1. D'Angelo, Black Messiah
2. Kaytranda, 99.9%
3. Kendrick Lamar, Good Kid mAAd City/To Pimp a Butterfly (tie)
4. inc., No World
5. Jessie Ware, Devotion
6. The Internet, Ego Death
7. The Weekend, House of Balloons
8. Solange, A Seat at the Table
9. Toro y Moi, Anything in Return
10. Khruangbin, Con Tondo El Mundo

*The following albums NARROWLY missed the top ten:
Frank Ocean, Channel Orange
Erykah Badu, New Amerykah, Pt 2: Return of the Ankh
Flying Lotus, Cosmogramma to You're Dead!
Robert Glasper Experiment, Black Radio
Gibbs/Madlib, Pinata
Anderson .Paak, Malibu/Nxworries, Yes Lawd! (tie)
Kelela, Cut 4 Me
Jose James, Blackmagic
Dam Funk, Invite the Light