THE WEEK'S MOST POPULAR R&B/HIP-HOP ALBUMS, BASED ON MULTIMETRIC CONSUMPTION, BLENDING TRADITIONAL ALBUM SALES, STREAMING-EQUIVALENT ALBUMS AND TRACK-EQUIVALENT ALBUMS, AS COMPILED BY LUMINATE.

The 2000s was a primetime for R&B lovers. It was an era in which R&B was dominant on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, neo-soul had some of its best commercial success, and BET launched its daily video ...

By Trevor Anderson Mary J. Blige enters a select club as just the fourth artist to earn at least 10 No. 1s on Billboard’s Adult R&B Airplay chart. The Queen of Hip-Hop Soul achieves the feat on ...

Mr. Moore and Dave Prater stormed the R&B and pop charts with indelible hits like “Soul Man” and “Hold On, I’m Comin’.” By Bill Morris Sam Moore, the tenor half of the scorching soul ...

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 ...

in Las Vegas. The combination of rhythm and blues spurred the development of the culture and genre that is R&B. Originated by Black artists and marketed to marginalized communities by the music ...