2025 in rhythm and blues music

This article summarizes the events, album releases, and album release dates in rhythm and blues for the year 2025.

Events

January

• On January 3, Brenton Wood died at the age of 83.^[1]
• On January 10, Sam Moore died at the age of 89.^[2]
• On January 20, Bob Kuban died at the age of 84.^[3]

February

• On February 2, Gene Barge died at the age of 98.^[4] On the same day, the 67th Annual Grammy Awards were held.^[5] Beyoncé won Album of the Year for Cowboy Carter. Muni Long won Best R&B Performance for "Made for Me (Live on BET)". Lucky Daye won Best Traditional R&B Performance for "That's You". SZA won Best R&B Song for "Saturn". AverySunshine and NxWorries tied for Best Progressive R&B Album for So Glad to Know You and Why Lawd?, respectively. Chris Brown won Best R&B Album for 11:11 (Deluxe). Tank and the Bangas won Best Spoken Word Poetry Album for The Heart, The Mind, The Soul. Prince, Taj Mahal, and Frankie Beverly received the Lifetime Achievement Awards. Alicia Keys received the Dr. Dre Global Impact Award.^[6]
• On February 12, Tommy Hunt died at the age of 91.^[7] On the same day, Jimi Mbaye died at the age of 67.^[8]
• On February 18, the MOBO Awards 2025 were held.^[9] Odeal won Best Newcomer and Best R&B/Soul Act. Mnelia won Video of the Year for "My Man". Ayra Starr won Best African Music Act and Best International Act.^[10]
• On February 22, the 56th NAACP Image Awards were held.^[11] Beyoncé won Outstanding Female Artist and Outstanding Album for Cowboy Carter. Doechii won Outstanding New Artist. Chris Brown won Outstanding Male Artist, Outstanding International Song with Davido for "Hmmm" and Outstanding Soul/R&B Song for "Residuals". Adam Blackstone & Fantasia won Outstanding Duo, Group or Collaboration (Traditional) for "Summertime". Wizkid and Brent Faiyaz won Outstanding Duo, Group or Collaboration (Contemporary) for "Piece of My Heart". Samara Joy won Outstanding Jazz Album for Portrait. Luther: Never Too Much won Outstanding Directing in a Documentary (Television or Motion Picture) and Outstanding Documentary (Motion Picture).^[12]
• On February 20, Jerry Butler died at the age of 85.^[13]
• On February 21, Gwen McCrae died at the age of 81.^[14]
• On February 22, Linsey Alexander died at the age of 82.^[15] On the same day, the 56th NAACP Image Awards were held. Chris Brown won Outstanding Male Artist, Outstanding Soul/R&B Song for "Residuals", and Outstanding International Song for "Hmmm" with Davido. Adam Blackstone & Fantasia won Outstanding Duo, Group or Collaboration (Traditional) for "Summertime". Beyoncé won Outstanding Female Artist. Wizkid and Brent Faiyaz won Outstanding Duo, Group or Collaboration (Contemporary) for "Piece of My Heart".^[16]
• On February 24, Roberta Flack died at the age of 88.^[17]
• On February 27, the 22nd Korean Music Awards were held. Sumin & Slom won Best R&B & Soul Album for Miniseries 2. Jung In & Mild Beats won Best R&B & Soul Song for "Blame".^[18]

March

• On March 1, Angie Stone died at the age of 63.^[19] On the same day, the Brit Awards 2025 were held. Raye won Best R&B Act.^[20]
• On March 4, Roy Ayers died at the age of 84.^[21]
• On March 7, D'Wayne Wiggins died at the age of 64.^[22]
• On March 10, Wheesung died at the age of 43.^[23]
• On March 17, the 2025 iHeartRadio Music Awards were held. Muni Long won R&B Song of the Year for "Made for Me". SZA won R&B Artist of the Year. 4Batz won Best New R&B Artist. Usher won R&B Album of the Year for Coming Home. Nelly won the iHeartRadio Landmark Award. Mariah Carey won the iHeartRadio Icon Award.^[24]
• On March 19, the 2025 MTV Video Music Awards Japan were held. Kroi won Best R&B Video for "Jewel".^[25]
• On March 25, Alice Tan Ridley died at the age of 72.^[26]
• On March 30, the Juno Awards of 2025 were held. Mustafa won Video of the Year for "Name of God" and Songwriter of the Year. Jack Rochon won Producer of the Year. Big Dave McLean won Blues Album of the Year for This Old Life. Aqyila won Contemporary R&B/Soul Recording of the Year for Bloom. TheHonestGuy won Traditional R&B/Soul Recording of the Year for Velvet Soul. AP Dhillon won South Asian Music Recording of the Year for The Brownprint. Jessie Reyez and Big Sean won Rap Single of the Year for "Shut Up".^[27]

