2022 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 2022.

Events

January

On January 7, R. Dean Taylor died at the age of 82.^[1]
On January 8, the 36th Golden Disc Awards were held. Enhypen, NCT 127, NCT Dream, Seventeen, and Stray Kids won Album Bonsang for Dimension: Dilemma, Sticker, Hot Sauce, Attacca, and Noeasy, respectively. BTS won the Seezn Most Popular Artist Award. Jeon Somi and The Boyz won Best Performance.^[2]
On January 9, James Mtume died at the age of 76.^[3]
On January 18, Freddie Hughes died from leukemia and COVID-19 at the age of 78.^[4]
On January 23, the 31st Seoul Music Awards were held. NCT 127 won the Grand Award (Daesang). NCT Dream won Best Album Award for Hot Sauce. Exo won the K-wave Popularity Award. Hyuna won the R&B Hiphop Award.^[5]
On January 27, the 11th Gaon Chart Music Awards were held. Taeyeon won December 2020 Artist of the Year – Digital Music for "What Do I Call You". NCT Dream won 2nd Quarter Artist of the Year – Physical Album for Hot Sauce. NCT 127 won 4th Quarter Artist of the Year – Physical Album for Sticker. The Boyz tied for Hot Performance of the Year. Justin Bieber, Daniel Caesar, and Giveon won Song of the Year in International Pop for "Peaches".^[6]

February

On February 8, the Brit Awards 2022 were held. Adele won British Artist of the Year, British Album of the Year for 30, and British Song of the Year for "Easy on Me". Silk Sonic won International Group of the Year. Inflo won British Producer of the Year.^[7]
On February 9, Betty Davis died from cancer at the age of 77.^[8]
On February 26, the 53rd NAACP Image Awards were held. Jazmine Sullivan won Outstanding Female Artist, Outstanding Album for Heaux Tales, and Outstanding Soul/R&B Song for "Pick Up Your Feelings". Anthony Hamilton won Outstanding Male Artist. Silk Sonic won Outstanding Duo, Group or Collaboration (Traditional) for "Leave the Door Open". Wizkid and Tems won Outstanding Music Video/Visual Album and Outstanding International Song for "Essence". Jay-Z and Jeymes Samuel won Outstanding Soundtrack/Compilation Album for The Harder They Fall Soundtrack.^[9]

March

On March 2, the NME Awards 2022 were held. Berwyn won Best New Act from the UK. Genesis Owusu won Best Album by an Australian Artist for Smiling with No Teeth.^[10]
On March 11, Timmy Thomas died from cancer at the age of 77.^[11]
On March 12, Traci Braxton died from esophageal cancer at the age of 50.^[12]
On March 14, Eric Mercury died from pancreatic cancer at the age of 77.^[13]
On March 22, the 2022 iHeartRadio Music Awards were held. Silk Sonic won Best Duo/Group of the Year, R&B Album of the Year for An Evening with Silk Sonic, and R&B Song of the Year for "Leave the Door Open". Pop Smoke won Hip-Hop Song of the Year for "What You Know Bout Love". Yung Bleu won Best New Hip-Hop Artist. Drake won Hip-Hop Artist of the Year. Jazmine Sullivan won R&B Artist of the Year. Giveon won Best New R&B Artist. Omer Fedi won Songwriter of the Year.^[14]
On March 25, Keith Martin died from a heart attack at the age of 55.^[15] On the same day, Bobby Hendricks died of complications from Alzheimer's disease at the age of 84.^[16]

August

On August 4, the AIR Awards of 2022 were held. Genesis Owusu won Independent Album of the Year for Smiling with No Teeth and Independent Song of the Year for "Smiling with No Teeth". Emma Donovan & the Putbacks won Best Independent Soul/R&B Album or EP for Under These Streets.^[27]
On August 25, Mable John died at the age of 91.^[28]
On August 28, the 2022 MTV Video Music Awards were held. The Weeknd won Best R&B for "Out of Time". BTS won Group of the Year. Doja Cat won Best Choreography for "Woman".^[29]

September

On September 12, PnB Rock was shot and killed at the age of 30.^[30]
On September 13, Jesse Powell died at the age of 51.^[31]
On September 16, Marva Hicks died at the age of 66.^[32]
On September 29, the 2022 Billboard Latin Music Awards were held. Bad Bunny won Top Latin Album of the Year and Latin Rhythm Album of the Year for Un Verano Sin Ti. Aventura and Bad Bunny won Tropical Song of the Year for "Volví". Prince Royce won Solo Tropical Artist of the Year. Marc Anthony won Tropical Album of the Year for Pa'lla Voy.^[33]

October

On October 13, Joyce Sims died at the age of 63.^[34]
On October 27, the 2022 UK Music Video Awards were held. Michael Kiwanuka won Best R&B/Soul Video - UK for "Beautiful Life". Omar Apollo and Daniel Caesar won Best R&B/Soul Video - International for "Invincible". Little Simz and Obongjayar won Best Hip Hop/Grime/Rap Video - UK, Best Wardrobe Styling in a Video, and Best Colour Grading in a Video for "Point and Kill". Khazali won Best R&B/Soul Video - Newcomer for "Better with the Devil". Obongjayar won Best Live Video for "I Wish It Was Me".^[35] On the same day, Geraldine Hunt died at the age of 77.^[36]
On October 28, Jerry Lee Lewis died at the age of 87.^[37]

