2020 in rhythm and blues

This article summarizes the events, album releases, and album release dates in rhythm and blues for the year 2020.

Events

January

On January 1, Lexii Alijai died at the age of 21.^[1]
On January 2, Lorraine Chandler died at the age of 73.^[2]
On January 5, the 34th Golden Disc Awards were held. BTS won Album of the Year for Map of the Soul: Persona, the TikTok Golden Disc Popularity Award, and the NetEase Fans Choice K-Pop Star Award. Zico won Best R&B Hip Hop Award.^[3]
On January 11, Maceo Woods died at the age of 87.
On January 13, Demetri Callas died at the age of 77.^[4]
On January 19, Jimmy Heath died at the age of 93.^[5] Robert Parker died at the age of 89.^[6]
On January 21, Meritxell Negre died at the age of 48.^[7]
On January 26, the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards were held. Anderson .Paak and André 3000 won Best R&B Performance for "Come Home". Anderson .Paak won Best R&B Album for Ventura. Lizzo won Best Traditional R&B Performance for "Jerome" and Best Urban Contemporary Album for Cuz I Love You (Deluxe). PJ Morton and JoJo won Best R&B Song for "Say So". Jacob Collier won Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella for "Moon River" and Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals for "All Night Long". Steve Greenberg won Best Album Notes for Stax '68: A Memphis Story. Beyoncé won Best Music Film for Homecoming.^[8]

February

On February 7, Ronny Drayton died at the age of 66.
On February 18, the Brit Awards 2020 were held. Mabel won British Female Solo Artist. Celeste won the Rising Star Award.^[9]
On February 21, The Headies 2020 were held. Fireboy DML won Best R&B Single for "Tattoo", Album of the Year for Apollo, and Best R&B Album for Laughter, Tears and Goosebumps. Praiz won Best Vocal Performance (Male) for "Under the Sky". Wizkid won Artiste of the Year and Viewer's Choice. Pheelz won Producer of the Year. Davido won Best Music Video for "1 Milli". Omah Lay won Next Rated.^[10]
On February 22, Bob Boykin died at the age of 67.
On February 24, Peter Schimke died at the age of 59.^[11]
On February 27, Lillian Offitt died at the age of 81.

March

On March 4, Barbara Martin died at the age of 76.^[12]
On March 14, Phil Phillips died at the age of 94.^[13]
On March 24, Manu Dibango died at the age of 86.^[14]
On March 30, Bill Withers died at the age of 81.^[15]

April

On April 1, Ronn Matlock died at the age of 72.^[16]
On April 5, Ben Elliott died at the age of 67.^[17]
On April 6, Onaje Allan Gumbs died at the age of 70.^[18]
On April 8, Glenn Fredly died at the age of 44.^[19]
On April 10, Jymie Merritt died at the age of 93.^[20]
On April 15, Eddie Cooley died at the age of 87.
On April 17, Barney Ales died at the age of 85.^[21]
On April 24, Hamilton Bohannon died at the age of 78.^[22]
On April 27, Young Jessie died at the age of 83.
On April 28, Bobby Lewis died at the age of 95.^[23]
On April 29, Stezo died at the age of 52.^[24]
On April 30, Tony Allen died at the age of 79.^[25]
Ceybil Jefferies died.^[26]

May

On May 5, Sweet Pea Atkinson died at the age of 74.^[27]
On May 7, Andre Harrell died at the age of 59.^[28]
On May 9, Little Richard died at the age of 87.^[29]
On May 10, Betty Wright died at the age of 66.^[30]
On May 15, Phil May died at the age of 75.^[31] Lance Martin died.
On May 17, Lucky Peterson died at the age of 55.^[32]
On May 19, Robert Ford Jr. died at the age of 70.^[33]

June

On June 8, Bonnie Pointer died at the age of 69.^[34]
On June 15, Maiesha Rashad died.
On June 21, Walkin' Cane Mark died at the age of 52.^[35]
On June 23, Reid Whitelaw died at the age of 74.
On June 26, Tami Lynn died at the age of 81.^[36] Sandra Feva died at the age of 73.
On June 28, the BET Awards 2020 were held. DJ Khaled, Nipsey Hussle and John Legend won Video of the Year for "Higher". Chris Brown and Drake won Best Collaboration for "No Guidance". Chris Brown won Best Male R&B/Pop Artist. Lizzo won Best Female R&B/Pop Artist. Teyana Taylor won Video Director of the Year. Beyoncé, Blue Ivy, WizKid and Saint Jhn won the BET Her Award for "Brown Skin Girl".^[37]
On June 29, the Juno Awards of 2020 were held. Lennon Stella won Breakthrough Artist of the Year. Alessia Cara won Album of the Year for The Pains of Growing and Songwriter of the Year. Dawn Tyler Watson won Blues Album of the Year for Mad Love. Dominique Fils-Aimé won Vocal Jazz Album of the Year for Stay Tuned!. Jessie Reyez, Tory Lanez and Tainy won R&B/Soul Recording of the Year for "Feel It Too".^[38]

July

On July 5, Cleveland Eaton died at the age of 80.^[39]
On July 6, Charlie Daniels died at the age of 83.^[40]
On July 8, Naya Rivera died at the age of 33.^[41]
On July 10, Steve Sutherland died at the age of 58.^[42] Eddie Gale died at the age of 78.^[43]
On July 18, the 2020 Libera Awards were held. Sudan Archives won Best R&B Album for Athena. Tinariwen won Best World Album for Amadjar. Flying Lotus won Creative Packaging for Flamagra.
On July 21, Mieko Hirota died at the age of 73.^[44]
On July 24, Barry St. John died at the age of 76.^[45]

