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The Best Contemporary R&B Albums of 2021 by User Score

Decade
Genre
Min. Ratings
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2022

1.

Marina Sena - De Primeira
August 19th, 2021
USER SCORE
78
328 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

2.

Billie Eilish - Happier Than Ever
July 30th, 2021
USER SCORE
77
3,377 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

3.

Tinashe - 333
August 6th, 2021
USER SCORE
76
662 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

4.

Tkay Maidza - Last Year Was Weird, Vol. 3
July 9th, 2021
USER SCORE
76
783 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

5.

Priya Ragu - damnshestamil
September 3rd, 2021
USER SCORE
75
137 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

6.

Erika De Casier - Sensational
May 21st, 2021
USER SCORE
75
424 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

7.

Joyce Wrice - Overgrown
March 19th, 2021
USER SCORE
75
173 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

8.

Jenevieve - Division
September 3rd, 2021
USER SCORE
75
72 ratings
Amazon

9.

BAEKHYUN - Bambi
March 30th, 2021
USER SCORE
75
121 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

10.

SAULT - Nine
June 25th, 2021
USER SCORE
74
402 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

11.

Laura Mvula - Pink Noise
July 2nd, 2021
USER SCORE
74
447 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

12.

STAYC - STEREOTYPE
September 6th, 2021
USER SCORE
73
176 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

13.

Taemin - Advice
May 18th, 2021
USER SCORE
73
53 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

14.

PinkPantheress - to hell with it
October 15th, 2021
USER SCORE
73
1,217 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

15.

Red Velvet - Queendom
August 16th, 2021
USER SCORE
72
342 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

16.

SHINee - Don't Call Me
February 22nd, 2021
USER SCORE
72
139 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

17.

Majur - Ojunifé
May 12th, 2021
USER SCORE
72
58 ratings
Amazon

18.

Jazmine Sullivan - Heaux Tales
January 8th, 2021
USER SCORE
72
1,052 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

19.

Gallant - Neptune
March 26th, 2021
USER SCORE
72
86 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

20.

AUDREY NUNA - a liquid breakfast
May 21st, 2021
USER SCORE
72
279 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

21.

Charlotte Day Wilson - Alpha
July 9th, 2021
USER SCORE
71
163 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

22.

JoJo - trying not to think about it
October 1st, 2021
USER SCORE
71
53 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music

23.

KAYTRANADA - Intimidated
November 19th, 2021
USER SCORE
71
272 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

24.

IU - LILAC
March 25th, 2021
USER SCORE
71
207 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

25.

Mariah The Scientist - RY RY WORLD
July 9th, 2021
USER SCORE
71
169 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
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