November

On November 3, Noel McKoy died at the age of 60.^[38]
On November 4, the Los 40 Music Awards 2022 were held. Tiago PZK won Best New Global Latin Act.^[39]
On November 5, Aaron Carter died from drowning at the age of 34.^[40]
On November 6, Lionel Richie was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.^[41]
On November 8, the 2022 Genie Music Awards were held. NCT Dream won Singer of the Year (Daesang) and Album of the Year (Daesang) for Glitch Mode. Red Velvet won Best Female Performance Award. The Boyz won Best Male Performance Award. Taeyeon won Best Female Solo Artist. BTS won Best Male Group.^[42]
On November 16, the 13th Hollywood Music in Media Awards were held. "Willing to Trust" from Entergalactic won Original Song – TV Movie Streamed. "Lift Me Up" from Black Panther: Wakanda Forever won Original Song – Feature Film. Elvis (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) won Soundtrack Album.^[43]
On November 16, the 2022 J Awards were held. Elsy Wameyo won Unearthed Artist of the Year.^[44]
On November 17, B. Smyth died from pulmonary fibrosis at the age of 30.^[45]
On November 20, the American Music Awards of 2022 were held. Beyoncé won Favorite Female R&B Artist and Favorite R&B Album for Renaissance. Wizkid and Tems won Favorite R&B Song for "Essence". Chris Brown won Favorite Male R&B Artist. BTS won Favorite Pop Duo or Group and Favorite K-pop Artist.^[46]
On November 24, the 2022 ARIA Music Awards were held. William Crighton won Best Blues & Roots Album for Water and Dust. Budjerah won Best Soul/R&B Release for Conversations.^[47]
On November 26, the 2022 Soul Train Music Awards were held. Beyoncé won Album of the Year for Renaissance and Song of the Year for "Break My Soul". Jazmine Sullivan won Best R&B/Soul Female Artist. Chris Brown won Best R&B/Soul Male Artist. Tems won Best New Artist. Mary J. Blige won Soul Train Certified Award. Silk Sonic won Video of the Year for "Smokin out the Window". Lizzo won Best Dance Performance for "About Damn Time". Ronald Isley, The Isley Brothers, and Beyoncé won Best Collaboration for "Make Me Say It Again, Girl". Muni Long won The Ashford & Simpson Songwriter's Award for "Hrs and Hrs".^[48] On the same day, the 2022 Melon Music Awards were held. BTS won Record of the Year (Daesang) and Best Male Group. IU won Best Female Solo and Stage of the Year for The Golden Hour: Under the Orange Sun. NewJeans tied for Best New Artist. 10cm and Big Naughty won Best Collaboration for "Beyond Love".^[49]
On November 30, Christine McVie died from a stroke at the age of 79.^[50]

December

On December 10, J. J. Barnes died at the age of 79.^[51]
On December 13, the 2022 Music Victoria Awards were held. Mo'Ju won Best Soul, Funk, RNB & Gospel Work.^[52]
On December 31, Anita Pointer died from cancer at the age of 74.^[53]

Released albums

January


Day	Artist(s)	Album	Record label(s)	Entering chart position
7	Dope Lemon	Rose Pink Cadillac	BMG	Debuted at No. 2 on the ARIA Charts^[54]
	Eric Nam	There and Back Again^[55]	Self-released
	Mary Wilson	Mary Wilson: The Motown Anthology	UMG, Motown, Real Gone Music, Second Disc Records
	The Weeknd	Dawn FM	XO, Republic	Debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200
14	FKA Twigs	Caprisongs	Young, Atlantic	Debuted at No. 42 on the UK Albums Chart
	Nick Grant	Welcome to Loveland^[56]	Kids Make Money, 21 GRMS
	Urias	FÚRIA^[57]	Mataderos
16	Wheein	Whee^[58]	The L1ve
18	BamBam	B	Abyss Company	Debuted at No. 5 on the Circle Album Chart^[59]
19	Hikaru Utada	Bad Mode	Epic Japan, Sony Japan	Debuted at No. 1 on the Oricon Charts
21	Les Louanges	Crash^[60]	Bonsound
21	Various artists	Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]	Legacy Recordings	Debuted at No. 12 on the Billboard 200
26	Baco Exu do Blues	QVVJFA?^[61]	999
26	Def.	Love	528Hz	Debuted at No. 3 on the Circle Album Chart^[62]
28	Amber Mark	Three Dimensions Deep	PMR, EMI, Interscope
	Eric Gales	Crown^[63]	Mascot Label Group, Provogue
	John Mayall	The Sun Is Shining Down	Forty Below
	Lady Wray	Piece of Me	Big Crown Records	Debuted at No. 43 on the UK Independent Albums Chart
	Maverick Sabre	Don't Forget to Look Up	FAMM
	North Mississippi Allstars	Set Sail	New West
	Pink Sweats	Pink Moon^[64]	Atlantic
	Samm Henshaw	Untidy Soul^[65]	Dorm Seven, AWAL
	St. Paul and The Broken Bones	The Alien Coast^[66]	ATO Records
	The Temptations	Temptations 60	UMe
30	Kyle	It's Not So Bad^[67]	Self-released