August

On August 7, the 26th Annual South African Music Awards were held. Blaq Diamond won Record Of The Year for Ibhanoyi. Ami Faku won Female Artist of the Year. Lungisa Xhamela won Best R&B/Soul Album for My Heart to Your Soul.^[46]
On August 16, Emman Nimedez died at the age of 21.^[47]
On August 18, Hal Singer died at the age of 100.^[48]
On August 22, D. J. Rogers died at the age of 72.^[49]
On August 23, Charlie Persip died at the age of 91.^[50]
On August 30, the 2020 MTV Video Music Awards were held. The Weeknd won Video of the Year and Best R&B for "Blinding Lights". Doja Cat won Push Best New Artist. Ariana Grande and Justin Bieber won Best Music Video from Home for "Stuck with U". H.E.R. won Video for Good for "I Can't Breathe".^[51]

September

On September 6, Bruce Williamson died at the age of 49.^[52]
On September 7, the 2020 iHeartRadio Music Awards were held. Lizzo won Song of the Year for "Truth Hurts" and Best New Pop Artist. Post Malone won Male Artist of the Year and Most Thumbed Up Artist of the Year. Post Malone and Swae Lee won Most Thumbed Up Song of the Year for "Sunflower". Khalid won R&B Album of the Year for Free Spirit. H.E.R. won R&B Artist of the Year. Chris Brown and Drake won R&B Song of the Year for "No Guidance". Summer Walker won Best New R&B Artist.^[53]
On September 9, Ronald Bell died at the age of 68.^[54]
On September 11, Toots Hibbert died at the age of 77.^[55] Sandra Dianne died at the age of 25.^[56]
On September 12, Edna Wright died at the age of 75.^[57]
On September 16, Roy C died at the age of 81.
On September 21, Tommy DeVito died at the age of 92.^[58] Roy Head died at the age of 79.
On September 22, Gerson King Combo died at the age of 76.^[59]
On September 23, Guitar Crusher died at the age of 89.^[60]
On September 24, Max Merritt died at the age of 79.^[61]
On September 29, Rocco Prestia died at the age of 69.^[62]

October

On October 1, the AIR Awards of 2020 were held. Julia Jacklin won Best Independent Blues and Roots Album or EP for Crushing. Caiti Baker won Best Independent Soul/R&B Album or EP for The Dust (Pt. 1).^[63]
On October 6, Johnny Nash died at the age of 80.^[64]
On October 11, Harold Betters died at the age of 92.^[65]
On October 12, Kim Massie died at the age of 62.^[66] The 13th PMPC Star Awards for Music were held. Moira Dela Torre won Album of the Year for Patawad, Song of the Year and Music Video of the Year for "Paubaya", and Female Recording Artist of the Year. Leila Alcasid won RnB Album of the Year for Better Weather. Garth Garcia and JV Decena won RnB Male Artist of the Year. Kiana Valenciano won RnB Female Artist of the Year.^[67]
On October 14, the 2020 Billboard Music Awards were held. Post Malone won Top Artist, Top Billboard 200 Artist, Top Hot 100 Artist, Top Streaming Songs Artist, and Top Male Artist. Lizzo won Top Song Sales Artist. BTS won Top Social Artist. Khalid won Top R&B Album for Free Spirit, Top R&B Song for "Talk", Top R&B Artist, Top R&B Male Artist, and Top R&B Tour. Summer Walker won Top R&B Female Artist.^[68]
On October 19, Spencer Davis died at the age of 81.^[69]
On October 26, Stan Kesler died at the age of 92.^[70] Ted White died at the age of 89.
On October 29, the 2020 MTV Video Music Awards Japan were held. Fujii Kaze won Best R&B video for "Nan-Nan". The Weeknd won Best International Male video for "Blinding Lights".^[71]

November

On November 1, Ronnie Peel died at the age of 74.^[72]
On November 5, the 2020 UK Music Video Awards were held. Berwyn won Best R&B/Soul Video - UK for "Trap Phone". Yseult won Best R&B/Soul Video - International for "Corps". Greentea Peng won Best R&B/Soul Video - Newcomer for "Mr Sun (miss da sun)". Beyoncé, Shatta Wale and Major Lazer won Best Styling in a Video for "Already". The Weeknd won Best Live Video for "Heartless (Live)".^[73]
On November 8, the 2020 MTV Europe Music Awards were held.^[74] Doja Cat won Best New Act. H.E.R. won Video for Good for "I Can't Breathe". Zara Larsson won Best Nordic Act. Matt Pokora won Best French Act. Fernando Daniel won Best Portuguese Act. Little Mix won Best UK & Ireland Act. Benee won Best New Zealand Act. Danna Paola won Best Latin America North Act.
On November 11, Andrew White died at the age of 78.^[75]
On November 15, the 46th People's Choice Awards were held. Ariana Grande won The Female Artist of 2020. Doja Cat won The New Artist of 2020.^[76] The 2020 Aotearoa Music Awards were held. Benee won Best Solo Artist and the Recorded Music NZ International Achievement. Haz & Miloux won Best Soul / RnB Artist. Drax Project won Highest selling Artist and NZ On Air Radio Airplay Record of the Year.^[77]
On November 16, Bruce Swedien died at the age of 86.^[78] Paul Fernando died at the age of 68.^[79]
On November 22, the American Music Awards of 2020 were held. Doja Cat won New Artist of the Year and Favorite Female Artist – Soul/R&B. The Weeknd won Favorite Song – Soul/R&B for "Heartless", Favorite Album – Soul/R&B for After Hours, and Favorite Male Artist – Soul/R&B.^[80]
On November 25, the 2020 ARIA Music Awards were held. Miiesha won Best Soul/R&B Release for Nyaaringu. Sampa the Great won Best Independent Release for The Return and Best Female Artist. The Teskey Brothers won Best Blues & Roots Album for Live at the Forum.^[81]
On November 29, the 2020 Soul Train Music Awards were held. Monica won the Lady Of Soul Award. Snoh Aalegra won Best New Artist. Brandy won the Soul Train Certified Award. H.E.R. won The Ashford And Simpson Songwriter's Award for "I Can't Breathe" and Best R&B/Soul Female Artist. Chris Brown won Best R&B/Soul Male Artist. Chris Brown and Young Thug won Song Of The Year, Best Dance Performance, and Best Collaboration Performance for "Go Crazy". Kirk Franklin won Best Gospel/Inspirational Award. Summer Walker won Album Of The Year for Over It. Beyoncé, SAINt JHN, Wizkid and Blue Ivy won Video Of The Year for "Brown Skin Girl".^[82]

