20 Best R&B Albums of 2025: Staff Picks

Billboard chooses its top R&B albums of the year, featuring sets from SZA, Summer Walker, GIVEON and many more.

Isreal Hagan, Syracuse singer, bassist, songwriter, has died after battle with ALS (photos)

I like the fact that this city seems to love me," Isreal Hagan once said of Syracuse. "I love it, and it loves me right back.
The Conversation

Sabrina Carpenter’s and Chappell Roan’s sexy pop hits have roots in the bedroom ballads of Teddy Pendergrass and Philly soul

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Sabrina Carpenter’s and Chapelle Roan’s sexy pop hits have roots in the bedroom ballads of Teddy Pendergrass and Philly soul

Growing up in Philadelphia in the 1990s, I listened to soul singer-turned-R&B sex symbol Teddy Pendergrass and other artists who defined the Sound of Philadelphia. Now, as a professor of ethnic ...
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Sabrina Carpenter’s and Chapelle Roan’s sexy pop hits have roots in the bedroom ballads of Teddy Pendergrass and Philly soul

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SZA & Kendrick Lamar Are All Over the Year-End R&B/Hip-Hop Charts: Countdown to Billboard’s 2025 Year-End Charts

Ahead of the full reveal on Dec. 9 — after the Billboard 2025 No. 1s Livestream, hosted by Druski — check out three R&B/hip-hop top 10s. By Keith Caulfield The full list of Billboard’s 2025 year-end ...