February


Day	Artist(s)	Album	Record label(s)	Entering chart position
2	Ivy Sole	Candid^[68]	Venice Music
2	Marques Houston	Me^[69]	Phoenix, Corite
4	Adekunle Gold	Catch Me If You Can	Afro Urban
7	J. Holiday	Time^[70]	HMG, MilknSizz, Empire
10	Gloria Groove	Lady Leste	SB Music, Sony Music Brazil
11	Adria Kain	When Flowers Bloom^[71]	ArtHaus, Venice
	Boulevards	Electric Cowboy: Born in Carolina Mud^[72]	Normaltown
	Joss Stone	Never Forget My Love	Bay Street
	Mary J. Blige	Good Morning Gorgeous	300, Mary Jane	Debuted at No. 14 on the Billboard 200
	Moonchild	Starfruit^[73]	Tru Thoughts
	Raveena	Asha's Awakening	Warner Records
	William Crighton	Water and Dust	ABC Music
13	Mozzik	Lamboziki	2 Euro Gang, Urban	Debuted at No. 42 on the Schweizer Hitparade Chart
15	Treasure	The Second Step: Chapter One	YG	Debuted at No. 1 on the Circle Album Chart
17	Smiley	Mai Mult De-O Viață	Cat Music, HaHaHa Production
18	Big K.R.I.T.	Digital Roses Don't Die	BMG
18	Khruangbin & Leon Bridges	Texas Moon^[74]	Dead Oceans, LisaSawyer63, Columbia, Sony Music
23	Ai	Dream	EMI, Universal	Debuted at No. 12 on the Oricon Charts
	Billlie	The Collective Soul and Unconscious: Chapter One	Mystic Story	Debuted at No. 5 on the Circle Album Chart
	Dreamer Isioma	Goodnight Dreamer^[75]	AWAL
25	Blue Lab Beats	Motherland Journey^[76]	Blue Adventure, Decca Records France
	EarthGang	Ghetto Gods	Dreamville, Interscope, Spillage Village
	Robert Glasper	Black Radio III	Loma Vista	Debuted at No. 46 on the Oricon Charts
	Sevdaliza	Raving Dahlia	Twisted Elegance
	Swamp Dogg	I Need a Job...So I Can Buy More Auto-Tune	Don Giovanni

March


Day	Artist(s)	Album	Record label(s)	Entering chart position
4	Cruel Santino	Subaru Boys: Final Heaven^[77]	Interscope, Monster Boy
	Elyanna	Elyanna II^[78]	El Mar
	Kaina	It Was a Home	City Slang
	Kojey Radical	Reason to Smile	Asylum, Atlantic	Debuted at No. 11 on the UK Albums Chart
	Léon	Circles^[79]	LL Entertainment, BMG
	Maylee Todd	Maloo^[80]	Stones Throw
	Michelle	After Dinner We Talk Dreams^[81]	Atlantic, Transgressive
7	Jackson Wang	Lost & Found	Team Wang Records
10	Lucky Daye	Candydrip	Keep Cool, RCA	Debuted at No. 69 on the Billboard 200
11	Orion Sun	Getaway^[82]	Mom+Pop
11	Shenseea	Alpha	Rich Immigrants, Interscope
14	(G)I-dle	I Never Die	Cube, Kakao	Debuted at No. 2 on the Circle Album Chart
18	Vanessa Amorosi	City of Angels	Scream Louder	Debuted at No. 7 on the ARIA Charts
18	Zelooperz	Get WeT.Radio^[83]	Bruiser Brigade
21	Red Velvet	The ReVe Festival 2022 – Feel My Rhythm	SM, Dreamus	Debuted at No. 1 on the Circle Album Chart
23	Fujii Kaze	Love All Serve All	Hehn, Universal Sigma
24	Rema	Rave & Roses	Jonzing World, Mavin
25	Fana Hues	Flora + Fana^[84]	Sweet Virtue, Westminster, Bright Antenna
	Keshi	Gabriel^[85]	Island
	Koffee	Gifted	Promised Land, Columbia
	Kristian Bush	52 \| ATL x BNA	Big Machine
	Latto	777	RCA, Streamcut	Debuted at No. 15 on the Billboard 200
	Majeeed	Bitter Sweet^[86]	Dream Empire Music
28	NCT Dream	Glitch Mode	SM, Dreamus	Debuted at No. 1 on the Circle Album Chart
29	Purple Kiss	MemeM	RBW, Kakao	Debuted at No. 7 on the Circle Album Chart
30	Alex Isley & Jack Dine	Marigold^[87]	Indie

