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SPIN’s 20 Best R&B Albums of 2013

From thoroughly modern radio queens to throwback belters, from digital gloss to flesh-and-blood grit, from mild-mannered Canadians to not-at-all-mild-mannered Canadians, it was a hell of a year for everyone’s favorite genre to argue about. Our absolute favorite record, though, united us all, just in time.