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Contemporary R&B
Critics' Highest Rated Contemporary R&B Albums of All Time
Prince
Sign "O" the Times
100
critic score
(7)
Michael Jackson
Thriller
92
critic score
(5)
Lauryn Hill
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
92
critic score
(11)
Frank Ocean
channel ORANGE
91
critic score
(42)
SAULT
Untitled (Rise)
90
critic score
(7)
Beyoncé
Lemonade
90
critic score
(38)
Gabriels
Angels & Queens – Part I
89
critic score
(8)
D'Angelo
Brown Sugar
88
critic score
(5)
Beyoncé
RENAISSANCE
88
critic score
(31)
Janelle Monáe
Dirty Computer
87
critic score
(41)
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Users' Highest Rated Contemporary R&B Albums of All Time
Lauryn Hill
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
90
user score
(2,094)
Michael Jackson
Thriller
89
user score
(2,592)
Prince
Sign "O" the Times
88
user score
(850)
Janet Jackson
The Velvet Rope
87
user score
(785)
Frank Ocean
channel ORANGE
87
user score
(5,655)
Michael Jackson
Off the Wall
87
user score
(1,487)
Kanye West
808s & Heartbreak: Live at Hollywood Bowl
86
user score
(47)
Janelle Monáe
The ArchAndroid
86
user score
(1,306)
Amy Winehouse
Back to Black
86
user score
(1,658)
Maxwell
Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite
86
user score
(133)
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Recent Contemporary R&B Albums
RAYE
My 21st Century Blues
83
critic score
(8)
Joesef
Permanent Damage
79
critic score
(7)
RuPaul
Black Butta
WayV
Phantom
Sugababes
The Lost Tapes
Gabbie Hanna
This Time Next Year
Zack Fox
wood tip
SZA
SOS
86
critic score
(22)
R. Kelly
I Admit It
Minho
CHASE
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Critics' Top Contemporary R&B Artists
Janelle Monáe
Jazmine Sullivan
Miguel
Dawn Richard
Summer Walker
SZA
Kehlani
The-Dream
Beyoncé
Ty Dolla $ign
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5
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3
1982
12
1983
7
1984
15
1985
9
1986
11
1987
11
1988
9
1989
10
1990
11
1991
15
1992
18
1993
14
1994
14
1995
29
1996
24
1997
24
1998
33
1999
30
2000
23
2001
35
2002
30
2003
25
2004
28
2005
29
2006
44
2007
21
2008
29
2009
32
2010
27
2011
23
2012
34
2013
64
2014
63
2015
66
2016
63
2017
82
2018
113
2019
127
2020
160
2021
191
2022
105
2023
6
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