April

• On April 30, the APRA Music Awards of 2025 were held. Kaiit won Most Performed R&B / Soul Work for "Space".^[28]

May

• On May 21, the 2025 Music Awards Japan were held. Hikaru Utada won Best Japanese R&B/Contemporary Song for "Automatic" and Best Japanese R&B/Contemporary Artist. Ariana Grande won Best International R&B/Contemporary Song in Japan for "We Can't Be Friends (Wait for Your Love)".^[29]
• On May 26, the American Music Awards of 2025 were held. The Weeknd won Favorite Male R&B Artist and Favorite R&B Album for Hurry Up Tomorrow. SZA won Favorite Female R&B Artist and Favorite R&B Song for "Saturn". Doechii won Social Song of the Year for "Anxiety". Janet Jackson was honored with the Icon Award.^[30]

June

• On June 5, Wayne Lewis died at the age of 68.^[31]
• On June 9, Sly Stone died at the age of 82.^[32] On the same day, the BET Awards 2025 were held. Chris Brown won the Viewer's Choice Award for "Residuals" and Best Male R&B/Pop Artist. SZA won Best Collaboration alongside Kendrick Lamar for "Luther" and Best Female R&B/Pop Artist. Leon Thomas won Best New Artist. Summer Walker won the BET Her Award for "Heart of a Woman". Ayra Starr won Best International Act. Luther: Never Too Much won Best Movie. Mariah Carey and Jamie Foxx won the Ultimate Icon Award.^[33] On the same day, the 2025 Libera Awards were held. Ruthie Foster won Best Blues Record for Mileage. Mavis Staples won Best R&B Record for "Worthy". Raye won Self-Released Record of the Year for "Genesis". Thee Sacred Souls won Best Soul/Funk Record for Got a Story to Tell.^[34]
• On June 21, the 34th Seoul Music Awards were held. RM won the R&B/ Hip-hop Award.^[35]

July

• On July 31, the AIR Awards of 2025 were held.^[36] Emma Donovan won Best Independent Blues and Roots Album or EP for Til My Song Is Done. Ella Thompson won Best Independent Soul/R&B Album or EP for Ripple On the Wing.^[37]

Released albums

January

Day	Artist(s)	Album	Record label(s)	Entering chart position
3	Nia Nadurata	Still Living with My Parents	Arts & Crafts Productions[38]
8	Wolfacejoeyy	Cupid	Self-released[39]
10	Moonchild Sanelly	Full Moon	Transgressive[40]
	Otis Kane	Violet	Nettwerk Music Group[41]
	Rilès	Survival Mode	Self-released
	Skiifall	Lovers Till I'm Gone	Peoples Champ[42]
15	Maro & Nasaya	Lifeline	Secca, Venice
	Nariaki	Zatto	Self-released[43]
17	Keke Palmer	DivaGurl: A Story By Keke Palmer	Big Bosses, The SRG, ILS Group[44]
	Mac Miller	Balloonerism	Warner	Debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard 200
	Yola	My Way	S-Curve Records[45]
21	Minnie	Her	Cube
24	Benjamin Booker	Lower	Fire Next Time, Thirty Tigers[46]
	Charlie Bereal	Walk With The Father	Death Row Records, Gamma[47]
	FKA Twigs	Eusexua	Young, Atlantic[48]	Debuted at No. 3 on the UK Albums Chart Debuted at No. 24 on the Billboard 200
	JoJo	NGL	BMG[49]
	Jordan Adetunji	A Jaguar's Dream	300 Entertainment, Warner UK[50]
	Teddy Swims	I've Tried Everything but Therapy (Part 2)	Warner[51]	Debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard 200
	Young Franco	It's Franky Baby!	Neon[52]
29	Jacob Banks	Yonder: Book II	Nobody Records[53]
31	Brooke Combe	Dancing at the Edge of the World	Modern Sky UK
	Cymande	Renascence	BMG[54]
	Eddie Chacon	Lay Low	Stones Throw[55]
	Iniko	The Awakening	Columbia, Audio Angel[56]
	Journey Montana	Lucky Girl Syndrome	10K Projects[57]
	Qing Madi	I Am the Blueprint	Jton, Bu Vision[58]
	The Weeknd	Hurry Up Tomorrow	XO, Republic[59]	Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200