April


Day	Artist(s)	Album	Record label(s)	Entering chart position
1	Eric Roberson	Lessons^[88]	BLUE Erro Soul
1	King Garbage	Heavy Metal Greasy Love^[89]	Ipecac
2	Dope Saint Jude	Higher Self	Yotanka
4	Suho	Grey Suit	SM	Debuted at No. 2 on the Circle Album Chart
8	Banks	Serpentina	AWAL	Debuted at No. 39 on the UK Albums Chart
	Budjerah	Conversations	Warner Music Australia	Debuted at No. 97 on the ARIA Charts
	Omar Apollo	Ivory	Warner	Debuted at No. 74 on the Billboard 200
	Syd	Broken Hearts Club	Columbia Records
12	Anitta	Versions of Me	Warner
13	Marian Hill	Why Can't We Just Pretend?^[90]	Photo Finish
13	Sault	Air	Forever Living Originals
15	Edgar Winter	Brother Johnny	Quarto Valley Records
22	Ben Marc	Glass Effect^[91]	Innovative Leisure
	Blxst	Before You Go	Evgle, Red Bull	Debuted at No. 90 on the Billboard 200
	King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard	Omnium Gatherum	KGLW	Debuted at No. 12 on the UK Albums Chart
25	Sidhu Moose Wala	No Name	Self-released	Debuted at No. 50 on the Canadian Albums Chart
27	Miyeon	My	Cube, Kakao	Debuted at No. 4 on the Circle Album Chart
29	Eli "Paperboy" Reed	Down Every Road^[92]	Yep Roc
	Kehlani	Blue Water Road	Atlantic, TSNMI	Debuted at No. 13 on the Billboard 200
	Melba Moore	Imagine^[93]	The Gallery Entertainment, Orpheus Enterprises
	PJ Morton	Watch the Sun^[94]	Morton Records, Empire
	Trombone Shorty	Lifted^[95]	Blue Note, UMG
30	Exile Atsushi	One^[96]	Rhythm Zone

May


Day	Artist(s)	Album	Record label(s)	Entering chart position
2	Le Sserafim	Fearless	Source, YG Plus	Debuted at No. 2 on the Circle Album Chart
5	Kenyon Dixon	Closer^[97]	Self-released
6	Bad Bunny	Un Verano Sin Ti	Rimas	Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200
	Ella Mai	Heart on My Sleeve	10 Summers, Interscope	Debuted at No. 15 on the Billboard 200
	Emeli Sandé	Let's Say for Instance	Chrysalis	Debuted at No. 27 on the UK Albums Chart
	Ibeyi	Spell 31	XL
	Sabrina Claudio	Based On A Feeling^[98]	SC, Atlantic
11	Dylan Sinclair	No Longer in the Suburbs^[99]	Five Stone Records
13	Becky G	Esquemas	Kemosabe, RCA, Sony Latin	Debuted at No. 92 on the Billboard 200
	The Black Keys	Dropout Boogie	Easy Eye Sound, Nonesuch	Debuted at No. 5 on the UK Albums Chart
	Monophonics & Kelly Finnigan	Sage Motel^[100]	Colemine
	Obongjayar	Some Nights I Dream of Doors^[101]	September Recordings
	Sam Gendel & Antonia Cytrynowicz	Live a Little^[102]	Psychic Hotline
	Tank and the Bangas	Red Balloon^[103]	Verve Forecast, UMG
20	Ericdoa	Things with Wings^[104]	Listen to the Kids, Interscope
	Levon Helm & Mavis Staples	Carry Me Home	ANTI-
	Ravyn Lenae	Hypnos	Atlantic
	Van Morrison	What's It Gonna Take?	Exile, Virgin	Debuted at No. 7 on the Schweizer Hitparade Chart
23	Got7	Got7	Warner Korea	Debuted at No. 2 on the Circle Album Chart
26	UMI	Forest in the City^[105]	Keep Cool, RCA
27	Alfie Templeman	Mellow Moon	Chess Club	Debuted at No. 31 on the UK Albums Chart
	Brian Jackson	This Is Brian Jackson^[106]	BBE Music
	Murkage Dave	The City Needs A Hero^[107]	None
31	Emilia	Tú Crees en Mí?	Sony Music Latin	Debuted at No. 49 on the Spanish Albums Chart

