2024 in rhythm and blues music

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This article summarizes the events, album releases, and album release dates in rhythm and blues for the year 2024.

Events[edit]

January[edit]

February[edit]

March[edit]

April[edit]

May[edit]

October[edit]

Released albums[edit]

January[edit]

Day Artist(s) Album Record label(s) Entering chart position
10 OnlyOneOf Things I Can't Say Love 8D Entertainment[23]
Teezo Touchdown How Do You Sleep At Night? With You Not Fit For Society, RCA Records[24]
11 Matt Martians Matt's Missing 5th Echelon Jet Repair[25]
12 Jeymes Samuel The Book of Clarence (The Motion Picture Soundtrack) Geneva Club, Roc Nation Records[26]
Kali Uchis Orquídeas Geffen[27]
Michael J. Woodard MJW1 Unsub Records[28]
Nailah Hunter Lovegaze Fat Possum[29]
19 UMI talking to the wind Self-released[30]
26 Emotional Oranges & Nonso Amadi Blended Avant Garden[31]
Sy Smith Until We Meet Again The Foreign Exchange Music[32]

February[edit]

Day Artist(s) Album Record label(s) Entering chart position
2 Ryan Leslie You Know My Speed Black Phoenix Enterprises[33]
9 Brittany Howard What Now UMG[34]
DJ Harrison Shades of Yesterday Stones Throw[35]
Jessica Mauboy Yours Forever Warner Australia[36]
Koryn Hawthorne On God Provident, Sony Music[37]
Mk.gee Two Star & the Dream Police R&R[38]
Usher Coming Home Mega, Gamma[39]
  • Debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200
Various artists The Tiger's Apprentice (soundtrack) 88rising[40]
Wejdene W Virgin Music France[41]
14 B. Smyth Brandon Bloom[42]
16 Jason Derulo Nu King Atlantic[43]
  • Debuted at No. 82 on the Billboard 200
Jennifer Lopez This Is Me... Now Nuyorican, BMG[44]
  • Debuted at No. 38 on the Billboard 200
Jordan Mackampa Welcome Home, Kid! AWAL[45]
Pip Millett Tell Jimmy Believe UK[46]
Prince Royce Llamada Perdida Sony Latin, Smiling Prince Music[47]
Serpentwithfeet GRIP Secretly Canadian[48]
19 Le Sserafim Easy Source, YG Plus, Geffen
  • Debuted at No. 8 on the Billboard 200
21 Erika de Casier Still 4AD[49]
23 Ghetts On Purpose, with Purpose Ghetts Limited, Warner
I Dont Know How But They Found Me Gloom Division Concord Records[50]
Rod Stewart & Jools Holland Swing Fever Warner[51]
26 Taeyong Tap SM, Kakao[52]
27 A.CHAL ESPÍRITU GAZI World[53]
29 Jacob Collier Djesse Vol. 4 Hajanga[54]
  • Debuted at No. 26 on the UK Albums Chart

March[edit]

Day Artist(s) Album Record label(s) Entering chart position
1 Eric Bellinger The Rebirth 3: The Party & The Bedroom All Wins, Compound Interest[55]
Faye Webster Underdressed at the Symphony Secretly Canadian[56]
Ledisi Good Life Listen Back Entertainment, BMG[57]
5 Trevor Jackson Heads Up Born Art[58]
8 Ariana Grande Eternal Sunshine Republic Records
  • Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200
15 Justin Timberlake Everything I Thought It Was RCA[59]
  • Debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard 200
21 Seori Fake Happy Label Sayu[60]
22 Gary Clark Jr. JPEG Raw Warner[61]
SiR Heavy Top Dawg Entertainment, RCA[62]
  • Debuted at No. 120 on the Billboard 200
Tyla Tyla FAX Records, Epic Records[63]
  • Debuted at No. 24 on the Billboard 200
25 Illit Super Real Me Belift Lab, YG Plus
NCT Dream Dream()scape SM, Kakao
29 Beyoncé Cowboy Carter Parkwood, Columbia
  • Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200
Buddy Don't Forget To Breathe Empire
J-Hope Hope on the Street Vol. 1 Big Hit
  • Debuted at No. 5 on the Billboard 200