February

Day	Artist(s)	Album	Record label(s)	Entering chart position
7	Biig Piig	11:11	Sony Music UK[60]
	Chase Shakur	Wonderlove	Def Jam[61]
	Johnnyswim	When the War is Over	Self-released[62]
	Truice Young	Vices	Gamma[63]
11	Kelela	In the Blue Light	Warp Records[64]
12	Capella Grey	U Miss Me Yet?	Allepac the Family, 10K Projects[65]
14	Alessia Cara	Love & Hyperbole	Def Jam[66]
	Candi Staton	Back To My Roots	Beracah Records[67]
	Flau'jae	Flau & B	Flauge Entertainment[68]
	Jacquees & DeJ Loaf	Fuck A Friendzone 2	Yellow World, FYB Records[69]
	Jagged Edge	All Original Parts, Vol. 1	Self-released[70]
	John Glacier	Like a Ribbon	Young[71]
	Mereba	The Breeze Grew a Fire	Secretly Canadian[72]
	PartyNextDoor & Drake	Some Sexy Songs 4 U	OVO Sound, Republic Records[73]	Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200
	The Altons	Heartache in Room 14	Daptone[74]
	They.	Love.Jones	Drink Sum Wtr[74]
18	Durand Bernarr	Bloom	Create Music Group[75]
21	Bren Joy	Sunset Black	Self-released[76]
	Joan Thiele	Joanita	Sony Music Italy[77]
	Nao	Jupiter	Little Tokyo Recordings, Sony Music[78]
	Saint Jhn	Festival Season	Godd Complexx[79]
	Sir Woman	If It All Works Out	ONErpm[80]
	Tate McRae	So Close to What	RCA	Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200
25	Senidah	Sen i Dah	Bassivity Digital[81]
27	Bini	Biniverse	Star Music
28	Aloe Blacc	Stand Together	Grand Scheme, Vydia[82]
	Banks	Off with Her Head	Self-released[83]
	Everything Is Recorded	Temporary	XL[84]
	Fridayy	Some Days I'm Good, Some Days I'm Not	Lost In Melody, Def Jam[85]	Debuted at No. 51 on the Billboard 200
	Hope Tala	Hope Handwritten	PMR Records[86]
	Michi	Dirty Talk	Stones Throw[87]
	Noemi	Nostalgia	Columbia, Sony Music
	Serpentwithfeet	Grip Sequel	Secretly Canadian[88]
	Terrace Martin	Albion Files	Sounds of Crenshaw[89]
	Yves Jarvis	All Cylinders	In Real Life[90]

March

Day	Artist(s)	Album	Record label(s)	Entering chart position
6	Ca7riel & Paco Amoroso	Papota	5020 Records[91]
7	Immasoul	Pistola	Empire[92]
	Jacob Banks	Yonder: Book III	Nobody Records[93]
	Jennie	Ruby	Odd Atelier, Columbia	Debuted at No. 7 on the Billboard 200
	Tokimonsta	Eternal Reverie	Young Art[94]
10	Seulgi	Accidentally On Purpose	SM[95]
14	Twin Shadow	Georgie	Cheree Cheree[96]
21	Annie and the Caldwells	Can't Lose My (Soul)	Luaka Bop[97]
	Bathe	Inside Voice(s)	MNRK[98]
	Greentea Peng	Tell Dem It's Sunny	AWAL[99]
	Jon B.	Waiting On You	Vibezelect[100]
	Lonnie Holley	Tonky	Jagjaguwar
27	Joeboy	Viva Lavida	Young Legend, Warner Music Africa[101]
28	Aqyila	Falling Into Place	Sony Canada[102]
	Ariana Grande	Brighter Days Ahead	Republic
	Butcher Brown	Letters from the Atlantic	Concord Jazz[103]
	Jessie Reyez	Paid In Memories	Fmly, Island[104]
	Q	10 Songs	Boy Meets Euphoria, Columbia[105]
	Vory	You Made Me This Way	Ikonic Global[106]
	Yukimi	For You	Ninja Tune[107]

