In celebration of Valentine's Day and Black History Month, Billboard looks back at the genre's rich romantic legacy. When it comes to making love songs, arguably no other genre has mastered that craft ...

Rolling Stone ranked the best R&B songs of the 21st century, and a 2004 Usher track received the No. 1 spot.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. R&B always had a flair for turning everyday language into something smooth, seductive, or full of soul, and that includes the food ...

They’re the soundtrack to the moments that matter most. They capture every chapter of love: the anticipation, the devotion, the joy, and the gratitude. From Sade’s timeless calm to Beyoncé’s ...

R&B is not what it used to be. Nowadays, the genre encompasses the sounds and themes of pop more than it does true R&B. That isn’t a bad thing in the slightest, as all music genres go through ...

In a recent interview, Keith Sweat claimed cursing killed modern R&B. We’ve rounded up some of our favorite new songs that prove the genre isn’t dead. When it comes to music, every generation thinks ...

SZA’s songs blend R&B, pop, and alt-soul into stories that feel personal yet widely relatable. Since her 2017 album 'Ctrl', she has built a style rooted in sharp detail, emotional honesty, and ...

The Grammy Award for Best R&B Song has been around since 1969, a time when the term “rhythm and blues” had quite a different connotation than it does today. Originally developed from jazz and blues ...

R&B in the 1970s was a defining era—one where soul, funk, blues, and disco converged to shape the sound of a generation. Solo stars like Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Diana Ross, Chaka Khan, and Donna ...