This week’s Pitchfork Selects playlist features Jessie Ware, Lucinda Williams, Honey Dijon, and more. Listen below and follow our playlists on Apple Music and Spotify. (Pitchfork earns a commission ...

A great soundtrack can stand the test of time; sometimes, it can be better than the actual film in which it coincides. R&B has been a staple in soundtracks for decades, helping infuse emotions and ...

In a recent interview, Keith Sweat claimed cursing killed modern R&B. We’ve rounded up some of our favorite new songs that ...

Beylee had the impossible task of sorting through decades (starting in the 1960s) of music and choosing just a song or two to represent each era: “I’m not going to lie: This was so difficult to only ...

Listen to new must-hear songs from emerging R&B/hip-hop artists like Rozzzqween and GENA.

Rising Nigerian Afrobeats star Abdul Rahman Yusuf, popularly known as Harcher, has marked his first anniversary in the Nigerian music industry with the release of a 26-track career-spanning playlist ...

The initiative spotlights breakout artists poised to shape music in 2026, including Destin Conrad, Seyi Vibez, EJAE, Max ...

These 10 R&B albums defined the genre in 2025, from heartbreak anthems to bold debuts. Discover the year’s most essential projects on REVOLT.

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 ...

The R&B world has had its share of heartbreak in 2025. And, sadly, another legend’s name has joined the list of those lost this year. As the clock quickly winds down and we approach 2026, the ...

Carl Carlton, a hitmaking funk and R&B singer from Detroit, has died. He was 72. Carlton’s son Carlton Hudgens II announced his father’s death in a Facebook post on Sunday. “ RIP Dad, Legend Carl ...

This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at Wake Forest chapter and does not reflect the views of Her Campus. R&B and soul have always been grounded in emotion, honesty, ...