April

Day	Artist(s)	Album	Record label(s)	Entering chart position
2	Duckwrth	All American FuckBoy	Stem[108]
4	Dreamer Isioma	StarX Lover	Self-released[109]
	Duendita	A strong desire to survive	10k[109]
	Joe Kay	If Not Now, Then When?	Soulection Records, Colture[110]
	Malcolm Todd	Malcolm Todd	Columbia[111]	Debuted at No. 103 on the Billboard 200
	Melanie Fiona	Say Yes	LoveLinc, Public Records, Colture, Title 9[112]
7	Mark	The Firstfruit	SM, Kakao[113]
11	Bon Iver	Sable, Fable	Jagjaguwar	Debuted at No. 11 on the Billboard 200
	Bootsy Collins	Album of the Year #1 Funkateer	Bootzilla[114]
	Galactic & Irma Thomas	Audience With the Queen	Tchoup-Zilla, Thirty Tigers[115]
	KayCyy & Sign Crushes Motorist	Saddest Truth	BuVision, Columbia[116]
	Valerie June	Owls, Omens and Oracles	Concord Records[117]
18	Alex Isley	When	Free Lunch, Warner Records[118]
	Davido	5ive	Sony[119]
	Keri Hilson	We Need to Talk: Love	Create[120]
	Various artists	Sinners (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)	Sony Masterworks	Debuted at No. 133 on the Billboard 200
19	Sault	10	Forever Living Originals
25	Coco Jones	Why Not More?	High Standardz, Def Jam[121]	Debuted at No. 59 on the Billboard 200
	d4vd	Withered	Darkroom, Interscope[122]	Debuted at No. 13 on the Billboard 200
	Destin Conrad	Love on Digital	Above Ground, Empire[123]
	Ledisi	The Crown	Listen Back, BMG[124]
	Roy Woods	Dark Nights	OVO[125]
	Silas Short	Lushland	Stones Throw[125]

May

Day	Artist(s)	Album	Record label(s)	Entering chart position
2	Elodie	Mi ami mi odi	Island
	Xavier Omär	HunnyMoon Mountain	XO Creative Club, RBC, BMG[126]
7	TA Thomas	Southern Soul	Def Jam[127]
8	Erika de Casier	Lifetime	Independent Jeep
9	Brandon	Before You Go	Secretly Canadian[128]
	Cuco	Ridin'	Interscope PS[129]
	Galdive	Blue	Mom + Pop Music[130]
	Kali Uchis	Sincerely	Capitol[131]	Debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200
	Kitschkreig & Dré Six	London's Calling	SoulForce, BMG[132]
	Naomi Sharon	The Only Love We Know	OVO[133]
	PinkPantheress	Fancy That	Warner UK[134]	Debuted at No. 3 on the UK Albums Chart Debuted at No. 72 on the Billboard 200
	Raiche	Standards	Genre Defying Entertainment, Island Prolific, Atlantic[135]
	Sailorr	From Florida's Finest	BuVision[136]
14	Bibi	Eve: Romance	Feel Ghood, Kakao, 88rising[137]
	Savannah Ré	Formed	Matrimony[138]
16	Asiahn	Free	Love Train[139]
	Cautious Clay	The Hours: Morning	Fantasy, Concord[140]
	DRAM & Ellis Quinn	Leorpio	Waver, OneLand[141]
	Emotional Oranges	Orenjii	Avant Garden, Colture[141]
	Lido Pimienta	La Belleza	Anti
	MonoNeon	You Had Your Chance... Bad Attitude!	Floki Studios[141]
	Mourning [A] BLKstar	Flowers For The Living	Don Giovanni Records[141]
	Spill Tab	Angie	Because
	Surprise Chef	Superb	Big Crown Records[141]
	Tanika Charles	Reasons to Stay	Record Kicks[141]
23	Eska	The Ordinary Life Of A Magic Woman	Earthling, Kartel[142]
	Estelle	Stay Alta	1980, Fab Factory[143]
	Smerz	Big City Life	Escho
26	Seventeen	Happy Burstday	Pledis	Debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200
30	The Budos Band	VII	Diamond West[144]
	Honey Bxby	Raw Honey	Rebirth, Art@War, Warner[144]
	Obongjayar	Paradise Now	September[145]

