With Fresh Picks, Billboard aims to highlight some of the best and most interesting new sounds across R&B and hip-hop — from ...

Elle Varner hooked listeners with Refill’s fiddle-driven R&B, blending vulnerability and groove into a timeless slow jam that ...

Kigali Universe once again became the home of classics as an already popular Oldies Music Festival night took music lovers back through the golden decades of pop culture—the 70s, 80s, 90s, and early ...

Durand Bernarr, Kehlani, Ledisi, Chris Brown, Bryson Tiller and Summer Walker also received multiple nods. By Heran Mamo After winning his first Grammy this year for best R&B song with SZA’s “Snooze,” ...

R&B music in the 1990s was full of soul, passion, and smooth sounds. It was a time when singers shared stories people could feel about love, heartbreak, and real life. The music had deep meaning and ...

When it comes to mood music, few voices hit like Miguel. The Los Angeles singer built his name on smooth vocals, hypnotic melodies, and lyrics that balance confidence with vulnerability. From his ...

Listen to new must-hear songs from emerging R&B/hip-hop artists like Kocky Ka and reggie. By Kyle Denis Less than a week later, the worlds of hip-hop and R&B are still mourning late neo-soul pioneer D ...

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“The shining star of our family has dimmed his light for us in this life … After a prolonged and courageous battle with cancer, we are heartbroken to announce that Michael D’Angelo Archer, known to ...

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. The influential music star, ...

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, ...

D’Angelo, whose cool tunes and one hot music video turned him a legend of neo-soul, has died, according to a statement from his family. He was 51. “The shining star of our family has dimmed his light ...