December

On December 3, Ron Mathewson died at the age of 76.^[83]
On December 5, the LOS40 Music Awards 2020 were held. Aya Nakamura won Best New International Act. The Weeknd won Best International Video for "Blinding Lights".^[84]
On December 6, the 2020 Mnet Asian Music Awards were held. BTS won Album of the Year for Map of the Soul: 7, Artist of the Year, Worldwide Icon of the Year, and Best Male Group. IU won Best Female Artist. Baekhyun won Best Male Artist. Hwasa won Best Dance Performance – Solo for "Maria". Rizky Febian won Best Indonesian Artist. G.E.M. won Best Mandarin Artist. Fujii Kaze won Best New Japanese Artist. BoA won the Inspired Achievement Award. Monsta X won Best Stage.^[85]
On December 7, Howard Wales died at the age of 77.^[86] Dick Allen died at the age of 78.^[87]
On December 8, the Music Victoria Awards of 2020 were held. Sampa the Great won Best Victorian Album and Best Soul, Funk, R'n'B and Gospel Album for The Return, Best Victorian Song for "OMG", and Best Solo Artist. Lloyd Spiegel won Best Blues Album for Cut and Run.^[88]
On December 15, Irving Banister died at the age of 87.
On December 23, Leslie West died at the age of 75.^[89]
On December 27, Richard Lewis Spencer died at the age of 78.^[90]
On December 29, Rudy Salas died at the age of 71.^[91]

Released albums

January


Day	Artist(s)	Album	Record label(s)
6	Ateez	Treasure Epilogue: Action to Answer	KQ
7	SF9	First Collection	FNC, Kakao M
10	Devon Gilfillian	Black Hole Rainbow	Capitol^[92]
10	Selena Gomez	Rare	Interscope
13	Nick Cannon	The Miseducation Of The Negro You Love To Hate	Csalohcin^[93]
17	070 Shake	Modus Vivendi	GOOD, Def Jam
	A Girl Called Eddy	Been Around	Altafonte^[94]
	Halsey	Manic	Capitol
	Louise	Heavy Love	Lil Lou, Warner
	Mac Miller	Circles	Remember, Warner
	Marcus King	El Dorado	Easy Eye Sound, Fantasy
	Theophilus London	Bebey	Independent^[95]
24	J Hus	Big Conspiracy	Black Butter
	Junia-T	Studio Monk	Bare Wizardry^[96]
	Khushi	Strange Seasons	Warner^[97]
	Sam Cooke	The Complete Keen Years (1957-1960)	ABKCO^[98]
	Soul Motivators	Do the Damn Thing	Do Right^[99]
	Tauren Wells	Citizen of Heaven	Provident
31	Elodie	This Is Elodie	Island
	K. Michelle	All Monsters Are Human	Chase Landin, No Color No Sound
	Luke James	To Feel Love/d	Culture Collective, Howling Nights^[100]
	Meghan Trainor	Treat Myself	Epic
	Prophet	Don't Forget It	Stones Throw^[101]
	Ryan Beatty	Dreaming of David	Mad Love, Interscope^[102]
	Son Little	Aloha	Anti-^[103]
	The Meters	Gettin' Funkier All the Time: The Complete Josie/Reprise & Warner Recordings 1968-1977	Warner, X5^[104]