June

Day	Artist(s)	Album	Record label(s)	Entering chart position
6	Cynthia Erivo	I Forgive You	Verve, Republic[146]	Debuted at No. 165 on the Billboard 200
	Eric Benét	The Co-Star	JBR[147]
	Loaded Honey	Love Made Trees	Vetra, AWAL[148]
	Omar	Brighter the Days	Impressive Collective, BBE Music[149]
	Sabrina Claudio	Fall in Love With Her	SC, Empire[150]
11	Psiryn	In The Key Of Us	Kandi Koated[151]
13	Brandee Younger	Gadabout Season	Impulse!, Verve[152]
	Joe Armon-Jones	All The Quiet (Part II)	Aquarii[152]
	Maiya Blaney	A Room With A Door That Closes	Lex Records[152]
	Maleek Berry	If Only Love Was Enough	Berry's Room[153]
	Witch	Sogolo	Desert Daze[154]
17	Bas & The Hics	Melanchronica	The Fiends[155]
20	Keke Palmer	Just Keke	Big Bosses, SoNo[156]
	Kwn	With All Due Respect	RCA[156]
	Terrace Martin & Kenyon Dixon	Come As You Are	Sounds of Crenshaw, Empire[156]
	Yaya Bey	Do It Afraid	Drink Sum Wtr[157]
24	Madison McFerrin	Scorpio	Self-released[158]
27	Durand Jones & The Indications	Flowers	Dead Oceans[159]
	Katseye	Beautiful Chaos	Hybe UMG, Geffen	Debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard 200
	Leven Kali	LK99: The Prelude	Def Jam[160]

July

Day	Artist(s)	Album	Record label(s)	Entering chart position
2	NoMBe	DIÁSPORA	Position[161]
4	The Colleagues & October London	Love Language	Self-released[162]
7	D.O.	Bliss	SooSoo, Dreamus[163]
9	Tobi	Elements Vol. 2	Allwon[164]
11	Alina Bzhezhinska & Tulshi	Whispers of Rain	Tru Thoughts[165]
	Burna Boy	No Sign of Weakness	Spaceship, Bad Habit, Atlantic	Debuted at No. 200 on the Billboard 200
	Giveon	Beloved	Epic	Debuted at No. 8 on the Billboard 200
	Jane Handcock	It's Me, Not You	Death Row, Gamma[166]
	Justin Bieber	Swag	Ithaca Holdings, Def Jam	Debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200
	Odeal	The Summer That Saved Me	OVMBR, LVRN[167]
	Pastor Mike Jr.	Confetti and Conspiracies: The Amen Mixtape	Rock City[166]
15	Algee Smith	Love Lost	7 Scope[168]
18	Kanii	#Blue	Masked, Warner[169]
	Nectar Woode	It's like I never left	Since '93[169]
	Sofia Ly	Are You Bored Yet?	LiveHelpLive, Pulse, Concord[169]
22	Black Party	The Last Dance	Guin, Stem[170]
25	Frida Touray	Homebody	E2, Edition[171]
	Mabel	Mabel	Polydor[171]
	Tasha Cobbs Leonard	Tasha	Motown, TeeLee[171]
	Vedo	E•pit•o•me	New Wav[172]
30	Buddy Guy	Ain't Done With The Blues	RCA[173]
31	Wolfacejoeyy	Summer Songs	Self-released[174]

August

Day	Artist(s)	Album	Record label(s)	Entering chart position
8	Amaarae	Black Star	Golden Child, Interscope[175]
	Bryson Tiller	The Vices	RCA[176]
	Craig David	Commitment	Believe UK[175]
	Iyla	Weeping Angel	Tomorrow, Astra Velum, Create[176]
	Jenevieve	Crysalis	Interscope[176]
	Kaash Paige	KaashMyChecks	Rostrum[175]
	Sasha Keable	Act Right	Flight Club[177]
	Various artists	Stax Revue: Live In '65!	Craft, Concord[176]

Upcoming releases

August

Day	Artist(s)	Album	Record label(s)	Ref.
15	Liamani	Dear Little Me	Def Jam	[168]
	Mahalia	Luvergirl	Warner Music UK	[178]
22	Adam Blackstone	Humble Magic	Bassic Black Entertainment, Anderson, Empire	[179]
	Ciara	CiCi	Beauty Marks	[180]
	Jon Batiste	Big Money	Verve, Interscope	[181]
	Mariah the Scientist	Hearts Sold Separately	Buckles Laboratories, Epic	[182]
	Teyana Taylor	Escape Room	Def Jam Recordings	[183]
	Umi	People Stories	Epic	[184]
28	Kevin Ross	Love Uptempo: Max	Art Society Music Group, Empire	[185]
	Tiwa Savage	This One Is Personal	Empire	[186]
29	Blood Orange	Essex Honey	RCA	[187]
	Braxton Cook	Not Everyone Can Go	Nettwerk	[188]
	Erykah Badu & The Alchemist	Abi & Alan	Control Freaq, Empire	[189]

