Best Contemporary R&B Albums
26 artists on TakeRank are tagged contemporary r&b on MusicBrainz, and fans have voted on 174 of their albums. My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy by Kanye West leads right now, ahead of Graduation by Kanye West and Take Care by Drake. Every place here was won in head-to-head votes, with no critic scores and no streaming numbers mixed in.
26
Artists
174
Albums voted on
Top Contemporary R&B albums
- 1

My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Kanye West (2010)
1480478 votes
- 2

Graduation
Kanye West (2007)
1414468 votes
- 3

Take Care
Drake (2011)
1394157 votes
- 4

The College Dropout
Kanye West (2004)
1387486 votes
- 5

Late Registration
Kanye West (2005)
1366335 votes
- 6

Ray of Light
Madonna (1998)
135674 votes
- 7

The Life of Pablo
Kanye West (2016)
1286335 votes
- 8

Thriller
Michael Jackson (1982)
126442 votes
- 9

Confessions on a Dance Floor
Madonna (2005)
125276 votes
- 10

Bad
Michael Jackson (1987)
121041 votes
- 11

Erotica
Madonna (1992)
120368 votes
- 12

Yeezus
Kanye West (2013)
1198333 votes
- 13

Sweetener
Ariana Grande (2018)
1169136 votes
- 14

RENAISSANCE
Beyoncé (2022)
1166105 votes
- 15

Music
Madonna (2000)
116676 votes
- 16

Nothing Was the Same
Drake (2013)
1164161 votes
- 17

Thank Me Later
Drake (2010)
1161157 votes
- 18

808s & Heartbreak
Kanye West (2008)
1146342 votes
- 19

Visions
Grimes (2012)
114524 votes
- 20

Loud
Rihanna (2010)
114434 votes
Top Contemporary R&B songs
- 1

Devil in a New Dress
Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
11617 votes
- 2

Homecoming
Kanye West - Graduation
116010 votes
- 3

Self Control
Frank Ocean - Blonde
11202 votes
- 4

Through the Wire
Kanye West - The College Dropout
11157 votes
- 5

End of an Era
Dua Lipa - Radical Optimism
11092 votes
- 6

Look What You’ve Done
Drake - Take Care
11072 votes
- 7

S&M
Rihanna - Loud
11062 votes
- 8

Hey Mama
Kanye West - Late Registration
11052 votes
- 9

Can’t Tell Me Nothing
Kanye West - Graduation
109811 votes
- 10

Tried Our Best
Drake - For All the Dogs
10951 vote
- 11

safety net
Ariana Grande - Positions
10951 vote
- 12

Stronger
Kanye West - Graduation
10946 votes
- 13

High Fives
Drake - HABIBTI
10942 votes
- 14

Good Life
Kanye West - Graduation
10938 votes
- 15

Jesus Walks
Kanye West - The College Dropout
10937 votes
- 16

Smooth Criminal
Michael Jackson - Bad
10921 vote
- 17

my strange addiction
Billie Eilish - WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO?
10921 vote
- 18

Into You
Ariana Grande - Dangerous Woman
10911 vote
- 19

Without a Warning
The Weeknd - Hurry Up Tomorrow
10901 vote
- 20

I Wonder
Kanye West - Graduation
10898 votes
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