Chart Brief is Rated R&B’s weekly column tracking the latest trends across R&B charts. Each week, we’ll break down and analyze the R&B artists making moves on the Billboard, radio, and streaming charts. This edition covers the charts dated Sept. ...
Beyoncé has a new hit on her hands. “Morning Dew (Donk),” a bonus track on the B’Day (20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition), rises to No. 1 in its sixth week on the Billboard Adult R&B Airplay chart. It marks Beyoncé’s fourth ...
Prince’s vault has yielded another victory. The virtuoso’s posthumous album, Timeless, has debuted at No. 5 on Billboard’s Top R&B Albums chart. Amid a slate of new arrivals, Timeless is the only new entry on this week’s chart, which remains ...
Jhené Aiko is back with Westside Whimsy, her first album in six years, via Def Jam. The 20-track set includes the previously shared “Break,” plus features from Kendrick Lamar, Ab-Soul, Larry June, Tyga and OHMA. Lamar, a frequent collaborator, appears ...
Victoria Monét will embark on a headlining tour this fall. This Grammy-winning singer has revealed the dates for her Frequency of Love Tour. “AHHH!! IM SO READY TO SEE YOUUUU,” Monét told her 2.1 million Instagram followers on Thursday (Sept. ...
If you asked three people to define love, you’re bound to get three different answers. Sure, there may be some overlap in the language, but each person will draw on their own experience to articulate what it means. On Aaron ...
EGOT-winning and multi-platinum singer-songwriter John Legend has officially announced his forthcoming studio album, Muse, set for release on October 23 via Republic Records. Notably, the entire project is produced in full and co-written by GRAMMY Award-winning, Academy Award-nominated musician, filmmaker, ...
The Estate of Wilson Pickett has entered into a deal with Primary Wave, an independent music publishing company. Under the partnership, Primary Wave and the estate will work together on Pickett’s iconic music publishing catalog, as well as share in ...
Despite the city’s backdrop of deprivation and racism, vibrant nightclubs and daring artists thrived – but after No 1 success for the Real Thing, why was the scene ignored? Months before the Real Thing’s You to Me Are Everything became ...
Spotify and Live Nation Urban are bringing RNB X Live to Dallas on Nov. 1 for a one-day festival at The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory. Headlined by Dallas native Erykah Badu — who recently returned with Before The World ...