April[edit]

Day Artist(s) Album Record label(s) Entering chart position
3 I.M Off the Beat Sony Music Korea
5 Bryson Tiller Bryson Tiller RCA Records[64]
  • Debuted at No. 12 on the Billboard 200
Fabiana Palladino Fabiana Palladino Paul Institute, XL[65]
Pharrell Williams Black Yacht Rock Vol. 1 Self-released[66]
Tori Kelly Tori. Epic, Beautiful Mind Records[67]
Vory Eros Eros, Create Music Group[68]
10 Hikaru Utada Science Fiction Epic Japan, USM Japan
11 Tini Un Mechón de Pelo 5020, Sony Latin
12 Amy Winehouse Back to Black (Songs from the Original Motion Picture) Island
Baby Rose & BADBADNOTGOOD Slow Burn Secretly Canadian[69]
DRAM DRAM&B Waver[70]
Elyanna Woledto Salxco Uam[71]
Future & Metro Boomin We Still Don't Trust You Freebandz, Boominati, Epic, Republic[72]
  • Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200
Jean Deaux Nowhere, Fast Guin Records[73]
Meshell Ndegeocello Red Hot & Ra: The Magic City Red Hot Organization[74]
Nia Archives Silence Is Loud Hijinxx[75]
17 Ruger & Bnxn RnB Blown Boy, T.Y.E, EMPIRE[76]
19 Blue Lab Beats Blue Eclipse Blue Adventure, Decca Records France[77]
22 Doyoung Youth SM, Kakao
26 PartyNextDoor PartyNextDoor 4 OVO Sound[78]
  • Debuted at No. 10 on the Billboard 200
Sinéad Harnett Boundaries Thairish Limited, Right Hand[79]

May[edit]

Day Artist(s) Album Record label(s) Entering chart position
2 Hyuna Attitude At Area[80]
3 4Batz U Made Me a St4r gamma.[81]
Charlotte Day Wilson Cyan Blue Stone Woman, XL Recordings[82]
Kacy Hill Bug Mochi Headquarters, Nettwerk[83]

Upcoming releases[edit]

May[edit]

Day Artist(s) Album Record label(s) Ref.
10 Andra Day Cassandra (cherith) Warner Records [84]
Jordan Rakei The Loop Verve Forecast, Decca [85]
Yaya Bey Ten Fold Big Dada [86]
TBA Tems Born in the Wild RCA, Since '93 [87]

June[edit]

Day Artist(s) Album Record label(s) Ref.
7 NxWorries Why Lawd? Stones Throw [88]
14 Lalah Hathaway VANTABLACK Hathaway Entertainment, SRG-ILS [89]
Normani Dopamine RCA Records, Sony Music [90]
PJ Morton Cape Town to Cairo Morton Records, EMPIRE [91]
28 Hiatus Kaiyote Love Heart Cheat Code Brainfeeder, Ninja Tune [92]
TBA Lucky Daye Algorithm RCA, Keep Cool [93]

August[edit]

Day Artist(s) Album Record label(s) Ref.
9 Niki Buzz 88rising [94]

Unscheduled and TBA[edit]

