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This article summarizes the events, album releases, and album release dates in rhythm and blues for the year 2025.

Events

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February

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March

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Released albums

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January

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Day Artist(s) Album Record label(s) Entering chart position
3 Nia Nadurata Still Living with My Parents Arts & Crafts Productions[6]
10 Moonchild Sanelly Full Moon Transgressive[7]
Otis Kane Violet Nettwerk Music Group[8]
Rilès Survival Mode Self-released
Skiifall Lovers Till I'm Gone Peoples Champ[9]
15 Maro & Nasaya Lifeline Secca, Venice
Nariaki Zatto Self-released[10]
17 Keke Palmer DivaGurl: A Story By Keke Palmer Big Bosses, The SRG, ILS Group[11]
Mac Miller Balloonerism Warner
Yola My Way S-Curve Records[12]
21 Minnie Her Cube
24 Benjamin Booker Lower Fire Next Time, Thirty Tigers[13]
Charlie Bereal Walk With The Father Death Row Records, Gamma[14]
FKA Twigs Eusexua Young, Atlantic[15]
JoJo NGL BMG[16]
Teddy Swims I've Tried Everything but Therapy (Part 2) Warner[17]
  • Debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard 200
31 Cymande Renascence BMG[18]
Eddie Chacon Lay Low Stones Throw[19]
Iniko The Awakening Columbia, Audio Angel[20]
Journey Montana Lucky Girl Syndrome 10K Projects[21]
Qing Madi I Am the Blueprint Jton, Bu Vision[22]
The Weeknd Hurry Up Tomorrow XO, Republic[23]

Upcoming releases

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February

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Day Artist(s) Album Record label(s) Ref.
7 Biig Piig 11:11 Sony Music UK [24]
Chase Shakur Wonderlove Def Jam [25]
Johnnyswim When the War is Over Self-released [26]
11 Kelela In the Blue Light Warp Records [27]
14 Alessia Cara Love & Hyperbole Def Jam [28]
Drake & PartyNextDoor Some Sexy Songs 4 U OVO Sound, Republic Records [29]
Jagged Edge All Original Parts, Vol. 1. HardCase Music [30]
Mereba The Breeze Grew a Fire Secretly Canadian [31]
Musiq Soulchild & Hit-Boy Victims & Villains 2 SoulStar [32]
They. Love.Jones Drink Sum Wtr [33]
18 Durand Bernarr Bloom Create Music Group [34]
21 Nao Jupiter Little Tokyo Recordings, Sony Music [35]
28 Aloe Blacc Stand Together Grand Scheme, Vydia [36]
Banks Off With Her Head Self-released [37]
Hope Tala Hope Handwritten PMR Records [38]
Serpentwithfeet Grip Sequel Secretly Canadian [39]
TBA Robin Thicke TBA Run It Up Records [40]

March

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Day Artist(s) Album Record label(s) Ref.
7 Tokimonsta Eternal Reverie Young Art [41]
14 Davido 5ive Sony [42]
21 Greentea Peng Tell Dem It's Sunny AWAL [43]
28 Butcher Brown Letters from the Atlantic Concord Jazz [44]
Yukimi For You Ninja Tune [45]
TBA Victor Ray TBA Decca Records [46]

April

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Day Artist(s) Album Record label(s) Ref.
11 Bootsy Collins Album of the Year #1 Funkateer Bootzilla [33]
25 Coco Jones TBA High Standardz, Def Jam [47]

Unscheduled and TBA

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Artist(s) Album Record label(s) Ref.
Aaliyah Unstoppable Blackground Records, Empire [48]
Amerie TBA TBA [49]
Ari Lennox TBA Dreamville, Interscope [50]
Brandon TBA Secretly Canadian [51]
Brownstone Back Again Self-released [52]
Burna Boy No Sign of Weakness Spaceship, Bad Habit, Atlantic [53]
Carl Thomas TBA TBA [54]
Case Love Jones, Vol. 2 Self-released [55]
Colde Yang Wavy [56]
Craig David TBA Believe UK [57]
D'Angelo TBA TBA [58]
Drew Sidora TBA MusicXchange [59]
Elle Varner S.E.L.F. Two Twelve Enterprises [60]
Eric Benét TBA JBR Creative Group [61]
Estelle TBA Established 1980 Records, Fab Factory Entertainment [62]
Gigi TBA Marki, Warner [63]
J. Valentine Conversations With Women R&B Money [64]
Jacquees & DeJ Loaf F**k A Friendzone 2 Yellow World, FYB Records [65]
Jeremih TBA Late Nights, Pulse, Concord [66]
Jon B. Waiting On You Self-released [67]
Josh Levi TBA Raedio, Atlantic [68]
Kelis TBA TBA [69]
Keyshia Cole TBA TBA [70]
Koffee Brown TBA Slugga Music, Reservoir Recordings [71]
Liamani TBA Def Jam [72]
Mabel TBA TBA [73]
Maleek Berry If Only Love Was Enough Berry's Room [74]
Mariah Carey TBA Columbia [75]
Maxwell blacksummers'NIGHT Musze, BMG [76]
Melanie Fiona TBA LoveLinc, Public Records, Colture, Title 9 [77]
Miguel Viscera TBA [78]
Monica MDA WME [79]
Ne-Yo TBA ONErpm [59]
Rihanna TBA TBA [80]
Rotimi In My Heart, In My Veins FrontRo, Empire [81]
Sean Garrett TBA Blackground Records [82]
Summer Walker Finally Over It LVRN, Interscope [83]
TA Thomas Southern Soul Def Jam [84]
Tamar Braxton TBA TBA [85]
Teedra Moses The Bullsh*t Black Moses [86]
Tiffany Evans TBA Hubris Sound [87]
Vedo TBA New Wav Music Group [88]

Highest-charting songs

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United States

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R&B songs from any year which charted in the 2025 Top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100[89]
Song Artist Project Peak position
"Messy" Lola Young This Wasn't Meant for You Anyway 14
"30 for 30" SZA and Kendrick Lamar Lana 20
"BMF" SZA 29
"Residuals" Chris Brown 11:11 40

United Kingdom

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R&B songs from any year which charted in the 2025 Top 10 of the UK Singles Chart[90]
Song Artist Project Peak position
"Messy" Lola Young This Wasn't Meant for You Anyway 1

See also

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References

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  36. ^ Samuels, Keithan (January 6, 2025). "Aloe Blacc Announces New Album 'Stand Together'". Rated R&B. Retrieved January 10, 2025.
  37. ^ Mier, Tomás (November 22, 2024). "Banks Brings Out the Guillotine as She Announces Album 'Off With Her Head'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved January 24, 2025.
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