The Grammy Awards are considered the pinnacle of recognition in music by many, but the journey to acknowledgment hasn’t always been fair for Black artists. R&B, a genre rooted in Black expression and ...

There’s no doubt that some R&B fans will disagree with these staff picks and decry that other artists are more deserving of a ...

Billboard has unveiled its most comprehensive ranking of R&B excellence, expanding from 35 to 75 entries in its definitive list of the greatest singers in the genre’s history. The publication’s latest ...

Male R&B groups are crucial to the genre because they have consistently shaped its sound, style, and cultural impact. With ...

R&B is the epitome of musical resilience. First emerging in the late 1940s, the genre was initially categorized as “race music,” as Black artists tried to find their footing in a new genre that ...