June


Day	Artist(s)	Album	Record label(s)	Entering chart position
3	070 Shake	You Can't Kill Me	GOOD, Def Jam
	Arin Ray	Hello Poison^[108]	Interscope
	Fantastic Negrito	White Jesus Black Problems	Storefront Records
	Kat Graham	Long Hot Summer^[109]	Sound Zoo Records
	Post Malone	Twelve Carat Toothache	Republic, Mercury	Debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200
	Tedeschi Trucks Band	I Am the Moon: I. Crescent^[110]	Swamp Family, Fantasy, Concord
	Vory	Lost Souls	UMG Recordings, Dream Chasers Records
	Xênia França	Em Nome Da Estrela^[111]	Self-released
10	FKJ	Vincent^[112]	Mom+Pop
10	Tauren Wells	Joy in the Morning^[113]	Capitol CMG
16	Hank Williams Jr.	Rich White Honky Blues	Easy Eye Sound	Debuted at No. 183 on the Billboard 200
17	Drake	Honestly, Nevermind	OVO, Republic	Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200
17	Yaya Bey	Remember Your North Star^[114]	Big Dada
20	Kep1er	Doublast	Wake One, Swing	Debuted at No. 2 on the Circle Album Chart
24	Chris Brown	Breezy	CBE, RCA	Debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard 200
	Giveon	Give or Take	Not So Fast, Epic	Debuted at No. 11 on the Billboard 200
	Various artists	Elvis (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)	RCA	Debuted at No. 26 on the Billboard 200

July


Day	Artist(s)	Album	Record label(s)	Entering chart position
1	Moor Mother	Jazz Codes^[115]	Anti
	Paolo Nutini	Last Night in the Bittersweet	Atlantic	Debuted at No. 1 on the UK Albums Chart
	Various artists	Minions: The Rise of Gru (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)	Decca Records
5	Felivand	Ties^[116]	Sweat It Out
8	Brent Faiyaz	Wasteland	Lost Kids, Venice, Stem	Debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200
	Burna Boy	Love, Damini	Atlantic	Debuted at No. 2 on the UK Albums Chart
	Flo	The Lead	Island
	Tasman Keith	A Colour Undone^[117]	AWAL
15	Cory Henry	Operation Funk^[118]	Henry House, Culture Collective
	Lil Silva	Yesterday is Heavy^[119]	Nowhere Music, Platoon
	Lizzo	Special	Nice Life, Atlantic	Debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200
	Mabel	About Last Night...	Polydor UK	Debuted at No. 2 on the UK Albums Chart
	Original Broadway cast of MJ the Musical	MJ (Original Broadway Cast Recording)	Sony	Debuted at No. 88 on the UK Albums Chart
	Ne-Yo	Self Explanatory	Compound, Motown	Debuted at No. 184 on the Billboard 200
	Steve Lacy	Gemini Rights	RCA	Debuted at No. 7 on the Billboard 200
	Tami Neilson	Kingmaker	Neilson Records, Southbound	Debuted at No. 1 on the New Zealand Albums Chart
21	Waje	Waje 2.0^[120]	Continued Entertainment
22	Ben Harper	Bloodline Maintenance	Chrysalis
29	Beyoncé	Renaissance	Parkwood, Columbia	Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200
	Domi and JD Beck	Not Tight^[121]	Blue Note, UMG, Apeshit
	DPR Ian	Moodswings in to Order	DPR	Debuted at No. 30 on the Circle Album Chart
	S-X	Things Change^[122]	RBC, BMG
	Wiz Khalifa	Multiverse	Taylor Gang, Asylum

August


Day	Artist(s)	Album	Record label(s)	Entering chart position
1	NewJeans	New Jeans	ADOR	Debuted at No. 1 on the Circle Album Chart
4	Heather Small	Colour My Life^[123]	East West
5	Black Party	Hummingbird	Wolf + Rothstein, RCA
	Calvin Harris	Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 2	Columbia	Debuted at No. 5 on the UK Albums Chart
	Kokoroko	Could We Be More^[124]	Brownswood
12	Jimmy Cliff	Refugees^[125]	Sunpower Productions NY, UMG
	Niki	Nicole	88rising
	Rod Wave	Beautiful Mind	Alamo	Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200
19	Tank	R&B Money	R&B Money, Atlantic
	Terence Etc.	Vortex^[126]	Brainfeeder
	Tink	Pillow Talk	Winter's Diary, Empire	Debuted at No. 43 on the Billboard 200
	Triathalon	Spin^[127]	Lex Records
26	Bnxn	Bad Since '97	TYE, Empire Distribution	Debuted at No. 14 on the Nigeria Albums Chart
	Jacob Banks	Lies About the War^[128]	Nobody Records
	Thee Sacred Souls	Thee Sacred Souls	Daptone Records
31	Ari Lennox	Away Message	Dreamville, Interscope
	Billlie	The Billage of Perception: Chapter Two	Mystic Story, Kakao	Debuted at No. 3 on the Circle Album Chart
	Waje	Unbroken^[120]	Continued Entertainment

