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

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

In 2025, R&B fans had plenty to look forward to. We might not have received full albums from heavyweights like Kehlani and Chris Brown — who held us down with singles such as “Folded” and “ It Depends ...

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 ...

What makes an R&B album stand out to fans? Beyond a carefully curated tracklist that flows effortlessly from start to finish, true R&B fans desire a few key elements: stellar vocals, clever ...

From the restless energy of Geese to the orchestral grandeur of Rosalía, 2025 has delivered a year of bold, boundary-pushing ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Eminem’s The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce) celebrates one ...

21 Savage banks his fifth overall – and consecutive – No. 1 on Billboard 's Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart as What Happened to ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Kendrick Lamar dominates the Official Hip-Hop and R&B Albums chart ...

If you’re wondering when R&B hit its absolute peak, let’s talk about 1995. This wasn’t just another year in music – it was a cultural reset that changed everything we knew about rhythm and blues. From ...

Kid Astronaut calls himself a “futuristic R&B artist,” but on his and +Ultra’s latest EP, FUTURE/MEMORIES, released in July 2024, he folds even more genres into different songs – though it’s still ...