Retrospect Planet 9, Virgin Music Group [79]
15 Dua Saleh Of Earth & Wires Ghostly International [80]

June

Day Artist(s) Album Record label(s) Ref.
5 Jalen Ngonda Doctrine Of Love Daptone [81]
26 Devon Gilfillian Time Will Tell Fantasy, Concord [82]

Unscheduled and TBA

Artist(s) Album Record label(s) Ref.
6lack Love Is The New Gangsta LVRN [68]
Adrian Marcel RnBay SZN II Self-released [83]
Adrian Younge TBA Linear Labs [50]
Amanda Reifer The Reifer Files Title 9, Atlantic [84]
Amerie TBA TBA [85]
Beyoncé Act III Parkwood, Columbia [86]
Brownstone Back Again Self-released [87]
Case Love Jones, Vol. 2 Self-released [88]
Chris Brown Brown RCA [68]
Christopher Williams War and Peace SoNo [89]
Colde Yang Wavy [90]
D'Angelo TBA TBA [91]
Dawn Richard TBA Merge [92]
Destin Conrad TBA Above Ground, Empire [68]
Elle Varner S.E.L.F. Two Twelve Enterprises [93]
Erykah Badu & The Alchemist Abi & Alan Control Freaq, Empire [94]
Fallon Both Sides Self-released [95]
J. Valentine Conversations With Women R&B Money [96]
Jacquees Mood II Cash Money [97]
Jai'Len Josey Serial Romantic Def Jam [98]
Jeremih TBA Late Nights, Pulse, Concord [99]
Kelis TBA TBA [100]
Kelly Rowland TBA KTR [101]
Koffee Brown TBA Slugga Music, Reservoir Recordings [102]
Labi Siffre Unfinished Business Demon [103]
Louis York TBA Weirdo Workshop [68]
Macy Gray Love Songs for Big Hearts and Robots DNA, Hitmaker [104]
MarcLo 11 Days Self-released [105]
Maxwell blacksummers'NIGHT Musze, BMG [106]
Monica MDA WME [107]
Musiq Soulchild & Hit-Boy Victims & Villains 2 SoulStar [108]
Nailah Blackman Born a Diamond Big Money [109]
Ne-Yo TBA ONErpm [110]
Omarion O2 Create [111]
Peabo Bryson Grace TBA [112]
Paradise I Couldn't Explain It Even If I Tried Mega, Gamma [113]
Raheem DeVaughn The Quiet Storm Lover Mirror Ball [114]
Rihanna R9 Roc Nation, Westbury Road [115]
Robin Thicke TBA Run It Up Records [116]
Rod Wave TBA Alamo [117]
Sean Garrett TBA Blackground Records [118]
Steve Lacy Oh Yeah? RCA, L-M [119]
SZA TBA Top Dawg, RCA [120]
Teedra Moses The Bullsh*t Black Moses [121]
Tiffany Evans TBA Hubris Sound [122]
Tone Stith TBA MNRK [68]
Tweet The Memoirs of The Southern Hummingbird SRG-ILS [123]
Tyla A-Pop TBA [124]
Victoria Monét TBA RCA [125]

Highest-charting songs

United States

R&B songs from any year which charted in the 2026 Top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100[126]
Song Artist Project Peak position
"I Just Might" Bruno Mars The Romantic 1
"Risk It All" 4
"Folded" Kehlani TBA 6
"So Easy (To Fall in Love)" Olivia Dean The Art of Loving 11
"Where Is My Husband!" Raye This Music May Contain Hope 13
"Cha Cha Cha" Bruno Mars The Romantic 25
"A Couple Minutes" Olivia Dean The Art of Loving 26
"Is It a Crime" Mariah the Scientist and Kali Uchis Hearts Sold Separately 27
"God Was Showing Off" Bruno Mars The Romantic 28
"Why You Wanna Fight?" 38

United Kingdom

R&B songs from any year which charted in the 2026 Top 10 of the UK Singles Chart[127]
Song Artist Project Peak position
"Where Is My Husband!" Raye TBA 1

Highest first-week consumption

List of albums with the highest first-week consumption (sales + streaming + track equivalent), as of December 2026 in the United States
Number Album Artist 1st-week consumption 1st-week position Refs
1 The Romantic Bruno Mars 186,000 1 [128]
2 Piss in the Wind Joji 86,000 5 [129]
3 Icon Brent Faiyaz 58,000 6 [130]
4 Locket Madison Beer 43,000 10 [131]
5 Before I Forget The Kid Laroi 41,000 6 [132]

All critically reviewed albums ranked

Metacritic

Number Artist Album Average score Number of reviews Reference
1 The James Hunter Six Off The Fence 86 5 reviews [133]
2 The Sha La Das Your Picture 84 4 reviews [134]
3 Gena (Liv.e & Karriem Riggins) The Pleasure is Yours 83 6 reviews [135]
4 Jill Scott To Whom This May Concern 82 13 reviews [136]
5 Ari Lennox Vacancy 75 5 reviews [137]
6 The Kid Laroi Before I Forget 68 4 reviews [138]
7 Bruno Mars The Romantic 66 10 reviews [139]
8 Jack Harlow Monica 52 4 reviews [140]

See also

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