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 ...

A look at 25 chart highlights from 2025. By Gary Trust 2025 marked yet another year of record-breaking, and in some cases record-obliterating, achievements on Billboard’s charts. Taylor Swift rewrote ...

Rapper Kay Flock was sentenced Tuesday to 30 years in prison for a series of shootings in his Bronx neighborhood, derailing a music career that was just taking off before his 2021 arrest.

Billboard's R&B/hip-hop team reveals the talented players who made major impressions this year. ‘Tis the season again: to make a list, check it twice (and a couple more times for good measure) and ...

R&B music in the 1990s was full of soul, passion, and smooth sounds. It was a time when singers shared stories people could feel about love, heartbreak, and real life. The music had deep meaning and ...

“The shining star of our family has dimmed his light for us in this life … After a prolonged and courageous battle with cancer, we are heartbroken to announce that Michael D’Angelo Archer, known to ...

Kerry Breen is a news editor at CBSNews.com. A graduate of New York University's Arthur L. Carter School of Journalism, she previously worked at NBC News' TODAY Digital. She covers current events, ...

After hitting No. 1 with “Voodoo,” the genre-melding 2000 album that he promoted with a risqué music video, he vanished for more than a decade. D’Angelo in 2000. He found fame with an innovative, ...

The 1970s was an interesting time in regard to how the masses chose to label music genres. During this decade, R&B was used as an all-encompassing term to group the styles of soul, funk, and disco.

Leading up to the Grammy nominations on Nov. 7, Rolling Stone is breaking down 10 different categories. For each, we’re predicting the nominees, as well as who will (and who should) win on Grammy ...

The smooth harmonies, lush instrumentation, and timeless grooves of one of R&B’s most beloved bands will fill The Birchmere on Aug. 10, as Switch hits the stage for an evening of nostalgia-fueled soul ...