February

Day	Artist(s)	Album	Record label(s)
3	GFriend	Labyrinth	Source, Kakao M
7	Antibalas	Fu Chronicles	Daptone
	Brent Faiyaz	Fuck the World	Lost Kids
	Frazey Ford	U kin B the Sun	Arts & Crafts^[105]
	Khruangbin & Leon Bridges	Texas Sun	Dead Oceans, LisaSawyer63^[106]
	Oh Wonder	No One Else Can Wear Your Crown	Island
	Prince Royce	Alter Ego	Sony Latin
14	A Boogie wit da Hoodie	Artist 2.0	Atlantic, Highbridge
	Chike	Boo of the Booless	Self-released
	Justin Bieber	Changes	Def Jam, RBMG
	Mhysa	Nevaeh	Hyperdub^[107]
	Tame Impala	The Slow Rush	Modular, Island Australia, Interscope, Fiction, Caroline
	Tami Neilson	Chickaboom!	Outside
	The Heliocentrics	Infinity of Now	Madlib Invazion^[108]
	Tink	Hopeless Romantic	Winter's Diary, Empire^[109]
21	BTS	Map of the Soul: 7	Big Hit
	Cezinando	Et godt stup i et grunt vann	1111klubb
	The Staple Singers	Come Go with Me: The Stax Collection	Craft^[110]
28	Ant Clemons	Happy 2 Be Here	Legion, Human Re Sources^[111]
	Berita	Songs in the Key of Love	Assali
	Chiiild	Synthetic Soul	Avant Garden, Island
	Robert Cray	That's What I Heard	Nozzle
	Surfaces	Horizons	10K Projects^[112]
	The Allman Brothers Band	Trouble No More: 50th Anniversary Collection	Mercury

March

Day	Artist(s)	Album	Record label(s)
6	Jhené Aiko	Chilombo	2 Fish Artclub, Def Jam
	Megan Thee Stallion	Suga	1501 Certified, 300
	NCT 127	Neo Zone	SM, Dreamus, Caroline
	Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott	Manchester Calling	Virgin EMI
	Swamp Dogg	Sorry You Couldn't Make It	Noise, Pioneer
	The James Hunter Six	Nick of Time	Daptone^[113]
	U.S. Girls	Heavy Light	4AD
13	Don Toliver	Heaven or Hell	Cactus Jack
13	Monophonics	It's Only Us	Colemine^[114]
18	Lead	Singularity	Pony Canyon
20	Adam Lambert	Velvet	More Is More, Empire
	Fleur East	Fearless	Platinum East, Ingrooves
	Hare Squead	Superweird	Self-released^[115]
	The Weeknd	After Hours	XO, Republic
	Tokimonsta	Oasis Nocturno	Young Art^[116]
	Tower of Power	Step Up	Mack Avenue
22	Childish Gambino	3.15.20	RCA
22	IceJJFish	Jesus Is The Way	Self-released^[117]
24	Witch Prophet	DNA Activation	Heart Lake
26	Trevor Daniel	Nicotine	Alamo, Interscope
27	Cleo Sol	Rose in the Dark	Forever Living Originals
	Giveon	Take Time	Epic
	Jessie Reyez	Before Love Came to Kill Us	Fmly, Island
	Keiyaa	Forever, Ya Girl	Forever
	Knxwledge	1988	Stones Throw
	Little Dragon	New Me, Same Us	Ninja Tune
	Melt Yourself Down	100% Yes	Decca^[118]
	Moira Dela Torre	Patawad	Star Music
	Orion Sun	Hold Space For Me	Mom+Pop^[119]
	Oxlade	Oxygene	Troniq, The Plug
	PartyNextDoor	Partymobile	OVO, Warner

April

Day	Artist(s)	Album	Record label(s)
1	Brymo	Yellow	Independent
3	Black Atlass	Dream Awake	XO^[120]
	Empress Of	I'm Your Empress Of	Terrible, XL
	Kiana Ledé	Kiki	Heavy, Republic
	Nnamdï	Brat	Sooper
	Rod Wave	Pray 4 Love	Alamo, Geffen, Interscope
	Sam Hunt	Southside	MCA Nashville
	Thundercat	It Is What It Is	Brainfeeder
	Yves Tumor	Heaven to a Tortured Mind	Warp
6	Max Changmin	Chocolate	SM, Dreamus
9	Winner	Remember	YG, YGEX
10	Active Child	In Another Life	Sony^[121]
	Ambar Lucid	Garden of Lucid	Self-released^[122]
	Brian Culbertson	XX	BCM
	Pip Millett	Lost In June	+Fours^[123]
	Pokey LaFarge	Rock Bottom Rhapsody	New West^[124]
	Shawn Stockman	Foreword	Rosewood^[125]
13	Apink	Look	Play M
17	Dvsn	A Muse in Her Feelings	OVO Sound
	Kierra Sheard	Kierra	Karew, RCA Inspiration
	Rina Sawayama	Sawayama	Dirty Hit, Avex Trax
	RJD2	The Fun Ones	Self-released
	Shabazz Palaces	The Don of Diamond Dreams	Sub Pop
	Shelby Lynne	Shelby Lynne	Everso Records, Thirty Tigers
	The-Dream	SXTP4	Radio Killa^[126]
20	Smino	She Already Decided	Self-released
24	Alina Baraz	It Was Divine	Mom+Pop^[127]
	Cassowary	Cassowary	Fat Possum^[128]
	John Carroll Kirby	My Garden	Stones Throw
	K Camp	Kiss Five	Rare Sound, Interscope
	Kali Uchis	To Feel Alive	Virgin EMI, Interscope
	Nieman J & Eric Bellinger	Optimal Music	Off Top^[129]
	Tom Misch & Yussef Dayes	What Kinda Music	Beyond the Groove, Blue Note, Caroline
29	NCT Dream	Reload	SM, Dreamus

