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Highest Rated R&B Albums of 2018
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Anderson .Paak - Oxnard
November 16, 2018
Neo-Soul
,
West Coast Hip Hop
,
Funk
Score
100
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2
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Kali Uchis - Isolation
April 6, 2018
Neo-Soul
,
Contemporary R&B
Score
95
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3
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Charles Bradley - Black Velvet
November 9, 2018
Soul
Score
90
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4
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Blood Orange - Negro Swan
August 24, 2018
Alternative R&B
,
Sophisti-Pop
,
Neo-Soul
Score
90
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5
.
Janelle Monáe - Dirty Computer
April 27, 2018
Contemporary R&B
,
Art Pop
Score
90
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6
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The Internet - Hive Mind
July 20, 2018
Neo-Soul
,
Alternative R&B
Score
90
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7
.
Jorja Smith - Lost & Found
June 8, 2018
Neo-Soul
,
Contemporary R&B
,
Trip Hop
,
Adult Contemporary
Score
90
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8
.
Leon Bridges - Good Thing
May 4, 2018
Soul
,
Smooth Soul
Score
85
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9
.
The Weeknd - My Dear Melancholy,
March 30, 2018
Alternative R&B
Score
85
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10
.
Bishop Briggs - Church of Scars
April 20, 2018
Alt-Pop
,
Pop Soul
,
Electropop
Score
80
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11
.
Mac Miller - Swimming
August 3, 2018
Alternative R&B
,
Pop Rap
Score
80
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12
.
Charlotte Day Wilson - Stone Woman
February 23, 2018
Contemporary R&B
Score
80
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13
.
Young Fathers - Cocoa Sugar
March 9, 2018
Indietronica
,
Neo-Soul
Score
80
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14
.
Everything Is Recorded - Everything Is Recorded by Richard Russell
February 16, 2018
Alternative R&B
,
Art Pop
Score
80
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15
.
Princess Nokia - A Girl Cried Red
April 13, 2018
Alternative R&B
,
Trap
Score
75
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16
.
Lykke Li - so sad so sexy
June 8, 2018
Alt-Pop
,
Alternative R&B
Score
75
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17
.
serpentwithfeet - soil
June 8, 2018
Alternative R&B
,
Art Pop
Score
75
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18
.
Tirzah - Devotion
August 10, 2018
Alternative R&B
,
Art Pop
Score
75
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19
.
Starchild & The New Romantic - Language
February 23, 2018
Neo-Soul
,
Alternative R&B
Score
75
Source →
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Music
Spotify
20
.
Ryan Hemsworth - Elsewhere
September 21, 2018
Alternative R&B
,
Wonky
Score
75
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21
.
Joji - BALLADS 1
October 26, 2018
Alternative R&B
Score
75
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22
.
Drake - Scorpion
June 29, 2018
Pop Rap
,
Contemporary R&B
Score
70
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Music
Spotify
23
.
Jeremih & Ty Dolla $ign - Mih-Ty
October 26, 2018
Contemporary R&B
Score
65
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24
.
Rhye - Blood
February 2, 2018
Sophisti-Pop
,
Alternative R&B
Score
50
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25
.
Justin Timberlake - Man of the Woods
February 2, 2018
Contemporary R&B
,
Country Pop
Score
30
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NOTE:
This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings awarded albums throughout 2018.
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