Kehlani continues to build one of the most consistent and respected careers in modern R&B. The singer-songwriter added another major achievement to her résumé after winning Best Female R&B/Pop Artist ...

SZA is in her era of excellence—and the BET Awards 2025 just made it official. Taking home the coveted Best Female R&B/Pop Artist award, Solána Rowe continues to prove that she’s more than a voice—she ...

Hip-hop has always been dominated by men. Back in the day, there was only room for a select few star women in the industry. Lil Kim, Foxy Brown, and Eve, then eventually Nicki Minaj. Only within the ...

Born in Cotonou, raised in Lagos, Ayra Starr carries the spirit of Afrobeats in her soul—but her ear has always been expansive. You can hear it in the way she glides from Yoruba lilt to Western ...

Billboard staff returns to the roundtable to break down some of R&B's brightest stars so far in 2026. R&B continues to have a vice grip on the music scene. The conversation about whether the genre has ...

Billboard's special salute to Black Music Month continues its rollout with the next 25 artists on our all-time top 75 list. What a difference 10 years can make. That was the last time Billboard ...

(Atlantic) Multi-platinum, GRAMMY Award-winning artist Kehlani continues her standout 2026 as her self-titled album, Kehlani, debuts at No. 4 on the Billboard 200 with 69,000 equivalent album units ...

Also in the top 10: NF’s 'Fear' arrives at No. 4 and 5 Seconds of Summer’s sixth LP, 'Everyone's a Star!,' enters at No. 6 With her third studio album “Finally Over It” debuting at No. 2 on the ...

Honey, Janet Jackson’s sultry “That’s the Way Loves Goes” was runner-up in Best Female R&B Vocal Performance in 1994. Honey, Janet Jackson’s sultry “That’s the Way Loves Goes” was runner-up in Best ...

From Aaliyah to Xscape, these are the best R&B albums of the '90s.