May

Day	Artist(s)	Album	Record label(s)
1	Chicano Batman	Invisible People	ATO
	Drake	Dark Lane Demo Tapes	OVO, Republic
	JoJo	Good to Know	Clover, Warner
	Leven Kali	Hightide	Interscope^[130]
5	Chris Brown & Young Thug	Slime & B	CBE, RCA
8	Buscabulla	Regresa	Ribbon^[131]
	El Michels Affair	Adult Themes	Big Crown^[132]
	Hayley Williams	Petals for Armor	Atlantic
	Kehlani	It Was Good Until It Wasn't	Atlantic
	Pantayo	Pantayo	Telephone Explosion
9	Sidhu Moose Wala	Snitches Get Stitches	Self-released
15	Ana Popović	Live for Live	ArtisteXclusive
	Jonah Mutono	Gerg	True Panther, EQT^[133]
	Moses Sumney	Græ	Jagjaguwar
	Mourning [A] BLKstar	The Cycle	Don Giovanni^[134]
	Nick Hakim	Will This Make Me Good	ATO
	Perfume Genius	Set My Heart on Fire Immediately	Matador
	The Teskey Brothers	Live at the Forum	Ivy League
18	Tomorrow X Together	The Dream Chapter: Eternity	Big Hit, Republic
20	Fujii Kaze	Help Ever Hurt Never	Hehn, Universal Sigma
20	Ryu Su-jeong	Tiger Eyes	Woollim, Kakao M
22	Mk.gee	A Museum of Contradiction	Iamsound, Interscope
22	Omah Lay	Get Layd	KeyQaad, Sire
25	Baekhyun	Delight	SM, Dreamus
26	Monsta X	Fantasia X	Starship
29	Mahmundi	Mundo Novo	Universal^[135]
	Miiesha	Nyaaringu	EMI Australia
	Nicole Atkins	Italian Ice	Single Lock
	Ro James	Mantic	ByStorm, RCA^[136]

June

Day	Artist(s)	Album	Record label(s)
3	Chloe x Halle	Ungodly Hour	Parkwood, Columbia
5	Bruno Major	To Let A Good Thing Die	Harbour, AWAL^[137]
9	WayV	Awaken the World	Label V, SM, Dreamus
10	Mr Eazi	One Day You Will Understand	EmPawa Africa
12	Naeem	Startisha	37d03d
12	Norah Jones	Pick Me Up Off the Floor	Blue Note
18	Weki Meki	Hide and Seek	Fantagio, Kakao M
19	Don Bryant	You Make Me Feel	Fat Possum
	John Legend	Bigger Love	Columbia
	Sault	Untitled (Black Is)	Forever Living Originals
	Teyana Taylor	The Album	Getting Out Our Dreams, Def Jam
26	6lack	6pc Hot	LVRN, Interscope
	August Alsina	The Product III: State of Emergency	Empire
	CeeLo Green	CeeLo Green Is Thomas Callaway	Easy Eye Sound, BMG
	Ego Ella May	Honey For Wounds	Self-released^[138]
	Haim	Women in Music Pt. III	Columbia
	Jessie Ware	What's Your Pleasure?	PMR, EMI
	Raleigh Ritchie	Andy	Alacran
	Tyler Carter	Moonshine Acoustic	Rise
	Vanessa Amorosi	The Blacklisted Collection	Self-released
29	Hwasa	María	RBW

July

Day	Artist(s)	Album	Record label(s)
3	Denai Moore	Modern Dread	Because^[139]
	Gaika	Seguridad	Naafi^[140]
	Siti Nurhaliza	ManifestaSITI2020	SNP, Universal Music Malaysia
10	Avant	Can We Fall in Love	Mo-B
	Dinner Party	Dinner Party	Sounds of Crenshaw, Empire
	Kacy Hill	Is It Selfish If We Talk About Me Again	Self-released
	Nikki Yanofsky	Turn Down the Sound	eOne
	Summer Walker	Life on Earth	LVRN, Interscope^[141]
13	Exo-SC	1 Billion Views	SM, Dreamus
17	Joy Oladokun	In Defense of My Own Happiness (The Beginnings)	White Boy, Amigo, Verve Forecast
	Kllo	Maybe We Could	Ghostly^[142]
	Lianne La Havas	Lianne La Havas	Warner UK
	Zara McFarlane	Songs of an Unknown Tongue	Brownswood^[143]
21	Yukika	Soul Lady	Estimate, Dreamus
24	Jessy Lanza	All The Time	Hyperdub^[144]
24	Kamaal Williams	Wu Hen	Black Focus
30	Mozzik	Mozzart	2 Euro Gang, Urban
31	Akon	Ain't No Peace	Konvict Kulture^[145]
	Brandy	B7	Brand Nu, Entertainment One
	Dominic Fike	What Could Possibly Go Wrong	Columbia
	Eddie Chacon	Pleasure, Joy and Happiness	Day End^[146]
	Liv.e	Couldn't Wait to Tell You	In Real Life Music
	Thanya Iyer	Kind	Topshelf^[147]

