The album was met with universal acclaim from critics and it currently has a 95/100 mean score on review aggregator Metacritic . In its first week of release , '' Black Messiah '' debuted at number five on the '' Billboard '' 200 and sold 117,000 copies in the United States . In its second week , the album dropped to number twenty five on the chart and sold another 40,254 copies . In the United Kingdom , it debuted at number 47 on the UK Albums Chart with first-week sales of 7,423 copies . D'Angelo supported '' Black Messiah '' with a tour called '' The Second Coming '' . His band , The Vanguard , includes drummer Chris Dave , bassist Pino Palladino , guitarists Jesse Johnson and Isaiah Sharkey , vocalists Kendra Foster , Jermaine Holmes , and Charles " Redd " Middleton , and keyboardist Cleo " Pookie " Sample . The European leg commenced in Zurich on February 11 , 2015 , and concluded in Brussels on March 7 . At the 58th Annual Grammy Awards , '' Black Messiah '' won Best R&B Album while " Really Love " won Best R&B Song and was nominated for Record of the Year . '' Black Messiah '' , Beyoncé 's self-titled album ( 2013 ) , Run the Jewels ' '' Run the Jewels 2 '' ( 2014 ) , and Kendrick Lamar 's '' To Pimp a Butterfly '' ( 2015 ) were noted as laying the groundwork down for the politically charged releases that happened in 2016 , which included Rihanna 's '' Anti '' , Kanye West 's '' The Life of Pablo '' , and Beyonce 's " Formation "
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