September


Day	Artist(s)	Album	Record label(s)	Entering chart position
1	Romeo Santos	Formula, Vol. 3	Sony Latin	Debuted at No. 10 on the Billboard 200
9	Ari Lennox	Age/Sex/Location	Dreamville, Interscope	Debuted at No. 69 on the Billboard 200
	Charles Stepney	Step on Step^[129]	International Anthem
	John Legend	Legend	John Legend, Republic	Debuted at No. 59 on the Billboard 200
	Son Little	Like Neptune^[130]	Anti
	Sudan Archives	Natural Brown Prom Queen	Stones Throw
	Tedeschi Trucks Band	I Am the Moon	Fantasy Records
15	pH-1	But for Now Leave Me Alone	H1ghr Music	Debuted at No. 24 on the Circle Album Chart
16	Bazzi	Infinite Dream^[131]	Atlantic
	Butcher Brown	Butcher Brown Presents Triple Trey^[132]	Concord Jazz
	Danielle Ponder	Some of Us Are Brave^[133]	Future Classic
	Dixson	004DAISY^[134]	Roc Nation
	Eliza	A Sky Without Stars^[135]	Log Off, Different Recordings, PIAS
	Jessie Reyez	Yessie	FMLY, Island
	Mura Masa	Demon Time	Polydor, Anchor Point
	NCT 127	2 Baddies	SM	Debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard 200
	Samara Joy	Linger Awhile	Verve	Debuted at No. 158 on the Billboard 200
	Sole	Imagine Club^[136]	Amoeba Culture
21	Jay B	Be Yourself	CDNZA	Debuted at No. 7 on the Circle Album Chart
22	Jully Black	Three Rocks and a Slingshot^[137]	Self-released
23	Dr. John	Things Happen That Way	Rounder Records
	Durand Bernarr	Wanderlust^[138]	Dsing
	Marisa Anderson	Still, Here	Thrill Jockey
	Muni Long	Public Displays of Affection: The Album^[139]	Supergiant, Def Jam, UMG
	Vieux Farka Touré & Khruangbin	Ali	Dead Oceans	Debuted at No. 47 on the UK Albums Chart
26	Xiumin	Brand New^[140]	SM Entertainment, Dreamus
30	2022 Broadway cast of Into the Woods	Into the Woods (2022 Broadway Cast Recording)	Craft Recordings, Concord
	Buddy Guy	The Blues Don't Lie	RCA, Silvertone	Debuted at No. 17 on the Schweizer Hitparade Chart
	Craig David	22	TS5, Moor	Debuted at No. 7 on the UK Albums Chart
	Gabriels	Angels & Queens – Part I	Atlas Artists	Debuted at No. 4 on the Scottish Albums Chart
	Gloria Scott	So Wonderful^[141]	Acid Jazz Acquisitions, MK Music
	Joss Stone	Merry Christmas, Love	S-Curve
	Kid Cudi	Entergalactic	Wicked Awesome, Republic	Debuted at No. 13 on the Billboard 200
	Shygirl	Nymph	Because Music, Nuxxe	Debuted at No. 12 on the Scottish Albums Chart
	Snarky Puppy	Empire Central	GroundUP
	Tory Lanez	Sorry 4 What	One Umbrella, Create	Debuted at No. 5 on the Canadian Albums Chart

October


Day	Artist(s)	Album	Record label(s)	Entering chart position
4	Seulgi	28 Reasons	SM, Dreamus	Debuted at No. 3 on the Circle Album Chart
4	Treasure	The Second Step: Chapter Two	YG, YG Plus	Debuted at No. 2 on the Circle Album Chart
7	NNAMDÏ	Please Have a Seat^[142]	Secretly Canadian, Sooper
	Say She She	Prism^[143]	Colemine, Karma Chief Records
	Stray Kids	Maxident	JYP, Republic	Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200
10	Sault	10	Forever Living Originals
12	Bipolar Sunshine	3034^[144]	Noize
14	Charlotte Dos Santos	Morfo^[145]	Because Music
	Dillon	6abotage^[146]	BPitch Control
	Jon Vinyl	Palisade^[147]	Vinyl Recordings
	Lolo Zouaï	Playgirl^[148]	RCA
17	Lee Chan-hyuk	Error	YG, YG Plus	Debuted at No. 56 on the Circle Album Chart
21	Babyface	Girls Night Out	Capitol	Debuted at No. 166 on the Billboard 200
	Meghan Trainor	Takin' It Back	Epic
	Nick Hakim	Cometa^[149]	ATO Records
	Pip Millett	When Everything Is Better, I'll Let You Know^[150]	Dream Life Records, Sony Music
28	Blaqbonez	Young Preacher	Chocolate City
	Dvsn	Working On My Karma^[151]	OVO
	King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard	Changes	KGLW	Debuted at No. 4 on the ARIA Charts
	RealestK	Dreams 2 Reality^[152]	Columbia, D2R
	Smino	Luv 4 Rent	Zero Fatigue, Motown	Debuted at No. 50 on the Billboard 200
	The Brother Moves On	$/He Who Feeds You...Owns You^[153]	Native Rebel Recordings