August

Day	Artist(s)	Album	Record label(s)
7	Glass Animals	Dreamland	Wolf Tone, Polydor
	Tiana Major9	At Sixes and Sevens	Motown^[148]
	Tkay Maidza	Last Year Was Weird (Vol. 2)	4AD
	Victoria Monét	Jaguar	Tribe
10	Han Seung-woo	Fame	Play M
14	Burna Boy	Twice as Tall	Spaceship, Bad Habit, Atlantic, Warner
	Busty and the Bass	Eddie	Arts & Crafts
	Casey MQ	Babycasey	Halocline Trance^[149]
	Fantastic Negrito	Have You Lost Your Mind Yet?	Cooking Vinyl
	Holly Humberstone	Falling Asleep at the Wheel	Platoon
	Jacob Collier	Djesse Vol. 3	Hajanga
19	EXID	B.L.E.S.S.E.D	Tokuma Japan Communications
20	Fireboy DML	Apollo	YBNL Nation, Empire
21	Blackbear	Everything Means Nothing	Beartrap, Alamo, Interscope
	Duckwrth	SuperGood	Republic^[150]
	Nubya Garcia	Source	Concord Jazz
27	Tiwa Savage	Celia	Motown, Island, UMG, Capitol
28	Aluna	Renaissance	Mad Decent^[151]
	Bettye LaVette	Blackbirds	Verve^[152]
	Bobby Rush	Rawer than Raw	Deep Rush
	Cazzu	Una Niña Inútil	Machete, Universal Latino^[153]
	Dan Penn	Living on Mercy	Last Music^[154]
	Disclosure	Energy	Island
	Durand Bernarr	Dur&	Dsing^[155]
	Galimatias	Renaissance Boy	Self-released^[156]
	Gregory Porter	All Rise	Blue Note, Decca
	Jyoti	Mama, You Can Bet!	SomeOthaShip
	Kem	Love Always Wins	Motown
	Ledisi	The Wild Card	Listen Back
	PJ Morton	Gospel According to PJ: From the Songbook of PJ Morton	Empire
	Ricky Reed	The Room	Nice Life^[157]
	Sevdaliza	Shabrang	Twisted Elegance
	Toni Braxton	Spell My Name	Island
	Toots and the Maytals	Got to Be Tough	Trojan Jamaica, BMG

September

Day	Artist(s)	Album	Record label(s)
4	Jacquees	Exit 68	Self-released^[158]
	Joy Denalane	Let Yourself Be Loved	Motown
	Wonho	Love Synonym Pt.1: Right for Me	Highline, Kakao M
6	Bilal & HighBreedMusic	Voyage-19	Self-released
7	Taemin	Never Gonna Dance Again	SM, Dreamus
10	Niki	Moonchild	88rising, 12Tone
11	Gettomasa	Kalamies	PME
	Loren Oden & Adrian Younge	My Heart, My Love	Linear Labs^[159]
	Paul Epworth	Voyager	Columbia
16	Amanda Magalhães	Fragma	Boia Fria Produções, Warner
18	Alicia Keys	Alicia	RCA
	Joan Osborne	Trouble and Strife	Thirty Tigers, Womanly Hips
	Keith Urban	The Speed of Now Part 1	Hit Red, Capitol Nashville
	Lido	Peder	Because^[160]
	Max	Colour Vision	Sony
	Sault	Untitled (Rise)	Forever Living Originals
	Steve Arrington	Down to the Lowest Terms: The Soul Sessions	Stones Throw^[161]
	Yellow Days	A Day In A Yellow Beat	Sony^[162]
23	Bantu	Everybody Get Agenda	Soledad
23	BDC	The Intersection: Belief	Brand New Music, Kakao M
25	Dylan Sinclair	Proverb	Five Stone
	Joji	Nectar	88rising
	Left at London	Transgender Street Legend, Vol. 2	Self-released
	Rituals of Mine	Hype Nostalgia	Carpark^[163]
	Spillage Village	Spilligion	Dreamville, Interscope, SinceThe80s
	Tems	For Broken Ears	Leading Vibes
	Tory Lanez	Daystar	One Umbrella
	The War and Treaty	Hearts Town	Rounder^[164]
	Wejdene	16	Universal Music France^[165]

October

Day	Artist(s)	Album	Record label(s)
2	Aloe Blacc	All Love Everything	BMG
	Bartees Strange	Live Forever	Memory Music
	Blackpink	The Album	YG, Interscope
	Bryson Tiller	Anniversary	RCA
	Gabriel Garzón-Montano	Agüita	Jagjaguwar^[166]
	Giveon	When It's All Said and Done	Epic
	Mariah Carey	The Rarities	Columbia, Legacy
	Nathy Peluso	Calambre	Sony
8	Weki Meki	New Rules	Fantagio, Kakao M
9	The Budos Band	Long in the Tooth	Diamond West^[167]
	Kiiara	Lil Kiiwi	Atlantic
	Trey Songz	Back Home	Atlantic
16	Lous and the Yakuza	Gore	Columbia
	Mario	Closer to Mars	New Citizen^[168]
	Peppermint	A Girl Like Me: Letters to My Lovers	Producer Entertainment Group
	Tommy Lee	Andro	Better Noise
21	Tobi	Elements Vol. 1	RCA, Same Plate^[169]
23	Dej Loaf	Sell Sole II	Yellow World, BMG^[170]
	Ginger Root	Rikki	Acrophase^[171]
	Gorillaz	Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez	Parlophone, Warner
	Luh Kel	L.O.V.E.	Cinematic^[172]
	They	The Amanda Tape	Avant Garden, Island^[173]
	Ty Dolla Sign	Featuring Ty Dolla Sign	Atlantic
	Xavier Omär	If You Feel	RCA^[174]
26	Tomorrow X Together	Minisode1: Blue Hour	Big Hit, Republic
26	Twice	Eyes Wide Open	JYP, Dreamus, Republic
30	Ariana Grande	Positions	Republic
	Eric Bellinger	Eric B for President: Term 3	YFS, Empire^[175]
	JoJo	December Baby	Clover, Warner
	Léon	Apart	BMG^[176]
	Mino	Take	YG
	Omarion	The Kinection	Create^[177]
	Petit Biscuit	Parachute	Écurie^[178]
	Queen Naija	Missunderstood	Capitol
	Sam Smith	Love Goes	Capitol
	Tori Kelly	A Tori Kelly Christmas	Capitol, Schoolboy
	Wizkid	Made in Lagos	RCA
31	Nadine Lustre	Wildest Dreams	Careless Music

