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FOR APPLE MUSIC'S HIP-HOP SQUAD, it was a year of--as global creative director Larry Jackson puts it--leveraging 'one's influence to pour back into the proverbial cup from which we drink.' [...]

The beat and harmony of contemporary gospel music has allowed it to cross over into the mainstream with an explosive appeal making many wonder if gospel and R&B are merging. [...]

The future of R&B is looking bright thanks to a new wave of underage stars with oversize talents NAME Kehlani AGE 20 FROM Oakland, Calif. WHO The female Frank Ocean, [...]

In 1997, when Airplay Monitor first began looking at which formats started the bulk of the music that eventually made it to the mainstream top 40 chart, R&B radio was [...]

After eight weeks of sitting at No. 2 behind Pharrell Williams' 'Happy' on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, John Legend's 'All of Me' steps 2-1 to mark the first leader in his [...]

Blue-eyed soul and hip-hop. New R&B breakthroughs. Rap icons still holding it down. Those are just a few of the key takeaways from 2013 in R&B and hip-hop. Monitoring all [...]

One of 2013's bright spots was the success of Universal Pictures' "The Best Man Holiday" and its RCA soundtrack. The movie headlined a motherlode of films and TV projects primarily [...]

Landing a reality TV show seems to be the holy grail these days. But does the end justify the means? Given the negative images frequently portrayed on R&B/hip-hop reality shows, [...]

PREDICTIONS: Although a cloud hangs over the music industry as retail continues to weather a deep sales trough, we can at least expect sunnier days musically from the R&B sector […]

Ken Johnson, Cumulus Broadcasting: 'Some of our stations may be hitting the Ashanti version, if they are aware of it. I like to stick to versions of songs that record [...]