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

The artists, who have sold more than 100 million albums and earned dozens of Grammys, are joining forces for a new tour kicking off next year and perform a medley of hits on "GMA." ...

Billboard Hot 100 has no rap songs in the Top 40 for the first time since 1990 following rule changes that knocked Kendrick Lamar from the chart.

Oct. 29 left an indelible mark on the hip-hop and R&B scene. This date marked the release of chart-topping hits and notable ...

Usher, Billboard's 2025 Legend Of Live, has dominated concert stages from arenas to the Super Bowl Halftime Show over the last three decades.

Leon Thomas earns his first Billboard Hot 100 top 10 hit as a recording artist this week with "Mutt." Read his reaction here.

“The Fate of Ophelia,” Swift’s 13th career Hot 100 No. 1, drew 33.6 million official streams (down 31%) and 49.4 million ...

For nearly a decade, Shekhinah has been a staple of South African pop and R&B. Her evolution in the 2020s has been remarkable. Shekhinah’s voice is smooth, soulful, and unmistakably airy. Her unique ...

D'Angelo, the Grammy-winning R&B singer who became an icon with the 'Untitled (How Does It Feel)' music video, has died. He was 51.

Few artists of his era blurred the lines between sacred and sensual quite like D'Angelo, who died Tuesday at 51. With his unmistakable voice, deep-rooted musicianship and devotion to craft over ...

"The shining star of our family has dimmed his light for us in this life," his family said. By Ethan Millman Music Editor D’Angelo, the Grammy-winning R&B icon who helped launch neo soul in the ’90s, ...

D'Angelo, the R&B musician who helped usher in the "Neo Soul" era of music in the late 90s-early 2000s died from pancreatic cancer early Tuesday morning, according to the Associated Press and TMZ.