November

Day	Artist(s)	Album	Record label(s)
2	Monsta X	Fatal Love	Starship
6	Little Mix	Confetti	RCA
	Phora	With Love 2	Self-released^[179]
	Tiziano Ferro	Accetto miracoli: l'esperienza degli altri	Virgin, Universal
9	Taemin	Never Gonna Dance Again: Act 2	SM
12	Amaarae	The Angel You Don't Know	Golden Child^[180]
12	Lali	Libra	Sony Argentina
13	Aya Nakamura	Aya	Rec. 118, Parlophone, Warner Music France
	Benee	Hey u x	Republic
	DaniLeigh	Movie	Def Jam^[181]
	Masego	Studying Abroad	UMG, EQT
	Paloma Faith	Infinite Things	Sony UK
	Randall Bramblett	Pine Needle Fire	New West^[182]
	Rauw Alejandro	Afrodisíaco	Sony Latin, Duars
	Vivian Green	Love Absolute	SoNo, Make Noise^[183]
16	Love Renaissance	Home for the Holidays	LVRN^[184]
18	Henry	Journey	Monster, Kakao M
18	Kali Uchis	Sin Miedo (del Amor y Otros Demonios)	EMI, Interscope
20	Babeheaven	Home for Now	Self-released^[185]
	BTS	Be	Big Hit
	Jimi Hendrix	Live in Maui	Sony
	Omah Lay	What Have We Done	KeyQaad, Sire
	Raheem DeVaughn	What A Time To Be In Love	New Era Soul, DMG^[186]
	Raye	Euphoric Sad Songs	Polydor
	Saint Jhn	While the World Was Burning	GØdd Complexx, Hitco, WMG
	Shygirl	Alias	Because, Nuxxe
	Tayla Parx	Coping Mechanisms	Atlantic
23	NCT	NCT 2020 Resonance	SM
25	JO1	The Star	Lapone
25	Tinashe	Comfort & Joy	Self-released
27	Sabrina Claudio	Christmas Blues	SC, Atlantic
30	Enhypen	Border: Day One	Belift Lab, Genie Music, Stone Music
	Got7	Breath of Love: Last Piece	JYP
	Kai	Kai	SM, Dreamus
	Simmy	Tugela Fairy (Made of Stars)	EL World Music, Sony

December

Day	Artist(s)	Album	Record label(s)
1	BoA	Better	SM
2	Koda Kumi	Angel + Monster	Rhythm Zone
3	Phùng Khánh Linh	Yesteryear	Times^[187]
4	Khruangbin	Late Night Tales: Khruangbin	Night Time Stories
	Mica Paris	Gospel	East West, Warner
	Rico Nasty	Nightmare Vacation	APG, Atlantic, Sugar Trap
	T-Pain	The Lost Remixes	Nappy Boy, RCA
10	Tekno	Old Romance	Island, Cartel
10	Yerin Baek	Tellusboutyourself	Blue Vinyl, Dreamus
11	Fana Hues	Hues	Sweet Virtue, Westminster, Bright Antenna^[188]
	Jeremih & Chance the Rapper	Merry Christmas Lil Mama: The Gift That Keeps on Giving	Self-released^[189]
	Terrace Martin	Village Days	Sounds of Crenshaw, Empire^[190]
14	Kim Sung-kyu	Inside Me	Woollim
14	Xamã	Zodíaco	Bagua^[191]
15	Taeyeon	What Do I Call You	SM, Dreamus
18	Mike Posner	Operation: Wake Up	Monster Mountain
23	Miho Nakayama	All Time Best	King
24	Eito	Sukkarakan	A.S.A.B
25	Tink	A Gift and a Curse	WD, Empire^[192]

Highest-charting songs

United States

R&B songs from any year which charted in the 2020 Top 40 of the *Billboard* Hot 100
Song	Artist	Project	Peak position
"Blinding Lights"	The Weeknd	After Hours	1
"Say So"	Doja Cat featuring Nicki Minaj	Hot Pink
"Stuck with U"	Ariana Grande and Justin Bieber	N/a
"Positions"	Ariana Grande	Positions
"Yummy"	Justin Bieber	Changes	2
"Holy"	Justin Bieber featuring Chance the Rapper	Justice	3
"Intentions"	Justin Bieber featuring Quavo	Changes	5
"In Your Eyes"	The Weeknd	After Hours	16
"After Hours"			20
"Alone Again"			21
"Believe It"	PartyNextDoor and Rihanna	Partymobile	23
"B.S."	Jhené Aiko featuring H.E.R.	Chilombo	24
"Forever"	Justin Bieber featuring Post Malone and Clever	Changes
"Scared to Live"	The Weeknd	After Hours
"Hardest to Love"	The Weeknd	After Hours	25
"Not You Too"	Drake featuring Chris Brown	Dark Lane Demo Tapes	25
"Desires"	Drake featuring Future	Dark Lane Demo Tapes	27
"Too Late"	The Weeknd	After Hours	28
"Hit Different"	SZA featuring Ty Dolla Sign	N/a	29
"Time Flies"	Drake	Dark Lane Demo Tapes	30
"Snowchild"	The Weeknd	After Hours	32
"Motive"	Ariana Grande and Doja Cat	Positions	32
"Off the Table"	Ariana Grande and the Weeknd	Positions	35
"Black Parade"	Beyoncé	N/a	37
"Escape from LA"	The Weeknd	After Hours	39
"Diamonds"	Sam Smith	Love Goes	39
"Pussy Fairy (OTW)"	Jhené Aiko	Chilombo	40

