Billboard staff returns to the roundtable to break down some of R&B's brightest stars so far in 2026.

Billboard chooses its top R&B albums of the year, featuring sets from SZA, Summer Walker, GIVEON and many more. There’s one thing you can say about 2025 musically: it was a very good year for R&B.

In celebration of Valentine's Day and Black History Month, Billboard looks back at the genre's rich romantic legacy. When it comes to making love songs, arguably no other genre has mastered that craft ...

It took 10 years, two Grammys and a record-setting hit to reach the top.

This week, Jacquees anointed himself the undisputed ruler of R&B— and all hell broke loose. “I just wanna let everybody know that I’m the king of R&B right now, for this generation,” said the ...

For many decades, going as far back as the 1940s, artists from the world of R&B couldn’t really claim mainstream success until they’d crossed over to Top 40 radio and the pop charts. This century, it ...

Out of thousands of entries, several R&B artists stood out to the judges in the 2026 Tiny Desk Contest.

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 ...

The smoothest, strongest jams of the decade, and the visual accompaniments that went with them— these are the Best R&B Videos of the '90s.