Billboard chooses its top R&B albums of the year, featuring sets from SZA, Summer Walker, GIVEON and many more.

The R&B world has had its share of heartbreak in 2025. And, sadly, another legend’s name has joined the list of those lost in ...

Carlton was best known for his hits “Everlasting Love” and “She’s a Bad Mama Jama (She’s Built, She’s Stacked.” “Everlasting ...

Billboard's special salute to Black Music Month continues its rollout with the next 25 artists on our all-time top 75 list. What a difference 10 years can make. That was the last time Billboard ...

Carl Carlton, the R&B singer best known for the early 1980s classic “She’s a Bad Mama Jama,” has died. He was 72. According to SoulTracks.com, Carlton’s passing follows a serious stroke he suffered ...

As a radio format that prized legacy artists plays more acts in their 20s and 30s, staples of the genre face intense competition. By Elias Leight In March, the singer Maeta hit No. 1 on Billboard’s ...

Yelly is a Sacramento-born singer who gained traction locally by headlining a sold-out show at Harlow’s while still in high ...

Love R&B? Check out ‘The State of R&B,’ our week-long series dedicated to analyzing the past, present, and future of the genre. Formed from the melding of soul, funk, and jazz with gospel and rock ...

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 ...

O’Neal and his wife, Cynthia, were both hospitalized after the fire broke out at their Burnsville, Minnesota, apartment on ...

Welcome to The State of R&B, ESSENCE’s look at the past, present and future of rhythm and blues. In this piece, writer Jaelani Turner-Williams addresses claims that today’s R&B is too sexual. R&B’s ...