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.

Wed, August 27, 2025 at 2:18 PM UTC Billboard’s Top R&B/Hip-Hop Artists, Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and Top Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs of the 21st Century recaps reflect performance on weekly charts dated Jan.

Ironic, then, that such a shift seems to have been ushered in by a death — not of R&B proper, mind you, but of one of its greatest modern pacesetters: The Weeknd. Since 2011, the persona inhabited by ...

R&B may not dominate the charts like it once did, but the genre is far from fading into the background. In fact, 2024 brought a plethora of smooth slow jams, infectious dance tracks, heartfelt love ...

The songwriting categories at the Grammys tend to be heavily competitive. Most genres have two or three performance awards, so the songwriting categories are where the biggest contenders from each ...

Explore the best R&B albums of 2025, from The Weeknd’s ‘Hurry Up Tomorrow’ to Summer Walker’s ‘Finally Over It.’ See which ...

On March 15, 2024, RCE and Reflection Music Group are teaming up again to bring back RNB Forever, an unforgettable night celebrating the best of R&B music. Sponsored by Xerjoff Perfume, The Orchard, ...

Chris Brown, Summer Walker, and other R&B acts served up the most-streamed songs of the year.

Billboard has unveiled its most comprehensive ranking of R&B excellence, expanding from 35 to 75 entries in its definitive list of the greatest singers in the genre’s history. The publication’s latest ...