United Kingdom

R&B songs from any year which charted in the 2020 Top 10 of the UK Singles Chart
Song	Artist	Project	Peak position
"Boyfriend"	Mabel	High Expectations	10

Highest first-week consumption

List of albums with the highest first-week consumption (sales + streaming + track equivalent), as of December 2020 in the United States
Number	Album	Artist	1st-week consumption	1st-week position	Refs
1	After Hours	The Weeknd	444,000	1	^[193]
2	Map of the Soul: 7	BTS	422,000	1	^[194]
3	Be	BTS	242,000	1	^[195]
4	Changes	Justin Bieber	231,000	1	^[196]
5	Dark Lane Demo Tapes	Drake	223,000	2	^[197]
6	Circles	Mac Miller	164,000	3	^[198]
7	Chilombo	Jhené Aiko	152,000	2	^[199]
8	Artist 2.0	A Boogie wit da Hoodie	111,000	2	^[196]
9	Nectar	Joji	92,000	3	^[200]
10	It Was Good Until It Wasn't	Kehlani	83,000	2	^[201]

All critically reviewed albums ranked

Metacritic

Number	Artist	Album	Average score	Number of reviews	Reference
1	Sault	Untitled (Rise)	93	6 reviews	^[202]
2	The Staple Singers	Come Go with Me: The Stax Collection	88	5 reviews	^[203]
3	Sault	Untitled (Black Is)	86	5 reviews	^[204]
4	The James Hunter Six	Nick of Time	85	7 reviews	^[205]
5	Sam Cooke	The Complete Keen Years (1957-1960)	85	4 reviews	^[206]
6	Thundercat	It Is What It Is	84	23 reviews	^[207]
7	Jyoti	Mama, You Can Bet!		7 reviews	^[208]
8	The Budos Band	Long in the Tooth		6 reviews	^[209]
9	The Heliocentrics	Infinity of Now		5 reviews	^[210]
10	Liv.e	Couldn't Wait to Tell You		5 reviews	^[211]
11	Moses Sumney	Græ		5 reviews	^[212]
12	Adam Lambert	Velvet		4 reviews	^[213]
13	Randall Bramblett	Pine Needle Fire		4 reviews	^[214]
14	Lianne La Havas	Lianne La Havas	83	19 reviews	^[215]
15	Childish Gambino	3.15.20		16 reviews	^[216]
16	Don Bryant	You Make Me Feel		7 reviews	^[217]
17	Buscabulla	Regresa		6 reviews	^[218]
18	Jimi Hendrix	Live in Maui		5 reviews	^[219]
19	Jessie Reyez	Before Love Came to Kill Us	82	10 reviews	^[220]
20	Victoria Monét	Jaguar		7 reviews	^[221]
21	The Meters	Gettin' Funkier All the Time: The Complete Josie/Reprise & Warner Recordings 1968-1977		4 reviews	^[222]
22	Chloe x Halle	Ungodly Hour	81	9 reviews	^[223]
23	Melt Yourself Down	100% Yes	81	6 reviews	^[224]
24	The Weeknd	After Hours	80	20 reviews	^[225]
25	Dan Penn	Living on Mercy		6 reviews	^[226]
26	Monophonics	It's Only Us		6 reviews	^[227]
27	Son Little	Aloha		5 reviews	^[228]
28	Antibalas	Fu Chronicles		4 reviews	^[229]
29	Swamp Dogg	Sorry You Couldn't Make It	79	8 reviews	^[230]
30	Ty Dolla Sign	Featuring Ty Dolla Sign	79	7 reviews	^[231]
31	Bettye LaVette	Blackbirds	78	7 reviews	^[232]
32	Brandy	B7		6 reviews	^[233]
33	Teyana Taylor	The Album		6 reviews	^[234]
34	Dvsn	A Muse in Her Feelings		5 reviews	^[235]
35	Kehlani	It Was Good Until It Wasn't	77	13 reviews	^[236]
36	Alicia Keys	Alicia		12 reviews	^[237]
37	6lack	6pc Hot		5 reviews	^[238]
38	Naeem	Startisha	76	8 reviews	^[239]
39	Khruangbin & Leon Bridges	Texas Sun	76	6 reviews	^[240]
40	Nick Hakim	Will This Make Me Good	75	7 reviews	^[241]
41	Mhysa	Nevaeh		5 reviews	^[242]
42	Steve Arrington	Down to the Lowest Terms: The Soul Sessions		5 reviews	^[243]
43	Summer Walker	Life on Earth		4 reviews	^[244]
44	Mariah Carey	The Rarities	74	6 reviews	^[245]
45	Dinner Party	Dinner Party	74	4 reviews	^[246]
46	Toni Braxton	Spell My Name	71	6 reviews	^[247]
47	Soul Motivators	Do the Damn Thing	70	4 reviews	^[248]
48	Khruangbin	Late Night Tales: Khruangbin	69	5 reviews	^[249]
49	Brent Faiyaz	Fuck the World	67	5 reviews	^[250]
50	John Legend	Bigger Love	59	7 reviews	^[251]

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