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The Best Soul Albums of 2021 by User Score
Decade
2020s
All
2020s
2010s
2000s
1990s
1980s
1970s
1960s
1950s
Genre
Soul
All
Alternative R&B
Alternative Rock
Ambient
Art Pop
Conscious Hip Hop
Dance Pop
East Coast Hip Hop
Electronic
Electropop
Folk
Hip Hop
House
Indie Pop
Indie Rock
K-Pop
Metal
Neo-Soul
Pop
Pop Rap
Pop Rock
Post-Punk
Psychedelic
R&B
Rock
Singer-Songwriter
Soul
Southern Hip Hop
Synthpop
Trap Rap
Min. Ratings
50
1
5
25
50
100
2020s
2020
2021
1
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Little Simz - Sometimes I Might Be Introvert
September 3rd, 2021
USER SCORE
89
1,947 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
2
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Genesis Owusu - Smiling With No Teeth
March 5th, 2021
USER SCORE
80
1,524 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
3
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Yola - Stand for Myself
July 30th, 2021
USER SCORE
77
268 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
4
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Yebba - Dawn
September 10th, 2021
USER SCORE
76
69 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
5
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Hiatus Kaiyote - Mood Valiant
June 25th, 2021
USER SCORE
76
391 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
6
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Arlo Parks - Collapsed In Sunbeams
January 29th, 2021
USER SCORE
75
1,360 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
7
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Durand Jones & The Indications - Private Space
July 30th, 2021
USER SCORE
75
90 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
8
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Joyce Wrice - Overgrown
March 19th, 2021
USER SCORE
75
145 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
9
.
Jon Batiste - WE ARE
March 19th, 2021
USER SCORE
75
225 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
10
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L'Rain - Fatigue
June 25th, 2021
USER SCORE
74
175 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
11
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SAULT - Nine
June 25th, 2021
USER SCORE
74
331 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
12
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Rachel Chinouriri - Four° In Winter
April 23rd, 2021
USER SCORE
73
57 ratings
Amazon
13
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Celeste - Not Your Muse
January 29th, 2021
USER SCORE
73
422 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
14
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Charlotte Day Wilson - Alpha
July 9th, 2021
USER SCORE
72
141 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
15
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Snoh Aalegra - Temporary Highs In The Violet Skies
July 9th, 2021
USER SCORE
72
185 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
16
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Greentea Peng - MAN MADE
June 4th, 2021
USER SCORE
71
131 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
17
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Mustafa - When Smoke Rises
May 28th, 2021
USER SCORE
71
139 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
18
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Cosha - Mt. Pleasant
July 2nd, 2021
USER SCORE
71
56 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
19
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Jazmine Sullivan - Heaux Tales
January 8th, 2021
USER SCORE
70
749 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
20
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Lake Street Dive - Obviously
March 12th, 2021
USER SCORE
70
53 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
21
.
Jungle - Loving In Stereo
August 13th, 2021
USER SCORE
70
223 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
22
.
Charlotte Cardin - Phoenix
April 23rd, 2021
USER SCORE
70
50 ratings
Amazon
23
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Tash Sultana - Terra Firma
February 19th, 2021
USER SCORE
70
151 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
24
.
Leon Bridges - Gold-Diggers Sound
July 23rd, 2021
USER SCORE
70
181 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
25
.
Shelley FKA DRAM - Shelley FKA DRAM
April 30th, 2021
USER SCORE
70
120 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
1
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