Carlton was best known for his hits “Everlasting Love” and “She’s a Bad Mama Jama (She’s Built, She’s Stacked.” “Everlasting ...

On our just-published year-end Hot 100 chart, 11 of the top 12 songs were released before 2025, and over half of them even ...

Listen to new must-hear songs from emerging R&B/hip-hop artists like Elmiene, Arin Ray, SAHXL, SAILORR, Lily Massie, Lexa ...

Judging by mainstream music in 2025, humankind is not in a particularly creative place. The year’s main storylines included ...

A huge, gloriously silly and brutally effective amalgam of abandoned styles ripe for reinvigorating — rap-metal, dream-prog, ...

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 ...

Algernon Cadwallader, “Trying Not to Have a Thought”; Amaarae, “Black Star”; Corridos Ketamina, “Corridos Ketamina”; Nick ...

Listen to a playlist of the year's best songs as selected by The Times' August Brown, Cerys Davies and Mikael Wood.

Leon Thomas talks about his six Grammy nominations, his album 'Mutt' and how he's been repping for R&B showmanship ...

Grammy nominee Carl Carlton has died at the age of 72, his son has confirmed on social media. Carlton was a soul legend best ...

Judy Cheeks, an R&B and soul singer best known for her time performing with Ike and Tina Turner’s Ikettes, has died. She was ...