September

Day	Artist(s)	Album	Record label(s)	Ref.
12	Peyton	Au	Stones Throw Records	[190]
	Ty Dolla Sign	Tycoon	EZMNY, Atlantic	[191]
19	Brent Faiyaz	Icon	ISO Supremacy	[192]
26	Lady Wray	Cover Girl	Big Crown	[193]
	Mariah Carey	Here for It All	Gamma	[194]
	Olivia Dean	The Art of Loving	Capital, Polydor	[195]

October

Day	Artist(s)	Album	Record label(s)	Ref.
2	Bryson Tiller	Solace	RCA	[196]
3	Josh Levi	Hydraulic	Raedio, Atlantic	[197][non-primary source needed]
	Ledisi	For Dinah	Listen Back, Candid	[198]
17	Sudan Archives	The BPM	Stones Throw	[199]

Unscheduled and TBA

Artist(s)	Album	Record label(s)	Ref.
Aaliyah	Unstoppable	Blackground Records, Empire	[200]
Amanda Reifer	The Reifer Files	Title 9, Atlantic	[201]
Amber Mark	TBA	PMR, Interscope	[202]
Amerie	TBA	TBA	[203]
Ari Lennox	TBA	Dreamville, Interscope	[204]
Bakar	Forever & Ever	Self-released	[205]
Bee-B	Palate Cleanse	Vrse1, Create	[206]
Brownstone	Back Again	Self-released	[207]
Carl Thomas	TBA	TBA	[208]
Case	Love Jones, Vol. 2	Self-released	[209]
Colde	Yang	Wavy	[210]
D'Angelo	TBA	TBA	[211]
Daniel Caesar	Son of Spergy	Hollace, Republic	[212]
Drew Sidora	TBA	MusicXchange	[213]
Elijah Blake	TBA	RKeyTek, MNRK	[151]
Elle Varner	S.E.L.F.	Two Twelve Enterprises	[214]
J. Valentine	Conversations With Women	R&B Money	[215]
Jai'Len Josey	Serial Romantic	Def Jam	[216]
JayDon	Me, My Songs, and I	Zoo, Mega, Gamma	[217]
Jeremih	TBA	Late Nights, Pulse, Concord	[218]
Johnny Venus	TBA	SinceThe80s, Epic	[89]
Kelis	TBA	TBA	[219]
Keyshia Cole	TBA	TBA	[220]
Kirby	TBA	Self-released	[221]
Koffee Brown	TBA	Slugga Music, Reservoir Recordings	[222]
Macy Gray	Love Songs for Big Hearts and Robots	DNA, Hitmaker	[223]
Maxwell	blacksummers'NIGHT	Musze, BMG	[224]
Miguel	Viscera	TBA	[225]
Monica	MDA	WME	[226]
Musiq Soulchild & Hit-Boy	Victims & Villains 2	SoulStar	[227]
Nailah Blackman	Born a Diamond	Big Money	[228]
Ne-Yo	TBA	ONErpm	[213]
Paradise	I Couldn't Explain It Even If I Tried	Mega, Gamma	[229]
Rihanna	R9	Roc Nation, Westbury Road	[230]
Robin Thicke	TBA	Run It Up Records	[231]
Sean Garrett	TBA	Blackground Records	[232]
Summer Walker	Finally Over It	LVRN, Interscope	[233]
Tamar Braxton	TBA	TBA	[234]
Teedra Moses	The Bullsh*t	Black Moses	[235]
Tiffany Evans	TBA	Hubris Sound	[236]
Trevor Jackson	TBA	Born Art, UnitedMasters	[237]
Tweet	The Memoirs of The Southern Hummingbird	SRG-ILS	[238]
Tyla	We Wanna Party	Fax, Epic	[239]

Highest-charting songs

United States

R&B songs from any year which charted in the 2025 Top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100^[240]

