This year in 2018 some of our favorite
R&B Albums will be celebrating landmark anniversaries in what is considered
one of the stronger year in music. From Lauryn Hill’s 5x Grammy Award winning breakout
solo debut album The Miseducation of
Lauryn Hill to Brandy & Monica dominating the Billboard charts with
their #1 duet hit “The Boy Is Mine” for 13 consecutive weeks. The year also
ushered in several debuts from Destiny’s Child, Mya, Tyrese and Kelly Price.
Without further ado. Here are the top
20 R&B Albums turning 20 this year…
1 LAURYN HILL – The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill [Solo Debut]
Record Label: Ruffhouse/Columbia
Singles: “Doo Wop (That Thing)”,
“Ex-Factor”, “Everything Is Everything”
2 R. KELLY – R.
Record Label: Jive
Singles: “I’m Your Angel”, “Half on a
Baby”, “Home Alone”, “When a Woman’s Fed Up”, “Did You Ever Think”, “If I Could
Turn Back the Hands of Time”, “Only the Loot Can Make Me Happy”
3 BRANDY – Never Say Never
Release Date: June 9
Record Label: Atlantic
Singles: “The Boy Is Mine”, “Top of
the World”, “Have You Ever”, “Angel In Disguise”, “Almost Doesn’t Count”, “U
Don’t Know Me (Like U Used To)”, “(Everything I Do) I Do It for You”, “Never
Say Never”
4 WHITNEY HOUSTON – My Love Is Your Love
Release Date: November 17
Record Label: Arista
Singles: “When You Believe”,
“Heartbreak Hotel”, “It’s Not Right, But It’s Okay”, “My Love Is Your Love”, “I
Learned from the Best”
5 MONICA – The Boy Is Mine
Record Label: Arista
Singles: “The Boy Is Mine”, “The First
Night”, “Angel of Mine”, “Inside”, “Street Symphony”
6 DRU HILL – Enter the Dru
Release Date: October 27
Record Label: Island
Singles: “How Deep Is Your Love”, “These
Are the Times”, “Beauty”, “The Love We Had (Stays on My Mind)”, “You Are
Everything”
7 112 – Room 112
Release Date: October 27
Record Label: Bad Boy
Singles: “Love Me”, “Anywhere”, “Love
You Like I Did”, “Your Letter”
8 MAXWELL – Embrya
Release Date: June 10
Record Label: Columbia
Singles: “Luxury: Cococure”,
“Matrimony: Maybe You”
9 FAITH EVANS – Keep the Faith
Release Date: October 27
Record Label: Bad Boy
Singles: “Love Like This”, “All Night
Long”, “Never Gonna Let You Go”, “Lately I”
10 KEITH SWEAT – Still In the Game
Release Date: September 22
Record Label: Elektra
Singles: “Come and Get with Me”, “I’m
Not Ready”
11 KELLY PRICE – Soul of A Woman [Debut]
Release Date: June 23
Record Label: Island
Singles: “Friend of Mine (Remix)”,
“Secret Love”, “Soul of a Woman”
12 TYRESE – Tyrese [Debut]
Release Date: September 29
Record Label: RCA
Singles: “Nobody Else”, “Lately”,
“Sweet Lady”
13 XSCAPE – Traces of My Lipstick
Release Date: May 12
Record Label: Columbia
Singles: “Am I Dreamin”, “The Arms of
the One Who Loves You”, “My Little Secret”, “Softest Place on Earth”
14 MYA – Mya [Debut]
Release Date: April 21
Record Label: Universal
Singles: “It’s All About Me”, “Movin’
On”, “My First Night With You”
15 DESTINY’S CHILD – Destiny’s Child [Debut]
Release Date: February 17
Record Label: Columbia
Singles: “No, No, No”, “With Me”
16 TAMIA – Tamia [Debut]
Release Date: April 14
Record Label: Qwest
Singles: “You Put A Move on My Heart”,
“Imagination”, “So Into You”, “Loving You Still”
17 DEBORAH COX – One Wish
Release Date: September 15
Record Label: Arista
Singles: “Nobody’s Supposed to Be
Here”, “It’s Over Now”, “We Can’t Be Friends”
18 MONIFAH – Mo’hogany
Release Date: August 25
Record Label: Uptown/Universal
Singles: “Touch It”, “Bad Girl”, “Suga
Suga”
19 ARETHA FRANKLIN – A Rose Is Still a Rose
Release Date: March 23
Record Label: Arista
Singles: “A Rose Is Still a Rose”,
“Here We Go Again”
20 TOTAL – Kima, Keisha & Pam
Release Date: October 27
Record Label: Bad Boy
Singles: “Trippin”, “Sitting Home”, “I
Tried”
HONORABLE MENTION
KENNY LATTIMORE – From the Soul of Man
Release Date: October 20
Record Label: Columbia
Singles: “Days Like This”, “If I Lose
My Woman”, “Love Will Find a Way”
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