November


Day	Artist(s)	Album	Record label(s)	Entering chart position
1	Lee Fields	Sentimental Fool^[154]	Daptone
	Sault	11	Forever Living Originals
		Aiir
		Earth
		Today & Tomorrow
		Untitled (God)
	Tóc Tiên	Cong^[155]	Yin Yang Media
2	RM	Indigo	Big Hit	Debuted at No. 2 on the Circle Album Chart
4	Alicia Keys	Santa Baby	Mom + Pop	Debuted at No. 148 on the Billboard 200
	Coco Jones	What I Didn't Tell You	High Standardz, Def Jam
	Ezra Collective	Where I’m Meant To Be^[156]	Partisan
	Joji	Smithereens	88rising, Warner	Debuted at No. 5 on the Billboard 200
	MorMor	Semblance^[157]	Don't Guess
	TheHonestGuy	How to Make Love^[158]	Self-released
	Various artists	Black Panther: Wakanda Forever – Music from and Inspired By	Roc Nation, Def Jam, Hollywood	Debuted at No. 12 on the Billboard 200
7	Aaron Carter	Blacklisted	Rakkaus
7	Matt Watson	See You There^[159]	Awful Treasures
9	May J.	Bittersweet Song Covers^[160]	Rhythm Zone
9	Mount Kimbie	MK 3.5: Die Cuts \| City Planning^[161]	Warp
10	DRAM	What Had Happened Was…^[162]	Waver
10	Morris Day	Last Call^[163]	Bungalo Records, Universal Music Group
11	Ana Moura	Casa Guilhermina	Self-released
	Bruce Springsteen	Only the Strong Survive	Columbia	Debuted at No. 3 on the ARIA Charts
	Fitz and the Tantrums	Let Yourself Free	Elektra
	Gashi	Elevators^[164]	RCA
	Lous and the Yakuza	Iota^[165]	Sony Music France
	Reneé Rapp	Everything to Everyone	Interscope
	Vector	Teslìm: The Energy Still Lives in Me	GRAP Entertainment, ONErpm
	Winston Surfshirt	Panna Cotta^[166]	Sweat It Out, BMG
	Wizkid	More Love, Less Ego	RCA, Starboy	Debuted at No. 1 on the Nigeria Albums Chart
	Yuna	Y5^[167]	Yuna Room Records
	Yung Bleu	Tantra	Empire, Moon Boy	Debuted at No. 99 on the Billboard 200
18	Amos Lee	My Ideal: A Tribute to Chet Baker Sings	Dualtone Records
	B.I	Love or Loved	131, Transparent Arts	Debuted at No. 11 on the Circle Album Chart
	Bibi	Lowlife Princess: Noir	Feel Ghood, 88rising	Debuted at No. 7 on the Circle Album Chart
	Fousheé	Softcore	Trackmasters, RCA
	Ledisi	Remember Me: The Mahalia Jackson Story—Original Motion Picture Soundtrack	ENME, 360MusicWorX
	Phony Ppl	Euphonyus^[168]	300 Entertainment
	Senidah	Za Tebe	Bassivity Digital	Debuted at No. 53 on the Austrian Albums Chart
	Various artists	Spirited (Soundtrack from the Apple Original Film)	Republic
23	Paulo Londra	Back to the Game	Warner Latina
25	Marker Starling	Diamond Violence^[169]	Tin Angel
25	Stormzy	This Is What I Mean	0207 Def Jam	Debuted at No. 1 on the UK Albums Chart

December


Day	Artist(s)	Album	Record label(s)	Entering chart position
2	RM	Indigo	Big Hit	Debuted at No. 2 on the Circle Album Chart
6	Minho	Chase	SM, Dreamus	Debuted at No. 4 on the Circle Album Chart
9	A Boogie wit da Hoodie	Me vs. Myself	Atlantic, Highbridge	Debuted at No. 6 on the Billboard 200
9	SZA	SOS	Top Dawg, RCA	Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200
10	Alicia Keys	Keys	RCA	Debuted at No. 41 on the Billboard 200
16	Jacquees	Sincerely For You^[170]	Cash Money, Republic
16	Whitney Houston	I Wanna Dance with Somebody (The Movie: Whitney New, Classic and Reimagined)	RCA	Debuted at No. 83 on the ARIA Charts
24	Sugababes	The Lost Tapes	Self-released	Debuted at No. 23 on the Scottish Albums Chart
28	WayV	Phantom	Label V, SM, Dreamus	Debuted at No. 4 on the Oricon Charts
30	Vulfpeck	Schvitz	Vulf Records
30	Waje	The Misfit^[120]	Continued Entertainment

