The Roots Music Report's
Top Soul Album Chart
for the Year of 2025
| Album Title | Band/Artist Name | Label | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sad and Beautiful World | Mavis Staples | Anti |
| 2 | Audience with the Queen | Galactic & Irma Thomas | Tchoup-Zilla |
| 3 | Heartache in Room 14 | The Altons | Daptone |
| 4 | Leon | Leon Bridges | Columbia |
| 5 | The Bywater Sessions | Jon Cleary | Well Kept Secret |
| 6 | Got a Story to Tell | Thee Sacred Souls | Daptone |
| 7 | BIG MONEY | Jon Batiste | Verve |
| 8 | Cut & Rewind | Say She She | drink sum wtr |
| 9 | St. Paul & the Broken Bones | St. Paul & The Broken Bones | Oasis Pizza |
| 10 | Bird's Eye | Ravyn Lenae | Atlantic |
| 11 | This Love is Gonna Last | Charles Wigg Walker | Self-Release |
| 12 | In Green We Dream | Parlor Greens | Colemine |
| 13 | Everything Means Nothing | Mattie Schell | Compass |
| 14 | Blueprint | Grace Sorensen | Self-Release |
| 15 | Here We Are | Sierra Green & The Giants | Big Radio |
| 16 | Hangups | Boomershack | Far West |
| 17 | KARPEH | Cautious Clay | Blue Note |
| 18 | A Lover Was Born | Kelly Finnigan | Colemine |
| 19 | Right on Time | Dzirae Gold | Self-Release |
| 20 | Soul Searching | Tomar and the Fcs | Tenwick |
| 21 | Redwood Highway | The California Honeydrops | Tubtone |
| 22 | ARETHA | Aretha Franklin | Atlantic |
| 23 | Renascence | Cymande | Cymande |
| 24 | L.A.B in Dub | L.A.B. | Loop Media NZ Limited |
| 25 | Sings Walkin' and Talkin' and Other Smash Hits! (20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) | Eli "Paperboy" Reed | Yep Roc |
| 26 | Sentimental Fool | Lee Fields | Daptone |
| 27 | Cookin' the Books | Cookin' On 3 Burners | Soul Messin' |
| 28 | LaVette! | Bettye LaVette | Jay Vee |
| 29 | Private Space | Durand Jones & The Indications | Dead Oceans |
| 30 | Stay Good | Brooklyn Funk Essentials | Dorado |
| 31 | The Edge | Liv Warfield | Leopard |
| 32 | WE ARE | Jon Batiste | Verve |
| 33 | Live in London | Mavis Staples | Anti |
| 34 | Welcome 2 America | Prince | NPG |
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