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Contemporary R&B
Critics' Highest Rated Contemporary R&B Albums of 2024
Kali Uchis
ORQUÍDEAS
80
critic score
(15)
Ariana Grande
eternal sunshine
76
critic score
(21)
Usher
COMING HOME
71
critic score
(8)
Erika de Casier
Still
70
critic score
(8)
Jennifer Lopez
This Is Me...Now
55
critic score
(10)
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Critics' Highest Rated Contemporary R&B Albums of All Time
Prince
Sign O' the Times
100
critic score
(8)
Michael Jackson
Thriller
96
critic score
(5)
Frank Ocean
channel ORANGE
91
critic score
(42)
Beyoncé
Lemonade
90
critic score
(38)
Lauryn Hill
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
90
critic score
(14)
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Users' Highest Rated Contemporary R&B Albums of 2024
Kali Uchis
ORQUÍDEAS
77
user score
(3,922)
NMIXX
Fe3O4: BREAK
72
user score
(451)
Erika de Casier
Still
70
user score
(597)
OnlyOneOf
Things I Can't Say LOve
69
user score
(111)
Ariana Grande
eternal sunshine
68
user score
(3,679)
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Users' Highest Rated Contemporary R&B Albums of All Time
Lauryn Hill
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
91
user score
(4,726)
Michael Jackson
Thriller
89
user score
(5,006)
Janet Jackson
The Velvet Rope
88
user score
(1,482)
Prince
Sign O' the Times
88
user score
(1,476)
Frank Ocean
channel ORANGE
87
user score
(9,423)
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Recent Contemporary R&B Albums
Justin Timberlake
Everything I Thought It Was
49
critic score
(9)
WENDY
Wish You Hell
Ariana Grande
eternal sunshine (slightly deluxe)
Ariana Grande
eternal sunshine
76
critic score
(21)
Erika de Casier
Still
70
critic score
(8)
LE SSERAFIM
EASY
80
critic score
(1)
Jennifer Lopez
This Is Me...Now
55
critic score
(10)
Water Bottle
A Melodic Expedition Through the Factory's Labyrinth Chains, Where Music Blossoms Amidst the Rust, Culminating in the Great Water Bottles Escape
TEN [텐]
TEN
Usher
COMING HOME
71
critic score
(8)
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Critics' Top Contemporary R&B Artists
Janelle Monáe
Jazmine Sullivan
Miguel
Kali Uchis
Dawn Richard
Summer Walker
Maxwell
Kehlani
Tkay Maidza
The-Dream
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11
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9
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12
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13
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19
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19
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17
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18
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30
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28
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28
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42
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36
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26
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46
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41
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32
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32
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40
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51
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28
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34
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42
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41
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31
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39
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74
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83
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79
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80
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102
2018
127
2019
150
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177
2021
209
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141
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196
2024
28
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