Front + Center is Rated R&B’s artist discovery series, putting new and emerging R&B singers at the center of your attention. Music is part of Samaria’s DNA. “I grew up with two parents who were so infatuated and in love with ...
Two-time Grammy-winning singer and songwriter Jazmine Sullivan has released “Stand Up,” a new original song she co-wrote with Oscar and Grammy-winning songwriter/producer D’Mile for Till. The song will play during the film’s final scene and end credits. According to the ...
More than a year after releasing her debut album Overgrown, Joyce Wrice is back with a new collection of songs. Motive is a five-track record that Rated R&B’s Front +Center artist has released independently. The EP includes the previously shared ...
RINI is back. The emerging singer joins forces with Grammy-winning artist BEAM for a new song titled “Selfish.” It’s the lead single from RINI’s upcoming EP, Ultraviolet, arriving later this fall. “I think these past couple years for me have ...
Rising singer Thuy has released her sophomore EP, Girls Like Me Don’t Cry. It’s the follow-up to her 2021 debut EP, I Hope U See This. The seven-track release includes the previously shared songs “Trust” featuring RINI and “Playing Tricks.” Both ...
Twenty-five years ago today (Oct. 7), Janet Jackson released her sixth album, The Velvet Rope. The music icon celebrates the album’s milestone anniversary with a special deluxe edition. The Velvet Rope: Deluxe Edition features ten bonus tracks, including Teddy Riley‘s TNT Remix of ...
Tamar Braxton’s 2012 single “Love and War” has been certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for achieving one million equivalent sales units. It marks the Grammy-nominated singer and songwriter’s first release to receive an award from ...
Ari Lennox’s celebrated debut album, Shea Butter Baby, has been certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). The Washington, D.C., native’s first proper album has sold more than 500,000 equivalent units since releasing May 7, 2019. Shea ...
Chlöe has teamed up with Pepsi® to help relaunch its Pepsi-Cola Soda Shop. The campaign, a nod to classic soda shop flavors, introduces a new limited-edition flavor, Zero Sugar Cream Soda Cola. Two other returning flavors include Cream Soda and ...
Cautious Clay has announced the new EP, Thin Ice on the Cake, which will arrive on Nov. 18. The forthcoming release marks his fourth EP, following Blood Type (2018), Resonance (2018), and Table of Context (2019). It also follows his ...