R&B music’s heartbreaking 2025: A look at the singers who have died this year

Legendary R&B singer D’Angelo died on Oct. 14. He was 51. TMZ reported that the singer’s death came after a battle with ...

Lenny Kravitz's Best Song Isn't "American Woman" It's the Beautiful Acoustic Tribute He Wrote for His Mother

American Woman made Lenny Kravitz a star but his most beautiful song is a quiet acoustic tribute written for his mother.

Q&A: Mon Laferte on her edgy ‘Femme Fatale’ LP

The press has often labeled Mon Laferte a “femme fatale” — a seductive woman who inflicts distress upon her love interests.
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The best R&B albums of 2025, ranked

In 2025, R&B fans had plenty to look forward to. We might not have received full albums from heavyweights like Kehlani and ...

An Inside Look at Brandy and Monica's “The Boy Is Mine” Tour

“It's really been both an honor and a pleasure because us coming together as adults—as mothers, as artists, and as ...

Kehlani’s Biggest Hit Came a Decade Into Her Career. It’s Right on Time

This year, Kehlani turned 30 after spending more than a decade flying — and at times flailing — in the public eye as one of R ...

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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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 ...