These 10 R&B albums defined the genre in 2025, from heartbreak anthems to bold debuts. Discover the year’s most essential ...

Ironic, then, that such a shift seems to have been ushered in by a death — not of R&B proper, mind you, but of one of its greatest modern pacesetters: The Weeknd. Since 2011, the persona inhabited by ...

In addition to the album's win, 13 of its tracks crash onto the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, led by the Drake teamup "Mr ...

Pooh Shiesty enjoys an immediate welcome reception on Billboard 's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, as he collects his first No.

It was a Christmas to remember for ‘90s R&B legend Montell Jordan, who has been battling prostate cancer. Jordan was first ...

Sometimes the best new R&B can be hard to find, but there are plenty of great rhythm-and-blues tunes to get into if you have the time to sift through the hundreds of newly released songs every week.

What makes an R&B album stand out to fans? Beyond a carefully curated tracklist that flows effortlessly from start to finish, true R&B fans desire a few key elements: stellar vocals, clever ...

Host Erykah Badu attends the 2016 Soul Train Music Awards at the Orleans Arena on November 6, 2016 in Las Vegas. The combination of rhythm and blues spurred the development of the culture and genre ...

Decades before Beyoncé’s “Cowboy Carter” dominated the charts, another Black woman from Texas transcended genres with her hit ...

Carl Carlton, a hitmaking funk and R&B singer from Detroit, has died. He was 72. Carlton’s son Carlton Hudgens II announced his father’s death in a Facebook post on Sunday. “​​RIP Dad, Legend Carl ...