Song	Artist	Project	Peak position
"Daisies"	Justin Bieber	Swag	2
"Love Me Not"	Ravyn Lenae	Bird's Eye	6
"Anxiety"	Doechii	Alligator Bites Never Heal	9
"30 for 30"	SZA and Kendrick Lamar	Lana	10
"Cry for Me"	The Weeknd	Hurry Up Tomorrow	12
"Mutt"	Leon Thomas	Mutt
"Messy"	Lola Young	This Wasn't Meant for You Anyway	14
"Yukon"	Justin Bieber	Swag	17
"Go Baby"			18
"CN Tower"	PartyNextDoor and Drake	Some Sexy Songs 4 U
"Die Trying"	PartyNextDoor, Drake and Yebba		21
"All I Can Take"	Justin Bieber	Swag
"Burning Blue"	Mariah the Scientist	Hearts Sold Separately	25
"Something About You"	PartyNextDoor and Drake	Some Sexy Songs 4 U	26
"Moth Balls"			29
"BMF"	SZA	Lana
"Bad Dreams"	Teddy Swims	I've Tried Everything but Therapy (Part 2)	30
"Somebody Loves Me"	PartyNextDoor and Drake	Some Sexy Songs 4 U
"Deeper"	PartyNextDoor		31
"Way It Is"	Justin Bieber and Gunna	Swag	33
"It Depends"	Chris Brown featuring Bryson Tiller	TBA	34
"Things You Do"	Justin Bieber	Swag	35
"Spider-Man Superman"	PartyNextDoor and Drake	Some Sexy Songs 4 U
"Crying in Chanel"	Drake		37
"Walking Away"	Justin Bieber	Swag
"Dandelion"	Ariana Grande	Brighter Days Ahead	38
"Residuals"	Chris Brown	11:11	40

United Kingdom

R&B songs from any year which charted in the 2025 Top 10 of the UK Singles Chart^[241]

Song	Artist	Project	Peak position
"Messy"	Lola Young	This Wasn't Meant for You Anyway	1
"Nice to Each Other"	Olivia Dean	The Art of Loving	10

Highest first-week consumption

List of albums with the highest first-week consumption (sales + streaming + track equivalent), as of July 2025 in the United States

Number	Album	Artist	1st-week consumption	1st-week position	Refs
1	Hurry Up Tomorrow	The Weeknd	490,500	1	[242]
2	Some Sexy Songs 4 U	PartyNextDoor & Drake	246,000	1	[243]
3	Swag	Justin Bieber	163,000	2	[244]
4	Sincerely	Kali Uchis	62,000	2	[245]
5	Ruby	Jennie	56,000	7	[246]
6	I've Tried Everything but Therapy (Part 2)	Teddy Swims	50,000	4	[247]
7	Beloved	Giveon	44,000	8	[244]

All critically reviewed albums ranked

Metacritic

Number	Artist	Album	Average score	Number of reviews	Reference
1	Annie and the Caldwells	Can't Lose My (Soul)	88	6 reviews	[248]
2	FKA Twigs	Eusexua	87	24 reviews	[249]
3	Valerie June	Owls, Omens and Oracles	87	7 reviews	[250]
4	Yaya Bey	Do It Afraid	85	7 reviews	[251]
5	Sault	10	84	10 reviews	[252]
6	Kali Uchis	Sincerely	83	7 reviews	[253]
7	Erika de Casier	Lifetime	83	5 reviews	[254]
8	PinkPantheress	Fancy That	82	11 reviews	[255]
9	Witch	Sogolo	82	7 reviews	[256]
10	Cymande	Renascence	82	5 reviews	[257]
11	Eddie Chacon	Lay Low	82	5 reviews	[258]
12	Mac Miller	Balloonerism	77	10 reviews	[259]
13	Greentea Peng	Tell Dem It's Sunny	77	7 reviews	[260]
14	Nao	Jupiter	76	7 reviews	[261]
15	Biig Piig	11:11	75	6 reviews	[262]
16	Jennie	Ruby	74	6 reviews	[263]
17	Everything Is Recorded	Temporary	74	4 reviews	[264]
18	The Weeknd	Hurry Up Tomorrow	73	12 reviews	[265]
19	Hope Tala	Hope Handwritten	72	4 reviews	[266]
20	Banks	Off with Her Head	71	6 reviews	[267]
21	Teddy Swims	I've Tried Everything but Therapy (Part 2)	70	6 reviews	[268]
22	PartyNextDoor & Drake	Some Sexy Songs 4 U	55	5 reviews	[269]

See also

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