Highest-charting songs

United States

R&B songs from any year which charted in the 2022 Top 40 of the *Billboard* Hot 100^[171]
Song	Artist	Project	Peak position
"About Damn Time"	Lizzo	Special	1
"Break My Soul"	Beyoncé	Renaissance
"Bad Habit"	Steve Lacy	Gemini Rights
"Lift Me Up"	Rihanna	Black Panther: Wakanda Forever	2
"Woman"	Doja Cat	Planet Her	7
"Falling Back"	Drake	Honestly, Nevermind	7
"Nobody Gets Me"	SZA	SOS	10
"Shirt"	SZA	SOS	11
"Sacrifice"	The Weeknd	Dawn FM	11
"Blind"	SZA	SOS	12
"Texts Go Green"	Drake	Honestly, Nevermind	13
"Hrs and Hrs"	Muni Long	Public Displays of Affection	16
"Low"	SZA	SOS	17
"Alien Superstar"	Beyoncé	Renaissance	19
"Love Language"	SZA	SOS	21
"A Keeper"	Drake	Honestly, Nevermind	21
"Church Girl"	Beyoncé	Renaissance	22
"Seek & Destroy"	SZA	SOS	24
"I'm That Girl"	Beyoncé	Renaissance	26
"Energy"	Beyoncé featuring Beam	Renaissance	27
"Flight's Booked"	Drake	Honestly, Nevermind	28
"Gasoline"	The Weeknd	Dawn FM	29
"Cozy"	Beyoncé	Renaissance	30
"Used"	SZA featuring Don Toliver	SOS	30
"Out of Time"	The Weeknd	Dawn FM	31
"Is There Someone Else?"	The Weeknd	Dawn FM	32
"SOS"	SZA	SOS	32
"Special"	SZA	SOS	37
"How Do I Make You Love Me?"	The Weeknd	Dawn FM	39
"Ghost in the Machine"	SZA featuring Phoebe Bridgers	SOS	40

United Kingdom

R&B songs from any year which charted in the 2022 Top 10 of the UK Singles Chart
Song	Artist	Project	Peak position
"Go"	Cat Burns	Emotionally Unavailable	2

Highest first-week consumption

List of albums with the highest first-week consumption (sales + streaming + track equivalent), as of December 2022 in the United States
Number	Album	Artist	1st-week consumption	1st-week position	Refs
1	Renaissance	Beyoncé	332,000	1	^[172]
2	SOS	SZA	318,000	1	^[173]
3	Dawn FM	The Weeknd	148,000	2	^[174]
4	Wasteland	Brent Faiyaz	88,000	2	^[175]
5	Breezy	Chris Brown	72,000	4	^[176]
6	Special	Lizzo	69,000	2	^[177]
7	Gemini Rights	Steve Lacy	34,000	7	^[177]

All critically reviewed albums ranked

Metacritic

Number	Artist	Album	Average score	Number of reviews	Reference
1	Various artists	Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]	94	4 reviews	^[178]
2	Beyoncé	Renaissance	91	26 reviews	^[179]
3	SZA	SOS	90	20 reviews	^[180]
4	Sudan Archives	Natural Brown Prom Queen	89	17 reviews	^[181]
5	Gabriels	Angels & Queens – Part I	88	5 reviews	^[182]
6	The Weeknd	Dawn FM	88	24 reviews	^[183]
7	Brian Jackson	This Is Brian Jackson	85	4 reviews	^[184]
8	Ari Lennox	Age/Sex/Location	84	5 reviews	^[185]
9	Eric Gales	Crown	84	4 reviews	^[186]
10	Son Little	Like Neptune	84	5 reviews	^[187]
11	The Brother Moves On	$/He Who Feeds You...Owns You	84	4 reviews	^[188]
12	Thee Sacred Souls	Thee Sacred Souls	84	4 reviews	^[189]
13	Kehlani	Blue Water Road	83	11 reviews	^[190]
14	Levon Helm & Mavis Staples	Carry Me Home	83	8 reviews	^[191]
15	Moor Mother	Jazz Codes	83	5 reviews	^[192]
16	Syd	Broken Hearts Club	82	10 reviews	^[193]
17	Steve Lacy	Gemini Rights	80	9 reviews	^[194]
18	Tank and the Bangas	Red Balloon	80	4 reviews	^[195]
19	Tedeschi Trucks Band	I Am the Moon: I. Crescent	80	4 reviews	^[196]
20	Raveena	Asha's Awakening	81	4 reviews	^[197]
21	Ben Marc	Glass Effect	79	5 reviews	^[198]
22	Khruangbin & Leon Bridges	Texas Moon	79	7 reviews	^[199]
23	Monophonics & Kelly Finnigan	Sage Motel	79	5 reviews	^[200]
24	Dr. John	Things Happen That Way	78	5 reviews	^[201]
25	Boulevards	Electric Cowboy: Born in Carolina Mud	77	4 reviews	^[202]
26	Sault	Air	77	6 reviews	^[203]
27	Amber Mark	Three Dimensions Deep	76	7 reviews	^[204]
28	NNAMDÏ	Please Have a Seat	76	4 reviews	^[205]
29	Lee Fields	Sentimental Fool	75	4 reviews	^[206]
30	Mary J. Blige	Good Morning Gorgeous	75	7 reviews	^[207]
31	Robert Glasper	Black Radio III	75	4 reviews	^[208]
32	Ella Mai	Heart on My Sleeve	74	6 reviews	^[209]
33	Mount Kimbie	MK 3.5: Die Cuts \| City Planning	74	7 reviews	^[210]
34	Brent Faiyaz	Wasteland	73	5 reviews	^[211]
35	Giveon	Give or Take	72	6 reviews	^[212]
36	Nick Hakim	Cometa	69	5 reviews	^[213]
37	St. Paul and The Broken Bones	The Alien Coast	68	7 reviews	^[214]
38	Mura Masa	Demon Time	66	8 reviews	^[215]
39	John Legend	Legend	66	4 reviews	^[216]

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