Every Friday, pop critics for The New York Times weigh in on the week’s most notable new tracks. Listen to the Playlist on ...

En Vogue remains one of the most legendary female R&B groups of all time, blending smooth harmonies, impeccable fashion, and ...

Jessie Reyez, Sabrina Claudio, Kyle Dion, Macke Keane, Dende, and more released some of the best R&B songs this past week.

The 2000s were a turning point not only for our society in the new millennium, but there was a changing of the guard in music, too. The 1990s were perhaps the pinnacle of rock music. Or at least, they ...

The 64-year-old is a founding member of the group he fronts with his half-brother, Raphael Saadiq, and cousin, Timothy ...

It has been a stunning year filled with tragedy and loss for the R&B world and its fans, and Saturday continued that terrible trend. News broke that iconic singer Angie Stone died in a car crash on ...

Sometimes the best new R&B can be hard to find, but there are plenty of great rhythm-and-blues tunes to get into if you have the time to sift through the hundreds of newly released songs every week.

Her 1994 record “Roberta” — boasting covers of well-known pop and jazz songs — moved away from the techno-R&B formulas that she felt no longer suited her and toward another Grammy Award ...

Wedding songs are an essential part of a couple's nuptials, and luckily, R&B artists have always understood the assignment. Between their soulful melodies and heartfelt lyrics, R&B music has the ...

Thanks to a Super Bowl-fueled surge, the single breaks its tie with SZA's "Kill Bill" for the most weeks at the top of the chart. By Trevor Anderson Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us” adds ...

Through pop, indie, R&B, hip-hop, country, rock and alternative, from acoustic ditties to cinematic epics, these songs stand out as musical pillars of the past 25 years. Don your headphones and ...