Kehlani bags her first No. 1 on Billboard ’s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart as “Folded” snags the summit on the list dated Nov.

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.

THE WEEK’S MOST POPULAR CURRENT R&B SONGS ACROSS ALL GENRES, RANKED BY STREAMING ACTIVITY DATA BY ONLINE MUSIC SOURCES TRACKED BY LUMINATE, RADIO AIRPLAY AUDIENCE IMPRESSIONS AS MEASURED BY MEDIABASE ...

At some point this century, all of the R&B heartthrobs had to make an adjustment. There's no pinpointing the exact moment, but you can see the gears in motion in 2012, when hip-hop's influence on ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Mary J. Blige isn’t just the Queen of Hip-Hop Soul—she’s an institution in R&B music. Her career, spanning ...

It could be a solo night cruise, a scenic route home or a mere attempt to block out the world in traffic; the right soundtrack can turn any drive into a full-on vibe. Rap and R&B have always captured ...

Elle Nikole grew up in Sacramento in what she describes as a “music house,” where her dad played the bass guitar and her mom played a collection of music. Nikole was intrigued by music and would often ...

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 ...