Black women have long shaped the sound and soul of R&B music. Their voices—raw, emotional and unmatched—have given us timeless love songs that echo through generations. Whether they’re singing about ...

A group of young singer-songwriters have transformed the genre by looking backward, without getting stuck in the past. Here and below are seven of the many contemporary artists who are redefining and ...

Experience the evolution of R&B music at One Musicfest 2025. From UK girl group FLO to soulful Jai'Len Josey and confident ...

Adam Bradley, a writer at large for The Times’s T Magazine, has been listening to R&B his whole life. Lately, he has noticed an exciting shift. A generation of women who were raised on the music of ...

NPR's Daniel Estrin talks to Emily Sieu Liebowitz and Laura Flam, the authors of But Will You Love Me Tomorrow. It's a collection of interviews of more than 100 members of girl groups in the 1960s.

Pop and R&B/hip-hop superstar Beyoncé makes her debut on Billboard’s streaming-, airplay- and sales-based Hot Country Songs chart (dated Feb. 24) with her first two entries on the survey: “Texas Hold ...

Kehlani remains on the road, working her album SweetSexySavage at home — including L.A.'s FYF Fest in July — and abroad. Kehlani Parrish's music isn't meant to be a secret. The singer, who was raised ...

OFWGKTA is branching out into R&B. Sort of. Affiliate Frank Ocean just got our attention with his new project, especially standout record "Songs For Women." If we wanted to generalize and lump the ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) When I think about the voices that shaped my love for R&B, Karyn White is always at the top of my list. Growing up, her songs were the kind that played in the background during some ...

It’s a common phenomenon to be borderline traumatized by hearing your phone’s alarm sound while out and about. This is because your brain has associated that jarring noise with the disruption of peace ...

Beyoncé continues to be a trailblazer as she became the first Black woman to have a No. 1 hit country song. Billboard revealed on Tuesday, February 20, that Beyoncé’s new single “Texas Hold ‘Em” ...