This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. See more from the L.A. Times in Google Search. Set us as preferred Peabo Bryson, a Grammy-winning R&B singer known ...

Could London be the new hub for R&B? For years, music fans have wondered if R&B is doomed. Of course acts like Summer Walker and Victoria Monét continue to hold down the genre that’s so close to Black ...

Wedding songs are an essential part of a couple's nuptials, and luckily, R&B artists have always understood the assignment. Between their soulful melodies and heartfelt lyrics, R&B music has the power ...

R&B artists Usher and Chris Brown have announced a joint stadium tour for 2026. The tour includes 31 stops across the United States and two in Canada. Tickets are currently on sale, with the cheapest ...

*On April 10, 2026, Usher Raymond IV and Chris Brown made a massive joint announcement that broke the internet. Their upcoming co-headlining tour, cleverly titled the “R&B Tour” (also referred to as ...

Kehlani has won Best R&B Performance, for “Folded,” at the 2026 Grammy Awards. They won out over songs by Chris Brown and Bryson Tiller (“It Depends”), Justin Bieber (“Yukon”), Leon Thomas (“Mutt ...

One of the cool things about R&B is hearing how the sound seems to constantly change from the previous decade. The 1980s was no different. It was an era that was moving away from the disco sound of ...

D’Angelo, the Grammy-winning R&B singer and musician who helped usher in the neo-soul movement, died Tuesday after a private battle with cancer, his family announced. He was 51. “The shining star of ...

Kerry Breen is a news editor at CBSNews.com. A graduate of New York University's Arthur L. Carter School of Journalism, she previously worked at NBC News' TODAY Digital. She covers current events, ...

R&B and soul singer D’Angelo died Tuesday, leaving behind a "legacy of extraordinarily moving music" after a "prolonged and courageous battle with cancer," his family said. Subscribe to read this ...

After hitting No. 1 with “Voodoo,” the genre-melding 2000 album that he promoted with a risqué music video, he vanished for more than a decade. D’Angelo in 2000. He found fame with an innovative, ...

Summary Drake is Billboard’s No. 1 R&B/Hip-Hop Artist of the 21st Century He had 30 No. 1 hits on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart and 15 No. 1 albums Drake also leads with the most top 10 hits and ...