Grammy-winning singer and producer Leon Thomas will receive the ASCAP Vanguard Award for his impact on modern R&B and songwriting.

Sometimes the best new R&B can be hard to find, but there are plenty of great rhythm-and-blues tunes to get into if you have the time to sift through the hundreds of newly released songs every week. So that R&B heads can focus on listening to what they ...

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 the singer Abel Tesfaye has defined a developmental ...

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 this year. As the clock quickly winds down and we approach 2026, the following is a look back at the stars and influential members ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Tank was nervous after sending his manager a preview of “When We” — he’d never released a song that explicit. “He’s like, ‘You’re crazy, but it’s jammin’!’” the R&B singer recalled. “It ended up being my biggest ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Behind every great R&B hit, there's often a complex web of songwriting, production, and artist selection. Songs are crafted with specific voices in mind, but the ever-changing landscape ...

The singer, whose viral hit "Water" won the inaugural best African music performance Grammy earlier this year, will compete in pop with her debut album, though it is rooted in Afrobeats and R&B. By Mesfin Fekadu Tyla won the first-ever Grammy for best ...

Marvin Gaye, "What's Going On" James Brown, "The Payback" Stevie Wonder, "As" Aretha Franklin, "(To Be) Young, Gifted And Black" Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes, "The Love I Lost" R&B music would not exist without America's Black communities. It's an ...

(Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images; Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images for The Recording Academy; Bob King/Redferns; David Corio/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images) What a difference 10 years can make. That was the last time Billboard tackled the monumental ...

L. Wilcott Events is hosting a "318 R&B Game Night" at Vine Books & Vinyl on June 26, 2026, featuring karaoke, board games, charades, R&B music videos, a DJ, vendors, food, and cocktails.