Artist Album Label Ref.
070 Shake TBA Getting Out Our Dreams, Def Jam Recordings, UMG Recordings [95]
6lack & Jessie Reyez TBA FMLY, Island Records, Love Renaissance, Interscope Records [96]
Aaliyah Unstoppable Blackground Records, EMPIRE [97]
Brandy TBA TBA [98]
Charlie Wilson TBA TBA [98]
Chlöe Trouble in Paradise Parkwood, Columbia Records, Sony Music [99]
Durand Bernarr TBA Dsing Records, Create Music Group [100]
Flo TBA TBA [101]
Frank Ocean TBA TBA [102]
Gnarls Barkley TBA TBA [103]
J. Valentine Conversations With Women R&B Money [104]
Jamie Foxx TBA TBA [105]
Janet Jackson Black Diamond TBA [106]
Jon B. Waiting On You Self-released [107]
Kelis TBA TBA [108]
Keyshia Cole TBA TBA [109]
Khalid TBA RCA [110]
Leigh-Anne No Hard Feelings Warner [111]
Louis York Songs With Friends Weirdo Workshop [112]
Lucky Daye TBA Keep Cool, RCA [113]
Mariah Carey TBA Columbia Records [114]
Mary J. Blige TBA Verve, Interscope, UMG [115]
Marques Houston TBA TBA [116]
Maxwell blacksummers'NIGHT TBA [117]
Miguel Viscera TBA [118]
Monica Trenches Mondeenise [119]
Rihanna TBA TBA [120]
Sade TBA TBA [98]
Sault Acts of Faith Forever Living Originals [121]
Smino She Always Dancing Zero Fatigue, Motown [122]
Syleena Johnson Legacy SJ Entertainment [123]
SZA Lana Top Dawg, RCA [124]
Tamar Braxton TBA TBA [98]
Teedra Moses The Bull$hit TBA [98]
TGT TBA TBA [125]
Tinashe Quantum Baby Nice Life [126]
Tony! Toni! Toné! TBA TBA [127]
Twenty88 TBA Def Jam [128]
Ty Dolla $ign & Mustard TBA Atlantic Records, 10 Summers, Interscope Records [129]
Zacari TBA Top Dawg Entertainment [130]

Highest-charting songs[edit]

United States[edit]

R&B songs from any year which charted in the 2024 Top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100[131]
Song Artist Project Peak position
"Million Dollar Baby" Tommy Richman TBA 2
"Saturn" SZA Lana 6
"Act II: Date @ 8" 4Batz featuring Drake U Made Me a St4r 7
"Selfish" Justin Timberlake Everything I Thought It Was 19
"Made for Me" Muni Long TBA 20
"On My Mama" Victoria Monét Jaguar II 33

Highest first-week consumption[edit]

List of albums with the highest first-week consumption (sales + streaming + track equivalent), as of April 2024 in the United States
Number Album Artist 1st-week consumption 1st-week position Refs
1 Eternal Sunshine Ariana Grande 227,000 1 [132]
2 Coming Home Usher 91,000 2 [133]
3 Orquídeas Kali Uchis 69,000 2 [134]
4 Everything I Thought It Was Justin Timberlake 67,000 4 [135]
5 PartyNextDoor 4 PartyNextDoor 37,000 10 [136]

All critically reviewed albums ranked[edit]

Metacritic[edit]

Number Artist Album Average score Number of reviews Reference
1 Brittany Howard What Now 88 15 reviews [137]
2 Kali Uchis Orquídeas 88 14 reviews [138]
3 Ariana Grande eternal sunshine 84 19 reviews [139]
4 Tyla TYLA 84 10 reviews [140]
5 Gary Clark Jr. JPEG Raw 84 7 reviews [141]
6 Faye Webster Underdressed at the Symphony 82 15 reviews [142]
7 Nia Archives Silence Is Loud 78 11 reviews [143]
8 serpentwithfeet GRIP 77 12 reviews [144]
9 Usher Coming Home 76 9 reviews [145]
10 Erika de Casier Still 73 7 reviews [146]
11 Jennifer Lopez This Is Me...Now 61 10 reviews [147]
12 Justin Timberlake Everything I Thought It Was 51 17 reviews [148]

AnyDecentMusic?[edit]

Number Artist Album Average score Number of reviews Reference
1 Brittany Howard What Now 8.0 13 reviews [149]
2 Fabiana Palladino Fabiana Palladino 7.9 7 reviews [150]
3 Kali Uchis Orquídeas 7.8 16 reviews [151]
4 Nia Archives Silence Is Loud 7.7 15 reviews [152]
5 Tyla TYLA 7.7 6 reviews [153]
6 Faye Webster Underdressed at the Symphony 7.6 18 reviews [154]
7 Ariana Grande eternal sunshine 7.5 18 reviews [155]
8 serpentwithfeet GRIP 7.1 9 reviews [156]
9 Usher Coming Home 6.1 7 reviews [157]
10 Justin Timberlake Everything I Thought It Was 4.6 13 reviews [158]

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