With Fresh Picks, Billboard aims to highlight some of the best and most interesting new sounds across R&B and hip-hop — from ...

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Elle Varner hooked listeners with Refill’s fiddle-driven R&B, blending vulnerability and groove into a timeless slow jam that ...

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Radio stations play the same music year after year during the holiday season, leading to boring drives with monotonous music.

We built a Toledo-themed playlist with hometown artists, songs set in the Glass City and big hits with Toledo connections.

Listen to new must-hear songs from emerging R&B/hip-hop artists like Awich and Tia Ray.

R&B is the epitome of musical resilience. First emerging in the late 1940s, the genre was initially categorized as “race music,” as Black artists tried to find their footing in a new genre that ...

THE WEEK’S MOST POPULAR CURRENT R&B SONGS ACROSS ALL GENRES, RANKED BY STREAMING ACTIVITY DATA BY ONLINE MUSIC SOURCES TRACKED BY LUMINATE, RADIO AIRPLAY AUDIENCE IMPRESSIONS AS MEASURED BY MEDIABASE ...

Listen to new must-hear songs from emerging R&B/hip-hop artists like detahjae and rum•gold. The big news story over the weekend was the announcement of the 2026 Grammy Award nominations (Nov. 7).

*If you’re a fan of soulful R&B music, we’ve some seriously good news for ya. Christopher Williams is officially back. The R&B star, known for his hits from the late ’80s and early ’90s, is kicking ...

When it comes to mood music, few voices hit like Miguel. The Los Angeles singer built his name on smooth vocals, hypnotic melodies, and lyrics that balance confidence with vulnerability. From his ...